The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-05

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let us alone? I am accustomed to any
amount Of gossip People must have
something to talk ab.at. and Inn sure
I'm delighted t. oo abi" t" afford them
ANY amuscrncnt. bus wien 1t comes to
beng smacEcd e., the back and congrat-
ulated SIX tim III n". afternoon it's
coming il q bic rar >.l.3g. don't
mind for M own s,,l.-a lla1 can look
sitter hlmscIf-bu LH thinking cf You.
Twas in hopes tnat ru1 had mot heard. -
mot haard indeed. 1 had two letters
this morning and tl.o tA-, Afternoon,
four waiting to Na when the we'd
ding was to be and la titth from Il girl
asking to be briGo.u4 l. ! ann afraid to
20 out. People fly d me at every cor
ner, shake my hands off and say how
delighted they are. and how charming
it is, and how tIlcv always knew it
would come to this, and that we are
made for one anotAer-thcy never did
know two people So exactly suited.
''Extraordinary, That's what they
say to me. never was SO taken aback
i'll my life. OF course we've always
been good friends, but
"Certainly not"
"And l don't think
Neither do l. Its absurd! Utter
nonsense!"
mo, but realIv-Iet US have it out
while we arc about ii. What can have
given rise to such a ridiculous report?
We have been d good deal together, of
course, because we are III the Same set
and always seem to hit it off, and YOU
are such Il jolly good dancer II all
that kind of ~thing-but cant see what
we have done to set people talking at
this rate. Honestly, nOW-I am anxious
to know-did YOU ever imagine-that
is to say, did yUu think-I mean, have
l ever
You never have. no, Captain May,
and l have never imagined! On the con-
trary, 1don't mind admitting, now that
we are upon the subject, that | have
cherished Il secret grudgc against you
because you have never given me an OPP
p%ort1nitv of refusing you. That sort q
neglect rurllca iii a y,Onan's mind, and
low you see for yourself the awkward
position in which it has placed me.
When people ask if / 1n ENGAGED to
YOU, | am obliged to confess that 1 have
never been asked. You ought to. have
thought Of this and provided against
il. 1t would have been so easy some
night at a ball or IN an interval at the
tlleater-the whole thing might have
been over III five minutes, and then l
should have been abb 10 say that | had
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