Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-01-03
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tough before / met you ?'
Indeed you did, Albert, and II was
perfectly sweet Of you; this Is some
thing different. oh, l don't know
II suppose I'm foolish TO think
about IL, but something that Grace
Elliott said yesterday"
"Great Scott wouldn't care
what she said about anything"
III don't because 1 know well
enough that she tattles all she knows
and good deal more; but 1t was the
way she acted more than anything
else"
"What was 1t all about, anyway
ut was about you, for one."
Eyes; Grace loves me-nit!'
at was about you aud some one
else."
"Who was the some one else ?"
"Can't you guess?"
"No. Was It you ?"
"No!"
"NoY Well, then, I'm not Inter.
ested to hear anything about it,"
O"Oh, you dear thing! 1t was some-
thing about a girl, though-another
girl"
(which one? What's her name?"
II should think you could guess"
81 don't see why. 1 don't know
many girls"
"That's too bad about you, Any
way, you might try"
"Well, who was it--Rose whiting"
Rose Whiting! Oh"
"Jesslc Cameron"
ALBERT Morton, you're not trying
to guess. 1t was Fannie Mcclellan" T"
"Oh!"
"Yes, should think IL would be
on You knew who meant all the
time"
"Who, l! Why should II"
"Innocencel Now, Albert stop
laughing, please. I'm In earnest" J"
80 am l, tnen. What is lt?"
"Well, l want To know something
about her-about you and her."
"All right. Anything you want TO
know"
"You thiDk I'm joking, but I'm
not. I've told you things, Albert,
that l never told even to my dearest
girl friend, and 1 think yon might
tell me something about Fannie Nc
Clellan, because-well, after Grace
left yesterday, / went up TO my room
and had u good cry"
"It's too bad she cant attend TO
her own business"
al didn't care what she said,i made
me-ho, she has such an aggravating
way about her, aud all the time she
kisses you and fuses around you aud
pretends 10 be the best girl friend you
ever had In the whole wide world"
"She makes me tired"
"After she'd goue away l couldn't
remember that she'd said anything
ia Just so many words, but she kept
limiting around and acting as IL she
knew lot more than she cared TO
tell"
Don't.you remember anything she
said ?"
"Well, II was about you and Fan
nle Mcclellan. You did go with her
for awhile, didn't you, Albert ?"
"Yes, / used TO take her TO places
once 10 awhile. You know that.
Why, was with her the first time |
| met you-that night at the Garlic
ton Club"
"Yes, and when we were sitting |
oyer In the corner she looked as II |
she'd like TO bite my head or. Was
that the last time you ever went with
ler ?"
II don't remember. l may have !
zone with her once or twice after
hat"
"You must have gone with her a
good many times altogether, counting
when you called and all that"
"Yes, j saw her occasionally, now
md then, for year or so before met
'Ol.
"If that-Jhen you must have liked
Ter better than you did the other
glrls."
Its only natural that l should like
Ter better than l did some other girls,
Ind then there were other girls liked
Ibout as we'll as did her."
But you went 10 see her oftener
hat you did any other girl, now,
lido you?
Tell me, please, Albert. It's all past
low and IL doesn't make particle Of
Inference what happened, or whether
Uu went to see her every night,
My"
"OOly what II IL doesn't make
my difference, what's all this excite
nent about ?"
Nov, don't get mad, Albert ?"
"I'm not mad ?"
"kcally ?"
"No! Pshaw 70
"Why, cant you see that II we are
DING TO be together all OF ourselves,
Albert, ought 70 know ABOUT these
hings, SO that II any one like Grace
llliot comes around dropping her
ints and saying these things /
an -"