The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-08
Wa. IL a Quarrel?

From the Chicago News
They stood in front of a portrait in this
Art institute. No one else was in the gall
lery and the guard had kindly turned his
back. She slipped hey hand into his.
do you remember what anniversary this
is, dear" she asked.
Yes. Does it seem as long to you""
Two whole wceks-and an hour The
rice isn't out Of my hat yet. In all that
time we've not had a single quarrel. Ned,
do You think we shall ever auarrcl?"
Never. No one could quarrel with you.
dear"
'Oh, I'm sure it would be my fault If
we ever disagreed aud-and / should throw
my arms around your neck and beg your
forgiveness"
Say, l wish that guard would stay with
hiI back turned that way. That's the
trouble with guards; they are apt to look
at the wrong time"
Med, you could never rave loved nyone
else as you do me-"
o course not"
But perhaps you have been on earth
before. Oh. Ned. you didn't think you
could have loved another in some pre-
existence. do your"
Certainly not"
Arc you surer"
~ ought to know, il I was there"
Yes. that's true. Yet sometimes 4 doubt
comes into my heart"
Never doubt my love for you. dear.
Look at this picture"
ut reminds me of aome one I've seem
Yes. it looks like Daisy Fleming"
You are quick to see the likeness. No
doubt you knew her very Well"
Yes. indeed. Daisy and I had some good
times"
II suppose So" colby.
Now. don't get jealous. A man can
like a girl and not want Toto mary her,
you know"
Indeed! o speak as if you had
thought about marrying her. OF course.
it's nothing to me. oh, Ned, tell me the
worst. D.d-dtd you ever kiss her,
Now, dear, you are foolish"
Tell me the truth, Ned. 1 can bear it,
"How can a fellow remember whom he
mas Kissed
Edward. for shame. AS If I didn't re-
member when you-"
so do i. You were sweet enough to
eat"
Did you ever make love to her.
"Oh, a fellow is bound to be soft and
moonshlny sometimes
You needn't say any more. I know it
all. A moonlight night
mo, 1T wasn't. 1t was raining cats and
dogs
There. you a confessed"
T WHAT"
Toto it's raining and-and other
things
II remember we Wee running for shelf
er and she slipped and fell right into MY
arms"
They were ready for her no doubt"
Wen. a fellow can't let i girl fall, on
a night like that. Come to think of it.
she held TO me-
The brazen thing, I never did like
her.
oh. she was sweer and pretty as the
dickens. 1 told her I'd a notion to kiss
her.
She was willing, I y That kind
usually arc"
INC. she wasn't. She said I didn't dare.
of course. after that-well. a fellow can't
Business is Business.
Mr.. Sato, the Japanese diplomat. was
defending the old Samurai ideA-an
idea still held by some Japanese con-
servativeS-that business is dish0nor-
able.
The samurai," he said. claimed that
business was d~ishonorabre because i'm
every barter, every deal your object
was to get the better of him. you tried
to deceive him. II you succeeded in
deceivihg him, your gain. your profit,
represented the extent to which your
deceit had een carried.
For Instance. you bought "A horse for
SeNN. ~ Y A'AS IL ~ N1o MOLttl
$500. B bought it for $500. You had
deceived him n cheated him to the
extent of 800"
Mr.. Sato smiled.
That" said he. lis the Samurai way
of looking at business. Some children.
before they grow sophisticated. look at
business oddly. too. A boy said to his
father:
Rather. if take a dollar out Of
your pocket. that is stealing. isn't it?'
"'Certainly, my SON.
"'And if / bet a dollar on a race and
win two dollars, is that gambling. ia
ther?'
Yes. my boy
But suppose 1 have something that
is only worth a dollar. and sell it to
o u dollars, making three dollars gain
what is that?'
That? Oh. that is simply bust
ness"