The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-24
A Love SpAt.

made this changer"
I'm never marry medical man
that's whatl I'd rather marry an un.
dertaker"
But you have made no objection 90
my studying medicine before now"
"A sexton 10 a cemetery would be
far preferable to sawbones"
''Come, tell me what has happened
10 excite this antagonism 20 the mo-
blest OF the professions"
Weren't you and Dick Trimming
BAN riding in trolley yesterday on
College street,"
II was"
"And vino was the third person OF
the partyT
1--WE had skeleton with us We
were taking II to our rooms"
"And who was the person you called
BnlyT
why, that was what we called the
skeleton"
$50, indeed, you called It Billy? And
who put the cigarette between its
jaws and said, Don't smoke, Billy; 1t
isn't allowed|"
yarn by some mean. contemptlble"-
mot bit of it. No one told me-"
"Then how did you get on TO it:'
"Never mind that. Was 1t neces-
sary that you should put a nickel be-
tween the horrld things finger bones
and say. Here, Billy, pay your fare
like MANI"
Ibid we do thatr
"Yes. you did"
"You mean Dick did IT,"
"lt doesn't matter which OF you did
It. You were both acting like ghouls.
And II you didn't do It you did some-
thing equally frightful."
"What was thati"
''You said: Billy. you ought to have
worn your overcoat. You'll catch cold 4"
"I-I was thinking os the real person
the skeleton was before he died"
"Oh, you were! Then why did you
laugh when Dick said, He slipped out
the back door and got away from his
poor old mother who was chasing him
with his rubbersT"
Ibid laugh at that2"
You know very well you laughed at
IT,"
III wasn't funny nt all, was itY'
"Funny! II was shocking"
well. Dick, he
"Oh, yes: it's always Dick, he
That's the way you crawl out of
everything Whose hat was on the
things headT'
II put my hat on 1t. but only for
minute"
And said. There's too much draft
FOR bald head"
THAT wasn't funny either"
ut was revolving"
A pause.
II wish you'd tell me how you got
on to all this"
Perhaps you don't remember a girl
who got into the car with q thick veil
over her face TO protect her from the
storm and hung on 20 n strap The
thing was sitting on your lap
"0h. my
Sand you sald-what did you sayY'
II don't remember"
Don't remember! You said. Get up,
Billy, and give the lady your seat"
A pause-a dreadful pause.
And the girl was
Zone who had often sat on your lap
and felt your arms about her and your
kisses. To think that ! should have
been forced to listen to such words
and see that awful thing sitting in my
place! can't bear the thought OF IT,"
Another very long pause.
what did you do?"
"NNhat did | do? know what I
wanted to do. | wanted TO tell the
conductor to let me get off, but just
then gentleman-a real gentleman,
such as always supposed you y be-
arose and gave me his seat shut my
eyes to keep from looking at the grin
ming ghost opposite. but kept my
ears open 10 hear what next the man
have loved would say" ONeeps.)
A pause, in which the young man
looks at the ceiling. the floor. the
walls. anything, everything except the
girl; then he gulps sorrowfully:
Il suppose It's all over between usT'
Il should think so"
"This evening III not have you by
me. as usual. Youll not sit on my lap:
my hearth not beat against yours.
III sit alone In my roOm with no one
20 comfort me except
A pause.
who'll comfort you?"
None but Billy"
You don't deserve any one-I mean
anythlng-el
"itli be awful lonesome sitting there
that way"
what way?"
with nobody but Rilly."
An ominous pause.
suppose | promise never to do so
any mOreT
No answer
You know I've always loved you.
never any one else Ia the world It's
pretty hard TO have no real person to
love, only a.
No encouragement.
"Goodby"
He takes her hand aud she makes a
feint at Withdrawing Il.
Just one kiss before we part"
D MOT q single One'f nf N1ft q