The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-18


is Il new thing under the sun. ia be
willing to wager it wouldn't happen
under the moon," he added, disrosing
himself nt her feet i'm the correct sum-
NOR girl attachc fashion
"Ycs, it was refreshing il only us
novelty poinicdlN.
"Oli. come. now let me stay here
five minutcs-just to rest YOU know.
That was II bcastly clhnb-whats
wrong, anyhow"
"Ol. nothing. except I'm tired OF be-
ing proposed to-
What luck, Do YOU know. Miss Dy-
herman, to be frank. ] didn't know
when | saw you from Bears Point
whether to venture down'or not. You
see. the truth is I'VE used up my whole
stock since I've been here. It's an aw-
ful tax on II fellows ingenuity to rig
up n new style every time, and ] really
feared. now that I'VE known you-hcw
long is ii two wceks-that | couldn't
risk another tctc-a-tetc minus pro-
posal.'
The girl laughed. II don't remember
noticing yours in any of the l.. LIS
"What are they
IL don't know that / ought to tell
you"
"Oh. yes Nuti ought. You owe me
something. you know, for sparinS you
4 proposal
She laughed again. you won't tcl?"
"SwcHr it,
'Wcll, they're books with locked
clasps-havcn you noticed those tiny
gold keys the girls wear"-and they
call them love lore volumes. and they
iot down all their proposals and any
1, re l,ts. .;,,y #
them really are too good to be lost"
remniscently, some of the books are
illustrated, too. one of the girls
warming somewhat to the theme
"actually got her chum to take her
camera up the ravine one afternoon.
She had planned stroll and she got
the man beautifully arranged on the
rocl-it was an awfuly artistic snap
shot--she has it in her l.. L., but the
mean old thing didn't propose after all
her trouble. | told her I'd give her
some text to so With il, but she didn't
seem very apprcciatlNe.
"Why, haven't YOU an l.. l.. of your
own to fill, or is ii already overflow
ingo" asked the "beautifuly arranged
man at her feet.
'Oll, dcaric me. no--theN'rc too much
bother for me--I'd have to spend half
my time sclibblng,'
well, think I'll swear off for the
rest of the summer the man re-
marked. thoushtfully.
From what"
proposing.
Then lets be chums, won't you::'-
huSiastically-"Tve always wanted
man chum. and you are just about
the. right age''--with Il sidelong glance
at his few gray hairs.
'Are you sure you won't make me
propose before / leave here o"--in mock
trcpidatiOn.
"Of course not-that's just why 1
want you'-lucidly.
"1All right, it's ii go then--a Platonic
compact
And We'll prove there can be that
kind of friendship between man and
woman
1T will depend on YOU. Miss Dyker-
man.
"Very well, you'll see the kind of
really can. 1t would spoil the whole
thing if YOU shouldn't stick it out"
"And pronose:''
"Ycs, on something equally inartis-
tic"
try--a la the little girl who tried to
look in her ear with her eye"
"No-o' rellecting and then. with
Nivacity: I'VE might even venture II
little flirting later on. if YOU think
you're equal 10 it,. I'm simply immune
by this time; it couldn't hurt me-"
pushing back the caressing little curls
of sunny brown hair from her brow in
hn Inn
ought TO be- DO you know YOU have
just that comfortable mellow feeling
of one who knows how hy long prac-
tice." The man laughed appreciative-
ly. Il hate real dead serious love-
making, men are always so awkward
when they are in earnest How many
times have you been in love-"
"Couldn't count them. but they all
came out in the wash.
"Never once mdelbly"'
"NeNor once--yet.
"rhey all say that" she shifted.
Girls" exclaimed the leader of the
younger set at the mountain house,
who. by common consent, bore the
pseudonvm of continuous Perform
ance,' Il believe it's 20 With hi
Dykerman this time. It's been two
weeks today since the show began;
he's hardly left her side" And the
speaker hastily arranged herself in a
more becoming attitude as she shifted
Il cigar in the distance.
well, that's the shortest road 10
Soon over observed Il Semi-passe
over the top of her ''yellow-backed."
Hes an awful duffer, anyhow"
pouted Il plump blonde. II did my best
to get him for my l., L., but he simply
wouldn't. ! don't believe he knows
how"
I'm afraid he won't figure for pos
terity in our classic literature some
one else signed.
ITS awfully duh this morning. Let's
do something new, began the Contin-
uanco Performance again Lets COM
pare l.. LIS and see ii anybody has u
specimen of dis 'chum'--that's what
she calls him fancy" Then the lock
ed volumes were produced with much
commeuting chatter
II wonder if they did anything like
this in IN" ark on rainy days."
lark, Why, even our graudmothers
would turn green in their graves If
they could see and hear us 'up-to-
dates
"And yet Why" began the slmi-
passe, somewhat sententiousy. Il
think it's really commendable of us
10 be so frank about it all. AS mat
ter of fact, ii is only outwardly super
neially, that men do the pursuing
Women always covertly begin the
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