The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-05-15


his cigarette and she1 weArsll
WATCHED ne snake rs = csrviea Gre
g1liA's head X Asd c0ne 10 be
nzttsr of fart fcr ZEN xns Julil
Dawsnn 70 erms on like tAis ct Shl
4izir parties 2xs pass Al hear j.
QUist II the hro1a sweeping vs-zrd,
overlooking tie sea
I1liz sat ID srect ard looked \
Ton with ths frznknsss nf cid ac
quzinIsnce. TIE rssals Ct & Srse1 dshil
that hzd lasted tAro1Eh The DAYS Ehe-
2ul8a and Ten both left college seT
crzl Years before -yca are es1tins
70 bs q miserable. grumpy CID bach
aspr. Tom Bisks
Wien Z Eza IS as old as I an
he EOssn't 5el16s kEmself easily.
Wish the BARS would serve ccEee
Who ERzts Al ies without c0zee eTsz
in Jrlyg-
And x01 are miserable sust be
cs1se they didn't happen to have ii.
Why don't you go down 10 the hotel
zzd get sO1e Il that IS The rzy you
feas II anyone Wsre at our c0tgage
Id Ike you to ccne hone ROW cof-
fee i very simply concorted
= dare F0a. Julia Tom tossed
his cigarette OF ths verzn1z and
stood beside her Dcnt reuse a
dare do yuu. I double dare ron 10
lss ne SO hone with you noE and
make H. Remember how used TO
dare yo1-dzrad you to KISS ne once
Al cur junior prom. ard ycu vera too
good 8 sEsarT % refuse But kisSings
gO1e cut OF fashion nov. Julia I
triple dare you 10 make the coffee. =
A minute later Julia her light
evening cape thr0vn ar0und her
shoulders. stole down the veranda
steps With Tom just As they turned
into the pathway that led into the cos
tags two neighb0rs PASSED It's
julia. one said. and that Nr. Blake
No c1e's il the cottage. either. Funny
Of Julia 10 be there alone, and that
Blake they say used 10 Be in love
with her nnce Julia was fumbling
Eith the keys and did not hear this.
but Ton caught IL
Once in the house Julia dropped
her wrap and started toward the din
ing nom
oh. forget the COFFEE Tom called
after her. That walk Gown here was
al the bracar / needed I didn't really
mean that / i=ss going TO let you 80
"a all tf,.v r~r-,f,1or
II was perhaps because Julia turned
and smiled over ller shoulder as she
hurried on 10 he dining room, and
partly because the remark Of the
neighbor had brought hack Z flood OF
old recOIlecrions, that Tom rushed
forward and caught Julia in his arms
But it vas q very different Julia from
the Julia he had kissed IN HIS college
days. She had been frightened and
happy then. Now she was apparently
unmoyed. She drew away almost in
anger.
Toni" there was deep reproof in
her tone. how could your
But you used TO let ne. You know
how you protested that nighr when
We left college and didn't think we'd
see each other for whole long
month afterward. But you yielded
and then y0u cried in my arms Al the
thought OF the separation. And now
am away from you a whole Einte-
at 4 time and You don't give ne .
thought" He caught her again and
kissed her as If none OF the four IN
teryening years had cooled his ardor-
julia struggled against his arms
1T is unfair she told him 4 &C
cepted your dare thinking that yuu
gave Il in good faith. and NOW | find /
that il was Just ruse- Please 90 .
away at once / don't mind being
left here alcne. but ! refuse to stay /
lone with you'
What If they did see9 They could /
lnly think that wanted TO take yC1 4
Of By yourself whare could kiss yOu /
and tell ron that / love YOU
But how unfair Of yoa to suggest
it JUST because thought you wanted
coffee and all the time you we're
Tom drew the girls slender figure
toward him Julia, didn't plan
I didn't dream I'd kiss
you. / was q crusty old bachelor
when 1 vas at the Blairs. Coffee
was the most important thing in life
al that time. Id forgotten the 5ov
OF touching your bps 10 mine But it
all came hack in food Of reeollec-
ten Julia. ! think that the neigh
bors viii talk ahcuE US think il \
vii be al over tae place. the scan
dzI Of the summer n fact. heard
someone starting the gossip as we
came IN Julia, you are dreadfully
compromised IS what they say.
isn't it, You have been very indis-
erect 10 let ne come in this empty
house with you. Julia Tom was
standing with his hands On Julia's
shoulders holding her Il arms
length from him Julia. the only
sqaare thing for me 10 do nov Is 10
insist on marrying you That Is the
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