The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-22

ship io break dpT
"Oh. consistency. thou art a jewel.
Then how about our theory of pla,onlc
Affection" said katherine. with h
twinkle In her blue eyes.
TIRE enough" I replied. I'm try
a. IN fall IN love with Miss llarwood
Immediately"
oh. no. not with her. surely. she is
So mslpld and foolish"
Now. did not think Miss llarwood
Inslpid or foolish at all. and Rather
ines criticism nettled me. somewhat
~ answered iuthcr stiiiiy that | sup
posed fellow might choose for hin-
SELF whom hc was 10 fali In love with.
Certainly" said Kathcine. you are
frec to fall In love with q wooden IN
dian u you wish
Whereupon We walked In silence for
some time. while the plot Of our story
made very little progress.
lnsluid and foolish. indeed! ] tried
| 10 10 ellany instance Of these qualities
n Kiss llnrwoud. hut could not. l
/ only remembered that she had very
/ large eyes nnd very pretty mouth
with the widest Of teeth She was
rntlcr elite and cliuging sort Of girl
81 least; that WAS my mannish dem
BIZ af woman who drew forth the
/ ra.valric Instincts Of q man. ] Thought
/ Of the long drives we had had together
I during the summer. npd how much
had enjoyed talking 10 her Although
| sic reld0m said much she SEEMED 10
grasp my Ideas. looking up % the while
with her biz cycs Ia a conhding ana
trustfm manner. "Oh. no" ! thought,
"snc lg anything hut inslpld" Where
/ uron. KATHERINE who must nave
] easrcd NY thoughts, said.
"Whon YOU have finished thinking
/ about Elsie perhaps lou VIII condo
I send 10 return 60 our story
"uf course. my dear katherine. You
must really pardon the nbscnt-mInd'
cdre.s OF oue who Is 80 deeply IA
love-
We both laughed az this. and the
laugh made things little better be-
tween as. We agreed that our plot
must form itself naturally nnd the
chief Incident must De- The falling ~
love Of the hero with another girl As
for the facrihce we had determined
must play an important part IN the
story. we could not very well deter
mine what Il should he.
Miss Merry suggested that the hero
should give up his sweetheart. so as 10
prolong his friendship with his pla-
tonic friend I reminded her that she
had Just expressed the sentiment that
love or marriage would not Interfere
with such friendship
"But then. his wife would probably
be Jealous" said Katherine. "Ihc
chnnrcs are ten 10 one that she would
hc an ignorant cmpIy-hcadcd liil,
fool"
This reilly 81 Kathcrincs anr'red
ne. I scarcely Lrew why ! felt li
her description ~ or lrru's imae'u
AIRY lover sic had a certain person VI
her mind. and that person Miss liar
wood. II was tie inst time ] had ever
known Katherine 10 be- spltelul. 81
ANYTHING resembling &C. ana II annoyed
me particularly. rs / knew that Miss
lIarwood WAS rot at nll foolish. nj
: though she WAS not what !uu Wuuit
call an intellectual r.rl.
P We walked sion. 20 silence for somI
= time. aUd finally | gave uuicrancc u
a the opinion That ! dbl not thinks a maj
i would give up his lover under TIE ciI
D cumstanOcs.
"If There exists friendship such q
Il We have m mind % Wtsi survive aI
e hauic,Y. ~ must boz FAR above nh
slch f"ijy considerations rs Jealousy
J. Il um r1rc ro CO.," uii 9u!thr
about Jealousy. 'n'd N'ihcsiuc. pei
J. tshly. "rm afraid tia, You haliJ
p yourself"
Il "Oh. no! don't mean anything W.
g that answered hastily; "hut h'I
We are a. y.yr door and We mv
b. mrdc lut little progress When sha
x We have our neat srai,c''
81 "Can you rrmc Tomorrow evening
n "Ycs: nud Wc VIII begin the sior
tlcu."
K Kut tho next evening came, an
the story was ret Ir-.r. ] c9llt
a ard found liyNu Williams q man
T.. move, cared very much fer mlklt
T.. away ufyly tn Katherine.
- Williams was determined 90 80.
k ns long as I. ard az eur story WIS,
is cnvsc. not mentioned ! Lad 90 lea.
NJ without making another cusaycmei
"a went away In rather an aEr
be- mood. dirgtsicd with Hubert WI
n. inn.s. Who Tad Always seemed Co o.
ir too familiar with Katherine annoy,
m because faac.rd that katherine d,
SELF had treated m, somewhat co,dl
Is Hubert Williams had called
Katherine pretty Frequently q ln'
ya suppose size Wr.r to marry hm, w
rots I disiitc him personally, hut
he lound. ca sober reelection, that | I'm,
absolutely nothing against The mu
IL. Other people liked him. men as W
Ia az women. lie was ~ good FAINT
,s well off. rud. | remembered with d
ke tlnct dissatisfaction. hc was renal
is ably good hooking
a Ihtie was no reason 10 the Wul
nj why Katherine should not marry hi
,d n she chose. even though ! did o
IA, like him. a an events ! thought
.r. would sneak Co her about him, %
In. see what she thought of him.
M 1 never doubted thar she would
ne her sentiments in regard io him.
~ great had our confidence Boo each oh
IA been over since childhood.
| called GA Miss llarwood the n'
"A dnv She received me very gracious
and spent a very delightful Do
-l hour with her
,n Tnconsciously. however ! began
y cou,parc her with EathcrIuc's dpscr
~ tjon ~ IAN empty headed little 10,
mn Crualaly she was Nvsy pretty, q
"A lac, manner aud everything she %
were very charming Her words ",
IA Few. but carefully chosen. ANA u
4. which they expressed were sim
ana to the point but ! went aN
a. with new idea hom into my hm
a. which grew huUr hy hour until ]
rived 40 the conclusion that ! d.d d
"A nor cnu,d / ever love Elsie llatN'
"A ms a man should love his wife
h side hy side with Ills Thought
Al. COM anton idea evolved ITSELF nn"
/ sciously. lndlsiluct aud insisnll''
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