The Washington times., 1916-01-29

and moon when the men were talk
ing, and once. when some one said
the cub got up and walked out of the
said we'd insulted his mother, or
something, 1 don't know what.
oh, he's crazy. absolutely. no ques-
/ ton about that
He'll come to his senses some day,
when it's too late, and he's tied down
to a. little nobody. l beg your pardon,
Mrs. Woman of the World, nothing per-
sonal In 1t, but you know what l
And he has his fathers looks--Jack
was always a handsome fellow-and IL
he'd set his mind to It he might marry
money and amount to something.
What fool he ISL
What fool she is," said the woman
Of the world.
What fools they both are!' said the
man and the woman together. And /
stirred my tea.
And when we were walking out of
the room. who should come walking
into n but the Two Fools themselves,
together-the boy and the grill
Of all the radiant, delighted heads
in-the-clouds and heads-in-the-air crea-
lures that ever lived, the Two Fools
were certainly the prize winners.
Something in my glance, as saw
them attracted their attention, sup
pose. and then asked me to stay and
go back and have tea with chem.
Why, thank you," said /, 'I1l be
The club man stared in amazement.
The woman of the world actually gasp
"I'm starving to DEATH" said
brazenly,. ''and thirsty no end
And left the woman OF the world
and the club man looking after me in
prevail
But I told the truth. I was starving
and and thirsty. starkving for youth and
sight OF simple happiness. it was a
both.
They'd been shopping-getting the
trunk-THE trunk. They were only GO
ing to take one.
I'VE shan't need a lot OF fuss and
feathers out there" said the girl fool.
Nary a feather" said the bow fool
and then they both laughed as II some
one bad made the cleverest joke in the
world, and laughed. too and the
Waiter-who was anything in the world
put perfect-got so interested in us and
what we were saying that he forgot
70 bring the tea until the girl fool
pulled herself together and asked for
it ~ IN what was 50 plainly intended to
that I knew perfectly well that the bow
1901 was stepping on her foot under the
table. ~
/ wanted to step on it myself. she
was so irresistible.
Wisdom, Youth and Divine Folly.
We lot the mullins get cold. AMI we
didn't know what was in the sand
wiches. but we knew what was going to
be In the little house out West. Every
picture on the wall we knew, and every
book In the bookcase. and we fairly
saw the curtains that wefOe going to
hang between the dining room and the
living room being woven on the loom.
The garden we saw, too. Here by the
teapot was the violet bed, and there bv
the sugar were the pansies. Heavens!
there's storm coming. Run into the
mouse, little gardener. or you'n get wet,
And We laughed and we almost cried
And We planned and hoped, and ali at
once the fresh faces and the clear.
happy eyes seemed to fade before nv
sight, and / saw again in fancy what
had seen half an hour before at that
same table-two sad embittered faces.
two pairs of cold and calculating eyes
and wondered of the four which two
were the greatest pair Of fools
Wisdom they say. IL from the gods
But, OH where does 1t come from. then.
This divine folly that makes this old.
gray world of ours worth living in,
tcOpy't 1915. by Newspaper Feature Service. }