The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-29

Most Of the wedding guests were in
the parlor. In one corner Of the sit
tlngroom were the hero and the hero
inc. OF what's Oh, nothing much, only
Of each other. The room was bare Of
furniture, for dancing; she sat on
knees and looking down at him; and
he sat on a musicbook, for the sake of
his clothes, at the heroine's feet, for
her sake of her. A red-headed girl and
her escort were over In the opposite
corner, and she made complimentary
remarks about the heroine in stage
true, but the heroine despised the red
headed girl and considered them imper-
tinent; the hero considered them super
huous.
IF she does not stop talking about
me- said the heroine, 81 shall 20
away,
'fwhen / have been SO good ali the
EVENING" This is almost the only time
have monopolized you tonight
Yes; but you have been rewarded
by knowing that I wanted to talk with
you instead Of the Others
= oInI to bslie0e that by myself
"Isn t this satisfactory" Her eyes
had slightly hurt look in them that
was very effective.
He halfway reached his hand out to
hers; then remembered the red-headed
] girl. cit is worth ages Of being good,
dear,' he said softly. "It is worth
so much that I shan It even tease you
to 90 something which know you
cap W + nat IS T9 tSat3 DO wish you could u
"It is to drive down to the station
with me when the bride goes away.
k know you can't, but wouldn't it be
| The heroine sat minute thinking.
eyes, it would be nice," she said slow
~, rejecting. II don't suppose 7
s0e @dbS( 0; cant vou,v he cried eassr,v.
| ~ must go away now,' she said,
jumping to her feet. She turned as she
reached the door. "I'n see," she
called back.
He would have followed her, except
that that would not have been "good,"
unless he were good. It was an unfair
game; she could move swiftly away
from him without attracting attention !;
while he could not move after her at
all, tho really. better walker than she.
But, then, he had so much more to gain
| De-
come philosophic, which is good thing
seem indifferent-and even that has its
uses.
with the brde TReyy a1 were ave Tery ga geed
friends, and, had his mind not been
filled with the heroine, he would have
regretted that SO nice a girl should be
married. The guests dwindled away a
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intimate friends Who were going to
at 2 o'clock. BY and by the dancing
stopped and some one began to play
plaintive airs from Heller IS
"Studies" and "Martha' and part
Of the "Pathetic Sonata which fitted
in. The people sat down on the sofa
the men on the floor. The bride nestled
down at. the fathers feet and leaned
against his knees, arranging her dress
around her in the way girls have to
keep 1t from getting soiled, until she
appeared like a fluffy nautilus.
talked softly Of the wedding and Of the
brides chances for happiness. They
were those who had married and lived
unhappily eyer after; yet the woman
who had suffered most was the most op-
timistic. To the hero it seemed long
I1We CldC Lne heroine required MIN to
be good. He was really more unhappy
than if she had not given him the hope
of driving in with her; he kept telling
himself that there was not the faintest
chanc:e-he was Polycrates throwing his
ring into the sea.
At last she came and stood beside
him. "I will come if I CAM she said,
in low tone; then moved step away
from him, and raising her voice spoke
Of other matters, for the room to hear.
She asked him one or two questions
and looked inquiringly at him.
''You may as we'll 90 on talking fol-
the gallery he said; TT am paying alb:
solutely no attention, except to what
you said first; there is nothing else ]
care for now-if it is only true.''
She moved a step nearer to him, and
STOPPED d9 2? to exemine the ferns o.
at me like that,' she whispered, lit :
such a-such a giveaway. !"
He dropped his eyes to her hands ner
yously arranging the ferns. II must
be good with my eyes, too, must II But
it isn't polite to gaze at the ceiling
while talking with-now don't give the
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