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e e e e (fANGE OF HEART By KENNETH HARRIS, The objections Bessie Upton had to way were that he was too good, “If he had any sense at au ue wouia Just stay where he was.” EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., APRIL 27, 1914. “Hush!” sald Bessfe. “That's un- chr!stlan And if you knew how glad She hardly knew why she had called ' I Was. Now let me fix that te. You him to her. When he came, with an ' Poor boy!” expectant look in his brown eyes, she sald, rather coldly: “Well?” “Bessie,” cried Conway, suddenly “has anything changed your feeling “I thought you wanted me,” he said. 'for me since I last saw you? Tell “You were mistaken,” declared Miss me?” Bessle; “I did not.” Conway smiled good-humoredly, was turning away with a bow when 0 inoffensive, too polite and too dig- ed. It did seem that Conway was er irreproashable, but he was al- e rather liked than otherwise. Not iall & bad little fellow, Conway. He s pretty much taken up with Miss sessle from the first, but his chances jgpeared to be poor. He had plenty Mompetltlon to begin with. There ygs something peculiarly attractive ipout the girl, as there is about any | who is pretty, reasonably young 4ad not absolutely lacking in fintelli- rence, and Papa Upton was kept pret- y well occupled with the considera- 4yn of the varlous suitors for his yughter’s hand. He distinctly ap- roved of Conway. Possibly that was ipother of the objections. pauline Gerrish, who is herself not sholly devold of personal attractions, sked Bessie one day why she snubbed Wm’ Conway 80. “] can’t snub him, darlingest girl,” willed Bessie; “I may try to occa- noually, but my envenomed shafts o't penetrate his armor of mild ignity and sweét courtesy. They re- iund and hit me. He has the effect it always putting me in the wrong, ud I don’t know of anything more mddening than that” “He's good-looking.” “] suppose he 1s.” “And he dances better than any of he men I know.” “Yes, I like to dance with him my- lf.” "He worships the ground you walk m.” “I can't help that.” ‘I'm not so sure, Bessie; T bellevei ou do give him a little encourage- nent now and then. As to being too od, I don’t believe in such a thing na man. They're not made that way. Fell, if you don’t want him I'll take \im and see what I can make of him.” “You are welcome as far as I am wncerned.” “Absolutely sure?” “0f course I am.” Accordingly, Pauline made her little periment. Bessie found herself ratching it with some interest. She She Heard His Voice Behind Her With a Pecullar Thrill. blerved that Conway was quite un- esponsive, and she felt a little impa- tlent with him. “The idiot!” she exclaimed to her elf, as he left Pauline’s side in obed!- nce fo her.merest beckoning glance. 7 «2\AA P2 P ) § e Teo 2T, ‘._ P> )= ) <3 N 3 she stopped him. “Suppose I had?” she sald. “Why l'h‘m,l'ld you rush over that instant as He walted a moment, politely, for her to complete the statement, and then, as she seemed to have no inten- tion of doing so, sald, calmly: “Be- cause you wanted me.” “That's reasoning in a viclous cir- cle,” she said, in slight confusion, “or, rather, it isn’t reason at all.” “Then I will give you the reason more fully,” he said. “It’s because I love you, and it is my highest pleas- ure to obey a wish of yours. Will you try me?” Bessie knew better than to tell him that. She told him, however, that it was impossible and hopeless. He was foolish enough to press her for a reason, and in a fit of nervous irrita- tlon she told him he was too good, too inoffensive, too polite and too dig- nified. He assured her that she was altogether mistaken, but he took his refusal in a manner that proved his title to the virtues she had mentioned, and it was some time before she saw him again. She was in a street car—one of the open summer variety, and she heard his voice behind her with a pe- culiar thrill. He was not speaking to her, though. He was addressing & burlyJlooking person with a stubble of biack beard on a particularly promi- i nent jaw. He spoke politely, begging this individual to refrain from thrust- ing his arm in his face as he spread his newspaper before him. “What's the matter with you?" growled the big man. | “Nothing at all serious,” said Con- | way, evenly. “It's merely unpleasant. I know you don’t realize that you were making