The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-05-12

but every one knows how she has
chased him for months. I wonder II
any n will send Arthur a paper.
Poor boy! 1t will be such a blow to
him! If ever a man was devoted to q
girl he was to me. I'll always feel
that I've ruined his life. He's one
of the constant kind that never gets
over such a disappointment. l wish
I could decide whether I want a white
satin or a crepe meteor wedding
dress.
The Man Himself-Yes, they've got
my name spelled right. after all. Gee!
It's something like reading your own
obituary notice, it's so formal! Any
how, it's nobody's business but ours
and I don't see any use of all this fool
ishness in print! Every idiot I know'll
be around to see me tomorrow and
tell me how to be happy though mar
ried! Well, It will settle Mckenzie
all right-he won't be sending Edith
flowers now in that airy, oh-I've-got-a-
chance-yet way of his. 1 always want
ed to kick him. Robert Rogerson'
Fairburn-yes, that's me, all right.
Well. life begins to look real and earn
est now. I wonder If Ethel won't
kind Of think when she reads this that
maybe she wasn't so bright after all
running of and marrying Smith just
because she had quarreled with me.
She's had three years of pretty rough
shedding with him. OF course it's all
for the best SO far as I'm concerned,
butt wonder!
Lillian--What! You don't tell me
Bob is really engaged to Edith! Well,
what do you think of that! It's most
remarkable how men do these weird
things when they are reduced to des-
peration, isn't it? Poor Bob! OF
course Edith is a very nice girl-so
capable and domestic and all that
but. my dear, did you ever see a girl
so dowdy, and with so little style? l
am sure Mrs. Noah did her hair I'D in
precisely that same way in the days
OF the ark. Bob always did love pref
ty th1ngs-that's n reason he hung
around me 81 much. Some men v
notice anew gown or a smart hat. but
he always does. No, I'm awfuny fond
OF Bob, but mercy! I never could fall
In love with him! Never! l sup
pose he realized 1t at last! Poor Bob!
Arthur-Hello! Edith's going to
marry Bob Fairburn! Well. well!
Nice little girl. Edith! Seems to me
had a crush on her myself once.
She had the biggest brown eyes-no
that wasn't Edith-it was Mabel.
remember now that Edith's eyes were
blue. Or were they hazel? Where in
creation did I put that tobacco? Hey
Ferguson! Got any tobacco?
Mckenzie (who SEN flowers to
Edith)-One by one the roses fall!
So Edith Is going to shake us all for
Bob F%airburn! It was worth the for
lists bills, getting him mad. He
seemed to think that every one was
in a conspiracy to take his girl away
from him. Edith's too quiet for me,
But it paid to stand in with the family
her fathers tips on the stock mar.
ket were all right.
Ethel (who married Smith)-Oh.
Teddy! Guess who's going to get
married now-one Of my old beaux!
No, not that one-Bobbie Fairburn!
Why, of course you remember him!
He took me to that party where I
first met you and vas crazy mad be.
cause you had four dances! I used
to think l rather liked him, but that
was before o came along! can't
imagine why I ever was so foolish,
Goodness! What If l had really mar.
ried him! l had an awful time work.
ing up a quarrel with him so as to let
him down easily. l hated to be down.
right brutal and drop him, SO I seized
on the first chance for a fight. It was
awfully funny, now that 1 think Of it!
Well, Bobbie was a nice boy In his
own way. l wonder who she is
never heard of her.
Edith's Relatives Individually and
collectively)-Well, l suppose this
means another wedding present. Il
was perfectly idiotic of grandfather t.
start that custom Of always giving thu
J brides in the family solid silver. Some
} thing less expensive would do exact
\ ly as well. I suppose Edith will ex
pect a huge tray just because he,
; cousin got n from US. Maybe W,
can strike a sale. Anyhow, she Il
throwing herself away on Bob Fair
, burn. His family are simply nobodies
) Well, she's 26 and l suppose she haL,
to take what she could get.
Bob's Relatives-And when he ha,
such a good chance to marry Senate
. Goldmine's daughter! And her shak,
social position and her father and all
Why. he's simply burying himself
Bob always was stubborn. What ca,
he see in Edith? She simply angle
! for him. that's all. and q man ia q