The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-01-16
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Why ,hoalant | firt II vent tot d
nsnaed Alisop. With . superior cir, ]
/. sooa Tor one. IL shsrpeps ones late
tec,, II mskes Tor the ,eusli,y OF ih'
stres It,
1, bresks Numerous htsrts. ! murnnl
Cd.
Hen,.l Ahson brought hsf bands Il
gsiher With . movement Of contempt, ~
though she were crashing . heart b
tween them. What sbou, lhsif
Oh, po,hits, 1 replied quietly.
She seemed TO be snnored becsose
vas not annoyed.
why shouldnt firt II ! want tot
oa, Why not. indeed, my deer lady.
returned and then. bowips low. ! added
| sm everlasting st your. service.
Y.youf Oh, l conldn't nirt with you,
Why poif II an deficient 10 inielles
tusl capacity Il accept your dicsnm thai
the pursuit sbsrpens the intellect you
see, 1t might benefit me II ycu wsrs te
mske use OF me.
She looked at me with frank smile &C
charming that we'll. IL made me angry
10 think ,hst she should hirt With anyone
else.
II ism 1 that, she remarked brightly
the fact is don't like the heart break
Jog part OF the business. To enjoy hirl
ing thoroughly the person one airls With
N us, be devoid OF hsart,
welli / ssked.
| She shrugged her shoulders,
sm afraid l shouldn't erjoy II With
you.
Bscsuse / have hearth
That, l should imagine. 10 the 10
ference, she remarked supeiclliously,
nodded.
And Is there the further inference that
,ou have -er-no hearth l asked.
Oh, not necessarily, becsuse- She
psused, and then went on: It's like this
ron see: Ia Irritation the woman, ss .
ruel, is the ini tistor, snd thst being 30
she is prepared to place exactly the cor
rect amount CT importance on anything
thst is said.
10 other words, che says things which
she doesn't mean and listens to things
which are also net meant, ehp
That. l fancy, ia flirting, she said,
shook my head 10 disspptovs,
tits bad thing morally. ! remarked,
1t tends TO psrvert ones sense Of
Sense OF fddlesticksl she cried. Real
| ly, Hector, l N surprised to hear you,
A good hIr.siion is
Like imitation dismords, interrupted, I,
But-she FIX d her eyes on me but II
one doesn't ~snt 10 iua the iish Of losing
the real
Oh, nov you are carrying the simile
too far, l ssid. 10 lovemsking-
Her face assumed W expression OF utter
disiutet este edress. You are beyond me
now. Hector,
10 the interests OF the public. flirting
oueh. to be sternly suppressed. l said,
She laughed airily.
That's becsuse you love one woman. my
dear boy. She waited to see whether
would contradict her and then vent 90,
One cannot expect wan who 10 IN love
to tolerate the flirting propensity 10 the
woman be loves,
/ stared hard at her. Her words Just
allowed OF % Interpretation other than
the one that loved her, bat ! wss not st
oil certain that . dual Interpretation was
10 her mind.
You mean2 l asked.
Oh. Hector, how blind you srel !
mean that you never did see anyone you
cared for 90 much % you care for-me.
and l.
She paused, and q food q s'nderne's
swept over her face.
Yes-spd your l asked eagerly,
Surely you know. che mnrmured.
Surely you have seen-
haven't seen snytbing, | interrupted
hotiy, except that you hsve kept me hang
ing around you for months. snd-snd-
Won know 90 we'll that ! love you more
dearly than lie.
A smile flashed across her face and the
tenderness vanished.
There now che cried. What did ssyf
There isn't any fun in flirting with man
Of heart. You say what you mean and
,ou mean wha. You say. You can't call
that fun. Besides, its very embarrassing.
controlled myself with sn effort.
l beg your pardon, Alison. | said. with
dignity. quite sgres With you-the'es
no fun 10 it, and i.s very embarrassing
for me.
We stood staring VI each other for soms
minnt,s. she With 9 smile on her lace and
I vitb . scowl on mine. ] bad been fool
ed once more.
/ bore the silerce until 1t threatened 10
turn my brain.
Ifyou we're . man, / would demsnd an
apology. l said stifiiy.
III we're . mao = but men don't firt
with each other. do they2
Ignored the question.
Bot seeing that you sres womso-
Oaly q ~omsp, she murmured.
/ Isbsil accept ny dismisssl aud and 60
swsy.
1 cooid have kicked myself for having
ssid ths..
Bat. Hector -she bessn. bot ! would
not sllov h.r 10 80 cn.
Oh, co doub. you would like me tore
main TO be made fool Of again. ! said,
ssicssticsliy. bnt nu'ortuostely i csnt
Az you say have 20 heart, and