Mesa free press., 1900-05-04

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Mrs. Maynard went on without SEEM
ing to take any notice Of his emotion
if, indeed, she had noticed it.
won't you sit down" she asked,
sweetly.
He sat down with something rather
like a growl.
eyes," she went on, 81 am quite con-
vinced that you ought to get married.
and to woman with money"
| do you mean to annoy mew he
asked, angrily. ''Do you really mean to
say that you believe l am a man to
sham love to woman to swindle her
out of her money!"
II didn't say a word about swindling
a woman out Of her money"
mo, of course, You did not say that
But what else is it, if one makes sham
love to woman in order to get hold of
her money"
"But why make sham love to her?
Why not get to love her-in spite of her
money? Suppose 1 know young wo-
man who admired you greatly and has
money, and who, 1 think, would marry
you if you tried for her"
''Tried for her! What way Of put
ting itv'
'My friend, do not be too exalted; do
not insist on riding the high horse quite
SO much. We are people of the world,
you and i"
81 am not" he interrupted, "and l
didn't think you were, either"
"Oh, well, we live in the world, and
we have to recognize it's ways and to
fall in with them-more or less. Now,
suppose this young woman did admire
you, and that l told you l thought l
could help you and make things easy
for you-why should you not begin by
making love to her and end by falling
in love with heretofore or after mar
riage? 1 don't think it matters very
much, but on the whole 1 fancy it had
better begin after than before"
you are in a chatting humor to-day"
he said, moodily.
81? Not the least in the world. l am
thinking only for your good"
''Then please don't think of it any
more-in that way"
"ln that way? Why, what harm
could it do you to marry rich womanj
who would be very fond Of you?"
"But don't care about her-I don't
want her. Who is she?'
ooh, come now, as if 1 could tell you
her name after the way in which youI
have taken my Offer"
"Your offer! You have no right to,
make any offer of the kind You are
not the Matrimonial News, or whatever
it is called.
"But now, Seriously she said, sis it
fair that my friend should be cut off
from all chance Of marrying the man
she admires very likely loves
or would come to love-merely because
she has lot Of money? Is she to be
left to the delicate attentions of the
mere fortune-hunterw
Mrs. Maynard, 1 don't know any,
thing about the young woman, and,
without being rude, hope. to her or to
| you, must say that can't get myself
to take any interest in her, or to be-
lieve in her existence"
ooh, yes, she exists, and l am sure
she loves you"
"You are chatting me again." he said,
sternly.
"Indeed, indeed, l am not"
| "Well, let the young woman be, at all
events. know nothing about her, and
don't believe she cares twopence
about me-
"Is that all you have to sayY
"Well-if you press mel can say
that don't care twopence about her.n
ooh; why?"
"Y0u are in a teasing mood to-day,
and had much better go away. What
could l say more than that 1 have never
seen her?"
'But you can see her."
| 81 don't want to see her."
! "But why?"
"Well, if you will have it, because l
am in love with another woman! Good
by"
| 'No; l must hear more about this.
You never told me you were in love
with another woman. I thought you
| told me everything"
81 didn't know it until to-day"
She had guessed at all this, yet a
flush came into her cheeks, and for a;
moment she was silent. Then she said:
II think now you had better co.
"I'll not go until have told you all!I
l am in love with you, and l did not
know it until this very day-until just
now, when you talked SO complacently
of my marrying some other woman"
''But didn't" she said, quietly.
Didn't? Why, what do you meant
Didn't you urge me to marry a young
woman with money? Didn't you urge
it on me, and say the young womani
was in love with me?'
"Why, Of course l did, and stand to
it. But l didn't say it was any other|
young womanv'
| "Oh!' he exclaimed, and his delight
| found no other word.
"Sit down beside me, Lewis" She
| said. Don't you know that it is leap