The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-09-16
WERE THEY MARRIED?
It Doesn't Say So But We Think
They Wera.

Yes" she said, cordially. SIS il
not? Do you really have TO take the
New York boat tonight"
IF / get back in time to lecture tC
my young ladies Saturday morning.
he SAID. Seems queer for girls to
care about diseases of the skin, does il
not?"
Not at all" she said. promptly. 81
have thought a great deal about acne
myself, though / am not a medical stu.
dent"
He looked with amused incredulity
at her smooth, dainty flushed checks.
How do you treat it?' he asked.
Medicine is surely a safe topic" she
thought Why" she said h~esitating.
ly, II took liquor potass. arsen.-i-
that right?-intcrnally and put a hor.
rid sort of paste oil every night for a
week"
What rcsults?" he asked.
Judge for yourself" she answered,
dropping her long lashes and letting a
little more flush creep into her checks.
They were sitting beneath the pines
on an upturned boat: she had realized
that the surroundings in themselves
were entirely too conducive to un.
conventiOnality, and now felt irritatcd
for having added to their influence.
She returned vigorously to her safe
topic.
Tell nc about women medical
students. DO you like teaching them:
Are they rs bright, really, as your
boys?"
'Oh! as a rule, they arc good stu.
DENTS" he said. Quiz day is a rea
lark; they rattle twice as easily as men.
/ enjoy bouncing down on a sleepy.
looking girl and seeing her get scared.
He stretched his long legs out and
laughed with lazy pleasure at the men
DRY.
How can you?" she said, reproach-
fully. 81 am sure the poor things have
q hard enough time anyway and you
ought not 10 he so cruel to them"
II am not hard on them, really" he
said, apologetically. When it comes to
examinations | ask en- easy questions
about eczema and pass every one"
DO they like you?" she asked, add
Ing, mentally: why can't l keep away
from personalities to-day"
'Oh! yes" he answered. 81 hear |
am quite a pet with them. But I did
not come down to talk of women in
medicine. l came down to see if you
would marry me-"
''Oh, ! can't" she gasped.
He got mp. walked slowly around one
or two pine trees, then came back and
stood before her with his hands in his
pockets and his chin well down in his
collar. When he did SO at home his
sisters said despairingly: Its no use;
Dicks mind is made up the other way"
why not?" he asked. A Jingle of
irritation passed through her. Il never
knew before" thought she, that he
was concerted"
Aloud she said promptly and clearly:
"Because | have not the faintest desire
to do so"
He sat down by her again, picked up a
stick and poked the laurel bush near
him thoughtfullv.
81 love you." he said, ''as much as !
now how"
They usually say that first" she
said quickly.
He threw back his head and laughed.
do they ?" he said.
She flushed in intense Indignation.
Evidently this whole matter seems to
you a flippant joke" she said, bitterly.
"Virginiar" he exclaimed, and then
added, quietly: You have known the
whole state of affairs for a long time, I
am sure. My great desire to be with
you, my happiness when with you,
have been patent to all. Sometimes,
after a peculiarly happy time together
such as we had at Bar Harbor last
SUMMER have felt sure that you
loved me. 1t hardly seems as if we
could nave had such days as those I'M
less you did"
He paused and looked ~intently at her.
She met his gaze with a steady look
which had SO often delighted and in
terested hint seemed so inconsistent
with certain other of her traits.
How chilly this air is, even here"
she said.
You are cold?" he asked, rising
quickly.
mo, / am not" she answered, chang
ing her mind. sit down. / wonder
how it would do to be perfectly honest
with you?"
81 think it would do first rate" he
answered.
Il never tried it BEFORE" she said,
thoughtfully.
He could not repress a faint smile.
This seems to be different from the
others in several minor points" he said.
and then wished he had not
ut is certainly too chilly" she said.
rising. They walked half across the
bridge. He stopped in the sunshine and
leaned on the railing.
much warmer here. isn't ito. Now
are you going to be honest with me??"
We'll" she said, this is how it is.
l don't know really whether l love
you or not. ] have never been in love
before"
II am glad to hear it." he said,
gravely.
why" she said, startled. ''hsYe
.sou?'
Not since ] was a boy, he answered.
'But 60 on" You don't know how you
regard me-"
There are some reasons why I could
think either way. II I did care, I should
know 1t, I think. Girls who care say
they could not be happy doing any
thing but marrying, while l could go
on and do any number of things-be
just as I am for long time. and then
study, oh, all sorts of things! l might
even, after l got past-after people
stopped saying I was 1t tractive-like
to study medicine. You do have some
girls like me in your class. don't your"
I'VE have some pretty girls" he said,
who apparently have no real love for
the work"
THERE she cried. Don't you zee
how Just the way you saw that makes .