The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1916-01-27

food taste 20 good out OF doorsr'-
curious to learn what opinion she
might advance, for he had had but lit
tie contact with women free Of their
fashionable environment and only
imagined what they might be outsiG
their fortress Of repression ana ~,
servance Of ironbound conventiona'i
ties.
Attitude of the mind" she :nswp'
ed as she dug into the green ri,rl
the melon: 1.-THE return tn ~ s'':.n,'
the shedding Of compleXitin rrt.i.'
bed and early to rise. and y ~ son,
ugly things left behinc ~ w'*h
bodies every day. but ,Vjt '''
got out like this do we w"r'
He became just the least bit afraid
that she would prove to lie that blue
stocking Minerva. tor Diana never
bothered her head about tile care of
souls Diana.
II have u curious idea that perhaps
you are called DIANA
The spoon poised for moment.
Yes, that is my name. But do not
confuse ne viii, the NEUROLOGICAL god
dess, please; l IN, mortal. very NOR
tai indeed"
Pardon me. l did not mean to be
impertinent."
lit is as l said. We return to SIM
pies. What is more direct, what is
simpler than asking me my given
name? l almost said Christian. And
am just as much a pagan as my name
implies. Your name is John. Uncle
Billy has been singing your praises
since tie first day we went oat. l was
! beginning 70 hate you. The green corn
| and the melons We're delicious. Thanks
| l am us much in your debt as you are
| in mine. And there you have the truth
of it. Friendship should always bal
ance evenly. Weigh obligation against
obligation. or, better still. see that
there are no obligations. Old and trite
as the hills, isn't it,
May he counted as Il friend?'' lie
asked eagerly.
She rose. spun the melon rind into
the water, stopped quickly and cast a
|
why not-up here! If we ever meet
elsewhere it will be from behind
hedges. and We'll have to play the
game-silly, think it-of having some
one to introduce us PROPERLY 49,
Another stone flew out and caught
the melon Oh the rim. spinning it. 1t
overbalanced and sank. What made
| nSl- If 1ync 1in ma ~
THAT" readily, pointing to tue spot
where the melon had been floating.
who but Diana could have thrown
a stone like that?' .,,. %.
Not IA very brilliant invention.''
There was in her glance neither EN-.
barrassment nor coquetry. nor curios.
ity-nothing that he recognized as
feminine. Yet it seemed to draw the
truth out of him as easily as the bucket
comes up from the we'll.
Nv hen you came into the oathousu
Diana sprung into my mind. The i'm
perturbability'- a...
"Ah!' mockingly.
with which you accepted the at
mospheric conditions +. = X
"Fiddle-dec dec" n
-''struck me- as being unlike any.
thing l had ever seen in woman
II like the way you finished thai
sentence. 1t shows tenacity of pur
pose. Am l freak?'
mo"
He held his hand toward her.
''All this is very unusual" she said
eying the hand musingly, but making
no effort to take it.
Cranford's boat was about twenty
feet beyond the girls.
Suddenly she saw him strike, an(
right from under Uncle Billy's por
oar leaped the big fellow. The sur
prised girl started back and, to save
herself from going overheard, dropped
her rod.
Fortunately it struck the gunwal'
evenly and balanced. She pouncet
upon it. laughing.
II couldn't have acted any sillier i
some one had shouted mouse"
Jee-hossi-phat!" murmured Uncl
Billy as the bass cleared the waite
again.
He made megaphone Of his hand
and shouted to Crawford. Its him."
Crawford sent back a happy laugh.
The girl watched him, fascinated
He did not seem to care one way o
the other whether he lost the fish o
brought him aboard.
Once the bass turned complete Gil
Gle around the boat, and to this m: