Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-02-10
SAVANNAH TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1899.

you-that night at the Carleton club"
"Yes, and when we were sitting over
in the corner she looked as II she'd like
TO bite my head of. Was that the last
time you ever went with her?"
IL don't remember. may have gone
with her on,'e or twice after that"
"You must have gone with her good
many times altogether, counting when
you called and all that"
"Yes, saw her occasionally, now and
then, for year or so before met you"
"If that-then you must have liked
her better than You did the other girls"
ITS only natural that | should like
her better than | did some girls, and
then there were other girls that liked
about as well as did her"
"But you went TO see her oftener than
you did any other girl, now, didn't youi
Tell me, Albert, please. It's all past now
and it doesn't make a particle of diff
ference what happened, or whether you
went TO see her every night, only"
"Only what? II it doesn't make any
difference, what's all this excitement
about?"
Now, don't get mad, Albert"
"Im not mad"
"Really?"
"No! Pshaw!"
"Why, can't you see that If we are 60.
ing to be together all of our lives, Al
bert, / ought to know about these
things, so that II anyone like Grace
Elliott comes around dropping her
hints and saying these things can
snow, just one moment, Lii. Let's
understand this whole business. What
was it Grace Elliott said?"
"As tell you, she didn't say 1t in sc
many words, but you could see what
she meant"
"All right, then. What did she
mean?'
albert, you won't scold?"
mo; go ahead"
"Oh, I'm sorry ever spoke OF it al
ALL"
"Well, l want you TO know, Albert
that I realize perfectly well that any
one can go and see girl once in awhile
and even take her to parties, without
being engaged or anything like that
and l wouldn't have brought this up a
all only that Grace"
"Oh, darn Grace!"
ALBERT"
"She won't be bridesmaid, do yo,
understand? She won't be anything.
albert! Honestly, Grace didn't nc
tually say anything right out, br.
simply felt that she meant someth-rg
Now-ah-Albert, you've told me ti,a'
| You never were engaged before. erd
know that, but-well, you weren't were
your"
81 were not"
"Oh, Albert. I'm in earnest"
$50 am l."
"And you never asked anyone?"
Certainly mott"
81 might have known that. She,
have grabbed you quick enough. If
don't give Grace Elliott piece of my
mind when she comes around here
again"
II wouldn't pay any attention TO any
thing she says"
II don't, but she has such a crawly
tantalizing way of saying things abou
people she knows you like. Albert, d,
you ever see Fannie Mcclellan an,
nore?'
~ just see her once in awhile an,
that's ALL"
"Iou are-are friends at lcast?"
II suppose So"
you've never had a quarrel or any
thing like that?"
"Oh, no."
"Then l don't see why you shouldn'
be friends. She's sweet, lovely girl
and know she was very fond of you
and may be yet, for all know, and
think it would be awfully mean of yo
not to treat her just as beautifully a
you could. I'm going to invite her t
the wedding. DO you think She
Gomez"
81 don't know, I'm sure"
"There's no reason why she shouldn'
Gomez"
"None that know Of"
"Well, I'm going to invite her, an
them want you TO promise me some
thing, Albert
81 promise. What is it?'
"Well--after we're married / wan
you TO promise TO bet me invite Fanni
TO come and call on us. l want to sho'
her that you and l--both of us-lik
her Just the same as if-well, as il notl
ing had ever happened"
maybe she wouldn't enjoy coming
"Why not? You don't mean that sh
might be jealous? Why, you conceite
thing!"
"It isn't that. You don't know he
very well, do you?"
"But you DO, and ] want all OF yol
friends to be my friends, and yo
know you've promised TO like all OF IN
friends"
"All right, then. Well have Fanni
to dinner as soon as we're settled"
"Do you mean it2"
"Of course"
"It will please her SO much
"Yes?"
(Snuggling) "And you're the kim
est, best-hearted thing that ever lived
- Chicago Record.
what IL n Signaturef
When Constable was requested to pl
his signature TO one of his pictures
answered.: "Why, my dear sir, it
signed all over" Let the preacher pr
serve his personality and his sermc
} also will be "signed all over" a nur
ber of Thackeray's pen-and-ir
sketches were sold not long since
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