Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-10-14
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NY CHANGFABLE LOVER
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when he Is feminine. suppose. to be
strictly grammatical. should say
when she Is feminine" but there ia
no word In the English language which
stands for "he or she" We use he"
at times to stand for both. Therefore
whether he Is acting like a man or q
woman shall call him he"
Sometimes Jack pays me compli-
ments, sometimes tells me the truth
II 1t is the truth-blurting 1t out sud.
denly and gruf1y. He often criticises
my dress. at times approving Of my
costume. at times decrying 1t. was
dressed for ball the other evening
and, suddenly looking up, saw Jack re-
garding me intently. As my gaze met
bis an expression Of admiration sud-
denly lighted up his face.
"You are very pretty, dear" he said.
I'm glad you like my costume" l
replied. Have you any suggestion"
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 q dance, you will toss
your head, hold out your card and note
their disappointment. 1t will be de-
lightful."
II Jack would always talk to me like
this would like him better. But he
doesn't. Sometimes he looks at me In a
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-
err"
"Well. can't help it, l replied.
Mime. b. has tried three times to fit
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 hin,
again In a week, and he called them
rubbish
Jacks only rival is Ernest Field. He
is very different from Jack, being al
ways manly. He rarely notices my
dress or compliments me. but when he
does | prize it far more than Jacks
shifting opinions. read him the
verses that Jack Mt first admired, then
called rubbish. He listened respectful
ly till got through. then said. VERY
pretty" in bored kind Of way.
"Shall we go for a walk?'
! could have scratched out his eyes.
After that Jack called me fool to
waste my time dribbling over common
place sentimental rhymes. Occasional
ly he Is very sensible. but l have no
ticed that get the benefit Of 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 effusion and would not Of
fend again.
Your verses are much better than
the average" he said, but only gen.
ius 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. 1t quite took my breath away, for
I knew very we'll what that something
would be. How could give up Jackf
When Ernest was announced l had
been ready and waiting for him half
an hour. 1t was the longest half hour
I had ever known. Jack and were
reading-I was pretending to read-at
the time in the library. looked up
from my book, and Jack looked up at
the same moment. He knew what /
was waiting for, and l saw him shiver.
There was sharp ring at the bell, a
heavy step in the hall-it seemed as II
an undertaken had come to measure
me-and the maid came in to tell me
that Mr.. Field was in the drawing
room. gave Jack half assuring
look and went to meet my fate, what
ever 1t might be, for was in state
of indecisiOn.
l hoped Ernest would lead up to
what he had to say gradually, but he
didn't He began by saying that bet
ter understanding should exist between
two people who had been SO much to-
gether, and he had called to do his part
in bringing that understanding about.
That part was to tell me that he loved
me and wished me to be his wife.
Perhaps it was the way he did It,
At any rate, said after short ST.
lence that he was too late; that I al
ready had lover who was the only
one to whom l could entirely give my
self. was very sorry II he had con-
strued a frlendliness on my part to
mean love. had not Intentionally
misled him.
The expression that came over his
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