The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-08-28
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Love. my dear fellow he remarked:
Dlacidly, lis an all-absorbing passion
for n woman. The very definition o.
love makes your case impossible
But how do you know that this mar
TOW definition Of life Is right? de
manded Dick. my own experience
shows me that it is not" ga
Charlie tried another tack.
Perhaps you're really in love with
only one OF them all the time without
knowing tt" he said. Tell me, doesn't
either of them ever engross your
thoughts In preference to the other?"
"Of course, when only one is near
me, I can give no thought to the other"
But When neither happens to be
there, what them"
Then I think of both all the time,
their lives at the same. moment, which
would you try to save? persisted Char
lie.
Dick gave a roam.
Its no good, old man." he said
YEARLY. I've tried all that. I've asked
myself all the questions you're going to
ask dozens Of times. About saving
their lives, for instance couldn't n
swer that. I only know that both
Path. Q can't know without find
out. Why, her heart might be-be-
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their lives are equally precious to me.
analysed my own sensations till I
thought l should so mad, and always
with the same result. I'm abnormal. I
suppose, and there's an end Of it."
It's an outcome OF your general
observation-disclosures. Dick. You never
could make up your mind to reject one
side of a question in favor Of the other.
But | scarcely thought you would carry
your principles into your love-mak-
ing"
could!"
Well. you can't marry them both.
you know" said Charlie mildly. "By
the way" he added, d you happen to
know whether your affection is re-
ciprocated?"
How do I.know till I $ them? And
how can I ask them both7'
Well. one generally has an inkling
on the subject. Now suppose one Of
them liked you and the other didn't,
wouldn't that solve the difficulty? It
been known to do SO in similar
cases."
Never in a case like mine!" cried
Dick. Il know what you are thinking,
OF. There are plenty Of men Who are
mildly attracted by any number OF
Women n who go and marry the most
LUZ Az ShS0 ~ ulllGE-
ent. You forget that. I adore where
they only admire. 1t would be impos-
s1ble Tor me to marry one, for I know
that should continue to worship the
other"
"of course remarked Charlie
thoughtfully, there's always the pos
sibllity Of neither Of them caring for
you"
Yes" replied Dick.
charlie detected tho nhv{o,o j,cip
certify.
I always thought you were a man
of honor" he said.
What do vol mean?" asked Dick
uneasily.
Unless I am very much mistaken
you are making love to two trusting
That's not true. Nothing could be
Observation-Disclosures than my
behavior"
Nonsense. You may fatter yourself
you're circumspect. BY your own
showing you're In love and, to q GER
tain extent, you're bound to give your
self away to the objects Of your affec-
ton. Of course, each of them is sure
to imagine she is the only one. If she
cares for you, o are raising hopes
which you may never be able to full.
fl. AS a maj of honor and a gentle
man there Is only one course open to
YOU
And what Is that?'
You must go away. You must no
attempt to see either Of these girls
again until you have definitely decided
which of them you want to make your
wife"
And Dick, who, to tell the truth, felt
than he cared to confess. lost
no time In taking his friends advice.
My belief is said Charlie to him
self. Dicks not a bit different from
other men. It's all Imagination. He's
not in love at all. When a mans really
In love there's only one woman in the
world for him. When Dick meets the
woman he'll find out his mistake. Time
will show"
But time, strangely enough has done
nothing of the kind.
Though Nora and Kate Maclean were
led to the altar years ago, Dick Fraser
is a bachelor still. In his heart OF
hearts he is convinced that there will
always be two women in the world for
him.