The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-28

and pretends to be the best girl frlenu
you ever had in the whole wide world"
"She makes me tired"
After she'd gone away couldn't re-
member that she'd said anything in
Just so many words, but she kept hint
ing around and acting as If she knew
LOT more than she cared to tell"
Don't you remember anything she
said?"
"Well, it was about you and-Fannie
Mcclellan. You did go with her for
awhile didn't you, Albert?"
"Yes. | used to take her 10 places
once in awhile. You know that. Why,
| was with her the first time ever met
you-that night at the Carleton club
"Yes, and when we were sitting over
In the corner she looked as if she'd like
TO bite my head off. Was that the last
time you ever went with her?"
II don't remember. may have gone
with her once or twice after that"
"You must have gone with her good
many times altogether. counting when
YOU called and all that
ayes, 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 you?
Tell me, Albert, please. It's all rast now
and it doesn't make a particle of diff
ference what happened, or whsther you
went to see her every night, cnl y"
"Only what? If it doesn't make any
difference, what's all this excitement
about?'
Now. don't get mad, Albert"
I'm not mad"
| "Really?"
"No. Pshaw!"
"Why. can't you see that il we are go
! lug TO be together all of our lives. AL
bert, | ought to know about these
things, SO that If anyone like Grace
Elliott comes around dropping her
hints and saying these things ! can"
Now. just one moment, Lil. Let's
understand this whole business. What
was it Grace Elliott said?"
"As tell you, she didn't say II in no
riany words, but you could see what
she meant"
"All right, then. What did she
mean?'
ALBERT, you won't scold?"
"No; go ahead"
"Oh, I'm sorry ever spoke of it at
all"
~ wish knew what it was"
well, | want you to know, Albert
that | realize perfectly well that any
one can 90 and see girl once in awhile.
and even take her TO parties without
being engaged or anything like that.
and wouldn't have brought this up at
all only that Grace"
"Oh. darn Grace,"
ALBERT"
"She won't be a bridesmaid. do you
understand? She won't be anything"
ALBERT. Honestly, Grace didn't ac-
tually say anything right out, but |
simply felt that she meant something
! iNuw-ah-Albert, you've told me that
YOU never were engaged before, and |
know that. but-well, you weren I were
you?"
II were not"
"Oh. Albert, I'm in earnest"
so am |.
"Aud YOU never asked anyone?"
Certainly notl"
81 might have known that. She'd
have grabbed you quick enough. If l
don, give Grace Elliott a piece of my
mind when she comes around here
again"
Il wouldn't pay any attention to any
thing she says"
81 don't, but she has such crawly,
tan,alizing way of saying things about
people she knows you like. Albert, do
YOU ever see Fannie Mcclellan any
more?"
II just see her once in awhile and
that's all"
"Iou are-are friends az leastp"
81 suppose So"
you've never had a quarrel or any
thing like that?"
"Oh. no."
Then don't see why you shouldn't
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 you
rot to treat her just as beautifully as
| YOU could. I'm going TO invite her to