Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-12-06

" tney are not In use
~ she keeps them in
her hat, through
Shich she stabs them far down into her
brain. This makes me shudder; but so
is she constructed that it does rot seem
to hurt, and in that human pincushion
the dag2ers remain until 1t is time for
her to put on her jacket again.
She comes here occasionally always
looking as If she hal been born afresh
that morning. 10 81 IN the big chair
and discuss what sort of girl she Is,
with other matters of moment. When
she suddenly filings herself forward
c.asping her hands on her knce-aud
says, "Oh!'I know that she has re.
membered something which must out
ut once or endangcr her health; any
whether it be ~ don't believe in any.
body or anything-there! or "Why do
we die so soon?" or "I buy chocolate
drops by the half pound" 1 am expect.
ed to regard it, for the time being, as
one of the biggest things Of the day. 1
allow her, but no other, to mend my
FIRE, and some CT her most profound
thoughts have come TO her with jerl
while holding the poker. However, she
is not always serious, for, though her
face is often so wistrul that to be within
a yard of it is too close for safety, she
sometimes jests glecfully, clapping her
hands; but l never laugh, rather continue
smoking hard; and this she (very
properly puts down to my lack OF hu-
NOR. The reason we get on together so
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she were a man, as per agreement.
Ours is a platonic friendship, or, at
least, was, for she went off half an hour
ago with her head in the air.
After only one glance in the mirror,
she had spread herself out in the big
chair, which seems to one to put its arms
round her. Then this jumped out:
And l had thought you so trust
worthy.' Cshe always begins in the
middle.)
What have done7" asked, though
knew.
Yesterday" she said; 'when you
rut me into that cab. On, you didu't
10 it, but you tried to-"
DO what2"
She screwed her mouth, whereupon
smoked hard, lest I should attempt TO
do 1t again. But she would have an
answer.
Men are all alike" she said indig-
nantly.
And you actually think" 1 broke
out bitterly, ''that if did mediate such
an act for one brief moment) l was
Yielding 10 the wretched impulses to
which other men give way! Mss Gun
nings, do you know me no better than
taatl'
Il don't see what you mean," she
replied. (Her directness is sometimes
little annoying.)
I wagged my head mournfully and
there ensued pause, for l did not quite
know what / meant myself.
What do you mean2" she asked more
gently, my face showing her that l was
deeply hurt-not angry, but hurt.
laid my pipe on the mantelp ece
ard, speaking very sadly, proved to her
that had nothing in common with other
Young men, though 1 forget now how
proved it. If seemed to act as they
lid my motives were quite different and,
therefore, l should be judged from
#aother standpoint. Also looSed upon
l.r as q child, while l felt very old
l.acrc ole six years Lctween us).
"And now," said l, with emotion, "as
YOU still think that tried toto do 1t
Iiom the wretchod ordinary motive
tarmely, because I wanted to), | suppose
on aud l must part. have explained
The affair TO YOU because it Is painful to
me to be misunderstood. Goodby; 1
shall always think of you with extreme
regard" -,
DESPITE an apparent effort to control
it, my voice broke. Then she gave way
she pat her hand into mine, and WIN
tears in her eyes, asked me to forgive
her, which l did.
This little incident it was that sho"eu
her how different am from other men'
md led to the drawing up oil our pia
tonic agreement t, which we signed, so 10
speak, that afternoon over the POKER.
promised to be to her such friend as
am to Mr.. Thomson; l even unoertooh'
i necessary, to scold her though sne
cried las she hinted she should prooaoiy
du), and she was to see that 1t was iol
her good, just as Thomson sees IL "N'A
scold him. >,
"I shall have to call you Mary
II don't see that" -,
Eyes, it is customary among rea,
fliends. They expect it of each oener. -
was not looking her in the 1ace, -
cannot tell how she took this az nis..
However, after she had eaten cnoco'"''
drop in silence, she said: =,
"But you don't call Mr.. Thomson ~
Ills Christian rame?"
Certainly do =,
".Nud he would feel sighted If you DID
ROTH"
'He would be extremely painea'
What is his Christian namef =.
"Thomson's Christian nsmef oo, ms
Christian name. Thomsons Chris''a'
nou.c cis-ah-Harry.
But I thought his initials were o.
T.2 Those are the initials on ina. ul'
LreIla you never returned to him.
Is that so3 Then my eulpifiQns ns.s