Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-07
HOW HE GOT HER.

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1T would be madness Tom yol
know 1t would"
What do you mean by madnessr
You know well enough what mean
and you know that ! am right
Yes" meaningly. II think | dc
know You mean that am poor anc
you are ditto, and poverty multiplied
by two is madness
Jenny, a pretty little blond. will
bright golden curls and sweet blue eyes
said nothing, but looked down and
wrote hieroglvphcs on the ground with
the end OF r parasol, while Tom a
handsome, broad shouldered fellow.
with dark brown hair and mustache,
and large hazel eyes, lay half reclining
at her feet
Isn't that the sum and the answer r.
ne asked.
Still Jenny said nothing, but contin-
ued to write hieroglyphics, while lit
tie flush rose on her cheeks and brow.
II see how it is, he said. While
have been away you have been demor
allied "
What do you meanr she asked,
sharply, giving him an indignant glance
'Oh, nothing to make you very an
cry" he replied. 1T is just this Some
of those sage female veterans, who have
gone through life satisfied to exist with.
out that which. it appears to me. alone
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into their way OF thinking, and now,
forsooth, il is madness to marry the
man you love. For you do love me,
Jenny-you know you do"
The girl was silent yet little While,
and then she said plaintively:
II did believe loved you once, Tom,
I'll acknowledge it; but | am older
now, and think maybe was mis-
taken"
"Pshaw" said Tom; think maybe.
II you don't know it without any may.
be about 1t, you were not mistaken
either when | say you love me still
Yes, you love me still, and yet you are
going to marry that sneaking Ralph
Morley. Don't deny it, for know it;
though perhaps you don't quite know
it yourself yet Are you engaged to
himf"
That is an important question and
| shall not answer it,"
Then | will take it for granted that
you are.
You needn't do any such thing, for
am not"
We'll you did answer my inperti-
nent question, after all"
II was not going to let you think
what you pleased. :"
IL am glad you answered it anyhow,
for now am going to tell you what
sort of a fellow he is, and shan't feel as
If | am being rude, as might other
wise have done. But, pshaw | won't
plead my cause by abusing my rival
II | can't convince you of the divine
right of love above every other consid
Grafton, I'll throw up the case
know you love me; know love
you.
why, Jenny, l could go on all my
life loving you just as ] always loved
you. II you would let me; but ! know
II you don't marry me you will marry
somebody else, and II will be all up
with me then. Better is dinner with
herbs where love is than a stalled or
and hatred Herewith. DO you know
what that meansT
"Of course do; any child would
know"
You don't though, for all You think
yourself SO wise. IL means just this;
ii is better TO marry for love than for
money"
Come, Tom" said the girl, and
there was a catching of her breath
when she spoke, which told that tears
were not far OF, "come, must so
home"
Tom noticed these symptoms. and,
wisely concluding 10 press his suit no
further just then, walked along by her
side without saying another word.
There was TO be a balloon ascension,
aud Tom Arlington was TO be one OF
the party N aeronauts. He had been
ON several such expeditions before, and
Was quite an enthusiast ON the subject
OF aerial navigation
There was big crowd collected
around the inelosuTs when the big silk
bag was being inflated with gaA Tom
was inside the inclosuro with Jenny,
her two maiden aunts and Morley, who
had Joined them much 10 the young
Aeronaut's ehAgrin.
How would you like 10 40 up In
her. Jennyl" he AAked.
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