The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-09-11

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aGirls are usually pretty freshr he
said. 'They ought to 60 to a mans
college about q year: they'd get
taught a few things about freshnessl
What you got to do after two o'clock
tomorrow afternoonY'
"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 a cutter at ten minutes after
two"
II can't possibly 60"
"If you DON'T" he said. "Tm 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 a little,
too-he continued, seriously: IF you
think I'm not In earnest you're at hb-
erty to make quite a big experiment."
She laughed again. II don't think
I've often had so large a compliment
as that" she said. especially on such
short notice-and yet 1 don't think
I'll 60 with you"
"You be ready at ten minutes after
two"
"No. I won't"
"Yes, you Wilt"
eyes" she said, II 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 p~reoccupied as they began to
dance, and preserved a gravity Of ex-
pression to the end of the number
And their next number they did not
dance, but went back to the gallery
stairway, seeming to lave reached
an understanding without any verbal
consultation that this suburb vas
again the place for them.
"Well," said George coolly. when
they were seated. "what did you say
your name WASP"
Morgan"
Sunny name"
Everybody else's name always Is"
~ didn't mean 1t was really funny"
George explained. That's just I'M
Of my crowds bits of horsing at coll
lege. We always say funny name no
matter what 1t Is. I 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 I'll"
"Lucy."
SLOW old are your George asked.
~ don't really know myself"
"What do you lei you don't
really know yourself"
II mean / only know what they
tell me. l believe them, Of course,
but believing isn't really knowing"
"Look here !" said George. "Do you
always talk like this7'
Miss Lucy Morgan laughed forgiv-
ingly, put her young head on one side
like a bird and responded cheerfully
I'm willing to learn wisdom. What
are you studying at schoolT"
college
"At the university Yes What are
| you studying therer
George laughed. Lot o. useless
guffw
"Then why don't you study some
useful guffT
"What do you mean: 'Useful2'"
Something you'd use later. in your
business or professionT
George waved his hand impatient
ly. II don't expect to 60 into any
business or profession"
"No?"
Certainly notI" George was en-
phatic, being sincerely annoyed by a
suggestion which showed how utterly
she failed to comprehend the kind OF
person he was. E.
"Why not2' she asked mildly.
"Just look at 'em !" he said, almost
with bitterness, and he made a ges-
ture presumably intended to indicate
the business and professional men
now dancing within range of vision.
That's a fine career for a man, isn't
It'll Lawyers, bankers, politicians
What do they get out Of life, I'd like
to know! What do they ever know
about real things? Where do they
ever getT
He was so earnest that she was
surprised and impressed. She had q
vague, momentary vision Of Pitt, at
twenty-one, prime minister Of Eng.
land and she spoke, involuntarily In
q lowered voice, with Difference:
"What do you want to bef" she
asked.
George answered promptly.
"A yachtsman," he said.