The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-03-02

TO bite my head Off Was that the last
time you ever went with here"
i don't remember, ! may have gone
WIFE her once or twice after that"
You must have gone with her a 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 l did some girls. and
then there were other girls that liked
about as well as l did her"
But you went to see her oftcner than
you did any other girl, now, didn't youf
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? 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! Pshawl"
'Why. can't you see that if we are 60
ing to be together all of our lives, AL
bert, l 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, Lii. Let's
understand this whole business. What
was it Grace Elliott said?"
''As tell you, she didn't say it in so
many 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 l ever spoke of it at
all"
Il wish | knew what it was"
well, ! want you to know, Albert.
that | 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 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.
Now-ah-Albert, you've told me that
you never were engaged before, and
know that, but-well, you weren't were
you?"
Il were not"
"Oh, Albert, I'm in earnest"
$50 am l."
And you never asked anyone?"
certainly mott"
81 might have known that. She'd
have grabbed you quick enough. If
don't give Grace Elliott a piece of my
mind when she comes around here
again"
Il wouldn't pay any attention to any
thing size says"
81 don't, but she has such a Gravity.
tantalizing way of saying things about
people she knows you like. Albert. do
you ever see Fannie Mcclellan any
more?"
Il just see her once in awhile and
that's all"
you are-are friends at least?"
81 suppose So"
you've never had a quarrel OF any
thing like that"
"Oh, no."
Then l don't see why you shouldn't
be friends. She's a sweet lovely girl,
and | know she was very fond of you.
and may be yet, for all l know, and l
think it would be awfully mean Of you
not to treat her just as beautifully as
you could. I'm going to invite her to
the wedding. Do you think she'll
Gomez"
Il don't know, I'm sure"
''There's no reason why she shouldn't
Gomez"
''None that know OFF,
We'll, I'm going to invite her, and
them want you to promise me some
thing, Albert"
Il promise. What is it?'
'Well-after We re married | want
you to promise to let me invite Fannie
TO come and call on us. | want to show
her that you and both of us-like
her just the same as if-well, as if moth
ing had ever happened
Maybe she wouldn't enjoy coming
'Why not? You don't mean that she
might be jealous? Why, you conceited
thing!'
at isn't that. You don't know her
very well, do you?"
But you do, and | want all of your
friends to be my friends, and you
know you've promised to like all of my
friends
"All right, then. Well have Fannie
to dinner as soon as we're settled"
"Do you mean it?'
"Of course"
at will please her so much"
"Yes ?"
(Snuggling) And you're the kind
est, best-hearted thing that ever lived"
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