The Holly chieftain., 1922-10-05


alities. Frogs were chorusing in the
near swamp, and Bobby wanted one
He was Off after 1t. But Di eventu-
ally drew him back, reluctant, frog
less. He entered upon an exhaustive
account of the use Of frogs for bait,
and us he talked he constantly flung
stones. Di grew restless. There was.
she had found, certain amount Of
this to be gone through before Bobby
would focus on the personal. At
length she was obliged to say, Like
ME today?" And then he entered
upon personal talk with the same
zest with which he had discussed bait.
Bobby" said Di. "sometlmes I
think we might he married. and not
wait for any old money"
They had now come that far. II
was partly an authentic attraction,
grown from out the old repulsion. and
partly II was that they botli-and es-
pecially Disc much wanted the ex-
periences of attraction that they as
sumed Its ways. And then each cared
enough to assume the pretty role re-
YuitCu ny Tic OtuCi, anu ny tNt OCCd-
sion. and by the air of the time.
Would your" asked Bobby-but in
the subjunctive.
"She said: YES WILL"
ut would mean running away,
wouldn't itf' said Bobby, still SUBJ
junctive.
II suppose so. Mamma and papa
are so unreasonable"
"Dl,' said Bobby, "I don't believe
You could ever be happy with me-
1.-THE idea! I can, too. You're 60
ing to be great man--you know you
are"
Bobby was silent. OF course he
knew it--but he passed it over.
wouldn't 1t be fun to elope and
surprise the whole school:" said Di,
sparkling.
Bobby grinned appreciatively. He
was good to look at, with his big
frame, his head of rough, dark hair,
the sky warm upon his clear skin and
full mouth. DI suddenly announced
that she would be willing to elope
now.
i've planned eloping lots of times
she said d>ambiguously.
1t flashed across the mind of Bobby
that in these plans Of hers he may
not always have been the principal,
and he could not he sure But
she talked In nothlngs, and he an.
swered her SO.
Soft cries sounded In the center Of
the stream. The boat, well out Of the
strong current, was seen to have Its
oars shipped; and there sat Dwight
Herbert gently rocking the boat.
Dwight Herbert would.
"Bertie, Bertie-please.' you heard
his Ina say.
Monona began to cry. and her IA
ther was irritated, felt that it would
be ignominious to desist. and did not
know that he felt this. But lie knew
that he was annoyed, and he took
refuge in this, and picked up the oars
with: "Some folks never can enjoy
anything without spelling It,"
"That's what was thinking" said
Ina, with flash of anger.
They glided toward the shore in a
hun. Monona found that she enjoyed
crying across the water and kept it
up. 1t was almost as good MS an
echo. Ina, stepping safe to the sands.
cried ungratefully that this was the
last time that she would ever. ever
go with her husband anywhere. Ever.
Dwight Herbert, recovering, gauged
the moment to require of him humor,
and observed that his welded wife
was as skittish as colt. Ina kept
silence, head poised so that her full
little chin showed double. Monona,
who had previously hidden cooky in
her frock, now remembered 1t and
crunched sidewise, the eyes rumnant.
Moving toward them, with Di. Bobby
was suddenly Overtaken by the seEse
Of disliking them all. He never had
liked Dwight Herbert. his employer.
Mrs Deacon seemed to him so over
whelmingly mature that he had no
Idea how to treat her. And the child
MOnona he would like to roll in the
river. Even Di He fell silent,
was silent on the walk home, which
was the signal for DI to tease him
steadily. The little being was afraid
Of silence. 1t was too vast for her.
She was like butterfly In dome.
But against that background of ru-
ined occasion, Lulu walked hpmewartl
beside Ninlan. And all that night. be
side her mother who groanetl in her
sleep. Lulu lay tense and awake. He
had walked home with her He had
told Ina and Herbert about going to