Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-17
A RuSE.
He Forces the Issue BY Announcing
His Departure.


How many times do you want me
to say it?" demanded Miss Callonby.
81 thought we had that all settled
finally and TO ver."
Il didn't III rstand it as finally"
said Bonnie 4 drvis. II hoped
81 told you there was no use hop
ing" snapped the young woman.
You asked me if you mightn't hope,
and 1 distinctly told you no. That's
what l said, and now you drag the
whole thing up again"
WAS that the last timer" asked
BennIe doubtfully.
You know perfectly well it was
It was in this very room. I'll have
witnesses the next time, or a phon-
ograph." !.
There isn't going to be any next
time" Bonnie said this quite deter
minedly.
you said something to that effect
before. There oughtn't to have been
any this time. There wouldn't have
been If you had any regard for my
feelings"
''Oh. say!" demonstrated Bonnie
In his best English manner.
well, you haven't. You know it's
a painful thing for me to have to
refuse YOU"
why do you do it then?" asked
the young man, not unnaturally.
why not have some consideration
for my feelings and say 'Yes'?"
Because I don't want you. I'm
not going to marry you just to spare
your feelings"
Il haven't any idea of asking you
to marry me to spare my feelings.
II you were willing to do it 1 should
Mt let you"
Miss Callonby pouted. "I don't
see how you could help It," she said.
T'But you needn't feel alarmed. I'm
not going to. You're the last man
on the face of the earth that 1 would
dream of marrying"
You'd sooner have Corwin, sup
poser"
"Why, Benniei" exclaimed the
young woman. i've told you twenty
times that I detest him. You know
/ have. And 1 do. He's loathly."
Nobody would ever think it, said
Bonnie. "And you've told me half
a dozen times or more that, you like
him very much indeed"
$50 l do-as a friend"
Bonnie tried to shrug his shoulders.
We'll count him out for the sake of
argument" he said. "How about
King?"
''King?"
yes, King. How about him."
what about him? What do you
mean?"
Il mean to ask you if You wouldn't
sooner have him than me-"
81 wouldn't have either of you,"
said Miss Callonby. $50 there"
You don't seem to get the point
or you don't mean to-" said Ben
ME- ''You said / was the last man
in the world that you would marry"
81 hope you will excuse me if I
contradict You fatty, but 1 didn't"
Bonnie made his eyes round.
Il said, On the face of the earth
that l would dream of marrying II
may amount to the same thing, but
pAOAGI " DS .QuOlSu COIISCl-
~"
Bonnie let that pass cit follows
that IL you had to choose between
King and me you would take King"
ne said.
at doesn't follow at ALL" said Miss
Callonby. THAT was Just a figure of
speech"
Bonnie frightened amazingly.
Employed to impress you with
the very positive nature of my
how many does this make? Well.
my re1Isal-I should like you to un-
derstand that it is positive / want
this to be the very last time. 1 shall
be angry with you, Bonnie, if you
ever approach the subject again.
"I shan't Don't you worry about
that"
Il wish 1 could believe you"
'You may believe me all right. !
can promise you safely that you
won't be pestered any more SO far
as l am concerned"
"Bennie," said Miss Callonby, you
aren't angry with me, are your"
''No,'' answered Bernie.
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