Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26

no longer engaged. shall know better
what to expect next time. You see. thii
was my first engagement, Kate. and | wa.
not fully up on the etiquette of the thing.
''As if etiquette had anything to do will
it, If you had really cared for me yor
would not have wanted to 90 off with thai
vulgar Miss DennlSon, no matter who ask
ed you
| "Oh, as far as that goes, did not in the
least want to go. as ii was. Now. of course
when there is no reason why | should
not f1irt with her all | have a mind to. o.
course it is quite different
Yes. quite.
And naturally shall be likely to fine
the drive great deal pleasanter. 1t /:
rather awkward, you know. going off fol
a long. unchaperoned drive with such an
awfully pretty girl when you don't feel al
| liberty to make love to her. You feel as i
you were falling short of what is expected
don't you know.
'0h, there can be no doubt that that
is what is expected in this case. That is
what you were asked to take her for
Il dare say so. -
''And yet you could agree to do it when
| you knew this, and you did not even ask
me-
But because it was expected. it does not
follow that | was likely to do it.
Bah! there never was a man yet who
had chance to make love to a cookbook
ing girl that didn t do it. =
But you have never allowed that Miss
| Dennlson is good looking.
You think she is, so it is the same
| thing, so far as you are concerned.
Yes, | think she is, certainly
There is no especial need of your re-
manning here to say that over and over to
me, as [ can see. You had better go and
prepare for your drive. y
There is a lot of time. Miss DENIM
son never liked to be hurried. so | shall
make it a point to be little late 1t
will make her think she was ready on
time, and that will put her in a good
humor' -
Then you know that her temper is so
uncertain that it is necessary to figure
closely to keep her even decently good
natured. -
Nothing of the sort; she has only a
little more vivacity than most of our lacka-
daisical modern girls. >
THAT is the advantage that belongs to
her as an antique girl. y
Nov, really, Kate, that is too bad "
but | am sure she is old enough so that
one may be excused for not pretending that
she Is In the first blush of youth. .
1T is evidently of no use to talk to you
| see that may as well go. | assure you
that | bear no malice.
Bear no malice! | should like to know
why you should! bear no malice.
80 | had inferred. y
Haven | cause?'
E1Cna YooyTo,, hoe coTCo for.
Il ami dom care; | think you are too
cruel for anythingr'
There, Kate, if you are going to cry
Il am not going to-to-to cry!''
IF [ have said anything that offends
you
''You have broken my-y-y hea-artr'
Come, come, Kate, you know didn t
really mean anything Don't cry, for
heaven S sake! can stand that
You don't lov-ove me any more, and
you never did,
''At least it was not l that broke our en-
gagement. y
You know you wanted it broken"
You certainly fell in with my wishes
very easily"
"A girl with any pride would do as l
did. +"
Very likely"
''And you know didn begin it, either;
I only didn like you going off with that
horrid Dennison girl, and | couldn't help
remembering the time we went to the shore,
and you said you"
Eyes, and you said that you
and | was in earnest, and you were
only amusing yourself. Now | shall never
know how many girls you will say the
same thing to- .
THAT will be dreadful! I'll tell you
what will agree to do, Kate I'll let you
know whenever | say the same thing to
another girl. I learned my lesson this
time, thank you!''
''And so have IT,
'"Then we are quits, and both of us are
free.
''You won't be long. You will be en-
gagged to Miss Dennison before you get
back from the drive to the shore
''I'll bet you pair of gloves that [ am
not y
''As if I could bet on such thing"
''Why not?'
Il am too truly concerned for your hap
piness to feel like making jest of it. -
And yet you could make it the subject
of caprice.
"A caprice?"
Eyes; what else was your objection to
my taking Miss DennisOn to drive. You
knew that you could trust me, and that
did not care rap for the girl, and yet you
could break your engagement on so fimsy
pretext as that. "
But, Horace"
but, Kate
Really, don't you want to go with Miss
Dennison?"
Il do not see that you have any longer
the right to ask that question, but | do
not mind saying that in the beginning
did not in the least care about going with
Miss Dennison Now that | am no longer
engaged the thing is, of course, differ
ent.
Horace, I am sorry that I was so hor-
rid
80 am l.
won t you forgive me?''
Really, Miss Chapman, it does not seem
worth while to. There, there, Kate
don t begin to cry again. I can't stand
any more. | am BRUTE and I'll do any
thing you want me to. y
Il only want you to to lov-ove
me-e!''
1.-THE continuation of the conversation
consists so largely in phonetics and en-
braces that it is impossible to represent it
by the use of ordinary type. + Boston
Courier.
Her Tears Were Frozen.
San Francisco Chronicle
They had both lost their husbands; one
was a widow of so, the other about o.
| The elder one called upon the younger one
to condole with her, and they wept upon
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