The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-10-02
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Sutton dropped his half-bantering air.
He looked at hts caller curiously. "Oh.
come now, Ruth" he said, you can't
expect me to believe that. Why, you are
an unusually popular woman. l don't
want to give you any taff5, but facts are
facts. and hope you won't take offense
when tell you that you are the very
incest girl 1 ever knew. You are pretty,
you are bright, you are entertaining. Do
you mean to tell me that woman OF
your type never had a chance to get
married? Why, never saw you when
you hadn't pack of men at your heels"
Miss Decker sighed softly. But they
didn't mean anything" she said. They
liked me well enough up to certain
point, but they never wanted to marry
me- 1t is a sober fact that nobody ever
wanted to do that"
Sutton's guardian angel gave him
tremendous push and he fell forward
precipitately. "You are wrong there,
he said. Somebody has wanted to
marry you"
"He never told me So"
What would you say if he should tell
your"
81 don't know 1t would depend upon
the man."
What would you say if told you?"
Miss Decker screamed in subdued
tones. "You?" she said.
Sutton nodded. YES" he said, I'm
the fellow"
Miss Decker jumped to the halfway
point between laughter and tears, and
-
strange" she said. 81 can hardly be-
lieve you mean it. We have known
each other SO long We have been
together so much. We have talked
Of so many things, but-we never
talked this way before. You never
did anything to make me think that
that you
Sutton took another unprecedented
leap. That" said he, was because
I am such a slow-goer-such an idiot.
l wanted to ask you all right, but
was too confoundedly backward
Miss Decker spread her palms out on
the blotter and left her chin to take
care of itself. Sutton came to its
assistance. Now that 1 have forged
| to the front like a man." he said,
what are you going to say to me?"
THAT l am glad you forged to the
front"
| At four o'clock Miss Decker resumed
her journey to Brooklyn. Sutton es-
corted her as far as the elevator.
When he came back he paused before
his desk moodily.
well, sir" he said, eff this isn't
| the darnedest mess l ever got mixed
up in"
Then he took Hardy's letter from
beneath the blotter.
"1 celebrated the natal day by re-
newing my oath never to marry" he
read. "And 1 wrote that just one hour
ago. I can't send it now. I'll have
to write another letter."
Then he wrote: my dear Darnley:
have news for you. am going to get
married. have got sick and tired OF
living alone. ('That's lie,' he COM
mented, but I'll have to let it go,) and
have decided to seek companionship in
matrimony. l have been in love with
my intended wife for many years q
honestly believe that is so) but have
fooli3hly delayed my happiness until
new. We are going to be married next
month. l hope you will come on to
the wedding"
I'D like to know" said Sutton, as he
reread the letter, eff l really have
wanted to marry Ruth all this time, OF
if felt sorry for the poor girl on &C
count of her frank confession that she
was the exception that proved my rule:
Anyway, l hope it will turn out all
right
And it. has turned out all right, bui
even SO Sutton sometimes wonders ii
other men do the trick as suddenly a.
he did.-N. Y. Times.
! MAD MOIIMTA