Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-22

or not. Do you see the distinction?
YES, sir; you have eliminated the point
very clearly" did not ike her manner in
saying this, neither did l like the forced
laugh she gave when she continued. For
tunstely no one has overheard Our c,nverss,
ton, else my character for learning would
be ruined" / did MOTTO tell the truth |
was afraid to reply to her, and after min.
ute or so of silence she said: ibid you aud
Charley enjoy yourselves at the corner
SaziOHe last nightY
Mo- mean yes" blundered.
Il thought Charley looked wretchedly."
"Yes-that is-yes.'
u expect you had hard time to get him
to go"
81 remained silent, and then heard the
sweet laugh that loved so well, II have
actually spoken FIVE times-this makes SIX
and not correction. must be improv-
ing, or was you asleepY
j grosned by way of reply.
What do you meauY she askel sharply.
Nothing, dear; I'm tired of playing
scboolmaster. Let's stop it
Have / been making more mistakesY
Yes, my pet, whole bushel of them;
but what's the odds Id rather hear bit
of bad English from you than the purest
English ever spoken by any other girl
Sir she said severely Il consider that
lady dsmeans herselt who uses bad Ian
gusge. Furthermore, you promised to cor
rect my mistakes and | demand that you
keep your promise"
Then the fire of purist and the fire of a
lovers quarrel met and there was great
conhsgration within me, and, like Patroclus
when clad in Achilles armor and mounted
on The chariot OF that hero, | rushed 10 my
ists. l began:
First let me re-cOllert and then | can re-
mtmber your gross errers" paused, TO
give her time to grasp this bit of asiulnlty,
and then continued Like all ignorant peo
pie who use big words, you tripped aud fen
on the big word eliminated To eliminate
thug means to put it out, or to eXpsl 1t,
and not as you seem 10 think to make 1t
clear Secondly, though all the world had
overheard our conversation, your 'ch!ractsr
for learning would not have been hnrt,
though your reputation might Your char
scter is what you are; your reputation is
what people think you are. Thirdly, l did
not enjoy myself though l enjoyed the co,s
rerSaEioRe-hem Well, I'll not insist on
thst-tastes differ Fourthly, Charley did
not look wretchedly, for his eyesightis good
though be may have looked wretched to
you and others. Fifthly-You said:
L expect you had hard time.
If you can expect backwards
you can do more than other people can.
Sixthly-'or lrQs you asleep You was
you has-you does-comment is needless.
Seventhly-You said i consider we'll, |
will let that pass, merely reusrking that l
do not believe that you did consider or,
calmly deliberate. Eighthly-By de-
means you surely mean 'debases, for de-
mean signifies conduct
ut don't, it DON'T means the other
too broke in little Alice trembling, though
not from fear, fancy, Webster says So"
"Webster's a donkey" | holly rejoined,
driven on by the spirit Of purist
He isn't l looked up that word yes
terdsy! Thackersy uses it as did
Before this Apollo like slap, Patroclus
reele6-or rather, lodging the mighty shade
of Thackersy, l charged again, saying,
Don't is contraction Of do MOI, so you
said it do not, it do not, ,"
81 didn't" she responded with woman's
invincible logic.
Amt You ashamed of yourself to make
such denial" holly rejoined.
"'Ain'tr" she derisively exclaimed.
There is no such word in the English Ian
guage as amt; take my advice aud do not
again try the experiment of setting yourself
up as an authority. Amt Oh my
Try the experiment. Why don't you
say try the trial at once, for an expert
men is trial." l eagerly rejoined.
Size did not reply. | wanted her to reply.
wanted her to make some gross blunder,
for there is nothing so rifles purist as to
turn his own guns against himself But she
remained silent aud we walked tor long
time and neither Of US spoke. She was the
6rst to speak aud her words and tone seem
ed like a flag oftruce. She looked at the
moon, which was waning, and said, The
moon grows smaller every night now"
Like genuine-but regrets are useless,
now replied, How can a thing grow
smaller
"Let US return, please" was her answer,
spoken with fatal politeness. At this all
my FIRE died out. ] was very miserable.
tried to engage her in con-
yersation, but could get monosylsbles only,
from her purposely made grammatical
blunders, hoping BY this means to arouse
her, and determined not to correct her
again. But it was no use. | could not
break that dresry silence. At her door she
merely said Goodnight" but | detained
her.
Alice, you are not angry?
Not at all.
Remember, dear, you insisted -"
Certainly; l re-cOllcct and l remember
perfectly"
At this muttered an unspoksn formula,
needless to repeat here, and then said with
q gbsstly attempt at cheertulness:
How early shall call for you on the
morning of the picnic|
Il release you from that engagement.
"WhyY | felt creepy-cold.
You surely do not wish to go with girl
who talks like Sally Hopton, or worse
With q laugh, such as the hero Of q
penny dreadful" vents, replied
Your use OF the word like is gross
| never finished that sentence, for the
door was shut in my face.
Six months later Alice married Jones.
Jones is rich, but-well never thought him
suitable for such a girl Alter they had re-
turned from their wedding tour, received
a reception card, and with it note from
Mrs. Jones. She wrote:
envy husband, who is the best man in the
world, has Just said, Alice, send one Of
them cards to Sam and hasten TO com
The them" was defsntly understood.
So Jones won the prize, while we'll, |