Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-05-02


You are about twenty Ave. and you ar,
one Of our rising young professional
men an architect, perhaps. or an en-.
gineer 81 some sort. You read a good
deal. and. when II comes TO newspa.
pers. something besides the sporting
pages. Nou are rather domestic by ma
ture. aud YOU have sense Of hurnor.
You also live In one OF the better
homes In the Seventies or the Eight
les. and you are confirmed New
Yorker There. how Is that for snap
shot portraitr"
He I'D not answer ut once. and they
both sat silently for a few, minutes.
Presently he said gloomily:
MY experiment has failed. I'm
afraid"
"Of course" she assented gently.
1T was bound 10. IL shows Of how
little worth a first impression II, any
way. You wondered II the defects that
you see In yourself were apparent 10
others, and you are half disappointed
that they are not. for you do not like
the Idea Of wearing mask. Isn't hat
~"
yes"
"And yet you mast have known, er-
cept In moments OF seif-deprcciation.
that you make a favorable frst i'm
preston; and know TINT I DO. con-
celted as that may sound"
"All right" He Strengthened up abb
ruptly. Then we come to the second
part OF this experiment. We viii now
tell just how badly each Of us Is mis-
taken"
well" she hesltated. "we can
try II. but that also Is a pretty hard
thing 10 do"
Listen 90 me first" he answered.
"while tell you what a poor Judge OF
character nj first glance You are.
may have a sense Of humor. but II
doesn't work very well. am gloomy,
pessimistic and am rapidly developing
into a cronic crouch. I am not one
OF our rising young professional men
am clerk in a large mercantile
house. and there hasn't been anything
startling In my rise yet. may have
common sense, but Il doesn't keep me
from making a fool Of myself about
half the time. l may be domestic by
nature. but that's all the good It does
me. SO far from living in a brown
stone house In the Eighties am I that
| live In a single room down In the
Twenties. | come from Michigan and
am comparative stranger In New
York. ] read a good deal. II Is true.
and you are right about the sporting
page, but | don't believe that | ever
had an original idea In my life. And
well, / might 20 on at considerable ,
length. but how do you like the re
touched portrait. 50 farT'
The girl was laughing at him again
II think the portrait none the worse"
said she; especially since you are
clearly In a mood for self-disparage-
ment Let me alter your portrait Of
me little. hope that am sensible. {
Tn not filrt, but I'm not so sure
that ! am not conceited. like babies
and embroidery. but I'm not interested
In charitable work and l do read the
woman's pages In the newspapers. I
don't live In a brown-stone house IN
the Eighties. either. but have a room
up In the one Hundred and Eighties.
] earn my living by teaching a class
Of little Greek. Italian and Russian
children down In an East side school.
and ! don't move In any other society.
have bad temper: I'm afraid my 7
pupils suffer n good deal at times. No
foubt. ] am more studlous than most
girls hut | like the movies and candy
md oil sorts OF frivolous things very
much. Now how do you like the re-
iouchlngi"
SWELL" he admitted gravely. II rath-
Pr think Il improves the portrait; Il
makes IL so much more human"
They fell silent again. watching the
sunshine on the colored trees.
You are quite right about one
hing" said the girl presently. IL love
he trees and the fields and the sky.
was brought up In the country. and
don't believe | could stand IL here
IN these endless miles OF brick and
stone, II Il were not for the park"
Il come here often myself" the man
'aid. "Do your"
Every Sunday afternoon. / like this
spot best Of all: the view Is so beau
Iiful."
80 do l."
The sun had left the trees and they
could see the lights OF the city twink. =
ling like brilliant stars.
DO you know" said the man. rising.
Il think my experiment is not going
to be a failure. after all. though II has .
not resulted as / expected"
Perhaps II won't be-" answered the
girl quietly.
There was n moments pause. Then
Il will say only-good- night" he said.
Goodnight" she answered
He turned and walked along the
farkening path. As he reached the
bend he broke into a cheerful whistle.