The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13

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him all evening. / had come around to
the point where I thought life with
surgeon might be endurable when Priscil-
Ia came to spend two months with me.
She thought Jack was splendid. After
he called the night she arrived she went
into mothers room, and she and mother
talked for hours. Then Priscilla came in
to me and tried to look as if they had
been discussing steam heat and sanitary
plumbing She reached Jack by way of
the Philippines and the South African
veldts and dropped him into the CONVEX
sation as tho she hadn't thought of him
since the door closed on him. She talked
about his good looks and his air of dis
tinction. She liked his eyes, and thought
he talked uncommonly well, and she was
sure he would make mark for himself
in the world. He was the kind Of man
any sensible woman could love, and it
was easy to see what he thought of me.
Oh, she went on that way for hours. She
was still talking when I went to sleep, but
didn't confide in her, because I hadn't
anything to confide. I just said Yes,
yes at stated intervals.
Jack came more and more often. He
was positive nuisance. couldn't open
the front door without his tumbling into
the hall, and he sent flowers, and candy,
and books, and theater tickets. He was
awfully nice to Priscilla. always wanted
her to go with us everywhere, insisted
upon it vehemently, and never left her
out of anything. / appreciated that i'm
mensely I did want her to have good
time during her visit. and some men are
horrid about ones girl friends. Now, you
were never nice to Priscilla"
There's only one being I dislike more
than Priscilla, and that's your Skye ter
rier, 1t makes me vicious to see you
spoon with either of them" said the
man. calmly.
/ ugly, envious disposition you have!
Jack was different He said he thought a
| loyal friendship between two girls was a
beautiful thing, and he would let me rave
about Priscilla by the hour. I was
ashamed sometlmes, after he had
gone, to think how much I had talked
about her, and how patient he had been.
/ She admired him tremendously,
never was tired of singing his praises,
I went to sleep every night with the chant
! in my ears. She wouldn't stay in the room
when he came; always made some sort of
an excuse and fled, altho storrned about
it. 1t looked horribly pointed Priscilla
wouldn't go out with us once in blue
moon, either. She'd promise; but, at the
last moment, she would have neuralgia or
tonsilttts, or anything sore Of smallpox.
She even sprained her ankle for the Yale
Princeton football game, and sat around
with it bandaged for days. I'm positive
there wasn't a thing wrong with It, but
mother did the bandaging. Jack didn't get
along as fast as he might have done with
all the help he had. He was devoted and
chummy, but he seemed diffident. By and
by he reached the quiet, dreamy stage,
where he sat and stared at me by the
hour, and opened and shut his mouth
once In awhile without saying anything.
Then he got where he talked about love
lin the abstract you know, about what
a woman could mean In mans life, and
what man ought to be for the sake
Of a girl he loves and mems unworthiness
and women's angelic attributes, and
homes, and children, and old age. and
} all that sort of thing
The man who came often sat up.
Bless my soul! Is that the way to dc
it? I'm afraid I-well. it's so long age
that don't, remember distinctly, but
/ quired. anxiously.
you were. You didn't follow any Of
the rules of the game
mo wonder I wasn't g. success. Still
:. there's Vardon. His golf form isn't at al
according to law and gospel, but he doe:
win out On the whole, I'll just try t.
! keep my eye on the ball. and won't change
, my FORM Did Jack put well?"
Nancy frowned.
Ills - q SeElouS StOFy, Body. lL's
8 rude to interrupt. Jack asked my opinion
I about all sorts of points in love and matri
. mony. He couldn't get away from tn,
g subject, but he stuck to glittering gener
t alities, He didn't have the moral couragt
to particularize."
B II thought so. He may be good on s
long drive, but can beat his putting,
murmured Bobby.
Now liked Jack, liked him heartily,
didn't want him to ask me to marry hin
unless intended to say yes. There's a grea;
deal of entertainment in finding ou
whether a man Is in love; but, having sat
man the humiliation Of being rejected i
r she can
5 The man who came often looked i'm.
9 pressed.
: Then. If she allows him to propose, II
q Is because she intends marrying him
Nancy, this is a delicate way OF breakins
/ the glad news to me. You've made me &
y happy man. Suppose we drop Jack anG
i celebrate the joyous occasion
: Nancy's cheeks were red
: Il mean it, she said, holly IT detest
proposals You propose every other day
e but 1t doesn't hurt you because you aren'
in earnest. I'm talking about sensitive
men, capable Of real feeling. was very
a moral and clever and rich There didn
4 seem to be flaw In him. He would make
al a splendid husband, much too good FOL
: me, and 1t would please the family o.
: course wasn't in love with him. wa.
more nearly in love with several othe,
men, but then my tastes are low. fell
: that ought to marry Jack.
AT last I talked very frankly about i
I with Priscilla I hadn't done that before
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