The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-16

seNo.oI objected, "a sofa would be
more natural"
ssChairs would be the most proper"
81 don't think So" | said, preparing
to move a little nearer to herself. but
restrained by a quick motion OF her
pretty hand. 'Just think how absurd
it would be if you and | were to take
two chairs at opposite ends of the room."
at would not be absurd. Sitting on
the sofa together denotes-"
"What? | interrupted quickly.
ssNo matter" she answered so dryly
that | could have bitten my unfOrtu-
nate tongue. for having interrupted her.
"YOu do not treat me very WE'LL"
said. in a reproachful tone.
But she took no notice Of my re-
proach. and | said, in an abrupt, bust
ness-like way, that | cannot bear IN a
pretty womanl Let us go back to the
play if you ploase."
''Just as you say. What shall we
have our lovers talk about?''
LET them quarrel, as a matter of
course. He must be jealous of some
one. Men always are."..
$ mo, indeed. it is always the lady
who Is Jealous of some Mary, or Jennie,
or LiZZie-"
"No, it is nos"
"You should not contradict me so, :"
"You contradicted me-"
"Not so abruptly"
s'You talk to me as though l were a
school girl"
pardon me, then, l did not mean to.
AS l was saying you must be jealous of
lii"
IN. Vernon" she exclaimed indig-
nantly, ''won't you please move further
away and give your attention to the
heroine"
Eyes, ma'am," l replied, moving
about a quarter of an inch, "but we
hayenot really commenced yet. w must
begin to talk in character and l will
write it all down. You must reproach
me for my attentions to Liz-well,
anything you please to call her,"
"No, that is not the thing at all.
You are to be jealous, not l."
"But | am not jealous of Mr.. Niles.
A mere superficial butterfly"
"He is not a butterfly. Mr.. Vernon.
The term would be much more appro-
III dtC dDIhiId w AAAoo L0h Los OIll1 d,
little vain thing"
you said you were not jealous"
Il am not. But that has nothing to
do with it. l am not Nelly Maynard,
now, and you are not Mr.. Vernon.
You are Mr.-Mr.--"
"CadWallader." | suggested.
ooh, no, l never a get my tongue
around that"
"You might your lips, perhaps"
''Mr. Vernon, if you make any more
such Objectionable remarks, l shall take
a chair"
'EOh no." | demonstrated, moving
back several inches. But l am not
Mr.. Vernon now, you know. Call me
ROmeo.n
"Indeed I shall not" she replied. 81
will call you Mr.. Spencer"
every well; at your service, and
what shall l call youP''
"Miss Durham, if you please. That
is a name of mine"
ooh, why was l not born a Burn
hamI"
81 do not know as it would have
made any difference"
"Now it is you that are cross"
"Do you mean me or Miss Burn
ham?"
You; and Nelly Maynard is a much
p%rettier name. However, Miss Burn
ham it mast be, and you, Miss Burn
ham, are supposed to be jealous, l be-
lieve."
GLOW provoking you are! We set
tied that before, you know very we'll"
"Well, well, we will not argue the
matter, and l will be the green-eyed
one, or try to be. Tell me what you
were doing the other day, or how you
came to be riding with MI. Niles?"
"Why should l not ride with him
when he invites me? He is a gentle
man,
"But | should think that a young
lady of your culture and intelligence
would hardly enjoy the society of such
an empty-headed %pOpinjay."
His head is not empty and he is not
a popinjay, by any manner of means. "
you certainly are quick enough to
defend him."
81 always defend my friends"
''Mr. Niles is very fortunate"
"He is very polite, and although he
is not a Leibnitz, or a Bacon"
81 should think not. No one would
ever accuse him of anything of the
kind"
you need not be so sarcastic. He
can make himself quite agreeable, even
if he cannot write a poem, or essay, or
little play"
"NOw you are insinuatlng again. l
suppose that you despise a literary
man."
81 did not say so. 1 said and still
maintain, that Mr.. Niles can make
himself agreeable"
Il noticed that you seemed to be
quite fascinated with him, and cannot
understand how such puppies manage
to make their attentions so agreeable to
sensible women"
And l cannot understand how cul-
tivated and superior men can be so
charmed by such silly dolls as your
favorite. Miss Downs"
"Hsng Miss Downsl She is not in
this play"
THAT is not a polite way to speak
either to a lady. or.of one--"
Excuse me if l was rude"
WI Nt1lA1a
ut annoys me to have you keep drag
ging In poor Miss Downs"
But you began it. You will keep
abiding to poor Mr.. Niles, and he is
not in the play either"
"No; but it might just as well be
Niles as anyone else, and l happened to
think of him.
you seem to think of him a great
deal"
"Not any more than you do of Miss
Downs"
Lets drop them BOTH"
Certainly, if you viii promise not to
ride any more with him"
"Eiow ridiculous that would be-"
it."
"Not for me to.tel him, when he asks
the reason of my refusal, that Mr.. Yer
non requested me not to ride with him. "
but / am not MI. Vernon now |
am Mr.. Spencer"
"Well, Mr.. Spencer, you have not
written one single word"