The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-30

iened out the practical side will APP
peal to him stronger than the other.
or I miss my guess"
4 Nellie, believe you're actually
conceited. thinking you know 30 much.
However, granting what you say Is
true, what then 2"
He'll stick, at least until he has
more cash on hand than is generally
reputed he has at present And while
he Is sticking he will get to think
, Ing the matter over. It will make
him sore to think that. he has been
turned down that way. He will Inn
agine me feeling highly but sympa-
thetically delighted over the situation.
and will paint me In his mind as tell
ing myself that he can love me and
no other. and that he will never marry
unless l consent to be the birdie in
his nest.
While figuring feel sorry for him,
ne Will conclude there is certain
pleasure In that sorrow. which is UNI
doubtedly the case nine times out of
ten. At first. II his love Is really
strong enough. he will get the.joy of
martyr In allowing me the pleasure Of
In the world to chuck q man into the
slough of despond for an indefinite,
period. until his clothes become SO
thoroughly soaked with the unpalate-.
able water that 1t will take him a
long time to appear his, usual self
before the world again.
This will be we'll enough for a lit
tie while. mavbe not more than few
hours. and maybe for several days, or
possibly weeks. and then he will have
change of feeling. He will begin to
realize that possibly he is making a
I fool of himself. From that it's only.
short stage until he will become
angry at the thought that am get
ting a lot of fun out Of the thing while
he is miserable. This will strike him
as being unfair and unreasonable, and
he will decide to reverse the order,
and put me on the unhappy list, while
he will, to all appearances, be having
the time of his life.
."Oh. yes, / forgot Before all this
happens he will be dissipating just
dreadfully, knowing that is what is ex-
pected of him under the circum-
stances. and never for moment
thinking of violating an old, estab-
lished rule. He will smoke and drink
and gamble. and, when the turning
point have mentioned is reached,
heGwill take up with some other girl,
and appear In public with her where
he thinks I will he. You can see why,
cant you? or course. He will push
the case as fast as he can and marry
the other girl just as quick as she
Will consent, and then he will send
a.
it's beautifully simple"
1T sounds reasonable, onlylI don't
see where you learned 80 much about
men. Are you sure you know what
you are talking abQut?"
Don't throw cold water on the
thing right at the start. OF course I
know. It might not work out in all
cases. but. I'm sure it will in this"
But where do / come in?"
That's the simplest part Of 1t. You
will be the girl selected. That's only
natural, for you, besides being the
first that will come into his mind in
the hour of need, are my dearest
friend, and he will lavish favors upon
you, before and after marriage, just
to make me repenant and possibly
jealous"
aNell, that's delightfully."- lovely
scheme. What shall we begin?"
y Right away" And they did.
Otto Thell was tall, well-built.,
handsome chap, always well dressed
and an interesting talker. His hair
was brown and wavy, and his eyes
were blue and twinkling. He had a
frank, open face that attracted strang-
ers to him right away, He appeared
to be fond Of the society Of girls, and
from the first had been strongly at
tracted by the pretty face and charm
ing manner of Miss Nellie Hathaway,
but she had not appeared to encour-
age him In the least. Now, however,
the situation was changed, and 1t
wasn't long before she was seen quite
often In public with him. So APP
parent did the supposed attachment
become that friends Of the couple be-
gan to comment on It,, and It was uni-
versally agreed that the match would
be highly suitable one. Particular
ly was this true so far as appearances
went. It would have been hard to
find a handsomer couple. Things ran
along nicely In this fashion for sew,
eral weeks and Nellie occasionally
had encouraging reports for the ears.
u her impatient friend. az i;e
1t seems to me you are taking all
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