Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-12-07

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He-I was only too happy with you.
But you began to make new friends.
She-Began7 1 was always making
new-no, not friends-acquaintances.
He-And then they told me-
She-What?
He-That you were to marry Mr..
Blackstone.
Shelf was not true-that isl
mean, of course. papa, at first, wished
me to, and
He-And-there's no particular rea-
son why you shouldn't
She-Only one. don't love him.
He-That is hardly necessary now
adays.
She-Cheap cynicism does not be-
come you. That remark is very
stupid.
He -Well-he is wealthy-he is
good-looking-he is
Shea numskull. / am not Uery
particular, but a numskull l can not
endure.
He-Still you must marry in your
station. | know that l know that
somebody will come along and carry
you Off not Mr. Blackstone, some
body else.
She My station! What is my sta
ton?
He-You are a belle. You have all
the pleasure, all the luxury life can
offer. Your fortune must l suppose,
mate with another fortune.
She-rm sure l don't know why a
million should have to mate with
another million. any more than a man
six feet high should have to marry q
woman six feet high.
He-But society
She-What is society?
He-The people who decide the
status of other people.
She-That reduces character to a
matter of opinion.
He-Society is simply opinion in
authority.
She-You are getting heavy. l
thought you had flower in your but
ton-hole-pm sure l saw her take a
bud from her bouquet and put it there.
Where is it?
He-Dropped somewhere, l suppose.
e-There-there's a pink. That
will drop, suppose, " too.
He-No
She-So they told you was to mar
~ Mr. Blackstone. think he wants
me to. But why did you not ask me
about it?
He-It was a delicate question.
She-Yet it was not fair of you. You
know me well enough, and you know
l would have told you.
He-I was afraid you would
She-Would it have hurt you very
much? doubt it Your attentions to
that other
He-There is no other
She-I certainly heard-and then
the way you have avoided me.
| have so wanted to see you sometimes.
Do you know-but | won't tell you.
He-What is itP Do tell me.
She-I will-because we have been
such good friends. l have begun a
dozen letters to you-and torn them
all up.
He-Why did you not send them?
She-It did not become my amour
propre to beg friendship, even so
sweet as yours has been to me.
He-Has it been so sweet?
She-I don't know why, but you
have been so much more to me than
any body else. Ihave told you all my
secrets, and somehow it has been the
most natural thing in the world for
me to do.
He-Then you have not found me
unworthy of your confidence?
She-No, no; even when | saw you
grow cold and avoid me, it did not oc-
cur to me to doubt you
He-Cold! Avoid you! If you only
knew what that GOODNESS cost me; how
| suffered.
She-Why did you need to suffer?
He-What had |. poor devil pick
ing up p ecarious livelihood, to do
with a girl whose sphere was so far
from mine?
She-So ia: from yours? do not
understand you.
He-No? That is why avoided
you
She-Philip! Surely you don't think
am one OF those miserable women
who play with mems hearts? Surely
ven don't doubt me? No. you can
not believe me so bad? l did not seek
to make you fall in love with me. l
wanted your friendship.
He-No, I never doubted you, and
now l know the truth?
She-What truth?
He-Can you not see that through
our friendship / looked forward and
saw that some day it must all endP Ii
| had had name-any thing that
would have balanced your position
might have dreamed of no end. But l
should have kept away from you.
She-Kept away from me! What
would / have done without you? You
don't know how much happiness |
have had in these two years-how
peaceful, how content / have been,
feeling that in this miserable world
one man seemed to be so worthy OF my
confidence
He-If have given you happiness
am happy.