The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-18


By this time Lucille began to get an
inkling of what he was driving ut.
Was 1t natural feminine inclination
to throw off a man who was bent on
proposal. or had the opportunity to
get even with one who had made an
adverse criticism on her painting some
thing to do with it? At any rate, she
was bent on assisting her proposer in
entangling himself.
What In the world have two old
men, one of whom Is dead, to do with
a love that exists In some one else?"
she asked.
1T makes for great much. II
man loves
1T isn't his father that loves man
In heaven, is it?'
MY father-no! He loves a wo-
man."
who loves woman. the live man
or the dead one?'
why you not understand? The ia.
Their of the man who loves, he visits
the father of the woman he loves
W nat has lie tO 10 WITH 1t!
Everything. He says, 4 desire that
you honor my son by giving him your
daughter for wife"
What's the son doing all this time,
playing marbles or mumble-the-peg or
hopscotch!"
| 1t was now NJ. de Touches turn to
look astonished. He had never heard
] of such games as mumble-the-p peg and
| hopscotch. But with his astonishment
there was distress.
II see what you mean," said Lucille
sympathetically. This friend Of yours
Is in love with girl whose father Is
dead. He wants to ask the father for
the daughter. but can't get at him."
"Not my friend. No. no; not my
friend but
as he your enemyY"
"He is myselfr shouted CASTOR in
desperation
"Oh, 1t is you who are in love? Well,
why do you need father to tell the
lady's father who ia in heaven that
you love his daughter? He can't be
expected to take an interest in affairs
on this little globe, whereas II you
nave proposition to make to girl
quite likely she would be very glad to
hear II"
"And she would not think re gentle
man-how you call it-too fresh?"
III he were Frenchman sine would
think all the more Of E.n for cutting
the stupid red tape that the French
people have used for centuries"
what have re red tape to do with a
matter Of lover"
you're paying me of in my own
coin, aren't your" replied Lucille.
"It Is re coin--ze funds-ze settle.
ments that I want for my father.
wish for him to arrange all that Then
tell you that love you, Mees War
rem, and my life, If l do not have you,
is one YER big wilderness"
Miss Warren, though disposed to
smile at the only two real American
words "ver' big" in the declaration
was touched by the mans offer of his
love and ceased to torment him by pre-
tending not to understand him. She
encouraged him to discard the conven
tional and take up sentiment by plac
Ing her hand in his.
III you will not lie my wife," he said
encouraged by this, II will throw my
self in the Seine"
Unfortunately there came at Till
} moment to Miss Warren a remem
, brance that the proposer had turnet
down her picture with the single ex
pressive word "execrable."
"How can you expect one who's
work which cost her months Of toll
you called execrable, to marry your
"Work? In English you have say
; ing, All work and no play II yo'
had been making great picture
, would have been the opposite. All pla.
, and no work
Lucille laughed. You are right" sh
said II struggled over that picture
Genius, according to my Interpretation
: of genius, doesn't struggle. What
: does seems very easy"
Then she became serious and toll
the man who had proposed to her tina
In America usually, IL man loved
woman he told her so. and If she wish
ed to marry him she referred him t
her parent or brother, but this was L
most cases meantngless-a dead lette
that had been Inherited from Europea
ancestors She took his propositio
under consideration. but he did nc
get an affirmative answer for man
months and after many repetitions o
his proposal Then she said to him:
Monsieur. dreamed last night tina
died and went 10 heaven. where
saw my father He told me that you
father had also died and on 1ofnfn
him had asked him for my hand 10
|, his son. My father told me that b
, had said to your father that he ha
no objection to my marrying you; fol
!, being In heaven while ! was on eartf
: INV mundane career did not interes
q him. Papa said that your father spok
of the settlements; but. since Amer
cans who marry become one, he didn
Q think settlements were necessary
Then.I woke I'D"