The Washington herald., 1921-11-06
By Dana Catlin

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she died . sisv and sttRsaing death for
whole week affsr.
Andy stored the f.et sh.f hs was 0Av
pointed man in the hack q his bad vhils
they crossed . meadow cleaning with 3svsis
Of dew, skirtsd q rsvfne climbed . long siops.
and paused at the edge Of the BIT Of un-
cAsnred wood to gaze back st the blue Sound
In the distance.
-LIsteni- breathed Becky. hitting h9
hand
incessant trfIling chorus Of such Joyous free
dom as no orchestra, with its set mechanical
devices, can ever achieve. Becky. head
bent, in that attitude sf arrested. hushsd At
tsotsou, looked - q she were enSo14ns Q
svor,ss ana f.1nnhr ssrtaey. They ~
v.nesd . ntns 0stsnsa VIZ 9usse,y. uses
the sv~hangfng mss q esad and yesns
cssn- Thsa she ts.shsd bis arm. y sss-
tsa, unnotsoaas wly. and poants1 toward .
parseu,.r branch Of . partseu,ar trsa
.hsss Q thrushs nest up there she
Whispered.
.Ysr b vhispesd ssek- When you caa
whisper about anything. b anybody. ms .
fair insurance against boredom. for the tims.
Yea" snrmsd Becky. stirl whispsrtns
The only one for miles around
Presently. when they came to an open.
grassy knon warmed by the sun. Becky
played her trump card From little leather
box which swung . strap from her shout
der and Of which she'd made q laughing mys
tery, she produced sandwiches and Q thermos
bottle Of hot coffee. Andys estimate Of her
intelligence went UP by leaps and bounds.
Too bad Cor1nna's missing an this.-
Becky observed ~ she mupcbed . sandwich.
Imagine preferTing to stay in bed, city hours
and habits ruin most people for the country
I'm afraid Il does." concurred Andy 70
gretfuIy.
we must rub Il IN at breakfast-
Yes. We must do that Wen make them
sorry for their lazdnes.- he said looking az
II he found that prospect rather enjoyable
-Corinna's an old lazy bones. but she's .
sweet thing" said Becky. And % e1qui-
sitely loveiy-don't you think sor-
Yes, she's a beautiful girl"
And not at all selfish and petty as most
pretty. popular girls are apt to be. She's az
generous and loyal a. II she were plain -
q post
Andy was moved to answer TO this that
Corfnna seemed not the lone generous exam-
pie Of her sex. Queer. he observed; he'd
always heard that attractive women were
catty about each othsrowhich went 70 prove
in funny stories. In fart, women were en-
ceptionaly liberal and gracious In this 70
gard For instance she Becky, and Cortnna
were both conspieuousiy attractive eirls. yst
they never by word or decd disparassd the
other. On the contrary, they never let slip
an opportunity to sing the others praise.
Becky. listening. turned her bad TO hide
a shrewd smile. She was thinking how really
pathetic men are in their trusting simplicity.
Yet they were termed the superior sexi
All in all the hike turned out more spe-
cessfully than any one might have prophs-
sied. and, as they briskly reu.oed their
steps. Becky was p,umins hersslf not q Bttia
DOUBTLESS one cause Of their high spirits
was that anticipated rubbing It in at the
breakfast table-eaeh with his special audi
tor paramountly IN mind And this rs the
reason. indubitabiy. that their spirits clouded
over soon as the breakfast table was
reached: those auditors were not there No
traces Of them save plates and cups and
saucers not yet cleared sw.y-vesttses sucl,
as make for depression even when the per.
son who has eaten and vanished Is not one
you were specially keyins up TO see The
returned pedestrians learned that Mss F.s-
ter and Mr.. Immet had appeared for break
fast about eight O'Clock. and later had eess
away somewhere in q car.
Eight o'clock said Andy. soundfns
almost indignant. . Why. thought Immsf
never really woke up before noon,"
And Corinna wouldn't 20 walking becauss
she wanted to sleep!" accused Becky.
Il suppose they were just throwing m
of the scene on purpose" said Andy, lookins
miserable.
1t would seem that way. Wen, lers no,
mourn-Im starved
Despite her famished declaration she oofv
pecked at her toast; and Andy ate his bacon.
and eggs as though they were savorisss
They talked, but there grew an effect q
effort, and lengthening silences: that earlier
spontaneity was gone. To such an end
comes the spuriously enervescent oompsniop-
ability Of two when q secret stimulus, based
on futurities. resolves into just empty dishee
Out in the hall she called for Aunt Em,
but couldn't evoke an answsr: she'd have
been all the more disgruntled had she known
Aunt EN- deliberately chose not to hear.