The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-08-17

come mere ana nelp me, lne ldea
of great big man like you sitting
there and watching me work! | don't
believe you care whether | ever get
back to town or not"
Sure | DON'T l said easily, filling
my pipe. But calm yourself maybe
the duke will come and rescue you"
What do you mean
We'll, it's this way, Eloise, | have
heard Twlzdale call enough people
'blithering ahsses' to gather he knows
how they act. With that knowledge
he will probably come and rescue you
from this one"
Which one?" she gasped, ex-
hausted with pulling.
Both | said. Don't be partial.
Come on sit down beside me, and
we'll cool off"
With final exasperated tug Eloise
gave up the ghost of chance she had
with Earsby and followed my sugges-
ton
1t was really a divine little nook for
a tete.a-tete.
Suddenly Eloise laughed
As long as we are here, let's have
a jolly little picnic all by ourselves" :"
she said Isn't it delicious in this
green grotto? Look, Dick, up between
the trees you can see the clouds float
ing by. Isn't the blue beyond the
green lovely? And over there in the
field, See the men haying In the
SUM-"
grunted responses indifferently as
though owned the place and had
brought her along to see it. couldn't
trust myself to say anything else.
Eloise knew that l loved her, but
she also knew and recognized that
wealth and social position were indis-
pensable requisites In the man she
married.
What's the matter, Dicky?" cried
she. You're not yourself at all"
| made what l now recognize as a
gallant attempt to founder through a
few OF my wellknown witticisms, but
the only smile could raise was a
pitying one Eloise told me ! was
going off horribly-a bally English
expression, | beieve-and | admitted
it with a groan. Then ! cursed my
self for an imbecile and trembled for
fear she would divine what the matter
was
knew | should soon make fool of
myself, and In desperation heaved
rocks at Earsby In a last tlickering
endeavor to get him on the move.
But he, adamant animal, proceeded
according to the numerical strength
OF grass tufts and no faster For a
considerable time there was silence
while Eloise hummed.
Il certainly do admire those men
over there" she said at last warmly
Yes? Why" | inquired affably
to keep up the conversation.
"Oh, don't know she replied
half yawning. Il just do
Now anything that Eloise admires
! comes at once under my very personal
scrutiny Consequently with feelings
/ compounded Of the emotions Of Ga
boriau and Doyle, proceeded to dis
cover why she admired those men
The first clue was this: They were
in bayfield,, making hay Thetl
pltchforks glinted dazzlingly In the
sunlight which fact brought me tC
my second postulate, namely, that the
sun was shining Proceeding logical
ly, achieved the following:
That the men were making hay
while the sun shone,
With q sudden feeling that | had
left part Of me aoating round in the
air somewhere looked at Eloise
/ She was smiling at me divnely anc
her eyes were sWeetor with love thar
n honeysuckle is with honey.
Then made a fool Of myself as
! had feared all tho time ! would; but
never was fool more wonderfully
confirmed in his folly!
"By Jove! It's five o'clock" | ex
claimed after few seconds, pulling
out nv watch. IF we can't get youl
celestial creature to ambulate we vii
have to walk
AT this Elose gave a little scream
and, springing to her feet, ran dowr
to the dusty roadway.
Hes gone" she cried In despair
ing voice "Oh, why didn't Think
Think WHAT" demanded fero
ciously of my future wife.
About darling Earsby. He always
leaves here at quarter to five sharp
You see-oh dear, what have done
early in the summer, when ! rarely
saw any one, ! used to drive out here
with him and read in this little grove
for a couple of hours He nibbled tht
grass, and read and thought abou
you and
"Then you expected him to stoT
when we reached here this after
noono" cried, insane with JOY.
why, Richard Parsons" she ex
claimed reprovingly, THE idea o
such a thing,
And We let It go at that since was
in no condition to distinguish ideas
from ibeXes
And after a while, We started t