The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
JEALOUSY.
As Shown by the Fair Onc For Her
Fiance's Sistcr-in-LaM.

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that danger signals were hrin4. The
girl in the pink gown wore her eve
brows in a straight line and one foot
tapped the floor.
Il was downtown this morning"
she began.
Were you?" inquired the young
man pleasantly, taking chair near
her
Quite as though it were accidental
she moved to another chair across the
room from him. II thought YOU said
that you were dreadfully busy these
days she resumed
i am, said the young man, heart
lily. Up to my eyes in work That
case--' He broke off as he found
/ himself whitening under her look of
scorn.
There's no need Of going into de-
! tails about the way You are working"
she flashed at him, because | saw
you with my own eyes walking down
Michigan avenue. Ii you could have
seen how foolishly you We're gazing
at her, Harry, you-you'd have been
ashamed OF yourself. suppose there
is something about hair of tlat color
that goes to mans head but I
should think you could tell bleach
and paint when you saw them"
The young mans face had ey-
pressed emotions ranging from sur
prise to Indignation. That color is
real" he said, stoutly. And so is
her complexion, if you want to
know"
The young woman shrugged her
shoulders pityingly. Then she at
tackled again as fresh thought
struck her.
You seem to be awfully we'll ac-
quainted with her." she said You
never spoke about her to me when
you told me of all the girls you knew
Why, couldn't believe it-when you
wouldn't take time to so to the mat
Inee with me. Then to find you out
for morning stroll as if you had
all the time on earth! But, then, I'm
only engaged to you, SO l suppose I
shouldn't expect
''Do you mean to say" broke in the
young man, that you're actually mad
because
The young woman drew herself
up. Il am not angry she said with
feeling, but / am decidedly hurt. I
should never let myself lose my tenn
per over anything SO ridiculous. You
you have plainly shown that you
don't care for me-when you will de-
ceiye me so-and I suppose she lives
on the North Side and you're en-
gagged to her, too! Maybe there's
girl down on the West Side, also"
There are heaps of girls on all
sides of the city," agreed the young
man, calmly
I've no doubt you know" said the
young woman, pointedly. Her hat
was fright, And you never saw me
when l passed because you were look
ing at her with all your eyes. Such
devotion in public is dreadfully bad
form: l should ask you never to
there is no need to ask you. You
spend all your spare time with her
and neglect your business just as
much as you choose and take no
thought of me-though, of course,
you don't anyway. Even if you
should ask me to | couldn't think Of
staying en-en-gaged to You after see
ing so pl-plainly what an aw-awiul
flirt you are. nev-never would have
believed it if any one had told me-"
DO ! gather" said the young man.
that am to be cast into outer dark
ness because you saw me walking
down the street with another girl
whose hair happened to be blonde"
"W-w-well," wept the girl il pink,
"it goes deeper than that That
sounds $3.50 simple. 1t shoa,s how
clev-clever you are. 1
suppose you have been telling ne lots
Of things all along that weren't any
more true than that, OF course it
is true that you Wee walking down
the street with girl-but that
doesn't express the additional fact
THAT you were beamins with JOY and
were positively si-silly And had
deceived and-everythin
It's perfectly scandalous, isn't it,"
inquired the young man, shaking his
heed
The girl in pink twisted her hand
kerchief into rope and her chin
quvered. She could stand it no
longer
Who--who was that girl?" she
fiercely.
The young man gave q sigh OF re-
lief and leaned back in his chair.
Why didn't you ask that before?"
ne murmured. She is my brothers
wife and she had an hour in town