Show t A I II I I I O jJ tUR 1 Hit HE only b to the perfect content contentment contentment THIS T 1 ment of the Wilkinsons was wa the Ule unduly protracted courtship of or Fritz and Sophie respectively gardener and rd Id cook at modest but charm charming ing fg ng country place pacO Jn in h Westchester The Whole hole county C knew of or the amiability I of or theae the e late subjects of ot the kaiser and thE h Wilkinsons felt relt that ther th r only onty hope of or permanently retaining audit uh h ideal servants wa Watt to marry them to i each other othor and deed to them as us a wed wedding wedding i iding ding gift gUt snug cottage at the bottom of or o the kitchen garden They A were er re a comely couple plainly enamored of or each other in their placid pla lu German ways Jut Hut though Mrs Wilkinson had more than one onee dropped discreet t hints of what tt t U cottage represented matrimonially n her minds eye eyt Fritz Fritzi i and sd Sophie continued to sit oat oit the moonlit evening on the he kitchen door ii Ing one eye on Sophie and Fritz Pritz be began began began gan in loud declamatory d tones The principal characteristics of most Insects viewed from the stand standpoint standpoint standpoint point of or man Is t that which enables the male to t attract the female In Jn the human species the chief gift of personal attraction is allotted to the female thus th us women attract men Teen by their beauty But in the lower r order of animals we find that the situation is reversed It Itis ItIs Itis is the male bird that has the most beautiful plumage the he t male butterfly b u whose wings are most variegated In iii their colors and the male canary canar whose voice if J is most melodious Here Her is the example bt ht the firefly for instance I Seeing Fritz nudge SOphie significant significantly nt nth ly h 1 with his elbow elbo as aM a they listened eagerly to the Harvard mans words I of ot wisdom Tom Toni paused for lor a moment I and then thep continued To Insects that fly at night nothing i iJ g V 9 r 1 Ii i 1 if 1 p pp p S I FRITZ HAD EDGED CLOSER TO SOPHIA stop atop discussing new ew and delightful com corn combinations COmbinations of cookery and green vegetables ables ablee a e a When eWhen for th the third time om Wil Wll Wilkinson Wilkinson kinson came home from Harvard for or his vacation to gaze on the contented laces faces of ot Fritz Frits and Sophie and remark pIn again in his chastely classical style Nothing doing It was known that the tb neighboring were laying to in Sophie and that the vulgar newly newl rich had of Fritz double his present wages wales But good gracious said Tom Torn to his despairing mother moth r the cottage ought to fetch them Arent Aren t they in inlove Inlove inlove love Or is 18 it the stomach ache that makes make Fritz look that way ay when around 7 Fritz is so d 4 said Mrs Wil Wilkinson Wilkinson Wilkinson kinson actually I dont believe elleve he has screwed up courage enough to propose yet yat Fritz Is a n fool tool grunted Mr Ir Wil Wilkinson Wilkinson 11 kinson on between puffs putts at his ner nor cigar Just look at the girl They were sitting in ma Ina a corner comer of ot the veranda within half a dozen yards of the he kitchen doorstep doorstop where the ccok cok and ad the gardener r were seated as usual Sophle face tace turned toward tow ld d FrItz was wag in plain view It shone with witha a light of tender affection not to be i mistaken Wall wi that Jar you said Tom lit fit f his hll s Harvard way c All AU about in the th dusk fireflies were out with their lanterns Fritz was pointing at them and saying something to Sophie They can hear every ever word we e say eaId Tom suddenly Well give em era ome shining examples example from I suppose you know mother that Im the he prize of the class Is that Harvard for entomologist Yes only is more compre it tt takes tahoe In all alt sorts of ot bugs bUgH human bugs as well wen as hs other kinds But lot let us proceed And Tom keep i is 15 s so 50 attractive as a beam of ot light the moth and the candle is a familiar f Illustration of or this fact Accordingly the male firefly emits from his lila own body bod the light which attracts to him the female firefly destined to become his mate Here the Wilkinsons observed with pleasure that Fritz had edged percept perceptibly bly closer to Sophie and that they were listening with clasped hands Unlike the males and females of or the human species continued Tom all aU Insects are absolutely frank and honest The charms of a woman are often ex cx exerted exerted In vain because the man of her choice Is either too stupid or too bash bashful bashful ful fill to let her know that he yields to them but when the male insect dis die displays displays plays his attractions In the presence of the female insect of his choice she flies to him Instantly and they are mated as the Lord intended them thorn to be he Sophie and Fritz were plainly agi agitated agitated agitated They had risen and were re stand standIng standIng standIng Ing In the kitchen door Mr Wilkinson had an Inspiration He took his cigar from his lips tips and asked What happens to the man and to the lady Iad bug who are so foolish as to toke toke ke kep p the other party waiting They are crazy replied Tom with emphasis As these fateful words from a source so eminent nt fell fen on Fritzs eara eam he drew the not unwilling Sophie within the kitchen door and they were lost to the view of or the Wilkinsons Hows that for tor de demanded demanded demanded Tom In triumph Hush said Mrs Wilkinson they are In the dining room Gracious said Tom they are los losing losIng losing ing no time Now started Here they come Hand In hand Fritz and Sophie look looking lookIng looking ing both glad and foolish confronted I I the Wilkinsons I Id vas all right mit me und So Sophle Sophie phie said the gardener ve ye dake der I gottage Copyrighted Ol by W H R Hearst |