Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-12-15

BY this time we had reached The
I Nolksgarten and turned in As
we walked along the crowdedpatl
my friend pulled out his watch.
~Quarter past seven he said
81 have an appointment with hel
at seven, but let MS sit down and
have chat. She can watt
you are speaking Of the Other
One, | suppose said /, seating
myself beside him.
"Obviously. 1t is one Of the
most admirable characteristics OF
the Other one that She can wait.
At this moment / ana quite sure
that She is sitting on the veranda
of the restaurant at the other end
Of the garden, patiently awaiting
my coming. AS we walk on you
will see that | am right. You viii
find her sitting at one of the little
green tables, as near the entrance
as possible, in order to catch the
first glimpse of my approach, with
a plate of ice-cream, melted and
untasted, before her, and looking
with lack-luster eve i'm the diree-
ton of the Bellaria, whence |
shall presently be seen coming,
with slow step and weary, listless
air, as man who goes to func
ton where he is sure of being
bored"
"You impudent puppyw ! ex
claimed. az she bores you, why
do you seek her sOciety?"
For the sake of equilibrium"
he answered, calmly "She is an
excellent couhterpOSe. The 9th
er One is a compensation for the
One. If l did not have Emma,
how could | enjoy the intense bliss
| enjoy in Kitty's love?"
Hold on bitw cried, irrita-
bly,. II can't keep all this
straight. The One, the Other One,
Kitty, Emma-they are too many
or me. This girl who is waiting
,ver there, is she the girl you can
neither marry nor forget?"
Most self-evidently not! If she
we're, do you suppose | would
Keep her waiting in order to listen
TO your nonsense? Let me ex.
plain; the case is more typical
than you imagine. The girl you
IAN neither marry nor forget is
the One. You never think about
either marrying or forgetting the
Other Ule. She is the counter
part of the One in many ways. in
the first place-in my case--she is
actually only twenty, and she
looks, while the One. between YOU
and me, is much nearer thirty.
They are both pretty, but if were
not in love with the One | should
think the Other One the prettier.
The Other One is an angel Of good |
ness. She has only one fault, but |
hat is an objectionable onp-she |
owes me, The One, if she is an |
nigel at all, is very deSpOtic one, |
ihc has many faults, and yeti |
Owe her, The Other One, YOU see. !
lives us everything and thanks us
or acceptingit. The One demands
verything and expects us to be |
.rateful for the privilege of Civ
ng it. She drives us to despair
With her caprices and then the
'ther One consoles us, without
skiing why we need consolation.
)nce. indeed, she said, sadly:
You love another 1T is not inn
.Ossible, | replied, jauntily. She
orced back her tears and never
mentioned the subject again.
'ould not advise you to give such
II answer to the One. With her
here is no testing. She has the
over and she knows it. She in.
ults you and calmly waits for you
0 come and beg her pardon.
"With the Other One you may
o as you will, you cannot shake
er off; but the One does with you
S she pleases, you cannot leave
er. She has poisoned my youth,
ut | cannot give her up.
Yesterday / met her for the
rst time after serious quar-
ell"
And the shameless wretch went
n talking about the One, while
he Other One was waiting for
i'm.