Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-05-06
Love VS.. Friendship.

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The smoke of my cigar circled upward
in neecy riiigeis. But before | at
| tempt any more fgurative language. i
will tell who, and what and where |
am
Ny name is Leslie Randolph, and |
was a rising young lawyer at the time,
with considerable practice. The town
in which | had the honor TO haYe a
home, was c., which name, us it
stands, you will not find oi the map.
| was still in the horrible state Of
bachelordom.
sat in my Office and tried very hard
to think about an important case that
was to be- tried that day, in which ]
was counsel for the defense {; but,
strange TO say, my thoughts would re-
vert to the stranger whom met the
night before, who did seem to me a
good kind of a young lady.
But my heart was impregnable TO fe-
male charms. But-welI, maybe | did
think I'd like to have wife like Miss
Lindley. | wasn't going to think a.
bout it any more. l wasn't going to be
Il fool-not l
Perhaps my thoughts ran lit would
be pleasant to fall in love with her.
Wonder il Pm not more than half
smtten.'
Then would break off suddenly and
begin to rehearse my speech in the case
of Brown VS.. Smith most heroically.
But it was strange that l got terri
bly, confused, so that l got the names
Brown and Smith terribly mixed up
and did .once in while &c: the name
Lindley in.
My thoughts weIe broken off sudden
ly 10y the abrupt entrance Of my friend,
John Carlisle. known to the public as
DIR. Carlisle
We bad been playmates in youth, ,and
as we grew up we remained f1rm
friends. Whenever one was fortunate
the other rejoiced. When we met he
called me Lee while L called HIM
Jack"
Morning, Lee i said he, as he took a
chair and sat down.
Good morning, Jack y returned /.
wondering what he'd say If he knew
what | had been thinking of Just now .
Lee, I've come to tell you some
thing said he, as he began to lidget
with button on his coat.
Tell ahead Jack
We'll, Lee, you remember last night
at Jones' p
Did /? That was the very place l
had met Miss Lindley, and Jack Car
Isle had been there too. l merely nod
ded assent, and he continued
"Lee, believe Pm more'n half way
in love y
All, he was, was he ? Then ! wasn't
the only one who had been affected. /
wondered whom Jack did like +!
'Humph = growled merely to draw
him out.
You needn't humph, Lee. It's so.
You don't know what it is to- And
the doctor, without giving expression
to the all-important word, lit cigar.
well, Jack ventured |, Who is the
favored one p
WHO, indeed, Lee y said the doctor
with a laugh.
Like a flash of lightning it occurred
to me that DR.. Carlisle had flirted a lit
tie more with her than he ought to
have done.
Miss Lindley p gasped, and l felt
pale, and shouldn't wonder a bit if l
was pale.
To he sure = laughed the doctor.
you, Jack Carlisle ! You in love
with Miss LinIey She Will be mine,
sir y
And for want of table upon which
to bring my fist L brought it down up
on my knee, to the slight discontinue
of that member.
What = thundered he. Yours ?
You aspire to the hand of Miss Lind
ley ? You, sir ?"
1t is strange how jealousy will trans
form the warmest friends to the bitter
est enemies.
Yes, sir !" said 1, fiercely. Mine,
sir y
'We1l see = exclaimed the exaspera-
ted doctor, as he bolted out of the Of
flee. Wen see y
During the trial conducted myself
creditably, aid even won the case,
at which I was greatly astonishsd.
When the trial was passed, l went
straightway to my office and enjoyed a
full hour of love dreaming, and during
that time l made up my mind to see
Miss Lindley that evening, not a very
fashionable evening, by the way, being
Saturday.
found her at home, and willing to
see me. After some remarks about the
weather, fashions and sundry other
things, said ::
I'VE met last evening for the etirst
time, Miss Lindley.'
1t was the first time | had called her
by her name.
n, I,y, IL