The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-02

So Miles is stfu hanging about and
giving his opinion unasked, is he? IL
any one is going to be jealous. II
strikes me there's more cause in this
direction Why. you foolish little
Midget, your cousin has the greatest
disdain for me. We got on very we'll at
first, but-well. it was my fault i sup
pOse-I offended her one day and-and
that's enough about her. Won't she
really come over with you 10 the re-
view? It's rather unkind Of her, isn't
it? After all, I'm going to be her
cousin whether she likes il or not.
BY the bve il was with her I quar-
relied at crOquet, surely-nOt with you,
darling-and you never told me the red
roses 1 got you were your favoritesi
What a lucky guess on my part. IL
wasn't quite a guess either. because I
remember 1 took a lot OF trouble over
those roses. / asked your cousin what
you were going 10 wear and what flow
ers she thought would go best with it.
She knew, Of course. and ! owe her a
good turn for telling me-
| miss you more and more every
moment and think I shall get nights
leave next weekend and run over 10 the
Manor. Would I be welcome If did,
Tell me, sweetheart Your GEOFF.
Aldershot. July ,.
Five whole days. Midget. and no let
ter from you. What does il mean?
jumps and then it sinks. for there is
not a word from you. darling. / did
not know how much / cared until now
/ think il was your letter mat showed
me. The girl who could write like that
is worth loving. / said To myself. And
then. you cruel little child. you leave
me without a hne-starving on silence
Is It only that you are busy at play or
has anything happened?
Let me know by return for am very
anxious. Yours, GEOFF.
The Manor. July 3.
Geoff. dear, I am so sorry. Your
note gave me the heartache. Have
you really been worried I wish [
had written. but j thought perhaps 10
was better not. IL is no use trying to.
save people a little pain in the present
If il is going to make IL worse fOr
them later. is it, Don't come over to
the Manor; wait a little. You would
be welcome to one person. who calls
herself M" but she is not everybody.
And don't be hurt, Geoff; / think you
had better wait until you hear again.
You see q hardly know how to eX-
plain il to yOu) sometimes people say
Yes" in a hurry and mean it for a
moment. then afterward find that
they ought to have said No" And
when that happens the best thing is
to say as little as possible. Your lit
tie Midget is not quite what you think
llGls 1Ou AlluCL AOA 6AFE ACI IL sic
made a mistake. because, you see,
she's only girl and she did not mean
any harm; il was just thOughtleSsness.
She twill write to you by to-morrow's
post more fully. Your sorrowful M
Aldershot. July 4.
Milliceut: I may call you Millicent,
may nOt?-can you ever forgive ms
and let me some day plead my cause
with you again? What an angel you
are! and what a fool 1 have been!
When that letter came felt as 10
/ should go mad IL did not rush TO
the Manor and find out the meaning
of it. Because you see 1t was the
thought of losing you-the you
whom L had loved in your letters"
the ideal whom I believed I had re-
allied in your little cousin Midget.
that distracted me so. And when
met you at the garden gate and you
said: "Oh, Geoff, try to bear IL well,
dear: she has deserted you" could
hardly take in the meaning ef your
words.
For I was thinking how beautiful
. you looked with the divine cenpas-
, sion in your face, no longer proud and
cold. but all aglow with feeling. ana
how sweet your voice sounded when
you said my name.
1t brought back all the Joy Of these
first days at the Manor-those days
whose happiness thought hadfoCcd
the reason for when L. asked youu
, cousin Margaret to marry me.
You see L had just, begun to care a
little for you, Millicent, that day on
the river when 1 kissed you-and you
seemed so cold, so angry with me. IT
remember you wouldn't even speak to
me. Was it-tell me, darling-was &c
because you cared?)
You seemed to avoid me after that
and Midget seemed to like me, and
then-it all came in a minute and I
thought had found my hearts desire
had not time TO understand the mis-
take 1 had made; in fact never un-
derstood it fully until you told me yes
> terday that she had run away with
Miles that morning and been married
TO him at a registry. Miles!-that In
efTable cadi And she actually cared
so little that she tossed my letter over
to you-my first love letter to her
and told you to read IL and answer It
And then she kept my next one wait
ing unanswered all those days and told
YOU to write again, temporizing and
keeping me away until she had made
: I'D her mind, Good heavens, I do not
+, want to be harsh about her, but can
4 not say envy Miles
I have been reading your letters
over again-reading between the lines
this time-and / know that the girl
love and have loved all these three
weeks is Miliicent, not Margaret
Won't you take me back, dear? for
: I was YOURS first, though did not
p know it. and you, by your own con-
fession, have only guessed it.
May I not come and see you?
. Let me have an answer soon-
shall be longing for it Your
: GEOFF.
The Manor, July 5.
If YOU really care to come, GeoH.
v YOU will find me by the garden gate.
,.-,ff3r~ Far van Y0uFH. N.