The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-19
Coming to a Decision.
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"And / suppose I'll continue to say 1t |
till make up my mind to-
BE married"
"Oh, no; I've decided upon that"
"You mean you haven't decided on |
the man you will marry"
TO this the only reply was Il far |
away, dreamy look.
How many of us are there?'
"How disagreeable of you! You seem
to intimate that there are large mum
ber whereas there are only two"
THAT simplifies it immensely l in
fer from your putting me Off rather
than refusing me that Pm one of the
two. Now. how would it do to decide
between the two by tossing coin?"
Again that faraway look. then Sup
pose YOU lose?"
IL shall have to bear my disappoint-
ment like man."
dissatisfied look passed over her
face. She was silent.
whats troubling youT'
81 was thinking of my own disap-
pointmcnt in case the coin fell the
wrong way"
But thought there was no wrong
way for you"
No reply.
Does the other fellow possess an ad-
vantage that has nothing to do with
lDvc!"
mo"
Then. if YOU can be happy with
either of us and can't decide between
is, why would you not be satisfied with
The decision of Il toss?'
"Why. bccauSc-how stupid of you
The coin might decide the wrong way"
1t was his turn TO pause He was of
Il scientific turn of mind and had n
fancy for paradoXeS, but here was one
that baillcd him.
Il have it, he SAT- finally Wen
toss the coin, and il ii falls the wrong
way YOU are To have the privilege of
deciding the right way"
She neither aSSCntcd nor diSscnted.
nd taking II quarter from his pocket
he said: Il choose this emincntly re-
=pcctablc head with serious face, Il
wreath and the motto In God We
Trust I'm perfectly willing to trust
In Cod"
"Nou said that just rs if YOU had
no confidence whatever in me"
"Nou, not being able to choose be
tween two lovers. are not TO he relied
ON 10y either. | having chosen heads.
there remains for my Iital the spread
eagle with an Give .anch in oac
claw and Il bundle of arrows in the
/ other, hy which he means, If YOU
marry me I'll love you if you don't
| III shoot YOU There's ribbon In his
mouth. which means. 'Nou shall al
ways bc dressed up mighty rnc.' or, in
| other words, I'll give you everything
| YOU want"
! That's just what makes me ncsi.
! tate You coolly arroGatc everything
! To yourself You choose the head and
! The motto In God We Trust leaving
| ror-for the othcr-a spread eagle, as
! you call it, with your own interpreta-
zion OF the cmblems"
I'm going TO put an end to your
hesitation. Up she gocsn
| He flipped the coin, and as it came
down he put his hand over it.
Before YOU know who has won,"
he said, Il want 10 know if you intend
! to abide by the decision"
Il suppose sO--that is
She got no further. He tried in vain
To get a more definite reply. At last
! h. took away his hand and showed
| the coin-tails up
He has Won" he said coolly, put
ting the piece in his pocket Permit
me 10 congratulate you"
"On what"
"On getting Il spread eagle husband
! Who will love you when YOU are good
and stick arrows into you when YOU
are bad and clothe you with silks or
! SatinS."
Her eyes wandered all over the room,
! lighting nowhere.
Tell me plainly" he said. without
beating around the bush, are you salts
fed or dissatisfied with the result of
| thc toSSE"
II might not be satisfied if-that
! is
She paused ana looked out OF the
window. On her fair young brow Were
the gentle corrugations of perplcxity.
| "WeH?"
You seem 10 be satisfied"
II: What has that to do with it?"
IF you had shown even tiny bit of
dissatisfaction
You would have hrcn satiShcd?"
You're always mis.nterpreting what
| say. ] didn't mean that at all"
Come; were making no headway
1t was agreed that If the coin fell the
wrong way you We're to have the privl-
lcge of deciding the right way"
But | told you at first, can't de
eide. at least not just now"
Then | suppose we have spent all
this time for nothing. I'm worn ont
with trying to bring YOU TO 4 decision.
I'm going away for a long whlc-a
year, two years. five If neccssary-to
overcome this infatuation for n girl
who doesn't know whether she wants
Hc or doesn't want me or wants some
body else Or
There's one chance for a decision"
she interrupted, that you haven't
thought Of"
whats that"
you might toss again"
He sent the coin spinning high In the
air and without waiting for it to come