The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-12-03

yOnA what we're to him the narrow -
sociations OF his old La Tir days, but
that hers had grown. too. And you
what have you been doing all these
yeafs?" he asked
Living the life Of . woman on q
country estate" she replied. Since
yoH made 4 rule that no Gray omcers
should cross the frontier ve have been
= little lonelier. having only the Brown
omcers TO tea Did you really find 1t
SO bad for discipline In your Own
case!" she concluded with playful
solemnity.
One cannot consider Individual
cases fn . general order" he explained.
And. remember. the Browns made the
ruling hrst. You see. every year
means tightening-yes. . Tightening.
~ arms and armies grow more compli-
Gated and the maintaining Of staR
secrets more important. And you have
besa Ill ths time At La Tir. truly" he
asked. changing The subject. He vas
coovincsd that she had acquired sosne-
thing that could not - gained On the
outskirts Of provincial town.
No. ! have Travelled. ] have been
quite around the world"
"You have!" This explained much.
How ! envy you! That IL privilege
I shall not know until ! am superannu-
ated." While he should remain chief
Of star be must be literally . prisoner
in his own country.
Yes. should say II was splendid:
Splendid-yes. indeed!" snappy little
mods OF the head being unequal to ex-
pressing the Joy Of the memories that
her exclamation evoked. she clasped
her hands over her knees and swung
back and forth in the ecstasy Of seven
teen. Splendid! should say so!"
She nestled tho curling tip Of her
tongue against her teeth. a. II the
recollection must also bs tasted.
Splendid. enchanting. enlightening.
stupendous and wickedly expensive!
Another girl and did 1t all on our
own"
"O-oh!" he exclaimed.
"Oh, oh. OH" she repeated after him.
"Oh. what. please!"
"Oh. nothing!" he said. II was quite
comprehensible to him how well
equipped she was to take care of her.
self on such an adventure.
Precisely, when you come to think
1t Overt" she concluded.
What interested you most? What
was the big lesson of all your journey
ing?" he asked, ready to play the lis.
tener
Being born and bred ON a frontier,
Of an ancestry that was born and bred
on frontier. why. frontiers interested
me most" she said. Il collected i'm
pressions Of frontiers as some people
collect pictures. found them all alike
stupid, just stupid! Oh, SO stupid"
Her frown grew with the repetition of
the word; her fingers closed In on her
palm in vexation. He recollected that
he had seen her like this two or three
times at La Tir. when he had found
the outbursts most entertaining. He
imagined that the small INST pressed
against the table edge could deliver
stinsins blow. "As stupid ~ 1t 10 for
neighbors to quarrel! 1t put me At
war with all frontisrs."
Apparently" he said.
She withdrew her Ast from the table,
dropped the opened hand over the
other on her knee. her body relaxing,
her wrath passing into . kind Of
shamefacedpess and then into Q soft,
prolonged laugh.
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sistency," she said. II was warlike
against war. At all events. II there 10
anything to make q teacher Of peace
lose her temper it is the folly Of
frontiers"
Yes" he exclaimed. "Yo! Go
on!" And he thought: I'm really
having q very good time"
You see. ! came home from my tour
with an idea AN Idea for q life occu.
patton just rs engrossing - yours"
she went on. "and opposed to yours.
saw there was no use Of working with
the grown-up folks. They must be left
to The Hague conferences and the
peace societies. But children are quite
alike the world over. You can plant
thoughts IN the young that Will take
root and grow as they grow"
Patriotism, for instance" he OBJ
served narrowly.
mo. the follies of martial patriot
ism! The wickedness OF war, which
10 the product of martial patriotism!"
The follies of patriotism! This was
the red nag of anarchy to him. He
started to speak, flushing angrily. but
held his tongue and only emitted =
"whew!" In good-humored wonder.
Il see you are not very frightened
by my opposition" she rejoined in a
Nash Of amusement not wholly untem-
Dered by evaporation.
I'VE got the appropriation for an ad-
ditional army corps this year." he ex-
planned contentedly. his repose COM
| pleteiy regained.
THUS increasing the odds against
i n.,A r.