The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-10-25


OF girl. and not mere society but
FAerfy-like me-" -
IF she were like you" began.
and stopped.
"She won't be-" said Miss Kerri-
son quickly.
My heart ached for her. Zone SO
seldom marries the woman one wants
to-" l observed, for I was wishful to
spare her as much as possible.
"You know" she explained, that
the object of our first fancy is SO sell
dom the person to make us truly
happy,if we but knew it.
remembered then that some one
had told me this was Miss Kerrison's
third season.
First love is the only love-" I
said firmly. 1t was no time for
mawkish scruples. I had temporized
She must now be made to realize the
sad truth in all it's ghastliness.
That Is not So, she said. believe
me, Mr.. Craven, when 1 tell you that
you are as yet far too young to know
what Is best for your welfare"
How she fought-as women will
against her own happiness!
Pardon me-" said, Il am not so
young as you seem to think. l am"
"Never mind the exact date OF
yoyr BIRTH, she broke in. THAT you
are very young is plain enough, or
you would not take the matter to
| heart so''
Anyway" said 1. when my fate
does come along"
And then l made an abrupt end,
| for she had suddenly begun to laugh.
| There could be no doubt about 1t.
| She was laughing-not Historically,
either, but with unmistakable enjoy
ment, as at an irresistible jest.
"Mr. Craven-Mr. Craven!" she
cried, "Please-please don't look 50
| solemn. Laugh. Do laugh, too. It's
| the only way you can save your self
respect.
'Mr. Craven" she said at last,
more seriously, Il think I'll be frank
with you. My honest dealing may
conceivably cost me your good opin-
ion, but only for time. You'll like
me all the better afterward.. And |
am sure you have enough common
sense, really, not to think me I'M
womanly or immodest in saying what
am about to say to you now
Miss Kerrison," I cried in sore
distress, ''forbear, reflect, consider
Don't speak yet. You may save us
both much pain II you keep silent"
NONSENSE" she exclaimed sharp
ly.
This was an affront. eco on, then,
if you will" I said sternly.
'I've an idea," she said, that we
are at cross-purposes, and that it Is
all the fault of those dear, foolish
something to you about-well, about
me, hasn't she? Please be straight
forward, Mr.. Craven"
mo, she hasn't" I answered.
''Mr. Frisby, then?'
Eyes"
What did he say?"
turned to her In desperation.
"How / can re .eat what he said?" I
cried. Miss Kerrison, let me i'm
plore you to say no more. Let me
entreat-"
NO" she replied. IT will tell you
what they said. They told you /
well-had a penchant for you"
''They were ~rong!" l exclaimed.
still eager to spare her.
"Of course they were," she re-
Joined LAS wrong as they were when
they told me-well-that you were
in love-with my unworthy self.
But" And she began to laugh
again. This woman, I tell you, had
no sense of humor, or of decency,
either, 1 should think. But they
meant we'll, l suppose. And there's
no harm done-except to our vanity,
perhaps. Anyway, the path they
would have had us tread hardly leads
to the Wicked Place, does it,"
And she smiled at me inscrutably,
and | think she would have added
some pleasant salving words. But
lust then a man poked his head
round the bead curtain and she dart
ed up and went forward to greet
him. I heard her call him Frank"
and l guessed then that it was for
him she had been waiting SO meekly,
all alone. And at last / understood
i knew-that II had merely pro-
yided some comic relief from the
tedium of her vigil.
TOO GOOD FOR MORMONiSM.
It is mentioned that the Morfffons
have given up their temple in Har-
lem They have found that New
York is no place for the open propa-
gandism of polygamy Philadelphia
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