Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-06-02
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sciously brushes harder. slowing down
In the more meditative moments.
These are her thoughis.)
1T is simply atrocious and unforgiv
.ble! I've considered the subject very
arefully, very carefully indeed. from
all sides, because l believe In alw&yi
being just, even when you are the In
Jared person. Why, I've considered 1t
'Illy IS minutes and l believe my
head aches from the intensity with
which I've devoted myself to it, and
headaches make wrinkles and I'm not
going to be such a goose as to start
wrinkles in my face because of man
like Winchester Henderson! Not |!
I'm not going to give him the sat
ssfaction of knowing that anything he
could do would affect me In the least
That's the trouble-how to show
proper resentment that will be notice
able even to a stupid person like him
self without giving him ground to fat
:er himself that he has disturbed me.
MEN are so frightfully conceited
They think all they have 70 do is looR
at a girl and she is simply overcome
with gratitude at being noticed. And
Winchester is as bad as the rest, even
Y he does cover up with that air Of
retiring modesty. IT really Is deceit
tal when you come to think about 1t.
IF he thinks for one minute that
IN going to stand his forgetting an
engagement with me he Is very much
mistaken! What II the head of his
Srm did come to town and keep him
and what II his sister did telephone
that the baby had the measles and her
husband was away and she was scared
to death? Little things like that
shouldn't entirely upset his mental
processes. l wonder that he dared put
such feeble excuses on paper!
II suppose he fancies that when he
calls tonight, as he says he will, I'll
receive him as sweetly as usual. Well
I'll fool him!
ut won't do, however, to 80 in WITH
a tragedy queen air. think on the
whole I'll be downstairs when he
comes, and reading person can be
almost insultingly rude and absent.
minded looking I'm from book VITA
an instants farawav stare as though
she couldn't quite place the caller who
had just entered Her subsequent
elaborate sweetness doesn't remove
the shock he has OF feeling there was
even an instant's time when she could
forget him. But then I'd have to con-
hnue being sweet and that wouldn't
10! s,
"It might be better to come down
stairs with my chin not up In the air.
but perfectly level, greet him with
elaborate politeness and keep the con
versation on the most perfunctory 30
ciety plane Just as though he was
some one l didn't in the least care
about, but was going to be courteous
to II l died for It. And be 20 nice to
him that he wouldn't have single
thing to get offended at and yet ksAp
4 regular stone wall between us! II
would take clever handling. but !
could manage that kind Of situation
very nicely. There's nothing that win
so baffle and iAfuriate man ~ that
ION the whole, that's too much 81
fort to waste on Winchester. It dossnr
matter sufficiently to cause nae ~ sx-
srt myself a. much rs that. might
act Just plain bored. reply sbssnt
mindedly and when he tried to repeat
his excuses say carelessiy. almost -
though were amused ct his thinking
anything he ala akssted' me. tax n
didn't matter IN Tie least, tAat ether
things which were more important
had quito swept \ from my niad.
II could say. on, did We have = -
sagsment that 1ishtr AHG thea iAssA
kiAd Of helDlsssly' and nxEnu sen~
thing shout how shockinsN Nsgss
things. That would beat into Ais brain
the novel idea that maybe be wssAr
20 important after oil! -
ara Just Hike 70 stir him up . bN
and make him humble and apolcgesae.
I suppose he's too devoured By conesas
% have enything like that affect him.
though. He knows there are plenty
more girls on earth besides me-siffv
ones, too. who would be only too glad
to have him come 70 see them.
"You really cant blame the men
when girls are % foolish. Annette
Billings, now would simply break her
neck II she thought there was .
chance to got Winchester away from
me, and goodness knows when fri
like that starts In It is al up 90 FAR
as any other girl 70 concerned Men
are such idiots that way-they always
run after a girl who nattsFs and
cajoles them and takes such an inter
est in them and their careers! Ouchl
My, how pulled my hair!
81 expect the real clever, subtle
person would let even her desire foS
revenge 60 n she wanted TO outwk .
rival who was lying In wait 1t would
be my cue to receive Winchester a.
usual. listen sweetly, and forgive with
generous magnanimity, thus putting
him in my debt. He'd be entranced
with my lovely nature, because ne
really crawls In that note. He did
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