Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-06-02
THE PURSUIT
OF FRECKLES
By JANE OSBORN

| va Ass4s bf AcS4Afe Newspaper SyRafcatsD
Say. Frecklcs. who was that nice
booking. round-faeed young man that
| spoke to you when you got of the
cary asked Laura, with all the eoneie-
scension OF an older sister who had
overheard so frequently the remark
that she WAS the beauty Of the family,
and that Peggy was JUS: a nice lit
tie girl that she was beginning TO be-
| lieve IL.
Don't call me Freckiesl@ snapped
Peggy, as she lmpetuousiy pulled OF
her Jaunty little tam o'shanter that
was a part OF her skating OUTFIT. Then
she peered into a handginss on her
sisters dressing table.
They really are fading. No one who
| hadn't known before l begsn using
that new cream would know I ever had
any freckies. and II sounds just dread
fully TO eail girl Of my age--twenty.
aimost--oy such perfectly childish.
silly nickname
| Then another pause, In which she
studied the pleasant. wholesome fea-
lures In the mirror with considerable
| scrutiny. Besides, he Isn't round
faced. It's quite an oval"
"w-ho is hef Who introduced youf
Don't be clam"
NO one introduced me. So there r
Peggy Young How dare you speak
| 10 a young man you don't know any
| thing shoutY'
II do know a lot about him." replied
| Peggy, who was really very eager TO
| tell all she knew about the young man
| under discussion. HE Is young news
| paper man. / often see him. He gees
| 10 work about the time I'm coming
| from skating. and-well Il was Just a
case Of mutual attraction, suppose.
! I'd noticed him for a few days before
he ever seemed 10 see me. Then one
| day he noticed me: he seemed TO be
looking through 90 my very soul: not
at all In an ifnpertinent way, but In
searching. serious way. Just that
look was as good as an introduction.
When man locks at a girl that way,
she Just knows he's all right.
| looked up and he seemed really en-
| harrassed. He hadn't meant TO annoy
| me, and then. when left the car and
| looked back NJ him TO see whether he
was gtill looking he raised his hat ever
so slightly. After that we Just natu-
| rally spoke 10 each other. And he
told me that the reason why he spoke
raised his hat--that arst time was
because he thought other people had
seen him looking NJ me and he wanted
| II 10 seem that he really knew the.
Wasn't that thoughtful OF himY'
| ~ am really shocked 90 commented
Laura. whose expression. on the con
trary, showed intense interest. II sup
pose ought 10 speak 10 father
Il didn't tell him about the way you
got acquainted with Stanton Jones.
just because you had chairs besides
each other coming home from col.
| lege"
THAT was quite different with
| Stanton IL was n case OF love az first
sight; and when q man loves al first
sight, you don't think he Is going TO
walt for an opportunity TO have an IN
| f-oaretlon :"
Maybe 1t Was II you could have
seen the way he looked at me Tuever
had anyone look at me that way be-
fore. OF course. be hasn't told me he
loves the yet, though he has said he
was very, very fond Of me-"
We'll. think there was something
very funny about IT," said Laura.
You mean that when a man wants
TO meet you the first time he sees Won
II is perfectly natural. because Won
are beautiful; but that when a man
feels that way about me, there must
be something queer---he must have
been crazy or drunk or something
Il didn't say that. Peggy assured
Laura. But If you must know II, you
aren't Just that type. Some people iust
aren't, you know. Freckles, and you're
one OF them"
/ Don't call me Freckles," protested
Peggy. Il can stand having you saw
all those other mean things, but | wont
be called Freckles. am sure Mr.. Rur.
CESS doesn't think / am freckIed. I'm
Just going to ask him, so there and ~
he says Tn freckled, noticaably, then
you can 20 on. and II he saws he'd
hardly notice them, then you inst
mustn't call me Freckles."
Two days later an opportunity ar.
rived for Thomas Burgess TO settle the
dispute between Laura and Peggy. II
had been decided that Peggy ought 10
Introduce the news admIrer Of her
TO Laura--propriery really demanded
H. Laura said. And IT should be done
correctly in the afternoon, withI.anra
pouring tea behind softly lighted tea
table and Peggy looking sweet and
frilly In the afternoon frock and light
slippers. Just as II they always looked
that way and drank tea every after
noon. And Il was easier for Mr.. Bur.
gess TO aequlesce in the tea-party idea
than Tor most OF Laura's suitors, be-
cause he worked at nights and was