Show I SIBYL SARTORIS Evolved from the School of Emerson Concord and Mackerel Kiss me again Sibyl Sartoris spoke tbeee words in a grave calm manner that betokened betoken-ed the Serious import in which ebe held them and BB Herbert Holdfast bent tenderly forward and pressed his liga softly to hers she looked up to him in the shy catchon the back fence fashion that had so witched him in the golden hued days of courtship those days when all the world seemed seem-ed filled with sunshine when every t breeze spoke in whispers of his lose for this beautiful girl and the cloudless cloud-less skies seemed only to reflect the deeper azure of her eyes Tnere was no tint of deception in the pure nature of this girl and her every act was the result of reflection otter profound BfOtt ht up in Boston Bos-ton she had all Ifg life been accustomed accus-tomed to put to its DeBt use the power of discernment which a thoughtful mind save her Surrounded as eha was by the myatio influence of Emerson Emer-son tne Concord School of Philosophy and several large warehouses where mackerel were sold it ia small wonder won-der that when standkg on the threshold thres-hold of womanhood she beheld suitors suit-ors for her heart and hand approach she had analyzed with critical care the hopes and fears of eachhild subjected the character of every wooer to the rigid scrutiny of a mind I that seated crosslegged on the starry summit of p ychological research re-search looked upon man a3 only vivified protoplaem and the deepest emotions of the heart as merely the manifsstatiDna of a tco active nerve center Herbert knew this He knew that this girlthe rounded curves of whose figure and the sweetneps of whose lips would have made an anchorite leave his job without a pang bad naught of passion in her nature And so when be had complied com-plied ob so gladlywith her request re-quest there stalked fiona out the banquet ban-quet halls of his imagination where they had so long been unwelcome quests tbe sheeted ghosts of Doubt and Apprehension He knew now that Sibyl loved him with a love that would never falter or faila lore that securely built upon a foundation of respect and admiration was now crowned with a large roomy manBard roof of a deathless neverchanging passion Her words prc ved it Never before had she even eo much as hinted hint-ed at a kiss and when be had sought tG take one she had submitted to his Cr Bsea more asa dutiful wife than an ardent lover But now all WAS changed chang-ed and it was she who sought the bliss that a largewellregulatedthree storyandbasement kiss alone can give The thought was ecstaoy You Jove me better today Sibyl he said than you did yesterday Is it not EO darling No she answers standing there calm and pulseless as a clam at high tide I Then why he pays did you ask me to kiss you Because Sibyl replies I delrpd to ascertain whether or not you had been drinking Medfotd rumChies go Tribunt |