The Washington times., 1917-10-01
PART -CContinued)

evening.
arthur has just gone, and l feel
In better spirits than when
left off, so l can go on telling
you about the day. Well. my dear
No. . came after lunch. He is such
q nice fellow, an American from
Texas, and he looks so young and SC
sresh that It seems. almost impossible
that he has been to so many places
and has had such adventures.
sympathize with poor Desdemons
when she had such a dangerous
ztream poured in her ear, even by a
black man. I suppose that We women
are such towards that we think. a
r1an will save us from fears. and we
marry him. ] know now what |
would do il were a man and wanted
TO make a girl love me. No, I don't,
for there was Mr.. Morris telling US
ais stories, and Arthur never told
any, and yet. Ny dear, I am
somewhat previous. Mr.. Quincy P.
Norris found me alone. 1t seems that
a man always does find a girl alone.
No, he doesn't, for Arthur tried
twice TO make a chance. and I help
ing him all could. am not ashamed
to say 1t now.
NO. Is FOUND
INTERESTING TALKER
81 must tell you beforehand that
Mr.. Morris doesn't always speak
slang-that is to say. he never does
so to strangers or before them, for
he is really well educated and has
exquisite manners-but he found out
that It amused me to hear him talk
American slang, and whenever I was
L..
shocked, he said such funny things
I am afraid, my dear, he has to in
vent II all, for it FITS exactly into
whatever else he has TO say But
this is a way slang has. I do not
know myself II I shall ever speak
slang. I do not know il Arthur likes
1t as I have never heard him use any
as yet Well. Mr.. Morris sat down
beside me and looked as happy and
jolly as he could, but l could see all
the same that he was very nervous.
He took my hand in his, and said ever
90 sweetly:
Miss Lucy, I know I amt good
enough to regulate the 4xin's OF your
little shoes, but ! guess II YOU wait
TIL you hnd a man that Is you will
go join them seven young women
with the lamps when you quit. Won't
you just hitch up alongside OF me
and let US go down the long road to-
gether, driving in double harness?
Well he did look so good humored
and so jolly that IL didn't seem half
so hard to refuse him as it did Loor
Dr.. Seward so ] said, as lightly as
I could, that ! did not know anything
hitching, and that I wasn't broken
to harness at all yet Then he said
that he had spoken in a light man.
uer, and he hoped that il he had
made a mistake in doing SO on so
grave, so momentous. an occasion for
him, ! would forgive him. He really
dio look serious when he was saying
It, and couldn't help feeling a bit
serious tool know. Nina, you will
ihlnh me a horrid hirt-thouEh II
mt help feeling a sort OF exuIta-
n q, he was number two in one
day then, my dear. before ri
.''uld So. 1 word he began pouring
OF perf,ct torrent OF love making,
laying his very heart and soul at my
feet He looked so earnest over il
tina; ] shall never again think that a
man must be playful always, and
never earnest, because he is merry at
times. suppose he saw something in
my face which checked him. for he |,
suddenly stopped. and said with a sort
Of manly fervour that / could have
'7ved him for il I had been free:
Lucy, you are an honest-hearted |
girl ! know. ! should not be here
speaking to you as am now il ] did
not believe you clean grit, right |
through TO the very depths OF your