Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-06
A Love SpAt.


TITS all over between rs"
But swestheartP'
Don't sweetheart meF'
For heavens sake, what can have
made this changer
I'm never marry a medical man;
that's What I'd rather marry an nm
dertaker."
But You have made no objection 20
my studying medicine before now"
"A sexton In cemetery would be
far preferable to q sawbOnes.o
Come, tell me what has happened
% excite this antagonism to the no
bleat OF the professional
Weren't you and Dick Trimming
nam riding a trolley yesterday on
College streetT'
II was"
And who was the third person Of
the partyT'
I'VE had skeleton with us- We
were taking 1t to our rooms"
and who was the person yOu called
BnlyY"
"why, that was what we called the
skeleton"
$50, indeed, you called 1t Bnly7 And
who put the cigarette between its
jaws and said, Don't smoke, Biny; it
isn't allowedP"
on, You must have been told this
yarn by some mean, contemptible''-
Not a bit Of It. No one told me-"
Then how did you get on to itY'
Never mind that. Was It neces-
sary that you should put a nickel be-
tween the hOrrid things finger bones
and say. Here, Bully, pay your fare
like manY"
did we do thatr"
Eyes, you did"
"You mean Dick did It."
1T doesn't matter which OF you did
1t. You were both acting IKE ghouls.
And II you didn't do IT you did some
thing equally frightful."
what was thatT
You said: Billy, you ought to have
worn your oyercoat. 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"
"Did laugh at thatf'
you know very well You laughed at
IT,"
1T wasn't funny at all, was TIP
eERHrnnyl -
swell, Dick. he''-
"Oh, yes; it's always Dick, he.'
That's the way you crawl out OF
everything. Whose hat was on the
things headT
Il put my hat on II, but only for a
minute"
"And said, There's too much draft
for bald head"
THAT wasn't funny either"
1T was revolving"
A pause.
II wish you'd tell me how you got
on to all this"
Perhaps you don't remember a girl
who got into the car with a thick ven
over her face to protect her from the
storm and hung on to a strap. The
thing was sitting on your lap
"Oh, N.Y.
"And you said-what did you sayP'
IL 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 vas
HOnn ,-ha hoA nRknv, - -, .,..... -.
and felt your arms about her and your
kisses. To think that l 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 dor
what did I dor l know what
wanted to do. wanted to tell the
conductor to let me get OF, but just
then a gentleman-a real gentleman,
such as / always supposed you to be-
arose and gave me his seat l shut my
eyes to keep from looking at the grin
ming ghost opposite, but I kept my
ears open to hear what next the man
have loved would say" (Weeps)
n HduDGt III WuAGu tue JOuuB ahu
looks at the ceiling, the floor, the
walls, anything. everything except the
girl; then he gulps sorrowfully:
Il suppose it's all over between usT'
81 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. |
III 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 any one-I mean
anythlng-else.
It'll be awfQl lonesome sitting there !
that way"
What wayr
with nobody but Billy"
An ominous pause.
Suppose I promise never to DO 90
any moreT
No answer.
You know I've always loved you,
never any one else in the world. It's 1