The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-01-19
What a Kiss
Cost
A Storu Of Southern
Persons Long AGO
Bu F. A. mitchell


generation What was the cause of
my feeling for her Is hard 10 speclfy.
She was Marian whitiock, and there
was but one Marian Whitlock. II WINS
not that she was q strong character
Tor she was not She was not only
Needless, but blind TO the result OF her
heedlessress. But she was loyable. In
deed, abe was loved through her faults
rather than her good qualities. At
least !, her grandmother, loved her on
that account
Marian used TO ten her grnndmoth.
or more about what was going ON be-
tween her and her young men asso-
ciates than any one else. Why she aid
this don't know unless IL was be-
cause realized and therefore sympa.
thized with the conditions under which
she labored. Camden compels me 10 nd.
init that she possessed traits which had
shown themselves in me when l was
her age, and itris more than probable
that she inherited them from me.
While ] endeayored TO guide her out of
the effects OF her indiscretlnns never
lectnred her for having been lndiscrect,
.saii1e, 'nht liiuiscretlon wns trait
~. ~ ner hnp was moi likely TO be
lel'p eili sne ma grown beyond
the ago when It would lead her into
uoupi%
nlial uttsi 10 come 10 mo IN n light
hearted way with hor perplexties, but
CIV my she gave evidence that what
anc iiAu 20 tel was OF serious nature
rranunla' @e said, u have gone
anu uohe II now ana no mistake"
nat IL II, childF asked.
10y Know Elliot WaikerT
aes
wen, Eliiot and were In the mu-
sic room, az the piano, he turning
Ver eie sneets'
cue paused. ! gave her time
Elliot bent lower and lower over
my shoulder. ] suppose should have
moved, but l didn't"
Weir
He kissed me-"
4 refrained from comment on this
anu waited Tor the denouement
~" HNS" NHht III WIS tnnt
prompted me to act as did ! was
certhiniy not offended had expected
"nen dldnt move that he would kiss
mo ana should not have thought much
OF him II he hadn't II was not that
! was prudish; II was-well, don't
Know what II was, unless II was Old
NICK got INTO me. But ! arose from
inc plano. looked daggers at him aud,
turning, started 10 Leave the room.
Mhht was my surprise 20 soc Herbert |
henworthy standing In the door Of the |
music room. Elliot and had not
peen aware OF his nIppach, and he
nad seen the whole performance"
what Old you do neNtr' / asked
anxiousiy'
Why, you sec. couldn't very wen
say thnt had encouraged Elliot 20
KISS me- could II
20 on
and l couldn't say that l was not
really offended"
What did you dor
why, went on out OF the room."
. nnd uiun go oaek
es a.'es a rev minutes
iu Mpht uiu you say \
s aDout "nat nNi hal1effed
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younr mon dts no. r,a.,,,t ,ha,, ,.ae
no tudce ~ human natnr an ~
flashed thyopch mo ,.o,n a,d sa,J
To Marian.
-Did your two v4stt,ra shoy grv
luminosity toward each Chez
None whatever. But erand,na- I
have heard Since that WHICH mods me
to fearr-
~whatY'