Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-11-23
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Speaking OF women here's trick one
or them played me, the motive of
which wish some one would explain
When Lincoln Page, without cent
in the world, engaged himself to Lou
Strong, in the same impecunious condi-
ton, ! gave him piece of my mind
on the folly of such a proceeding
you wouldn't talk that way If you
were In love-" he said
II am In love-" replied, with girl
as poor as Lou. If l married her l
would expect to support her, and not
being able to do so l have sense enough
TO keep my secret from her, sitting it
in. my own BOSOM"
Lincoln said nothing further at the
time, but in a few days returned with
the unspeakable gall to ask me to loan
him money to buy an engagement ring
I looked at him with as much aston
ishment as If he had asked me for my
head but the real surprising feature
In the matter is that half an hour later
/ should have gone to box on my
bureau where | had $50, saved money,
opened the box and turned the con
tents over to the lover Why l did
this is psychological problem that l
consider insoluble
Lincoln insisted that should go to
the jewelers. with him. where we Sc
lected a small solitaire, and since Lin
coin wished to keep the matter a Sc
eret for awhile the ring was ordered
in my name and after a flaw in the
setting had been repaired was to be
sent TO me. ] told Lincoln that had
no objection to the transaction unless
It got out that was spending money
FOR jewelry. OF course. did not OK
pect hipi to tell his iiancee that he was
giving her an engagement ring on Dor
rowed money. but l cautioned him all
the same
Forty-elght hours after the purchase
Of the ring | met Margaret Woodwork.
the girl loved, on the street and re-
ceiyed a dead cut. was too much as
t0nished to at once determine what |
should do in the matter but after
walking half block turned and hur-
ried back to overtake her and ask for
an explanation. Unfortunately she had
meanwhile been joined by a friend.
and since I did not care TO discuss her
treatment Of me IN the presence of a
third party | desisted.
During the next twenty-four hours
ran the gamut of human masculine
feeling. l first determined that, con
sidering my inability to marry, 1t would
be best not 20 seek to heal the breach.
Beginning by harping on this bass note,
I gradually ran up to the highest one
attainable-a fear that If l could not
dissolve the enlargement ! should go
mad.
Another twenty-fOur hours and had
come to no decision. In the first place, /
did not dare 20 TO see the girl who con-
sidered me beneath her notice, fearing
that further expression of her scorn
would crush me. In the second place,
I knew that hadn't strength to con-
eeai the fact that loved her; indeed
so l had suddenly dlscovered-that /
loved her to the point of insanity.
Another twenty-four houRs and /
passed into collapse. was ready to
cry for mercy for any offense l had
committed or had not committed, to
crawl on my knees, to grovel in the
dust, If l could only be restored. To
what-the status before the cut? 4
didn't know; | didn't care. 1 only
knew that this horrible something
which stood between us must vanish
or would lose my mind. At O'clock
in the afternoon l came into this lam
entable condition, and the interval