The Forrest City times., 1905-10-06

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 She lookez aaeE at h5z 2s tae couLt aas leading h=z away There Has on Tl5r1fols face .oJs hat she eoula Hat gssaA=# #Gat she sfaflez aga.u ard called.
 -AFel.t yea ge.Eg 10 dance th!s even .Hgs Il@ E4ssr -s starting
 Es Jla.He5 her later. for q waltz and t1en asked her !f she gou.dnt rather slt or 01 he porch. where t wzs cool sBd dark
 Very vel she said. If you don't ea.oE dancing R.th ne I'm rather r.rsa.
 He chose ,o ignore her challenge and ed her t0 corner where they could te alone
 T suppose : ought not he ceid. .to drag you away from he eoIt. but this ; probably tAe last chance Fl have and theEe.s one 0E two things want 70 say to yeg. Of course you don't know that there are ge5p.e around here sAo hare 5egaE to Let ol gog Co y9a
 T haan heard of any such thing
 4 wager vas made lI-tle walfe ago that involves 6 slst ot clothes on each s.de. The aH1oa1cement of your en- gagement 'o .he coan, xiu have 10 be E-ade R.tt.l week. Of some one Wil. .os@"
 How interesting. Let ne se4-a suit of c.othes is what q gentleman usually bets eH az election isntit?"
 .'Its likely 70 be.
 | au immensely fattered. Al elec- ton ought 70 Be d important thiug AId if what is bet Oh an election is De. on me must also be iHl portant mustn 1, l3 The eoqE. VII be amused when I tell him aDout if. He wi.l regard l. IS one Of our delightful GnconYent.onal- ities. Oh. rhat music Is too good 70 lose Don't y08 paLt t0 daucee
 The count was waiting for her when they finished. aua t vas two weeks later when she and Thornton met again.
 Billey Rens1aB had son his bet Her engagement 70 Count D.EstreyIIle had been annoarced within the specified time. and her sister. Mrs. Richmond was one Of tLe happiest women in the world l. vas she. in lac. who had heralded the glad news
 Thornton aad taken dinner at he club and Was sitting alone h corner of tn. hig Iftls-roon. She stood beside Eiu before he EHew tha, anyone had en- tered
 Vel s1e said. extending hand aren't yoa going ey congratulate me-.
 T suppose Fl have to 10 De polite But I'm not sure that you are the oae b be congratulated
 "Eery niee Of you 70 say that-after you ve lost :
 After I.ye lost-yes But I've got so nsed 10 losing that don't expect any thing else any more " What a pessimist! suppose you re blaming poor old Fate. too"
 No don't believe in Fate. It's iust a case of people. If other people could find happiness in making me happy the whole question would be solved Bu, there's the trouble. To make me happy it would De necessary for other people , - 4AAfAr &44El4.1F4fES u44SEi dB4F. 90 l ] contiEae to lose. .'
 Still. l don't believe you would keep on losing if you always really played tg win. One can hardly expect 10 be vie l0rious when one gives ones game away. Your tailor probably is glad though
 T don. see where he comes in.
 he suit that you will have to pay for. Isn't be going 10 make it?"
 After he had explained that he had not been a party 10 the wager they sat looking steadily al each other for q long time
 @But9 she said al last. you haven : yet convinced me that you always play 70 win"
 There was something in the way she said il that brought him out of lis stupcr. and be caught her hands an! held them.
 What" he asked when she insisted that they must not remain there alone any longer .'wlll the count savot
 I don't know. she answered with a ] sigh Probably he will call il another l Of our delightful unconyentioralitles. a -caieago Record-H Herald.