The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-20

AN Unsatisfactory FIANCE.
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By FRANK H. MELO0N.

| when love Robert, and he loves me
But the gist of the situation is that
we aren't fitted for each other. We're
too opposite. 1t would drive me wild
to have to live with Robert the rest OF
my life and be admired from a dis.
lance. want to do part of the ad.
m1ring myself, and I am obviously
unit for doing it in Roberts way.
! suppose it will make the poor boy
dreadfully unhappy, but I've heard
that men get over affairs Of the
heart very easily. I wouldn't do it,
II i thought Robert would feel very,
very much cut up over it, but it
somehow seems to me as if he is the
sort to find plenty of solace in his
pathological researches. Anyway, he's
perfectly set On a trip into the South
seas, so that he can study the Poly
nesian tongue at first hand"
AS Miss EIortense reached this stage
10 her soliloquy, she glanced at a
little JeWeled timepiece, suddenly re
GAZING an engagement to attend a
production of amateur tleatricals by
the alumni of Roberts university. She
mad barely time to make her prep
aratIons. Everything else was imme-
dlately laid by, and half hour later
found her at Conservatory hall, await
ing the rise Of the curtain.
Did you know your fance is to
take the leading part?" asked Miss
ridge, her boon companion.
Why, no." admitted Miss Hortense,
ne never said anything to me about
it.
Well,' rejoined the other, Sit was
not known until the last minute that
IT would be necessary. Mr.. Rouin had
taken the part once before, and his
Old friends wouldn't listen to his say.
ing no.
The select audience that afternoon
was accustomed to witnessing the
performances of the worlds leading
stars. but it was unanimously con-
ceded that the part of the passionate
lover had never been so perfectly de-
plcted as it was by Robert Rouin. It
was so natural that, in the language
OF the press agent, the audience for
got to applaud.
Il congratulate you, Hortense, on
having lover like that!" exclaimed
Miss Ridge, roguishly, yet more than
half in earnest.
The face Of Hortense flushed Grim
son, but inward agony was her por.
ton. "Oh. if it were true, if it were
true!0 she exclaimed, again and
again, but always with the realization
of how very far it was from being
true. 1t is, however, very seldom
that a sensible American girl fails to
accomplish what she desires to
and this is especially true IN
love affairs. In flash of pure inspir-
alton plan outlined itself wildly be-
fore the girls eyes. She laughed
aloud. That night it was carried into
execution.
When Robert Rouin, A. M, Phi. D.,
called at 1880 o'clock that evening, he
seated himself in the usual chair, and,
faultlessly attired, without SO much
as an eyelash awry, began his GUS
tomary long distance admiration of
his f1ance. Miss Hortense, with a look
Of determination to do or to die in
her eyes, after few minutes CONVEX
sation, rose from her chair, walked
over to her lover, and pumped herself
INTO his lap with a solid drop Of 135
pounds that fairly made the floor
,reak and the chair threaten to give
way at every rung.
At the same time, she threw both |
Ter shapely arms around his neck,
md. careless of germs, planted a re-
sounding smack on his lips, which,
Is soon as he recovered from his first
he made haste to return
With interest.
And you aren't play acting now,
Roberto she asked, anxiously, after
| time. /
Not a bit, little girl" he replied,
heartily. you see, thought you were
eally opposed to kissing and holding
lands and lovers embraces. You said
10, / remember, in your va1edictory."
Il said a lot of things in that I
lidD't mean" was the girls reply.
And, Robert, I can't tell you, what
started to write to you this after
loon"
But after awhile she did. She had
g fault to find in that quarter since
he explained why she had mentally
eferred to him as her unsatisfactory
lance.
Copyright, 1906, BY Daily Story Pub. Cos