The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-06-02

ion that | did rot thinl. "A man would
give mp his mistress under the circnin-
stances.
IF there il such thing as friend
ship such ~ We have in mind. it must
survive all barriers. 1t must he far |
above any such petty considerations as
jealousy
Il am sure no one said anything about |
jealousy Katharine said rather pettish-
Is. I'm afraid that you hatter your
telf.~
.'Oh. no, ! don't mean anything like |
that" | answered hastily. But here |
we are al your door and we have made |
very little progress When shall we
have our next seancey
Can you come tomorrow EVENING"
Yes. and we will begin the story
then"
But the next evening came and the
story was not begun. called and found
Williams, man never cared for. talk
ing to Katharine Williams was deter
mined to stay as long as /. and as our
story was. OF course. not mentioned, !
had to leave without making another
engagement.
went away in rathar an angry mood,
Disguised with Williams. who had al
ways seemed TO me too familiar with
Katharine. and annoyed because | fan
cied that Katharine herself had treated
me somewhat coldly Williams had
called on Katharine pretty frequently
of late. Suppose she We're to marry
him. Why not; | disliked him per-
sonally. but found upon sober refec-
ton that knew of absolutely nothing
against the man. Other people liked
him. men as well as women. He was
of good family. well of. and, remem-
bered with distinct dissatisfaction. he
was remarkably good looking. There
was no reason in the world why Katha-
rine should not marry him il she chose,
even though did not like him. Al all
events. thought | would speak to her
about him and see what she thought Of
him
me her sentiments in regard To him, so
great had our confidence in each other
been ever since childhood.
called on Miss Harwood the next
day She received me very graciously,
and spent a very delightful half hour
with her
Unconsciously, however. | began to
compare her with Katharine's descrip-
ton of ian empty headed little fool. "
Certainly she was very pretty. and her
manner and everything she said were
very charming. Her words were few.
but carefully chosen. and that which
they expressed was simple and to the
point. But went away with a new
idea born into my brain. which grew
hour by hour until arrived at the con
clusion that did not. nor could ever,
love Elsie Harwood as "A man should
love his wife.
Side by side with this thought com.
panion idea evolved itself almost uncon-
sciously. lndistinct and insignificant al
p first, il gradually assumed magnitude
and importance until it mastered my
whole being, and then ! knew that
could love but one woman-she whC
. shared with me our so called platoniC
c friendship and my literary collabora
4 tor.
In the meantime our story had mad,
no progress at all. had only seen Kath
! arine in various public places and sh'
was always with some one-frequentl,
Williams. They seemed very friendl,
toward each other. Indeed. | though
+ at times that could detect love glance
; exchanged between them. | sighed 4
I myself as | thought of the old days o
our friendship and the happy confdenc
d which We had reposed in each other
Alas. | thought, lit is all over AM
e our poor little story will never be writ
II ten. | fear"
Al last one day called and found he
II alone. Neither of us spoke OF the stor
y at first. but different things entirely fol
eign TO il. Finally asked her abou
o Williams-whether she cared for him O
q not
y must have asked the question IN a
e unpleasant manner. for could see tina
lie she was hurt. For several minutes sh
e made me no answer.
II Il do not see why You should ask m
that question" she said slowly. with he
J. eyes fixed upon the floor
Z 81 have perfect right" ! answere,
lie Il want to know whether or not on
d friendship is to come to an end"
ID ut need never come TO an end undo
s. any circumstances"
Y Il do not believe IT," | cried. "Kathi
r rine. il you marry that man. we ca
x never be friends again Tell me. d
G you care for him.:
> Katharine laughed. and as | hate
be laughed at grew angry.
Of What about our theory that we al
e going 10 express in our story 81
asked
"a oh hang the story This is real lif
d and am in earnest Do you love Di,
Williams
ne Il like him very much.
e. Would you marry him.?
OF Il call that question rather imper'
Ell uent. Do you love Elsie Harwoods Al
Of will she marry you:"
he Katharine laughed again, and my a
ly ger vanished. | suddenly realized tn
Id she had been making game Of me.
Id Katharine. said, you know who
love. There is only one way that '
TO can ever finish our story Shall we C
To laborate for goodT
nc And she said Yes" and we di
al And one sunshiny spring DAY we wrC