Show My First Experience with Dan Cupid By Elalo Chnstoln I susceptible 1C Hi Slit won sweet wlmm 18 summers Imil was om over I lightly passed linvlni bin hair 1111 matter It and tho Bray mn UiiKtnl with gray nmlerncnth Ilia wavy croJllllharrl wd Hut to her ho was all < > tllllt Vats him desirable and to wise noljlo and In truth It hud ho was perfection first sight linen a case of lovo at They had llrst met at a party She had worn white lIe was partial to I whltf Her sunny hnlr had been nr riuiBCi loosely on her graceful neck He never had liked girls who did their hair high In fact she hud been wholly seductively charming and lie hud succumbed to those charms Ho had worn the regulation black suit of course Hut ah how broad his shoulders were how merry his yes A strange Incomprehensible ecstatic omotlou had taken possession of her soul lie had asked to take her homo but she had not thought best May 1 call ho had asked She had felt the hot blood leap to her cheeks If she only I dared say yes Hut no there was mamma to consider Mamma who was so awfully aw-fully uncompromisingly set on the proprieties Mamma who thought her far too young to have masculine admirers ad-mirers And to have one call Oh A shiver ran down her spinal column The young man waiting for an answer an-swer divined her thoughts Perhaps your mother would object ob-ject he had suggested and with sad conviction sho had answered Yesshe would But I must sue you some time ho had Insisted Dear Insistence Sho had thought for a moment then Mamma Is going calling tomorrow afternoon and I can meet you down the river right behind Blakes greenhouses green-houses at three oclock Will that do lIe had been enraptured with the plan and the following day they met as they had agreed He suggested a boat ride Sho acquiesced ac-quiesced and he rented Mr Blakes boat Ho assisted her to a seat then took his place at the oars Something was wrong about his way of handling them and the boat refused to move Dont you know how to row sho ventured after some moments of frantic fran-tic redfaced but vain endeavors on his part Well Ierllevor did before ho replied then blurted out Can you Why yes she said Suppose you do then They changed places and she rowed him up and down the river until her tender hands were blistered and her heart was sore Sho was woefully dlsap pointed In him Never before had sho met a man who could not row But ho talked entertainingly and sho forgave him True lovo overlooks many Imperfections Im-perfections After that afternoon they met frequently fre-quently Sympathetic young friends discovered how the land lay and camo gallantly to the rescue as young friends will do at all times One evening sue retired to her room I early telling her mother that alma must study Not so however She had Instead promised him to take a moonlight stroll Her window was not far from the ground and with the aid of a foreordained cracker box she managed man-aged to escape from the house During that stroll he proposed Told her how ho loved her Fell on his knees In knightly fashion and begged her In Impassioned tones to fly with him to leave her cruel mother and her unhappy homo for a life of honey and roses and himself Sho blushed suffered him to kiss her hand and consented in nnn a a AIr n sho could make the necessary preparations prepar-ations and then they would fly Ah the unutterable bliss of that meet tag Finally they parted and sho crept stealthily around the house As sho neared the parlor window sho heard sounds of merriment She peered In A peculiar scene revealed ftrelf to her I view There sat her usually dignified mother laughing until the tears ran down her cheeks On his knees be fore her with clasped hands and a ridiculously sentimental expression spread over his pug nose and freckles was nor small brother Ho was speak lag declaiming and as the sister rea lized the import of his words sho turned cold with dread Ooooo Celeste darling angel listen to mo I lovo you I love yon Promise mo that you will bo mine Oh dooooo I Leave your cruel mother your happy home and llyyy with mpi Life wont bo nothln without I yoiioo My heart Is breaking Ouchchch Waiting to hear no more realizing I that her secret was discovered the young victim of unsympathetic kin made for her room with all posslblo speed hoping to get there before the cruel mother should decide to visit It She had just mounted the cracker box and was cautiously raising her head over the sill when ho door opened and mamma not laughing now but stern and white made her appear anco bearing In her hand a lamp whose rays fell directly on the horror stricken face at tho window There was a moments awful silence then mamma set down tho lamp and came to the window Anow too to assist you Celeste she said In tones of ominous quiet Celeste allowed her and then But I will not attempt to describe what followed some things SSt0 tor loft to tho Imagination And be sides you BOO limy dears iwaa Co leste I I |