The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-30
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IOSetner TOO long about It," com.
planned Miss Snow. one day.
You don't expect a girl to make a
man propose to her in months time,
do you? 2" retorted Miss Hathaway
with certain warmth of tone.
1T has been done, lots of times, and
then he was dead gone on you to be-
gin with. Everybody could see that"
II It's 80 easy, why didn't you do
1t yourself?"
Come now, don't let's quarrel.
probably am unreasonable, but you
can imagine my feelings"
Now you are talking sense. Any
way, don't think 1t will be more than
few more days before he proposes.
He has reached the confessional stage,
When man begins to get sentimental
he yearns to tell girl about his past
life, and the more naughty things
there are to hint at the better he likes
1t. He confesses his own sins to her,
and when he begins on those of his
friends you know you have him
cinched. The question will pop at the
first favorable opportunity
One Sunday afternoon two weeks
after this conversation Miss Snow
rushed with frantic haste to the home
of her friend
"Oh. Nellie." she gasped, two ex-
cited to even remember the usual pre-
liminary kiss. Have you read the
morning paper?"
NO, nor don't want to- It's an
awful bother" said Nellie, and II she
hadn't been so excited Dora would
certainly have noticed something
strange about her manner. She wasn't
as ehusive as usual, and there was
something rather cold and distant
about her. Her eyes had feverish
CLEAN in them, as If she had reached
an exciting, period, and didn't know
exactly how the situation would de-
velop.
Newspapers generally are a bore"
Dora ratified on, "but brother Ned
called my attention to this. It's just
the. greatest piece Of news You never
in the world would guess what"
Il don't want to try. Are you
crazy? Stop dancing around that way
and sit down minute. l have some
thing want to tell you. It's of great
er Importance to both of us than any
thing you could see in the paper"
"Rnt this is about"
Never mind what it is, about,
am sure you will be more interested
IN what have to say than would be
In anything the paper has in it,
Nellie, you don't mean to tell me
that he has proposed?" said Miss Snow
in Mortified accents.
Just that exactly" Miss Hathaway
said this quietly, appearing as calm
and undisturbed before her friends
excitement as bowl of milk.
The brute! The great, big ugly
brute!" calculated Miss Snow collaps-
ing id the depths of big arm chair,
and staring In helpless, startled
fashion at Nellie.
hope you will forgive me, Dora"
said the latter. trying to speak in
sympathetic yet appealing tone of
voice, "and that you will not suffer
too much. What, want to say is that
1 accepted him. We are to be married
next spring. could not help 1t, Dora,
he was SO -."
"You accepted hint" Horror and
disgust were stamped on every line of
Miss Shows frightened countenance.
Yes, dear. didn't know until the
very last that loved him. 1t was too
much for you to ask me to give up
after, -."
.But, Nellie. he is married-has
I been married twice-and both his
wives are living, an dhe hasn't been
divorced from ether
Dora, you are crazy; you don't
know what you are saying!"
But do; the paper tells all about
It. That is the news was going to
tell you. A sheriff from Pennsylvania
arrested him last night and started
east with him today. He has con-
fessed. Here is a full account of the
affair, with his photograph. One wife
lives in Philadelphia and the other in
Trenton, N. J.. He is a bigamist."
It took eight minutes for Dora and
the house maid to bring Miss Heatha-.
way out of her faint, but, fortunately
enough, the services of the loctor
were unnecessary.