The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-04-07

N/IZN Inaui DOn vlvant,
W. a asss Ct Ct more sa ; On Is:
exciting love scrapes,
gentleman and all around good fellow
he, Charlie Brown, actually in the
meshes of love, frightfulIy, sentiment
ally, desperately in love-
And with whom? A girl he con-
1essed did not care snap for him
Mary Chisholm, rich, cultured, tray
eled, cynical and proud.
'Look here, Brown" said Van
Iweet, one day, in Browns room,
throwing one leg over the over and
looking his friend straight in the eye,
something very serious is the matter.
have quietly studied you for some
time and diagnosed your case very
carefully. You are in love. Come.
now, who is she? Out with it,"
Brown tried to look surprised, and
then fippant.
Tut, TUT" said Van Tweet, "you
can't simulate any beguiling non
chalance before me; you can't deceive
Van Tweet If you are in trouble over
an affair of the heart, make me your
confidant. l haven't thing in the
world to worry about. | haven't even
thing to think about just now. Let
me In on the ground floor. Now, then,
it's love, isn't it?"
Brown swept his hand over his fore
head and stretched himself, like man
who IS undergoing struggle with
himself, and then he blurted out:
cts love Just think Of it'll l..
me- falling in Lowell Don't you think
trepanning would be good for me?"
And he jumped to his feet and
towsled his hair like tragedian.
'':Sit down, Brown. It's n mighty
good thing you relieved yourself OF
this secret. The fever has mounted
from your heart to your brain. A few
months more of this suppressing agony
and [ don't know but trepannihg
would have proved the only remedy.
Sit down, 1 say. Now, tell me all, and
after L am in possession of the facts,
as we say in a newspaper Office, I'll
help you to do some thinking"
1t was the same old hypnotic power
which he exercised over all men and
all women, too, that made Charlie
Brown relinqulsh all resistance to Van
Tweet's appeal.
"All right" said Brown, after
moments reflection. 81 trust you with
my secret on your promise of silence.
have been, like Tantalus, the posses
sor of q ravished heart ever since met
MissChlsholma at the beach last season. )"
ooh, it's Chisholm, is it?" said Van
Iweet, interrupting him.
81 don't know what possessed me to
fall in love with her." continued
Brown; "but she provoked me-"
"Ihats right; the woman Is always
to blame" put in Van Tweet.
"She provoked me by her Internal
indifference. There she was, the con.
scious centre of lot of fellows, all
trying to make themselves agreeable.
and she only laughed at then-laugh.
ing at them rs queen might Mt
roomful of gibbering parrots. She
thought she was too good for the
lot"
"And most likely she was right in
her conclusion, said Van Tweet.
''What did that concern you? Did
you try to make parrot Of yourself
az wellP
"Try?" echoed Brown. TRY?
Great Scott, ] was tho worst Of them
ALL"
you croucbed Mt her feet and
twanged your Tyre like the rest-you,
Brown"
Van Tweet was evidently surprised.
ooh, not like the rest, said Brown.
"Catch me bearing any woman's train.
No, did worse, MS ] nun about 20 tell
you. First, I sludiously avoided her.
She must have noticed IT,, and before
long she EeCmod not 60 see me Mt all.
] knew what that meant She was 90
ing to punish me by pretending that
there was no such person rs Charlie
Brown on this terrestrial plane.
$50 / laid myself out 10 be es coldly
scornful rs she. You ought TO have
seen us. And 80 things went on, un .
til We were all in the surf together.
and it fell to my happy lot TO rescue
Miss Chisholm from drowning.
ut was more serious matter than
T bad reasoned. Expert swimmer rs
she is, she completely lost her senses
and she folded her arms around my
neck MS impulsivcly as il we had been
old acquaintance. All this occurred
under water, or ! shouldn't have
minded IL half rs much
Anyhow, / rescued her, together
with about ton Of salt water. which