Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-02


man who admired you greatIy and ~
money. and who. think. would uarry
you II you tried for her
Tried for hert What . way Of put
ding itr'
my friend, do not be too exalted: d.
pot insist on riding the high hor uitt
20 much. We are people Of the " orld
you and -"
81 am not" be interrupted, "and !
iiidn't think you were, either"
"Oh, well. we live In the world, and
we have to recognize its ways and t.
fall In with them-more or less Now
suppose this young woman did admire
you, and that 1 told you l thought
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 her-before or after mar
riage? 1 don't think 1t matters very
much, but on the whole fancy II had
better begin after than before"
You are in chatting humor to-day,
he said. moodily.
"I? Not the least in the world. I am
thinking only for your good"
'Then please don't think Of it any
more-in that way"
I'm that way? Why, what harm
could 1t do you to marry q rich woman
who would be very fond Of your
But don't care about her-I don't
want her. Who is sheT
'Oh, come now. as If I could tell you
her name after the way. in which you
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, 'Is II
fair that my friend should be cut OF
from all chance Of marrying the man
she admires-and very likely loves
or would come to love-merely because
she has a lot Of money? Is she to be
left to the delicate attentions Of the
mere fortune-hunterw
MRS. Maynard, l don't know any
thing about the young woman, and,
you. must say that l can't get myself
to take any interest in her, or to be-
lieve in her existence"
"Oh, yes. she exists, and I am sure
she loves you"
You are chaf8ng me again." he said,
sternly.
Indeed, indeed, am not"
"Well, let the young woman be, At all
events. l know nothing about her, and
7 HcIg .I-
about me-"
''Is that all you have to sayr
"Well-if you press mel can say
that don't care twopence about her.1
"Oh; why?"
You are in a teasing mood to-day.
and had much better go away. What
could say more than that have never
seen her"
But you can see her."
II don't want to see her"
But why?"
well, II you will have 1t, because I
I'm in love with another woman! Good
Dy."
mo; I must hear more about this.
You never told me you were in love
=
old me everything"
Il didn't know 1t until to-day"
She had guessed at all this, yet a
lush came into her cheeks, and for a
moment she was silent. Then she said:
I think now you had better CO."
'I'll not 60 until have told you all!
am in love with you. and did not
now it until this very day-until just
low, when you talked SO complacently
4 my marrying some other woman"
But didn't" she said, quietly.
Didn't? Why, what do you mean?
Didn't you urge me to marry a young |
roman with money? Didn't you urge |
on me, and say the young woman
7as In love with met"
why, Of course did, and l stand to
:. But 1 didn't say 1t was any other
oung womanv'
"Ohv he exclaimed, and his delight |
ound no other word. i
''Sit down beside me, Lewis" she
aid. Don't you know that it Is leap |
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So he sat beside her-BuffalO Newa