The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-08-15

40 OHu' ne sdl0 with a laugh
because I've always doubted whether
archie was half good enough for Won +"
inc point is" the girl said serl-
ousiy' not that a persons good
enough for you, but that you want him
or her. Isn't that it?"
| Ihe point is" he returned. that
as you said just now-they didn't want
US" want
but you wanted her." she persisted.
he reflected for a moment.
AT any rate" he admitted can't.
ousiy' i thought did. don't know
whether | ought to ask, but YOU you
him?" ""''
l-oh, thought did, too" she
answered, IF it comes to that"
There was brief silence.
Il wonder" he remarked suddenly.
why were not both heartbroken?
we ought to be, you know. Hasn't II
occurred to you as odd that we're
not?"
Aren't WEI" she said, with rather
VIHOOI dle lnQuerenCe.
personally, I'm not-not a bit.
was at first. For "a hours was aw-
fully hard hit 1t isn't a nice trick to
play man, you know, to bolt with his
pest friend a fortnight before the we'd
ding?"
1T was perhaps, better" she sug.
sested, than boiling a fortnight after
the wedding"
You couldn't expect me-" he pro-
tested, TO see it in that cold blooded
and philosophical light. No, don't
mind admitting that at first was
awfully hard hit. Then | thought of
you"
Thanks" Her tone was dry. Odd
the thought of me comfort your"
"Well-I-thought you'd be awfully
hard hit. too he explained rather
lamely.
$50 was at FIRST" she admitted in
cautiously.
There was q pause. She forgot to
torture the gravel
How long" he inquired delicately,
"did it last?"
"It?"-
"The first agony" he said, with SOL
emnty.
A smile crept into her eyes,
"About-about "a hours-and half a
minute she confessed,
Il told YOU" he said triumphantly.
chat it was worse for you than it was
for me-"
by half a minute" she retorted
Then
"Well?" he murmured.
ooh, then | remembered you. But
that didn't" she added hastily, "con-
sole me in the least. 1t made me
worse"
"Worse."
81 had to be sorry for you, as we'll
as for myself. Don't you aee?"
Her tone was 4 shade impatient. He
reflected for a moment or Two.
IF I'd known that" he said at last,
'it would have made my recovery !
much more rapid. | should have felt !
it my duty" there was touch of |
laughter in his tone-"to avoid giving |
you more cause for distress than you |
had already. should have felt that
"a hours of despair were exactly 20 |
hours and SO minutes too long. i |
SUPPOSE" he limited, that we must |
,oncede the other minute to blighted |
wouldn't 1t be more truthful" she
"if we conceded it to-pro"
1riety?" |
81 shouldn't have dared to mention
he replied gayly, but
ant deny that | thought of 1t.
After all, they didn't want us. Why |
n the world should we pay them the
lndeserved compliment of continuing.
lnder such unpromising circumstances
o want them?"
81 shouldn't have been practical
enough to put such an admirably sem
;ible idea into words" she returned,
smiling at the handle of her parasol,
but | must admit that it did occur
o me-"
1T would have helped me enor'
nously," he declared, 'if | could have
it possible that you might
.hink like that"
ut seems to me-" she returned, not
without an attempt at condemnation,
that you really weren't in need OF
any help Your recovery was quite
rapid enough as it was. II 1t isn't
he direst heresy to say so, I'm begin
ming to wonder whether you-whether
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