The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-03-20

think IL strange TO ind you here with I
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, come one who did not
know that 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
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 il 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. ITO him) That is very true.
/ DIT - H. L. hut e,
short time, and has been led to think
that he cares fer her, and he, instead
of coming to her home to meet her,
asks her TO meet him in a department
store, and she flaunts down there to
meet him-what do you think of that
! kind of 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 out 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?
She-I found woman In this room at
1918.
He-So dbl.
sbe-who was shea
He-You.
She-I?
He--Don't you think 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's that so? 1 came here to watch
you.
She-What! To watch me2 How
dare you? Why, never heard of such
; a thingl
He (confusedly)-Well, not to watch
you, perhaps, but TO see if-what had
heard was true.
She-Heard about me?
He-I heard you were to meet some
, one here at 1915, so II dropped in
, and when l saw you arrive just at thai
) time well, if 1 was wrong how does
it happen that you came just at thai
/ particular time?
! She-I had the best of reasons for be
t ing here at that time. I received a let
f ter. Herel You read it. (Taking i
from belt and handing it to him.
He-Why! This is just like mine
Ohol 1 understand. You came here t.
! watch me, and because
She-You can't blame me. I founC
you here at 1918.
, He-Yes, but l was here to see wha
5 you were doing, and it says in this let
i ter that l was here to meet youny
woman l loved. The letter l receive
(taking ii from his pocket and handin:
man you loved-and, of course
( She Cooking at letter)-This is exact
r ly the same as mine. And you dared t
? think that 1 had an appointment here
He (sarcastically)-But of course yo1
e never suspected me!
She-But after receiving such let
: ter with the time and place men
toned.
t He-I received the same letter.
e Shell didn't really believe it-bu
? came to find out. Who could hav
sent them? Some enemy who knew
{ that our engage-that we had endet
p everything. Some one who wished +
t prosecute us. And to think that tn
plan succeeded
Helm not so sure it was an enemy
). docking at letter. This letter to yol
n says he is to meet there young woman
with whom he is very much in love
r Now, was that falsehood2 did com
here at 1915 to meet you, and
Y must have been very much in love witt
you or l wouldn't have been so utterl
f miserable to think that you were com
ing to meet some one else. Why, whel
/ saw you get out of the elevator
thought l should choke. Up to tina
time I'd been hoping and praying 20
: wouldn't come.
She-I like that!
O Newell. you know what I NEAR
i But now I'm glad you did come, becaus
u you must have little lingering lilSin
:. for your Herbert or you wouldn't hav
7 been here at 1918 all on edge and read
n to cry because you thought was her
with some ut her pirl