The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-09-26
than cordial. then capered lightly out

| George gazed stonily at this mani
festation, responding neither by word
nor sign. Flows that for a bit of
freshness?" he murmured.
What WASP" Miss Morgan asked.
THAT queer-looking duck waving
his hand at me like that. Except he's
the Sharon girls uncle I don't know
him from ADAM" .....-
"You don't need to-" she said. HE
wasn't waving his hand to you: he
meant me-"
ooh, he did," George was not mol
lifted by the explanation. Everyone
seems to mean you! You certainly do
seem to have been pretty busy this
week you've been hereW
She pressed her bouquet to her face
again and laughed into it, not dis
pleased. She made no other COM
ment, and for another period neither
spoke.
"Well," said George finally, II must
say you don't seem to be much of
prattler. They say it's great way
to get reputation for being wise
never saying much. Don't you ever
talk at all?"
"When people can understand" she
answered.
He had been looking modify out
at the ballroom, but he turned to her
| quickly, at this, saw that her eyes
were sunny and content, over the top
Of her bouquet, and he consented to
smile.
"Girls are usually pretty fresh !" he
said. 'They ought to go to a mans
college about year: they'd get
taught few things about freshness!
What you got to do after two O'Clock,
tomorrow afternoon"
"a whole lot of things. Every min
ute filed up"
| "All right" said George. THE
SHOWS fine for sleighing: I'll come for
you in cutter at ten minutes after
two"
II can't possibly CO."
IF you DON'T" he said, "I'm going
to sit in the cutter in front of the
gate, wherever you're visiting. all
afternoon, and if you try to go out
with anybody else he's got to whip
me before he gets you" And as she
laughed-though she blushed little,
too-he continued. seriously: IF you
think I'm not in earnest you're at lib
erty to make quite big experiment."
| She laughed again. 81 don't think
I've often had so large compliment
as that" she said, especially on such
short notice-and yet I don't think
I'll go with you"
"You be ready at ten minutes after
| two"
mo, won't" l.....
| "Yes, you Will '
| "Yes," she said, 81 willw And her
partner for the next dance arrived,
breathless with searching.
Don't forget I've got the third
from now" George called after her.
| When "the third from now" came
George presented himself before her
without any greeting, like a brother
or a mannerless old friend. Both
George and Miss Morgan talked much
more to everyone else that evening
than to each .other, and they said
nothing at all at this time. Both
| looked preoccupied as they began to
dance, and preserved gravity of ex-
preston to the end of the number.
And their next number they did not
dance, but went back to the gallery
stairway, seeming to have reached
an understanding without any verbal
consultation that this suburb was
| again the place for them.
"Wen," said George coolly, when
!, they were seated, what did you say
your name wasp
Morgan"
Funny name"
Everybody else's name always is"
81 didn't mean it was really funny"
George explained. That's just one
| of my crowds bits of horsing at col
lege. We always say funny name no
matter what it is. guess we're pref
ty fresh sometimes; but knew your
name was Morgan because my mother
said so downstairs. I meant: what's
the rest of it?'
| Lucy"
"How old are you?" George asked.
81 don't really know myself"
/ "What do you mean: you don't
really know yourself"
| 81 mean / only know what they
tell me. I believe them, Of course,
| but believing isn't really knowing"
look herew said George. do you
always talk like thisT
Miss Lucy Morgan laughed forgiv-
| ingly, put her young head on one side
like bird and responded cheerfully:
I'm willing to learn wisdom. What
are you studying at school?"
"College!"
"At the university! Yes. What are
| you studying there?"
George laughed. "Lot o. useless
guff!"
'"Then why don't you study some
| useful guff?'
what do you mean: 'Usefulr"
Something you'd use later, in your
business or profession?"
George waved his hand inpatient