The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-12-16
BE saw LIGHT
Bat for his EayIe Ege There MiHht
Have Been q SERIOUS Hitehi
the Courtship.

eNou haven't given me your-your
usual greeting, byroria, said uf
young man, with something ike q cloud
Oh bis brow. "Is anything tile mat
ier99
Haven't L Gerald2 moodiy replied
the young woman drumming absenHl
on the table with her fingers.
"You know you have not. and yon
haven't answered my question, either
"4ihat question:
FL asked youlfanything Wast he mat
ter.n
sNo-yes, everything is The matter
It's nothing new, though Geraid
aren't you getting tired OF this2'
Tired Of this, be echoed, feeling his
hair beginning 10 rise on end. Tired
Of what?'
THE whole b%usinessl See here Ger
aid. Your people have always wanted
Us 10 marry haven't they
eyes,
$50 have mine. We haven't ans rcla
lives on either side that have opposed
the match, have we2'
"No.n
"No. They've all done The best theg
could 10 throw US together"
"Well, what off,
aAnd when you proposed 10 me j FEY
right into your arms, didn't l
"Well, you did come pretty near it-
THAT'S d fact admitted Gerald.
II haven't ans small brothers, either
to play tricks on lbs or make fool
speeches TO SOU while you are waiting
Tor me IN The parlor have I78
NO
"No. And mamma never listens at
the keyhole oil calls down the stairway
to ask il That young man is here yet
does she?'
surely not
<surely not. And papa has never
asked you il you could support me in
the style to which / have been aecus.
tened, has he9"
''Not lie. lie knows
eyes. Tie knows. And we've never
I n~aarrcled, either, have we2'
$50. But, Byronia, dear
you've never been the least Bit jeai'
Gus Of anyone else, have you2'
no. Butt
no. Neither have 7. Does an thai
how, Gerald, that we really don't cars
fcr each other? No-stop-hold on
let me finish. How do we know Tint
We i not making a dreadful mistake
1 Think how terrible it would be if we
found out when It was too late that we
were never intended for each otherlR
Gerald had been doing some rapid
thinking.
lie sat with his head in hands for two
or three minutes without speaking
Then be said with a deep, deep sigh;
III don't know but you are right, By
ROMA. You know Miss Hariealong2 j
mn foreibly reminded of something
Size said to me lie other evening. had
called there
"What were you doing at the hark.
alongs?'
Simply making a CALI She sah To-
me-the eldest one, you kuow-tail
rather striking girl in appearance
tGirli She's 81 IL she's q dayi"
aIfhink not. She made some remarks
about the course Of trne love never run
ding smooth. ana then She said: .Mr
Higeinside, i have been expecting every
han 10 bear that It's all of between you
ana Byronia BlIiwinS. There hasn't
Been enough opposition, and
"she said that, did she2"
Eyes, ard T laughed a little, and said
shouldn't won"
shed been expecting 70 hear that
1t was an over between rs, bad she2'
eyes. i only mention it 70 show
that The same idea had occurred Doth
ars and"
"Liz Uarkalong had the assurance 70.
suy to sou that there hadn't been
enough opposition TO q marrying
had she?'
eyes. j suppose She
sThe dried-up old maidl What bnsi
ucss was it Of hers ] should like TO
knowl"
ashe may hive heard the same thing
from others, you know
III DONE believe ftl The malicious
5ld catl Gerald dear
WelI2n
wen marry now to spite her won't
Ue2o
Ycs, ia you-lo look out, dear. You'll
scratch your face against my scarfpin
Chicago Tribune.