Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10
Book III.

ITO give you the first chance at the dances"
my dear, dear Dorothy; that won't be fair
to-Smith. And you have got to play fair with
all the Smiths and Browns, and Concession you
know that Is in the contract. Let me see What
is the first NUMBER"
THE Parisienne, of course"
yes; well that's all right. was afraid maybe
it might be some stupid old square dance, the
minuet, or the lancers."
NO indeed; and I'll tell you what I've been
doing all morning I've been making out list
of all of the egibles in town, and Rob has been
helping me; just to satisfy you! Could anything
be fairer?"
Smith is among them, suppose?"
"A dozen Smiths; silver Smiths gold Smiths,
diamond Smiths, Standard Oil Smiths. all of
them"
"Then, Dorothy DEAR If you are inviting them
to please me- you must give them all chance"
81 am going to do 1t. l want to satisfy you,
once and for all that 1t is no use If you say So
I'll give them every one of the waltzes."
Save some little ends for me-"
you may cut in If you choose"
"And,-Sweetheart,-if were you, until had
decided just which Smith it is to be--the Smith,
you know-I'd keep every one Of them at arms
length"
"Never fear Now am tired hearing about the
Smiths What about the Tiger?"
Nothing new, / believe. think we both agreed
that the right thing to do, was to give the poor
lover to the other woman,-or in case 1t was
girl you know, she ought to be handed over to
the other man with the limosine. That is the
reason that / am so anxious that the Smiths
should be given chance. My generosity In the
matter will be measured only by my love for
you"
at shall be as you wish, though must say
don't understand you; tiff you love me-"
my Sweet Dorothy,
there be two kinds of love-
The one that asketh Joy for its own self,
And reckons all womans sweetness but
AS made to minister to its delight;
And one that doth desire the happiness
or what 1t loves, and merges its own self
In her we'll being"
The weeks before the coming out ''ball" raced
by very quickly l was in truth quite busy and
upon the plea Of business saw very little of Dor
othy, who was also quite busy with dressmakers
and decorators and florists, for this was to be
gorgeous affair.
The coming out of Dorothy,
My Dorothy My heart grew and sorer
each day, for this was the time had elected to
give her over to the other man--whoever he
might prove to be-that she was to fall in love
with, and consent to marry Smith! l got up in
the morning and went to bed at night with my
heart raging within me like tigers would have
ragged, if disappointed And she herself had
elected me to make the presentation; / was to
open the ball with her.
don't know how worked any that week. but
I did work. worked like fend. Some of my
friends said was just beginning to find myself;
that l doing the best work that had ever
done
I don't know whether it was SO or not.
l had made a special little corner for myself
in the Sunday edition. Stories that picked up
About Town" Into them I was putting my
heart know that.
The eventful evening came l had been casting
about in my mind what I should send to
Dorothy. decided at last upon a bunch of
chids, pure and white like her own sweet self. On
the card wrote: For dear, sweet Dorothy"
was giving her up. wrote little heartbroken
note to that effect; kind of goodbye, to go with
1t; then concluded to be my own errand boy. and
deliver It.