The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-05-15
Making Her Tell


swho brought You home LON Ger
trude's last night?" casually inquired
the bachelor uncle as he searched in
the writing table drawer for certain
envelope.
sWhy," answered the pretty girl.
quite as casually. at was George"
s0h!" commented her relative.
ssSarne one you went skating with
Tuesday. isn't he?"
aWhy. yes" said the pretty girl.
Eyes, now think Of it. did go skat-
ing with George last Tuesday"
~Hm!" murmured her uncle.
ssWasnt he here Sunday to tea?"
'sYou know he was, the pretty girl
said. a trife tartly, dropping her
work. Don't you remember the fuss
you two had over who should have the
goo-ey French pastry"
Seems to me / do recall IT." her
uncle agreed. well, you certainly
must be crazy about that boy"
The pretty girl regarded her uncle
with supreme disgust. 1T does make
me SO mad!s she said at last 1.-THE
way older people act about things.
They're always thinking you're in love
with everybody you look at. Me crazy
about George-if 1t isn't too perfectly
ridiculous! HUH"
~I'u bet you are" persisted her
uncle. Nobody but girl desperately
IN love with man could stand having
him around her feet every minute the
way you do George. Nothing but the
depths OF insane devotion would en-
able her to bear up under his CONVEX
sation six nights out of every week,
as yor have been doing Of late. That
prorss It"
The pretty girl sat I'D vita bounce.
II think you are perfectly mean" she
annouced. "Just because since you've
been here George has happened to
drop In rather often"
well. Of course" the bachelor uncle
admitted. II realize that 1t is very
hard for George to keep away from
me--to resist the magic of my pres
ence, 30 to say-but you could easily
IRE him II he bored YOU"
II didn't say he bored me-" the
pretty girl corrected, reprovingly. Il
hope I shall never speak so of any
friend Of mine. think George is
one Of the incest men who call on
me-
tut! Tut" said the bachelor uncle,
seating himself as tho he had lot to
say. THAT disinterested, polite tone
won't do. Old STUFF! No, you mustn't
try to put it over on poor old unky
that way, Mabel. Be game girl and
confess that George Is the apple Of
your eye and that you kiss his photo
graph goodnight every day."
Il certainly do nothing of the sortm
Mabel told him, holly. You must have
been hooking thru your college scrap
&book to collect such weird ideas.
Icn't see why you should pick on poor
gorge. Why. Lester and Tom come
see me lots"
'Huh!" scoffed her uncle. Have
2ever seen you, with bated breath and
your soul In your eyes, listening
either to Tom or Lester telling you
how he sold bill of goods at an
eighth Of cent per dozen advance on
what the firm expected, as you listen
ed to George recently? Have II"
Il always" the pretty girl cried, in
dignantly, II always try to be inter-
ested In the life work and occupations
of my friends. I'm sure it was quite
wonderful the way George got that or
der away from lot of salesmen so
much older than he is"
Her uncle returned to the attack I'M
daunted.
Il know it's painful" he agreed.
"But don't see why on earth you
balk so at coming right out and adj
hitting that you've lost your head
over George. It's an ordinary affic-
ton. Lots of people have it."
"You sound like the measles" said
the pretty girl with faint giggle.
mo-" sighed her Bachelor uncle.
'4They can quarantine for measles and
have some hope of saving the patient,
but most Of these cases are fatal.
Come on. now. tell mel"
"Oh, my goodness" cried the pretty
girl. You're awful! OF course, +
like George terribly. If you weren't
blind as a bat you'd know it without
asking"
why. did," her bachelor uncle as
sured her. lodging the bail of yarn
she hurled at him to distract attention
from her suddenly pink cheeks. "But
u Just wanted to hear you say so.
like him quite lot myself"
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