The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-26


'"Oh. | know her little ways Just
as soon rs she saw you she understood
the situation exactly, but she saw in
flash that she had a decent pretext
for pretending not to. It was very
like her not to miss her chance. Not
that mind in the least, only | don't
like to be made fool of. It's hui
initiating"
"Weil, commend me to womau's
reasoning for the strangest logic that
ever was created. You invent a little
trap to deceive Miss Sloan; she falls
into It completely; then you turn
round and say she's making fool OF
you"
s"You"eertainly defend her most ar
IDENTIFY. Your friend would be pleased
at the enthusiasm OF her champion"
She IS your friend, too, and | want
to be JUST he answered, with youth
ful dignity.
Implying. of course. that I am most
unjust"
You are saying that-hQt l." he
flung back.
i =
to talk about II any more"
"All right. or course you have made
up your mind that you are entirely
right and we are oil wrong"
The girl gulped down a sob and
looked at him piteously.
We're quarreling. Larry"
81 guess we are" he assented
gloomily, his elbows on his knees and
his chin in his hands
'And we said we never would"
Her eyes were hot and moist.
''That's right" ~.
But It isn't right for you to be as
aggrayating as you are"
81 guess you are tired out and not
feeling very well, Carol" he sug-
| gested.
I'm nothing of the kind" she pro-
tested I'm as well as ! ever was
in my life, and I'm not cross, either. /"
He smiled Then you must be mis-,
taken. We can't be quarreling. 1t
takes two to make quarrel"
Not If you're one of them, Larry.
You'd rub an angel the wrong way till
you had rufled its temper"
Her temper, you mean. my dear"
She pouted. I'm not your dear"
II used the term In a Pickwlckian
sense, my dear"
She dimpled, then promptly extin.
guished that charming signal of read.
mess to forgive him for her fault.
You said II again, but, of course. you
can't believe it since you think me
ugly and jealous and unreasonable
"oh, | didn't say that" he re-
preached
Her eyes opened wide with aston
ishment You did, sir. And-and I
guess it's true. was horrid, Larry"
The tears were welling over now un.
restrained. ta s.
Larry somehow found himself very
close to her .,ih .,s..
mo. you weren't, dear girl You
didn't understand, and don't think |
explained It very we'll But you know
wouldn't slight you for anything
in the world Don't you, Carol?"
'1-guess-so" The voice came faint
and mufIled from his coat
And you know that Miss Sloan and
are always rowing, though, OF
course, we are friendly enough. Our
points of view are as divergent as
possible. Fact is, there's Miles be
tween us" ha punned.
And you really do forgive me for
being horrid?'
Forgive you! n you really were
horrid, as you call II, am delighted
don't want to marry an angel
have been hunting for some flaw ir
you a month"
We'll, you've found one. Larry, q
great big one"
It's microscopic, II 1t exists at all
dear but such as II is I'm awfully
grateful for IT, The vast difference
between us seems lesscned Just 9
little bit II you're not quite perfect
4 sweet"
How perfectly lovely you do wraI
things up, Larry. It's dear to have you
do 1t even when they're not So" dim
pies Miss Miles. Once Jennie Sloar
said you we're the incest
"Oh, hang Miss Sloan." interrupted
Larry, ungallantA Let's call this {