The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-02-26

" orroW persisted III running his bay
So fast between here and barre tns.,
liz was going to break her WIND ant
wanted TO know which she would prL-
IL: a mare with broken wind or a
horse with SPAWN? Finding at
lelgth however, that Mary was noc
p oIlfic on the ailments Of horses and
aogs, he changed to athletics.
The longest way round being the
shortest way home, they did not turn
IL at MRS. Mathers' gate when they
l~4scned School street. Slug sad
SC -nething about fine night ana
would she walk down as far as the
W.ter-works and back to enjoy it:
And Mary-because he was the first
young man who had taken interest,"
IL her since she arrived in Paris
consented and with hat in hand wand
cred with him down Main Street and
through Pine and off to the south
OF town.
Slug grew intimate on the return.
~ Clark Street he put his hand UNI
|. DC her arm to help her ever the
bi oxen crosswalk and on the other
size he did not take it away Sac
WIS rather glad they were headed
ho-neWard. He got around in con-
vocational way to family affairs
ar-cng which he confded to her that
most of the time his sister Esmerel-
da gave him pain in the neck any
how and that all she needed was
so aeone to marry her THAI wouid
whale the tar out Of her.
lie said that his mother had long
ago impressed it upon him that he
GU ght to marry and settle down but
that he said to her he'd be damned
if he would until the right girl came
alcng, all the girls in the village be-
ing more or less ightheaded sisters
who couldn't boil water without burn
ms it and hundred to one would
try to cook chicken without renaov-
ing the feathers.
lie asked her If she ever had mo-
ments when the feeling came over
her that all folks cared about her
Wa5 for her money or what they
could get out of her and sustained a
rather suggestive pressure on her arm
when he asked her if love wasn't the
Iee! true thing in life after all and
what could you find to equal it?
/, was & badly disquieted girl who
san the white fence of Mrs. Mathers'
house come in sight a second time
feeling herself in situation beyond
her control.
hey stood for a while at the gate
post, the girl leaning back against
1t with her bonnet behind her, gaz-
ing from time to time bit fearfully
up into the young mans face.
-'Well,'' said he, Il hope you had
q pleasant evenin'."
YES" she faltere1.
Hope we'l see more Of each
other"
4 hope So"
"Wen, I suppose I got to say
goodbye
Goodbye. I've had an awful good
time. [ can't tell you how grateful
l am to you"
| Before she realized what he in
tended there was an elephantine arm
upon her neck, the faint reek of stale
cigar-smoke in her senses and a dab
Of a kiss had been imprinted upon the
side Of her half-parted lips.
Her face burned. There came a
choke in her throat. She raised the
back of one hand to her mouth and
held it there. Her eyes fused tears
| of norfifcation.
@How-how-co could you?" she lisp
Cd family.
Il didn't mean nothin' by it," he
laughed uneasily. CAV, come back!
All the girls in our. set femme k'N 'enl
when / see 'em safe home
"How-could you?7 she said
again. @And I thought you were q
/ gentleman.
i Il am gentleman"
/ But she went swiftly up the steps
/ and into the house.