Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-11-03
MY CHANGEABLE LOVER
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when he Is feminine. / suppose, to be
strictly grammatical, should say
when she is feminine" but there Is
no word In the English language which
stands for "he or She" We use The"
mt times to stand for both. Therefore
whether he Is acting like man or
/ woman shall call him "he."
Sometimes Jack pays me comph-
ments. sometimes tells me the truth
/ IL II is the 1th-blurting 1t out sud-
denly and grufiiy. He often criticises
| my dress, at times approving Of my
costume, at times decrying 1t. I was
dressed for a ball the other evening
and, suddenly looking up, saw Jack re-
garding me fntently. AS my gaze met
his an expression OF admiration sud-
denly lighted up his face.
"You are very pretty, dear" he said.
i sim glad you like my costume"
replied. Have you any suggestionsY
1T Is perfect. You might take that
rose from over your right temple and
| put 1t farther back. There; that will
do. 1T is great Improvement"
walked away from him, turning
my head, while he kept his eye fixed on
the rose.
Every pretty" he said. And your
train follows you gracefully. You are
sure to have plenty Of attention this
| evening. Your card will be filed be-
fore you have been in the ballroom ten
minutes. Then, when the fellows come
up and ask for dance, you will toss
your head. hold out your card and note
their disappointment. 1t win be de-
/ lightful"
II Jack would always talk to me like
this would like him better. But no
doesn't Sometimes he looks at me In
most unsatisfactory way and says
what he looks.
/ You're dowdy looking thing" he
| said to me the other day. "That dress
hangs ON you In wrinkles and makes
you appear as old as your grandmoth-
j en-"
"Well, can't help it, replied.
mime. B. has tried three times to flt
me and failed every time. She'll not
have another chance"
This Is where Jack is feminine, when
he Is prattling about dress. But some
times he talks to me about my good
and weak points. He is very change
/ able. read him some verses lately that
] had just written, and he was In &C.
stacies over them. read them to him
again In week, and he called them
rubbish.
Jacks only rival is Ernest Field. He
10 very different from Jack, being al
ways manly. He rarely notices my
dress or compliments me, but when he
does prize 1t far more than Jacks
shifting opinions. / read him the
verses that Jack at first admired, then
called rubbish. He listened respectful
" till got through. then said, Very
| pretty In q bored kind OF q way.
.'ShalI we 90 for walkY
| could have scratched out his eyes.
I After that Jack called me fool to
waste my time dribblingtover common
place sentimental rhymes. Occasional
ly be II very sensible. butgI have no
ticed that set the beneftiof his good
sense after Ernest has raped me over
the knuckles. The next time saw Err
nest told him that was ashamed OF
my poetic efKusion and would not Of
fend again
Your versese are much better than
the average be said. ''but only q gem
rus can avoid being commonplace In
verse"
Yesterday Ernest told me that he
would call this evening and would
have something very especial to say to
me. II quite took. my breath away, for
knew very well what that something
would be. How could give up Jack2
When Ernest was announced had
been ready and waiting for him half
an hour. II was the longest half hour
\ had ever known. Jack and I were
reading was pretending to read--at
the time IN the library. I looked up
from my book, and Jack looked up at
the same moment He knew what +
was waiting for, and saw him SILVER.
There WIS q sharp ring at the bell, q
heavy step in the hall--it seemed a. IL
an Undertaken had come to measure
me aml the maid came i'm 10 tell me
that Mr. Field was lin the drawing
r0om gave Jack d half assuring
lock- ana went I'd meet my fate, what
ever 1t might be, for was in state
Epf1indcc1slon.
! hoped Ernest would lead MP 60
what be bad to say gradually. but he
didn't. He began by saying that q bet
ter understanding should exist between