The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-12-27
A SAMPLE QUARREL.
Wherein Is Shown That True Love
Has q Hard Time of It.

you can not care mucn Tor my gOOO
opinion"
''But, Miss Chapman, /"
1T is really of no use to discuss the
matter"
Pardon me. but there is use in dis.
cussing it. That will, at least give me
chance to see how far you are de-
termined to carry your injustice"
''My injustice!''
That's what | said"
Then it is your intention to be i'm
pertinent.
Nonsense! Come, now. Kate,
doesn't it strike you that we have gone
fast and far enough on this road? For
my part, am sure that / do not find
quarreling with any body very enter
tanning, and least of all quarreling
with YOU"
''You speak as if we were two chill
dren who had fallen into a petty
brOil.'
mot quite; but we have come un-
comfortably near it.
II am sure it is not my fault"
lit is nobody's fault, Kate, and am
anxious that it do not prove to any
bOdy's fortune.".
''But why do you persist in doing
what have asked you not to-"
IAN l trying to please myself in
taking Miss Dennison to the shorep"
You are certainly not trying to
please me?"
''You would be better pleased, then,
if broke my promise to her aunt,
who is one of my mothers oldest
friends, and did not take her after l
have agreed to-"
'But you need not have promised"
what has that to do with the ques-
ton rowP II have promised ] must
fulfill my, engagement, must nct''
..You seem to tHinls az
.sem to think SO! Good heavens,
Kate, you are evidently trying to show
me that contrary to my firm belief you
can be one of the most aggravating
women alive"
1T is we'll to learn in time.
''ln timer"
'Yes, while you can yet draw back. ;"
"And have given you right to
talk like that"
mo no; do not require light. l l
assure you that when 1 max, up my {
mind to be disagreeable do lot wait
for any excuse"
'Thcn you are only giving me an
exhibition of histrinretr ent. am
glad of it; J-~.n sure do it well, {
h.tIam too fond Of W "A enjoy it." ]
so you think am acting! am as ,
thoroughly in earnest as ever was in
my life."
but GU can not be so foolish as to s
insist that should break my engage
ment to drive Miss Dennison to the
shore. 1t is, after all, no great mat
ter; we shall be back in an hour"
"A great many things may happen
in an hour. know how rapidly you
can get ahead" I
..Kater'
.'How do you know that in the
course of an hour you may not become ,
engaged to Miss Dennison! / am sure
you did to me in half that time"
Perhaps she will not be so easily
persuaded as you WERE"
Captain Duncan" 5
"Well?"
'.And you pretend to call yourself a
gentleman? Very we'll, sir, if | was 7
easily persuaded to become engaged to
one who is capable of INVITING me with
It, l have at least the spirit to free N.Y.
self from the engagement quite as
quickly"
There, there, Kate, 1 was only
forced to make q back stroke in self n
defense. meant nothing at ALL"
but do"
Then am to understand that" f
You are to understand that every
thing is over between us"
'.ForeverP"
Certainly"
J ..And not to be made up tomorrow | :
morningP"
s'Of course not"
t'Nor the day afterp" IL
ssNever"
SThen l am of course free to do | g
what like in the way of making new
tiesp"
1T is nothing to me what you do. I
il you are not restrained by sense of
decency there is nothing to prevent
your becoming engaged again within
twenty-four hours"
Very we'll / thought would like 9
to understand thoroughly just where l v
stood before l started for the shore Q
with Miss Dennison. She is so con- Y
foundedly handsome, and her aunt did :
drop hint that the girl was greatly
taken with; me-" o
.'Or yoll1tform." a
well. kf1f say with the uni >,
form. Th1akt remains that there is
no telling what might happen before =
we got back again. and wanted to be | o
sure that it would be quite honorable /,
ms 70 follow mY inclinations in the q
sou came here y enough to disgust s
bo6u Sts