The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-04-06

% her words. People live Tor what
they can gel out Of ife"
lie was a man Of the world. with
man Of tae worlds hard. uni6pression-
able nature bat he suddenly delermm.
ed that she should fail In love with
him II would certainly be- an amusias
way in which to pass the time.
"The men and women" said be.
seem 70 divide their time equally be-
tween bathing and falling in love.
now. never fell in love-
Both amusements call for a some.
~aai primitive condition, she OBJ
served
"Yes." said he "and to be primitive
is to be happy. apparently We ought
to iall in love simply because there IS
rothing else to do. and because We
shall soon part never TO see one am
other again That, think. is the only
safe and satisfactory way to fall ia
love"
'tet suppose. one might some
times get. like the bather out Of ones
depth. But tell me, she laughed "do
harrisiers find it so amusing to fall in
love with officers daughtcrsg'
Every man has his unprofcssionsl
moments." said he, "aad you forget
that we have not eailel in love vita
each ether"
No said she. and, Of course. we
snail go our several ways and forget
all about one another, and perhaps, in
course of time. marry some dun but
unimDeachabie fellow-crguture. Il will
not be SO very romantic"
Life is brief, but rot so brief as 20.
finance" he returned. ITO be in love is
10 be serious, and to be serious is TO I've
unromautic. We are not the least in
love with one another. are not going
to marry so we may be romantic if We
LIKE"
That was the beginning Of It. He
felt somewhat amused.
There was a throb Of suppressed
passion in his voice He took her hand
and held it, 1T is unavoidable said
he, with an effort, that l should set
back to town"
She smiled her reply He felt a sad
want oil self-possession; she, on the
contrary. was quite collected.
I've seem 10 have known each
other lifetime" he remarked, "and
yet it is only a few days"
And the days have gone like
hours, she returned rogretfully.
"You remember he exclaimed
thictly. "what you said about getting
out Of ones depth? mink l am out
Of my mepth"
Il am sorry you are going" she
murmured; "you have been romantic
amid the Drosaic"
-Rut am serious now" he pleaded,
"and romantic no longer"
"That, said She, is condition Of
mind which believe you have describ-
el as unentertainng.
There .as something in his mind
he wished to utter He compromised
with his feelings by suggesting a cor
sDondence
The girl was amused
Il see you are very serious, she Ie-
marked But probably we should only
bore one another"
He looked at her in silence; he had
mot said what he wanted to say.
"Wcn" he observed at length; eve
have spent a week ia one another's so-
ciety and got along remarkably wen"
yes" she sighed. = am sorry you
lare soing"
81 think" he continued. 1--WE could
be very happy together Tor an indedn-
lite ucriod'
That was almost as near as he ever
got TO the expression OF the thought in
his mind
She laughed up at him.
Il really believe we could" she ex-
clained: but you viii sYon forget all
about me in your musty Jaw books"
"Friendships thus begun" he mut-
tered, have often endured for life
time"
But life is so long, after all' ~
exclaimed.
Under some conditions it may be
made TO appear as short as the proveru
represents it," ne remarked. He had
not said what he wanted 10 say. and
there were but five minutes in which
TO do so. life" he observed dcsper
ately lis a very lonely business"
lie took half Of the available time lo
think of the remark ana 1t brought
him no nearer he desired goal
The girl was smiling again Hs
wished she would not look So happy
II made il an the more dlG-ult for
him 70 tell her.
"The week that has gone" She said
sis to be one OF the white stones 10 oui
lives Perhaps as a har,ssed pater
famihas you may one day look bach
upon il tenderly"
She had east a spell over him The
way in which she smiled up into hl.