The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-11
A Love Spat.

ciationI
"Its all over between US"
"But, sweetheart
Don't sweetheart mer'
"For heavens sake, what can have
made this changer
"fll never marry a medical man;
that's what I'd rather marry an un-
dertaker."
But you have made no objection TO
my studying medicine before now"
"a sexton In n cemetery would be
far preferable to sawbones"
Come, tell me what has happened
to excite this antngonism to the no.
blest Of the professions"
Weren't you and Dick Trimming.
ham riding In trolley yesterday OIL
College street?'
81 was"
Aud vino was the third person Of
the partyT
"We had a skeleton with us. We
were taking It TO our rooms"
And who was the person you called
BillyT
"why, that was what we called the
skeleton"
$50, indeed, you called It Billy? And
who put the cigarette between It's
Jaws and said Don't smoke, Billy; It
isn't ullowedP"
"Oh, you must have been told this
yarn by some mean. contemptlble"-
mot bit of It, No one told me-"
"Then how did you get on to ~"
"Never mind that Was II neces-
sary that you should put nickel be-
tween the horrid things finger bones
and say, Here. Billy, pay your fare
like Il MANI"
did we do thatT
"Nes. you did"
you mean Dick did It,"
at doesn't matter which Of you did
It. You were both acting like ghouls.
And II you didn't do 1t you did some
thing equally frightful."
"What was thatT
"You said: BILLY. you ought to have
worn your overcoat You'll catch cold ."
Il was thinking Of the real person
the skeleton was before he died"
"Oh you were Then why did you
laugh when Dick said He slipped out
the back door and got away from his
poor old mother, who was chasing him
with his rubbersT"
"Dld ! laugh at thatT
"You know very well you laughed at
It."
1T wasn't funny at all. was it,"
Funny! II was shocking"
"Well, Dick. he
"oh, yes; It's always Dick, he
That's the way you crawl out Of
everything. Whose hat was on the
things head?"
81 put my hat on II, but only for n
minute"
and said, There's too much draft
for n bald head"
That wasn't funny either"
at was revolving"
! A pause.
81 wish you'd tell me how you got
on TO all this"
Perhaps you don't remember girl
who got INTO the car with q thick veil
over her face 10 protect her from the
storm and hung on to n strap The
thing was sitting on your lap
"Oh, my
And YOU said-what did you sayT"
II don't remember"
Don't remember! You said, Get up.
Billy, and give the lady your seat"
A pause-a dreadful pause.
And the girl was
zone who had often sat on your lap
and felt your arms about her and your
kisses. To think that ! should have
been forced to listen To such words
and see that awful thing sitting In my
place! | can't bear the thought Of IT,"
Another very long pause.
What did you doT"
What did | do? | know what |
wanted to do. wanted to tell the
conductor to let me get of, but just
then gentleman--a real gentleman
such as | always supposed you to be
! arose and gave me his seat. shut my
eyes to keep from looking at the grin
ming ghost opposite, but | kept my
ears open TO hear what next the man
have loved would say" (Weeps)
A pause. in which the young man
looks at the ceiling, the floor, the
walls, anything, everything except the
girl; then he gulps sorrowfully;
II suppose It's all over between usT
~ should think So"
"This evening I'll not have you by
me, as usual. You'll not sit on my lap;
my hearth not beat against yours
I'll SIT alone in my room. with no one
to comfort me except
A pause.
Who'll comfort your
None but Billy"
"You don't deserve uny one-I mean
anythlng-else."
'It'll be awful lonesome sitting there
that way"
what wayT"
with nobody but Billy"
An omlnOus pause.
Suppose | promise never to do so
any moreT
No answer.
"YOu know I've always loved you.
never any one else In the world. It's
pretty hard TO have no real person to
love, only a.
No encouragement