Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-27

VltpS into the street after | lett her.
Where it went, didn't care, just
then; but a sleepless night spent in thinking of
the vacancy and worthlessness of life without
Betty, brought me to different frame OF mind.
l not only willing, but anxious to make up
it was her place, of course, to take the hrst step
and realized that had acted hastily in cast
ing away the ring At the first streak of dawn,
l stole back to her house and it wasn't long
before spotted the tiny gold band lying in plain
sight on the pavement After identifying 1t by
the Frank to Betty" the inside, | slipped 1t
into corner of my vest pocket for possible future
If it had been any man but Sanders that Betty
went to the theatre with while I was away,
wouldn't have minded so much although | do
think that when a girl promises to marry GER
tain man she ought to cut all the others. OF
course Betty upheld her side of the quarrel with
the argument that l had gone to a Denver Amuse
ment Park with Miss White-how she found out
is more than I know; through that Sanders, |
suppose Anyway it's different with a fellow,
especially when he's away from home. 1t wasn't
because l thought any the less of Betty that |
went with Miss White, but because l was lone
some Now Betty was home among friends and
had such excuse.
That Sanders with his parrot mouth" always
feel every time he opens it as though he's going
to say Polly wants cracker" To tell the
truth his talk, as far as I'm able to Judge doesn't
amount to much more If Betty had only been
more sensible in choosing escort we'd never
have quarreled; if she'd gone with Stanford
he's fat and bald-or with Munger-hes slow
lndt mes always living In the past ana would never
got caught up enough to make love to a girl until
she was married and off on her honeymoon; but
woman never will see things would see
them.
funny thing about the matter that Betty
seemed to be just much annoyed as | Now
when Bettys mad she always gets out for golf. So
do |. Somehow rule, the madder l am, the
harder | drive the ball, and the better
make.
| couldn't help smiling when saw Bettys one
stick She never will carry bag; says having to
think of it and drag it along every time she moves
nterferes with her enjoyment of the scenery. It's
queer that the average woman never goes into a
game for the sport of it, she's always thinking of
the scenery or the sky or the grace she will
acquire. This evidently Bettys day to study
the sky, for she seemed to be always gazing upward
in rapt admiration when | looked her way.
Between the third and fourth holes passed
within ten feet of each other and when Betty
couldn't help seeing me, she nodded very distantly.
| raised my cap stiffly. Imagine that after two
whole months of being engaged!
1t was easy to keep track of Betty. She had on
The same blue dress trimmed with white that had
worked my affections the day I proposed to
her | always have been partial to blue and white
dresses. Miss White day when |
asked her company to the park, but of course it
didn't begin to compare with Bettys; just sort
of poor substitute, as Miss White herself is for
Betty
BY the time through with the fourth
hole. the players who had been between Betty and
me, had passed her and it up to me to wait for
her to drive off Never having quarreed with
Betty before, my mind was full of questions as to
how should act. | finally decided it by putting
my hands in my trousers pockets and turning my
before very beautiful and so were the