The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-09-08
As LYDIA LIKED IT


81 11fA H1r@soy c-arNlE Llo1l1rsl-- :
eotsage. Lydia Was taken Ca to dln1eI
4 by Tack Madison, who had taken t1rns
n AZ teaslrg her and making ioys 10 her
a sor pears. Her neighbor CO fhe nf1eE
side waa Stanley Barnes. a dlgnaaed
nan u perhaps fhirtg-1ve. who had
rhe double distinction 81 being u1c.
essafai lawyer and re1Aarks5le
shaxespe scholar.
Dear me. Jack said Lydia, 10 q
dramatic n1dertoue. -teu ne sorae-
thing from shakeapeare quick SOne-
ihing can throw "a foF god measure
when talking 10 ny Distinguished
aeighbor ca the other side.
Better not start anything with that
Tiseacre,r said Jack 1T VIII BE- vast
ed sweetness On your part and Intel
lecfsal cOadeScensfon On HIS. Besides,
saw you first and I lore yog.v
~Just for fhatr7 Lydia Indignantly
ignored J2cks avowai of hls love and
turned 10 Stanley Barnes with win
ming sralle In her sparkling brown
eyes,
~fr. Barnes, Do you think the
shakeapearean revival this year Will
tend to create more general Interest
II the immortal bardT
Stanley Barnes lifted his eyebrows
and opened his gray eyes wide ln sur
prize ~ he turned to reply.
@Why'er, hope 40, Miss Parker"
said Mr Barnes, doubtfuIIy. and Lydia
Tnistook his slowness Ia answering for
the intellectual condescenslon Jack had
predicted. The truth is that Stanley
Barnes was thinking what charming
Katherine or RosaIInd this yivaci0us
quesfioner Of his would make. She In
wardIy determined that she would
some day compel that terrific high
brow 10 recognize her az something
more than doll baby In conversation.
The next morning Lydia crawled
ont of bed early to take q peep at the
mountain sunrise, and she saw Stanley
Barnes setting out for a climb all
alone.
In her corduroy suit and high brown
boots Lydia started out for q climb.
The cool stiffness Of the early morning
made her feel very tiny and helpless
but as the sunlight warmed her body
and frightened the coppery tints In
her hair, she was once more seized
with the spirit Of adventure. and went
higher and higher, with eyes alert for
all the beauties around her.
"It's absolutely perfectlr she said
aloud. Nothing more il needed"
n agree with you. Miss Parker. yet |
! hope II viii not mar the perfection
Of II II join you IN enjoying IT, Stan
ley Barnes was standing on large
bowlder almost directly above Lydla's
head, and when she looked up and met /
the smiling question IN his eyes she
answered II with a frank smile that 4
brought him quickly to her side.
words are sadly unequal TO all
this" said Lydia, throwing out her
hand TO indicate the sweep from zenith
TO horizon.
For we, which now behold these
present days.
Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues
70 praise"
Lydia was unfamiliar with this quo
tation, but she felt It's aptness 30 keen
~ that paconsciously she slipped her
hand into stanleys as her sign OF ac-
quleHccnce without words.
That night, for the fourth and last
time Jack proposed to Lydia and was
refused with more Hrmness than she
had shown on any Of the three former
occasions.
Seeing Mrs. Hornsby corral Jack
for a bridge game. Lydia slipped from
The room to avoid being similarly cap
Iured. She stood quito still for few
thinking Of all the pleasures
she had enjoyed with Jack, but felt
That she had been right in refusing
him.
"The mnn marry must have
snough seriousness to recognize what
title bii there is Of IL In me-" she
nused, "and Jack Is even more friyol-
'us than IT, {
Then she recalled Low Stanley I
barnes had that morning recognized I
ler as she had resolved the evening 4
'efore 10 make him recognize her-as I
more than doll baby, or a n
society sparrow At the q
ound Of a step on the porch, she {
urned and recognized the man who d
'as In her thoughts approaching her. d
"Are you also a refugee from
ridgei' he asked. MAY Join your +"
Yes" Lydia answered both OF his .
ucstions with one word. Il seemed D
D hear the bigness of things outside
alllng me-" As Stanley Joined her {
here she stood az the railing she K
dded, Il defy even your Mr.. Shakes
care 10 find words to describe the I
'yelness Of this night" =
"'As you like ~ lady fair" said |,
tanley. with a deferentlal bow. and K
, they stood there for time in Il
ordsess enjoyment Of the picture be-
ne them. G
When Mrs Hornsby's ample form "
opeared in the doorway and her voice c,
illed back to her guests that she was 81
ling 10 find those truants and punish Il
lem by making them "man the music
achine' they knew that their little II
lur was over, but went In without re. n
ctance for Lydia had already as n
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