The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-10

when one is sad"
YES; In one way, of course it Is" she as
sented: 'Ebut 10 leave pleasant things mus
be harder than to leave things that are no
pleasant"
1--WE don't look at things so much from th'
standpoint of the person as from our own,
was his answer. CHOW you take it in Tim
case Everybody said how hard it was fol
him TO be cut of just when he washappy anc
when he thought May would marry him; bu
that is not the way IN which TO look at it, il
seems TO me.
sit is only fair to consider that if be had
| lived he would have found out that May was
PLAYING fast and loose with him all the time
| and he would have had to suffer not only
! from her deceit, but from the beastly mean.
ness Of his own brother, who had really taken
her away from. him Don't you think that il
was far happier for him to go while he was
| ignorant OF all this. and~while be was still
happy in believing that things were all as he
wished thenP
ooh, of course; but it seemed a pity that
he could not know"
You think that he would fail to under
stand all this, and would be unhappy in
| another life becauseo Of the happiness he would
have supposed himself to have lost in thisf'
sit sounds - little immoral to put it in that
way"
''But isn't that about what you meanfn
'Why, yes, l suppose it is. There seems q
certain injustice in his not knowing that
really his death was the best thing that could
happen to him.
And if the universe was managed in a
feminine way Tom said, smiling, Il sup
pose Tim would have been forced to have all
this explained to him upon his entrance to
another world SO that lie might suffer as
much as possible in the knowledge that even
the Joy that he believed he had was sham,
and that there was only baseness and sorrow
beyond it all. The alternative does not seem
TO me so much TO be desired"
"Of course not, the way you put it,"
"And how would you put itn
81 should say that he should be assured
that he had had the best Of life, and that so
his death was not really the misfortune it
had seemed to him"
''But does it seem to you probable that he
would believe 1t without having it proved? 2"
81 don't know" she said doubtfully; az had
not thought of that"
Tom laughed with the easy masculine as
sumption Of superiority and ficked his whip
at the bushes which crowded down to the
roadside
''It was horrid of her, anyway" Kitty said
irrelevantly, after a moment of silence.
'Horrid of here" Tom echoed
''Yes, of May Manley."
'Oh, May; yes"
"But she got her reward"
They were silent again for a little time, and
when he spoke again there was new tone to
Toms voice.
81 suppose" he said, ''that men never have
any idea of what women really think of
them
why is it true of women any more than
Of men? Do women ever know what men
think of themp
YES" Tom answered decidedly; women
always know, only they generally refuse to
own it to anybody else, and not infrequently
they will not even own it to themselves"
Il do not agree with you," Kitty returned,
with an air which said far more than the
mere words.
Nonsense; Of course you agree with mo.
The proposition is self evident. Now you
know that here am p
isn't that blue sky just showing over the
top of the hiA just lovely?" interrupted Kitty
hurriedly.
ut is always so pretty to come up over
this hill and see it come out over the lakes"
Tom laughed significantly.
Thank you for proving my proposition"
he said
81 don't understand"
ooh, no; of course not: and yet if you did
not know what l was going to say why did
you interrupt just thenF
''Why, II saw the sky just then"
'Oh, you did1'
''Of course I did"
IT suppose so; but that does not account for
your feeling bound to break in just then when
1 was going to say"-
q do not see" Kittie again interrupted
hastily, why you should make SO much out
of so little, as if I had some deep laid scheme
in mind eveTS time 1 spoke of the view
Then you ,id not know what was about
to say"
'Why, how in the world should I, Tomr'
''Then why don't you ask what 1t vast"
oh Kittie retorted, tossing her pretty
head, do you suppose that think everything
you might have said to be of so great import
Rnce that it must be looked back to and care
fully called up if it does get interrupted?n
Very likely not; tnat is what complain
of"
Kittie twirled her muG in her hands, and
Tom dashed the snow with his whip for mo-
ment, neither knowing just what to say next.
Then Tom spoke again, a little sa|agely.
But if you do not care what l said" be
observed, 'of course it is Of no use for me
ever to try to make you listen to it."
you do not put so much stress on my
breaking in just then," she returned de-
murely
But if you intended to step mel
II intended to speak myself. Of course; and
how could I speak unless yoe stoppedT
The top of the hiH was reached ut this mo-
ment, and Tom relieved his feelings as far as
be might by putting the horses ct their full
speed. The sleigh dashed along more swiftly
and merrily, while klttie watched her com
panion furtively, wondering what he would
say or do next, and a little afraid both to
have him speak or to have him keep silence.
For my part began Tom. after tame,
and then be left the sentence unfinished.
We'll, what for your Partf'
For my part, hs said savagely, Il never
could see why gil need act 50 Just because
she knows that
Don't a5use girls" Hittie broke in SO
hastily that for the life Of her she could not
think OF anything il particular to say.
simply because she knows" Tom re-
peatei, stoutly, "5uat"--
But she d0esn't know
But it was OF no uss for Kittis TO interrupt
now; Tom had made up ali his stubborn mind
to finish his sentence, and finish it he did.
Just because she knows that fellow is in
love with her"
Tom Prince - cried Kjt}ie, did you bring
me here TO talk 10 me lillo thats'