Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-01-24

1eS9 L Crleu eagerly.
Because YOU are on business trip
you will decline"
II will not!"
Because you are on business
trip" she repeated firmly, you will
decline. otherwise / cannot tell her
that you have been kind to me, and
then we shall not see each other the
two days the Wilton stays at Mazat-
lam"
But why may not I-no, no! 1t
isn't a question:"
because you would learn all the
things am not telling you now," she
answered. IF you wished, you might
tell my mother that some day by and
by you would accept her invitation"
II shall do that. May l ask when
is some day by and by?"
when this is all forgotten-all
gone in the past. A year, perhaps
two"
"Why talk of eternity?" l said sad.
ly.
1.-TWO years is nothing, nothing!"
"But I am forty, and add two and
the answer is hopelessness. You plus
two are"
"Twenty-one. There! I was going
to tell you that, so you would know
that am not so youthful as you have
thought. am past nineteen, and
there Is no excuse for your assump.
tion Of age superiority. have noticed
a growing tendency in you to differ.
entiate between us on the false con.
Cepticn of serious disparity in our
years."
II never used any such words In
conversation in my life!" gasped.
"You probably couldn't" she return.
ed. II was taught more difficult words
than that in convent at Klosterne-
burg, where was educated"
THAT is not in Mexico?'
an Europe, where l lived until q
year ago. Now, / think / have told
you all the uneventful things of my
eventless life that l may. I wish 1t
was more interesting"
ut is every bit interesting" l pro-
tested. May l summarize? You
! might have forgotten something, and
l may not question. First, you are
nineteen"
Nineteen plus"
Nineteen plus, English and Span
ish, living near Durango with your
mother"
Father died year ago." she said
simply.
wonderfully educated in long
words at Klosternebuig Convent, and
unmarried"
"Of course. l didn't tell you unnec-
essary things"
"And you can giggle-you told ME
' that!'
quite unnecessarily. You heard
me giggle, but should be gentlemanly
and forget it."
Il am not forgetting anything" l
said emphatically, just as Captain
| Blake found us and volunteered to
show us Cypress light from the
bridge, spectacle which would will
ingly enough have neglected. Howev-
! er, if it was up to me to play chaper-
on, / intended to be vigilant one,
and followed the two and listened to
an explanation of time flashes
and revolving refiectors which was
much less interesting than the mea-
! ger tale of an eventless life.
We put in at Port San Pedro next
| afternoon and found some excitement
in wondering whether two policemen
seen on the dock were there for me.
had not thought of Marcus since left
him at the San Francisco jetty, but
| knew he was not feeling any too Sc
cure about me and might change his
mind any minute. Miss Reade, at my
side, was chatting away of the pano-
rama before us, and l suddenly real
ized that could not be arrested there.
1t would never do to be taken by po-
licemen from her side, in front of all
the passengers, casting stigma upon
| her for the balance of the. voyage. l
should have thought of that possibil-
| ity
Il am going ashore" / said sudden
| ly, as the gangway was being made
ready to lower.
$50 am I, please" she cried. Take
me with you."
mo, really; can't" l stammered.
I'll want drink" 1t was the
only thing l could think of on short
notice that she might not share with
me. She laughed.
$50 do |. Take me-"
"a drink in saloon" / insisted.
"Pve been in saloon with you.
| Take me-
"Isabelle," | commanded. "Go up
on that bridge and talk to the captain.
have to go ashore"
She looked at me in wonder. you
send me to him?" she asked, then
turned and hastened away. The po-
lice were at the foot of the gangway,
which was now in place, and | has
tened down it among the first of a
dozen baggage-burdened passengers.
II had thought twice / should have
known that uniformed men would not
be sent to arrest me. had made Isa-
belle Reade's eyes snap and voice
| ,leanpn in rnsentmant for not hing