The daily tribune., 1909-04-22
Why He Came
Back
Bob, Letter Brought Him
in with Rush


girl said, cordially When did you
get back from Chicago?'
This afternoon" said the young
man. Three hours late Thought
was never going to get here We
were delayed at every station"
Wasn't 1t rather sudden, your com
ing back? l thought you were to be
away all winter
80 did l."
VIII you be in New York long?"
That depends" he said IF things
go wrong, shall take the 1925 back
tonight. II Motif 1t were possible
that they would go well with mel
should stay over Sunday"
"oh. you business men!" she
laughed. How hard you work to
make the women believe you are wear
ing yourselves out,
We've been having great fun plan
ming our winter doings lately" she
went on. 1T seemed queer not to
| have you here to help u.s.
You miss me2"
They all do. know Louise said 1t
seemed as II we'd have to give up the
german because you weren't here"
What did you say?"
81 said l thought Mr.. Fuller could
do It."
| "Oh! Who's this Fuller?"
| Hes a cousin of the Osbornes. He
came from Detroit, and is great addi-
ton to our circle. Why, he's the most
| gifted man / ever saw-musical, ar
tistc and literary and the best organ
| izer know"
| THAT sort of man never amounts
to anything. Jack of all trades and
master Of none"
"Oh, no, indeed! He's made a great
| success of his business, too l wish
you could meet him; know you'd like
him. He's taken some splendid group
| pictures of the crowd"
IF there's anything | hate It's n
man who goes around swapping people
in awkward positions and uncomforta
BILE places and then shows them to
everybody"
q don't think it's very kind of you
to talk that way"
What way?"
You know perfectly we'll"
"oh, come now. I'll be good. I'm
so worried don't realize what say
suppose. Please forgive me-"
I'm SO sorry you're worried" she
said. softening. WAS the letter as
bad as that?"
TT was bad enough to bring me
back here when l got It, and now
find 1t was so very bad that 1t will
send me away again tonight"
How mysterious 1t sounds like n
novel"
What do you call novel? A man,
a girl and another man? | guess I'm
one OF the characters then"
"A girls at the bottom OF it?" she
asked. Il didn't mean to pry.'
Il want you to pry. You see tits
such a confoundedly new experience, |
don't know Just how toto get out of
It,"
| "Oh, but you want to-get out of it?'
90, no, | don't mean that. Bob's
letter bowled me over so completely
that was half crazy. never knew
IL cared before. And now it's too
late | was awfully stupid not to re-
allze It, but a man gets so used to
girls he forgets it's dangerous. You
know"
Yes, OF course. Sort of hardened.
Immune in a way"
Now you're making fun OF me.
Honest, don't mean anything like
that. | am feeling far from conceited
and everything | say you twist to
sound as II were. I'm very humble .
Poor man, should think you'd
be so accustomed to girls you wouldn't
mind me"
"Don't!"
Don't you want to be teased?"
Not when I'm in dead earnest II
hurts"
Mr.. Fuller says man Is never
dead In earnest who makes conf
dant OF girl
Mr.. Fuller doesn't know what he
is talking about. I'm In earnest and
you've got to listen to me-
Really"
Yes: really. suppose your mil
lionaire friend would say a man is
never cross when he's in love, wouldn't
he?"
MY what?"
Your millionaire friend"
"Who?"
This brilliant Fuller"
"He isn't millionaire"
oh yes, he is. He's everything
Bob praised him, too"
THE man who wrote you? Wha
did he say about Mr.. Fuller7"
"The whole letter was about him"
81 hope nothing's wrong. What.
the trouble?"
81 don't mean to make you anxious
forgot for the moment II was OF
Fuller's account came east"
Il thought you said you didn't know
him"
Bob wrote me OF your engagement
OF course"
my engagement"
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