The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-31

SHe GREW her NIUE gtoNeG hand away
from me and said:
AS we cannot agree and evidently
are not ft for one another. i, is better
That we should pat. / Will go this
Way. Good-by.''
/ took off my hat slowly and core.
enormously, replying:
"~Good-by, madame"
SO we had really Quarreled. and 4
asked myself why. But it was evil
IDENTIFY Very serious TOR we were on
our Wedding tour. and had been mar
ried a week already. And now We
parted on q street corner in a small
where none of as knew q SOU,
and where we had arrived fifteen MIN
utes before.
How had we com there" We'll. on
4 Wedding tour one never knows. The
best part OF the pleasure consists il!
travelling on the impulse of the mo-
ments stopping wherever YOU take q
fancy TO do so. n 50 we had done.
We had stopped here because the name
OF ME Observation-Disclosures my
bride of q place she had read of i'm a:
novel. She told me how the hero had
met the heroine there and told her of
ms o among the romantic ruins of
an Old castle. and now she wanted 10
find that very spot.
Fifteen minute We had been here and
now We had parted in anger. / looked
after her. She walked very fast, look
ing neither right nor left, and | saw
how the adnirins chances of the men
1oiloWed her IND tried To get a glimpse
of he.' face behind the heavy Veil.
NOW she disappeared around a corner
and laughed outright to myself.
How charming she is" l told my
self. | loved her and admired her sim
more for her stu%bbornness. AS she dis
appeared ] thought she had univ hid
den herself behind the corner of the
house to scare me. but | Will make her
give in. And / did not move.
When she did not return in five min
ntes l walked slowly after her. When
L came TO the corner | peeped carefully
around-she vas not there. SO she had
really been in earnest
TO appear more dignified and un-
concerned l lit a cigar. Then ! walked
back that she should not think that ]
had IN after he. =
began, however. 10 worry n little.
What might not happen to her in these
streets. Then 1 told myself that 1 was
stupid, but to no avail Before my
inner eye 4 saw myself rushing wildly
after her TO the depot. to the ruins
OF the romantic cast!e-and then i
started 10 search.
When | had walked a few blocks l
discovered Il beautiful figure at a dis
ance. AT the an time she discov-
cred he and rushed into n side street
i stopped short. Wei. she would have
to wait long before l would run after
her. ~
walked off in another direction.
looking careiessl. at the interesting
house fronts. Suddenly we ran into one
another. | saw a rather suspicious az
preston in her face, but she did nor
speak and passed by as if she had new
Ell seen me before. l. on my side. looked
straight through her as if She had been
nothing but any, and again we walked
off in opposite directions.
Again l walked a few blocks. and
turnin garound a corner | again met
her Again the same acting. Three
minutes later we met once more. ,ui
this time she smiled. After that We
met one another | do not know how
many times in the square TO which
all the streets OF the town led.
At last she could not stand 1t any
longer, but burst out laughing. went
straight up To her and we agreed that
this particular town WAS not iii for a
married couple who wanted to part. .
An hour later we kissed and made
up among the romantic ruins when
waIs really there.
:. Il am not going to tell anyone at
home about this. darling, they would
only laugh at us"
She agreed. and it was the very
first thing she wrote in q le1te. 10 n
the same evening.