River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-01-25

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.'Oh, lots - said Ned, starting off /
rapidly. Charley said, 'Oh, Vic, you |
would never have given me up If
hadn't told you how rich he was.
what fool I've beenl / might have |
known that that would have been too |
much of a'-let me see: Lead us not |
into temptation '-temptation for such |
girl as YOU are. Good heavens !! and |
he grabbed hold of his hair just as
though he was going to pull it all out >
and the SINAI boz suited the action to
the word, and tugged at his OWL curly
locks with such an assumption of des-
peration as brought the tears into his
eyes. "'Good heavensl' he says, 'how
selfish and cruel you are! I'm sure !
don't know how can love you. Are
you going to marry him !! And We says
Il am
"Oh, you are" thinks the attentive
listener.
ut would be awful silly she
says" the small boy rattles on, ''for us
to get married. / might think | was
happy, for little while, cause | be-
lieve love you as well as l could love
anybody, and then I'd be jolly misera-
BILE, for | must have seal-skin jacket
and a new switch, and hair like mine
costs like'-0h, no, that's what she
said to ma this morning. ! mean, she
says, For / never could be happy with
out fine house and a carriage, and all
sorts of nobby things, and ever so much
more | can't remember. And so be
good boy, she says, and console your
| Cnlf rsfh Nov Nnu-fnn She lilies
| I'm sure, and she is a sweet little
thing and would make you an excellent
wife.
81 don't believe sha ever will then.
| mutter between my teeth. $50 on,
| Ned"
'''No, she wouldn't, says Charley !;
and as for her liking me you never
were more mistaken in your life; or,
! if she does like me, it is because / am
the friend of the man she loves-Ar.
thur Bell I'm Arthur Belly yes,
she loves him as dearly as | do you,
and has loved him for years. 1t was
for his sake she refused handsome
Phil Akers, to say nothing of that
rich old bachelor, Quimby, that all the
other girls are hulling caps for Poor
little wretch know how to pity her.
You'll both recover, says Vic, and,
ten chances to one, fall in love with
each other. There's nothing like
catching a ball on the bounce.
"a heart on the rebound, think
yon mean, Ned / say, with astOnish-
ing calmness.
"Well, perhaps do" assents the
small boy, whistling a couple of bars
of yankee Doodle, thoughtfully
"Anyhow," ending with a false note
that makes me shudder, "Vic stuck
to it she'd marry you, cause you was
so slap-bang-set- 'em-up-again rich
and Charley smashed his hat on his
head and walked out of the room like
this and slipping from the table, the
small boy seized my hat from my
hand. literally '.smashed" it upon his
curly head, and strobe out into the
hall in such a melOdramatic manner
that smiled in spite of myself.
When he returned, | left the easy.
chair-nOt quite as much at ease as
when | sat down in it-took possession
of my hat, restored it as nearly as pos
sible to its original shape, and said
"Ned, you've been remarkably enter
taining-in fact, ] never met such an
entertaining small boy before; but
won't wait any longer. Give my re-
s3ects to your sister
Don't you mean your love 7" asks
Ned, with wide-opened eyes, and adds,
conildentially, sob come now, you
needn't be bashful. know all about
it, you know
Il don't mean my love, | say, most
emphatically.
"And when'll you come again.
impossible to tell
"Rut the knife-the one with SIX
blades, or FIVE blades and a file.
"I'll send it tomorrow morning
early"
"You're a trump !" exclaims the
small boy, cutting caper. "And, j
say, when you marry Vic and ask me
out to your country-hOuse to spend my
vacation, will you give me boat and
Shetland p0ny-one of them real
jolly ones with hair hanging all over
their eyes Z"
.sWhen | marry Vic | will, | prom
Use, solemnly. "Good-by.'
But | never marry Vic.
Mr.. Quinby, the rich old bachelor,
does, though and precious time.
they say, she has with the cranky,
hot.tempered. asthmatic old fellow.
My wife has soft blue eyes and faint
golden hair and | have come to the
conclusion that a delicate, cream-cOl-
ored lily is much to be preferred to a
gorgeous ilame- Observation-Disclosures
feaved, broWn-throated gladiole.