The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30


Say" declared the young man
earnestly, this is no summer-resort
romance; it's the real thing. I don't
Think know I am Ia love with
you. And now you are panied and
amazed and all the rest of it, and can't
make up your mind. Why"
IF you have such poor idea of me
as that" interrupted the girl in the
white supbonnet, Il don't see why you
should care about me. To think that
all this time you thought I was pa
tiently waiting for you to give me a
chance to say yes! / suppose you
thought | was so hopelessly in love
with you that I'd never get over it,
and you'd break my heart if you didn't
ask me! 1t seems to me that it was
conceited as well as unkind of you!''
II never thought any such thing!"
cried the young man. i"
Then if you didn't think 1 was in
love with you there is no reason for
you to be surprised that l am sur
prised," said the pretty girl. tri-
umphantly It's one or the other,
don't you see?"
The young man looked gloomy. Il
know one thing, though" he said,
darkly. Il know you can't care two
straws about me or you would say yes
right away. II you are in love with
anybody. you know it,
did the others say yes promptly"
inquired the pretty girl, maliciously,
but with a hint of interest in her
voice.
You're the first" said the young
man. The first and only"
They all say that" murmured the
pretty girl pessimistically.
The young man looked gloomier.
81 suppose proposal doesn't mean
much to you," he said. They're as
common as breakfast food. Vet, IL you
were used to them you would surely
have seen this one coming from me-"
"Oh, I don't know" said the girl In
the sunbonnet, with a reminiscent
smile that instantly presented before
the young mans vision long line of
rejected suitors. Il just thought we
were good friends. didn't know"
You thought nothing of the sort"
said the young man. You knew was
merely existing on the sight of you
Is hours out OF the "a. Didn't you,
now"
"Oh, supposed you liked me lit
tie bit" admitted the pretty girl, cor
else you would have gone around with
some of the other girls. But"
How did you suppose" went on the
young man. 81 could help falling in
love with you? You are too modest.
You don't realize what fascinat-
ing"
We're drifting on a sandbar," said
the pretty girl
"That1l be a nice comfortable place
to stay while you make up your
mind" pursued the young man.
Il don't see why I am obliged to
make up my mind" she said You
can't make up your mind quickly over
something that is entirely new and
unexpected to you, you know. / had
never thought of such thingl"
Il should think you would" persist
ed the young man. Haven't I made
deadly enemies of every other man up
here by keeping you away from
them?"
You couldn't have kept me away
from them If | hadn't let you," I'M
yuardedly boosted the pretty girl
The young mans face lost its gloom
as IL by magic. You can't keep up
the bluff" he cried. Come now-you
know you had your mind made up
weeks ago and you might as well tell
me. Look at me, Sallie."
well, anyhow" fenced the pretty
girl as the boat drifted beneath some
sheltering willow branches. you
needn't have been SO sure to start
wita!"-Chicago Daily News.