a nuisance of yourselt, so you must excuse me for calling your at- tention to the fact for the third and last time.” Bessie noticed that his color was heightened as he and the burly man glared at each other. She thought, though it alarmed her, that Conway’s glare was becoming. At last the burly man, with a snort of contempt, trans- ferred his gaze to his newspaper, which be held in the same objection- able position. Conway instantly snatched it from his hands and threw it from the car, and as the burly man rose he struck him, under the chin, using at the same time a decidedly bad word. As the burly man staggered back, he clutched at Conway to save himself, and the next instant the two had fallen from the car and were rolling in the muddy street. Bessfe got off at the next cormer. When she reached Conway, he was sitting on the curbstone, looking rather sick and faint. One eye was swollen almost shut, and his nose had bled a little. His collar was half oft and his necktie was hanging over his back. His coat was torn in several places. The remark of one of the crowd that he looked as if he had been “up against it” was certainly Justified. Bessle helped him into the providen- tlal cab with the assistance of the cab- man, and to his horror followed him herself. He rather brokenly explained his sense of humiliation, but she stopped him by wiping his face with her dainty little handkerchief. The way she did it was—well! T wouldn’t have had this happen for you to see for the world,” protested Conway “1 sprained my ankle and the brute got away. If I ever get my hands o him—". P It was rather sudden, but of course | Bessie laughed nervously. “You and know what my objections were,” she sald. “Now if you think you have been good and inoffensive—and digni- fled, I don't.” But that may not have been the reason, after all. (Copyright, 1914, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) JOKE ON MUSICAL COMPOSER 1 Clever Itallan Newspaper Led Puccinl on to Criticize His Own Operatic Work. There are ingenious and quick-wit- ted newspaper reporters in other lands than ours—even in Italy, where, perhaps, we should not much expect to find them. Once when Puccini, the Italian composer, was visltlng in Milan, he attended a performance of his opera, “Tosca,” in order to study the effect of certain parts of the pro- duction upon the audience. The mas- ter entered the house unknown, bought a seat in the pit, and was greatly pleased with the display of en- thusiasm over his opera. At the end of the opera, he writes in a German paper, the enthusiasm increased to a delirium; a young lady who was sitting next to me became highly incensed because I did not also join in the applause; and with a stare and an insolent toss of her head, she said: “Why don’t you applaud the master- plece?” “Masterplece!” said I, and laughed scornfully. “Don’t you believe it.” “What, don’t you like the music?” “No,” I saild. “It is amateurish work.” “You do not understand much about music, I take it,” remarked my neigh- bor. That was enough. I began to tell her how, according to the rules of thorough bass and counterpoint, the opera of “Tosca” was a very poor pro- duction. I showed her how a certain aria reminded the hearer of Verdi, and a chorus of Bizet. In fact, I left nothing unsaid regarding the whole opera. When I had finished, my neigh- bor politely inquired: “Is that your honest opinion, really and truly?” “Absolutely.” “Well, 1 don't know,” she sald, doubtfully, and disappeared in the crowd. The next morning I came down to breakfast, intending to read my news- paper in peace; but the first thing that confronted me was a headline in heavy type—‘“Puccini Criticizes His ‘Tosca.’” And there I read in black and white all the sharp things that I had sald the previous evening. The young woman was a musical reporter. She had recognized me, and had led me on to criticize the whole opera, without my having the slightest sus- picion of her connection with the press!—Youth's Companion. Of Two Evils. John Sloan, the noted painter, mor alized at a New York exhibition before one of Henner's red-haired Magda- lenes. “The evil that women do!” eaid Mr. Bloan, adjusting his pince-nez calmly. “Ot two evils,” he added, “men choose the lesser—save when the greater is the prettier.” The Favored Skirt. 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