Gunnison news-champion., 1922-09-15
(ceafinssd Asa La wsslE)

rurred to Cornish that this VAS ridic-
uIouA -You know. I'm really study
ing law" he said. shyly and proudly.
iaw! How very Interesting. from Ina.
nb. but won't be bring up some songs
>osne evening. for them to ny overi
Her and Dit Al this Di laughed and
snid that she was- out Of practice and
iifsexi ber glass of water. In the
,src~ence of adults NJ made one weep.
she wus - slender. % young. % with
"ut defenses. 20 intoierably sentative
to every cs,utact. % In agony lest she
be found wanting. Il was amazing
how unlike Vas this Di to the d swh0
had ensnared Bobby l.arkin. What
ans uae to thinkf
Cornish paid very little sttention to
her. To Luiu he said kindly, ..Don't
yuu play. Miss-f" He had not caught
her SAIame-no stranger ever did catch
IL. But Dwight now supplied II: -Aiiss
Lulu Bett.- he explained. With loud
emphasis, and Lulu burned her allow
red. This question Lulu hsd usually
answered BY telling how . feion had
Interrupted her lessons and she had
stopped ''taking"-a participle sacred
Ia music. In warbleton. This vignette
had been q kind of epItcme Of Lulu's
biography. But now Lulu was heard
tn say. serenely:
mo. but I'm quite fond Of II. /
went to lovely concert-two weeks
agn."
They alt listened. Strange, indeed.
TO think Of Lulu as having had expert
.nces of which they did not know.
"yes." she said. ut was In Savan-
uah. Georgia." She flushed. and lifted
her eyes IN = manner of faint defiance.
"Of COURSE she said. :" don't know
the names Of all the different instru-
meuiS they played. bat there were q
good many" She laughed pleasantly
as a pnrt of her sentence. "They had
soine.lovely tunes" she said. She knew
that the subject wns not exhausted
and she hurried on. THE hall was
real large" she superndded. -and
there were quite.a good mnny people
there. And II iwaq too warm"
- see." said Cornish. aud said what
he had been waiting to sny: That he.
too. had been In Savannah. Georgia.
Lulu III with pleasure. ''weli!" she
said. And her mind worked and she
caushi at the moment before II had
escaped ''Isn't II a pretty cltyr.
she msk esi. And Cornish Assented with
the ntense heartlness Of the provincial.
He. too. IL. seemed. had ccnversa-
tionai appearance to maintain by its
own effort. He said that he had en-.
joyed being In fhift town and, that he
was there for two hours
Il was there for week. Lulu's
superiority was really pretty.
"Hate good weather. Cornish ~
lected next.
-Oh. yes. And they saw all the dif.
ferent buildings--but At her I'VE" shs
flushed and was Elenced She was
coloring and breathing quickly. This
was the first bit Of conversation Of
this sort In Lulu's life.
After supper Ina inevitably pro-
posed croquet. Dwight pretended to
try to escape and. with his irrepressi-
BILE mien, talked about Ina, elaborate
In his insistence on the third person
"She loves II. we have to humof her.
you know how It Is. Or mol You don't
knowl But you wills-and more of
the same sort, everybody laughing
heartily. save Lulu. who looked un-
comfortable and wished that Dwight
wouldn't. and Mrs. Rett, who paid no
attention to anybody that night. not
because she had not been introduced.
an omission which she had not even
noticed, but merely as another form
Of 'stantrim"-a self-indulgence.
They emerged for croquet. And
there on the porch sat Jenny Plow
and Bobby, waiting for Di to keep an
old engagement. which Di pretended
to have forgotten. and to be fright
fully annoyed to. have to keep. She
met the objections OF her parents with
all The batteries Of her coquetry. set
for both Bobby and Cornish and, bold
In the presence Of company" At last
went laughing away. And In the NIL
mute areas OF her consciousness she
said to herself that Bobby would be
more in love with her than ever be-
cause she had risked all to go with
him: and that Cornish ought to be
distinctly attracted to her because
she had not stayed. She was as primi-
live a. pollen.
Ina was vexed. She said -, pout-
ing in . fashion which she should
have outgrown with white muslin and
h1un r5Shona and sha had 01t1r0wn
none Of these things,
THAT just spoils croquet,r che said.
Tim vexed. Now We can't have Q
real game"
From the side door. where she must
have been lingering among the water
peoofs Lulu stepped forth.
-rll play ANNA shs saiA
Whea Corniah actually propoeed to
bring some music - the Dsacons. Ina
tnrned toward Dw1UAt Hesbsst all TIE
= fneof1 ~ hef remDoGGlhllffY. And has