The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-08-16

think it strange to find you here with
me-or with any man-at MONDAY. !
Hardly the time and place for making
call, Ell? Cooking at her keenly.)
She-I assure you am expecting no
one. ITO herself) The man is crazy
to get awayl What clever excuse.
tool
He--Indeed. Ito himself) She plays it
well, but she Is expecting some one.
She's flushed as a cherry and looks as
if she might cry at any moment. Serves
her right.
She-You speak of the possibility of
my-of my being caught here with
you by some one who did not under
stand the circumstances of our meet
ing.
He-That is, some one who did not
know that I merely happened into the
place and found you sitting here.
She-I mean some one who would not
perceive at a glance that our meet
ing here was accidental, of course
some one who did not know me very
well. Suppose such person found
us here together and concluded that
i had met you here by appointment.
perhaps without the consent of my
parents-would such a person have a
right to think that l was immodest--
and foolish?
Hem our case it would be all right.
We have known each other for years.
We have been more than friends.
She Ito herself)-Now I'll pin him
down. (To him) That is very true.
But If girl has known a man but
short time, ami has been led to think
that he cares for her, and he, instead
of coming to her home to meet her,
asks her to meet him in a department
store, and she faunts down there 20
meet him-what do you think of that
kind of a girl?
He-What do you mean?
She--oh, I'll not keep up the pretense
any longer.
He-Don't. I've known all the time
why you were here this morning.
When l saw you get ont of the eleva-
tor just at 1918, that was enough for
me.
She-Oh, you did see me, did you?
suspected it. Then it was the blonde!
He-What blonde?
Sbe-I found woman in this room at
1915.
He-So dbl.
She-Who was she? as
He-You.
She-I?
He--Don't you think 1 know why you
came here at 1918?
She-You ought to by this time You
have practically confessed.
He-Confessed what?
She-That you came here to meet a.
well, somebody.
He-Is that so? Icame here to watch
You.
She-What! To watch me? How
dare your Why, never heard of such
thingl
He (confusedly)- not to watch
you, perhaps. but to see if-what 1 had
heard was true.
She-Heard about me?
! Hell heard you were to meet some
one here at 1918, so II dropped in
and when saw you arrive just at that
time I-well, if l was wrong how does
it happen that you came just at that
particular time?
She-I had the best of reasons for be.
ing here at that time. / received let
ter. Herel You read it. (Talsing il
from belt and handing it to him.
He-Why! This is just like mine.
Ohio! l understand. You came here to
watch me, and because
She-You can't blame me. I found
you here at 1918.
He-Yes, but 1 was here to see what
you were doing, and it says in this let
ter that | was here to meet a young
woman 1 loved. The letter l receives
| (tal1ing it from his pocket and handing
it to herr says that you were to meet q
man you loved-and, of course
1 She Cooking at letter)-This is exact.
ly the same as mine. And you dared t.
think that had an appointment here
He (sarcastically But of course you
never suspected mel
She-But after receiving such a let
ter = with the time and place men
toned.
4 He-I received the same letter.
She-I didn't really believe it-but
came to find out. Who could have
sent them? Some enemy who knew
! that our engage-that we had ended
everything. Some one who wished tc
prosecute us. And to think that the
+ plan succeeded
Helm not so sure il was an enemy
| Cooking at Lottery This letter to you
says he is to meet there young woman
with whom he is very much in love.
I Now. was that falsehood? l did come
here at .12:i5 to meet you, and
must have been very much in love witt
4 you or wouldn't have been so utterly
miserable to think that you were com
ing to meet some one else. Why, wher
l saw you get out of the elevator
thought should choke. Up to thai
time I'd been hoping and praying you
wouldn't come.
She-I like thati
Newell you know what I mean
But now I'm glad you did come, because
you must have a little lingering liking
for your Herbert or you wouldn't have
been here at 2:15 all on edge and ready
to cry because you thought was here