Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-12-18

rEE,N mucn ABOUT an.
" ~ other girl as yoV
do about me? Tell me the truth now!
"Of course not!" said the youni
man, promptly. How could II"
"Of course" went on the girl will
the curly hair, I'm not so foolish al
to think you've never been in love be
fore!"
1T wasn't the same" declared thu
young man, earnestly. Il just like
them-her-oh, really, | never knew
what it was to care for any one till
met you!"
You speak as if there had beer
simply swarms of others!" said the
young woman. leaving the button tt
Its fate and bending on him a glance
which was reproachful as well as
searching. q didn't dream"
Not at ALL" broke in the young
man. I'm not such a universal fas
cinator as that"
Tell me" insisted the young won
an sternly, how rnany?"
"Oh, don't know" said the
badgered young man. Whats the
use"
i suppose you can't count them,
said the young woman in a panied
voice, because there have been such
crowds of them. You have gone
about falling in love with girls as fast
as they came along and just hap
pened to be in line! Still, you have
the assurance to say you never cared
much about any of them and you ex
pect me to believe it! I'm not such q
silly as all that. I'll warrant that you
were desperately devoted to all Of
them and | don't see how you es-
ca7od marrying some one of them
Did they throw you over?'
Marie said tf9 young man in a
hurt tone,'T can't imagine what's come
over you! I never was engaged be.
fore in my life; +"
That's not saying you didn't want
to be-" flashed the girl with the curly
hair, looking about for her handker.
chief. Il suppose they wouldn't have
you!"
II never wanted them to have met"
INSISTED the young man.
Wasn't there one, just one of the
whole lot, that you'd have got engaged
to if you could?" persisted the girl
with the curly hair. Don't try to de-
ceive mel"
The young man had a hunted ex-
preston, but he was naturally honest.
wei, | was dreadfully young" he
said, and you know fellows some
times get foolish streak and"
Il knew it," walled the girl. Il
was just sure of it-and you've been
trying to conceal it from me! You've
tried to make me think | was the only
girl you ever loved Was she pretty!"
We'll, should say-no, no." cried
he young man. Not at all. And l
know now wasn't in love with her a
bit"
But you thought you were," said
the pretty girl, burying her head in
the sofa cushions, "and that's j-j-just
as bad! Did you th-th-think you liked
her then as well as you say you like
me now? Oh, but you didn't know me
then, so you can't tell! Maybe you
liked her lots better-and there's no
way for me to find Quit"
Marie" said the young man, "of
I
How absurd 1t was just a boyish
an episode, shadow! 1t
was nothing! Not worth thinking
about"
Then why" persisted the pretty
girl, did you make me miserable by
telling me about her? If / had never
known it wouldn't have mattered so
could still have been happy"
The young man took turn around
the room. You made me tell YOU"
he expostnlated. Il didn't want to
and there wasn't anything to tell any
way! Say, Wen be a great deal hap
pier if we just drop it! You're the
only one. and that's all there is to i'll"
DO you mean 1T" asked the pretty
girl, drying her eyes.
you know mean it," said the
young man, Wen never mention her
again, will we?"
NO." agreed the pretty girl softly.
as he sat down beside her Wen
leave her out of consideration.
Then there was peace for a brief
moment until the pretty girl had time
10 think Then she looked at him ac-
and suddenly.
"But are you sure, Bert" she said,
that she was the only
me of all those others you cared that
much about? Wasn't there some one
else? Now tell me truly!"- Chicago
Daily News.