The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01
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eeens: A Paimsssry Tent
SSe fine pzlmiS,- seated. counting her
xsansl-Tnree pounds ten. three pounds
fifteen. four pounds Gle lifts nap OF
tent ara locks IN She. sharply. without
raising her eyes, O. 20 sway and cont
bother Can you not see am busy? Four
He tenrer.ng}-How did you know II was
IL
she tabsentlyp-Fcur pounds one and SIX
Did know Il was you:
He sSeaiousiy)-You are not 30 rude to
any other man. are your
sac fthoughtfmiyp-Let me see. No. per-
hap~ you DO enjoy THAI ensiabEe monopoly
He looming aearsr1-I want my fortune
told
she fvawninx3-f have tod Il twice.
There is no luck coming TO you but that I
have already tod you Nobody wiz seavs
you q million You are not 90 be . wid-
owe-
He tesxeriy,-I am 20 BE married. then.
She t:ndissrsntiy)--Aceordins to your
hand-yes.
He (sofsiyp-Wslen?
She tnonchalsntly}-I think IL was at q
He tpersua sively. holding his hands 10
fer)-I,ook and tell me- tAfter q PAUSE;
Why do you avoid my hands rs though
they were venOEnousr
She tfastsdsouslyp-Thsy nEehf be sticky.
You have been selling sweets
He fsturdily}--I have Juss washed them.
Take them in yours- Do you not see how
they sremble.
she tseriously,-I told you you smoke too
much. A mans hands should be steady as
. rock.
He (cynicalIy)-And . woman's heart as
hard. latter . slence): When am to be
married?
She tpetulan,ly>--I cold you before. At
q. s.
He dmpressiveiy,-I am "a In three
months.
She tapa<heticailyl-Hcw interesting:
-Four pounds one and ak
He lirr.tabiyl-How much do you want
to make up!
She tcommerciAIiy)-Eight pounds -Four
pounds one and sevenpence-
He tirasciblyD--How much have YOU?
She fstolsdiy1-When I nrst counted Ii
was six pounds nineteen. the SECOND time
Il was FIVE pounds seventeen, and this time
It looks - IL II win come 20 about seven
pounds three and ninepence-fa rtning.
Four pounds
He tsuddeniy sweeping the coins up In
his hands. pocketing them. and placing a
ten-pound note upon he eable)-Now your
accounts are right. Go on telling me my
fortune
She tskulxiiy)-You always were a brute.
And now you rob me of the only mohey
have ever earned. What do you want me
20 tell YOU?
He tconciliatorilyp-I want you to tell
me the day OF the month on which am to
be- married.
She lhumanely)--I am sorry you take IL
50 to heart ] ought to have broken II
more gently TO you. But. believe me, the
caEastrophses of palmistry don't all come
on And, perhaps. II may not be a mar
rage line.
He tdesperately)-TheA Gold help me,
Hilda.
She Cbursting into tearsl-why do you
swear at me? You must know how horri-
bly, tired I am after 30 long A day And
you rob me OF my hardly-earned gains and
swear at me. II would make the newest
woman cry to be robbed and sworn at
when she has shaved all day for a charity
He ttenderly)-I have a new silk hand
kerchief here in my poker. dear. See.
viii unfold IT for you. There. now. Do
you feel better?
She tsobb;ngly)-Yes. . nttle-it's snch
nice soft silk
He kneeling by her. drawing her head
against his shouldeD-Lean on me, my
daring. OF course You are worn out.
That confounded chair Of yours has no
back to IL. tSomebody lifts the tent Zap
and hurriedly drops H. What tho
deuce.
She treproachfuliy)--O Dick, what terri
bic language you do use.
He tapologeticaily)-rm afraid my man
ners need bit of polishing. You see, a
bachelor gets into bad habits. dearest.
Kisses her)
She (dreamily)-Is tina. one OF them,
Dick?
He tcompunctiously)-rm afraid 1t is one
TOO deeply rooted to be cured
She tresignedly)-And suppose what
cannot be cured has TO be-
He (manfuIly)--I fear so. sweetheart.
Bad habits have way OF getting the bet
ter OF one. tExemplifles ~
She latter a pauset-I suppose she was
twice as pretty a. / am. tSlghs No an
swer. Scornfuily lifting her head from, his
shoulder and looking into his eyes)
shouldn't even wonder IL she was fair.
He thumhly)-Perhaps IL you would tell
me who she might happen to have been
should be better able to offer an opinion.
may say out OF hand that I dout, f,er
being twice as good-looksng as YOU. Huda-
and
She tcaptiousiy>-I said pretty. Am
not even thate
He tpers!st.ngp-And while IT is inposs,
be 10 picture any woman a shade more
beautiful than you. one Is dizzy al the no.
ton OF one twice rs lovely.
she tnaoilMed,-Weli but WAS she fairr
He (unmovedl-We hut was who fair,
She tdisparag.ngiy)-wh that r4rI IN
the middle Of your palm. The girl who
cuts right across your heart-Ene and goes
up TO Apollo.
He tplacabiy)-Shaluefur treatment Of a
poor chap. wasn't Il? II could only have
been tho premoni,ion OF you that KEEP. me
up.
She twretcheaiy,-There was a Gin.
again. She cuts right across your heart
line with the deepest dent. Ana 10
Dick. only make such issrle one.
Ha (soItcitousiyl-I am afraid I cannot
get at the handkerchief. dear, unless YOU
move your head
She (suScsdaliya--weN, Il toesn'. matter
Nothing matters now
He tcheerfuiIy hcid!ng his palm uni,
Say. HIlda, Is This the forward person who
went after Apollo.
She (tearfuliy,-I can't see which you
mean.
He tsensibsyl-wipe them away and look
closer, dear.
She tieaantlyl-what. Why, I believe
you think I am crying.
He tcomfors.ngiyl-wsg I shouisn.-.
love, II were You. because IL wasn't a
girl after all: IL was a reaknifs. Ics a
very old scar. cut IL a: school. II bad
feartully. Tnsy thought ! should have
6sei-
she tconcernedlyl-o. Dick. 4. YOU had.
II yosl had. Dick. And wasn'e there some
one TO bind Il UP gently for your
He (xfoomslyl-Ah. we poor rlas-,,,ines
have A rough berth OF Il 81 his hard
world
she toompasssOnately)-Dld it hur, aw-
fuiyr
lie scmbreiyi-fTesrfgl.y.
She twfstsuIlyi-psck. I'm horribly sor-
~. and I'm sorry that I'm glad IL was a
cut. ou; I'm nos sorry !; WASH, a Ssri.
Ea fwarffy after a nzssxa1 w., 49,.