The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-03-26
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Shea bit of heliotrope. Pretty, is it
not7
He.-Yes, very pretty.
She.-Are you fond of heliotrope2
He.-Of that heiotrope, yes.
She.-I would put it in your button
hole, but Pm afraid
He.-Afraid2 Why?
She.--Miss Winthorpe might object.
She is watching us.
He.-Why should Miss Winthorpe OBJ
jectl
She.-I don't know if you don't.
He.-I don't think Miss Winthrope
has any special interest in me.
She.--I do.
He,-Are you jealous of herl
She.-No. Why should be jealous2
He.-I wish you were.
She. Whyl
He.-Oh, | don't know. A fellow
likes to be OF sufficient interest to a
woman to make her jealous.
She.-Yes, suppose he does. Are
you trying to make Miss Winthorpe ieal-
GUS of me9
He.-Why do you bring in Miss Win
thorpe so oftenl Will you put the hello
trope in my button-hole
She.-You might think too much of
it.
He.-I couldn't Perhaps Mr. Win
thorpe night object.
She.---Why should Mr.. Winthorpe OBJ
ject
He.-If you don't know, don't.
She.-I don't think Mr.. Winthorpe
takes any special interest in me.
He-I do.
She.-Therel 1t looks decidedly
aesthetic on its back ground of black
He.-May l think as much of it as l
like 2
She.--Oh, yes; flower means nothing.
If it did, how would read the bouquet
gentleman sent me to-day
He.-What is it you call this cluster
you wear in your-corsage, is IL 2 am
not up in milliner's terms.
Shc.-You will be some day.
He.-What do you mean
She.-When you marry. Your check
book will be your dictionary.
He.-lf money could buy such thing
of beauty as this
She,-That will do Don't carry my
joke so far.
He's it very expensive
She-What
He.-A wife.
She.-I don't think so. But I've never
been wife.
He.-You might be some day.
She.-I shall. But have not seen my
husband yet
He.-Are you sure
She.-I see plenty of gentlemen like.
have no heart, | am afraid
Helm afraid you have not.
She. What do you know about it?
He.-A good deal. ] have been look
ing for it.
She.-Are you as foolish as all the rest
/ don't like men who talk nonsense.
He.-It is not nonsense. Men some
times mean what they say.
he.-Very rarely.
He.-We have not known one another
long enough to mistrust one another
She.-To trust one another, you mean
He.-No; / do not mean that mean
what say. DO you remember our first
meeting2
She.0No. Our acquaintance never
seems to me to have had any beginning
j simply knew you.
He.-And trusted me2
She.-And trusted you3 My! don't
know. 1t was not
He.-What2
She. Never mind What a lovely
dress Miss Winthorpe wears.
He.-Will you not finish your sentence
She.-lt was nothing-a thought tina
should not have been uttered anyway.
He.-stay You are not engaged fol
this dance7
Shelf / stay shall not be.
He.-I do not wish to detain you
Shell don't care about dancing an,
more
He.-It is curious that too have al
most foFFdten the first time we met.
She.-I don't quite know if that i
complimentary.
He.-Itn never occurred to me that w
were to be more than mere acquaintance
and now-for year
She.-We have been friends.
He.-Have we been truly friends?
She.-I think so. l always liked you
You did not speak to me as other me-
spoke. You did not pay me single com
pliment for the first six months--excep
one.
He. I have forgotten. What was it
She.-That is your flattery-a tiatter
no woman ever passes unnoticed.
He-Flattery. Wherein is 1t fiat
tery2
She. Don't you know2
He.-I only know that if il was com
pliment, it was meant.
She. And that is the most eifectiv