Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-03-14
SHE WAS
WARNED

what asked in alarm the pretty
girl VINO sat next him rs there too
much powder ON my nose. or do you
think this is last years party dress
: made over? Because il isn't"
Nothing so banal." said the young
/ man. Il don't quite know what banal
means. but like the sound OF the
word. No, what I've discovered is your
New Years resolution You resolved
TO make me as miserable as possible, 80
How funny" cried the pretty girl.
4 You aren't rehearsing for a parlor
play or Anything like that. are you -"
Why should you jest with me-" the
young man asked. reproachfully. Il
don't have TO rehearse set speecbes
with you-my remarks are spontane-
Gus. They bubble forth Of their own
accord without any effort or control on
my part"
i should think it would make you
terribly nervous" sympathized the
young woman. Never knowing what
you were going to say. | mean Why,
you are likely to make all sorts OF
rash assertions or promises-and it's
so nara TO explain TO people after
ward"
I'm never that way with anyone
but YOU. explained the young man.
ON. well, it's all right. then" said
the girl "Of course | never pay any
/ serious attention to what you say"
m quite aware of that fact" said
the young man. Its the thing which
J really worries me. think you do It
on purpose, as | said before. lust to
keep Inc unhappy"
why, said the young woman in 4
grieved tone, Il wouldn't make a fly
unhappy II could avoid it,"
"Of course you wouldn't" said the
young man. There aren't anv flies
al TINS time OF year, and you know it,
resides IN not at all interested in
the emotion OF flies. What is engag.
ing my attention wholly at present IS
the state OF my own feelings. and they
are what you might call harassed Or
narrowed"
You speak as if you were corn
neld' remarked the pretty girl. What
/ nave | ever done to your"
lie shook his head gravely. T
couldn't begin TO tell you in the limit
ed time at our disposal" he said. Be-
SIDES, If you had a particle OF SYM
! pathetic tenderness in your nature Won
would know without any definite ar
| fragment. Your conscience would
be curling up in agony and making
/ yoh so uncomfortable that you couldn't
/ avoid saying. This is the result of nv
Inhuman treatment OF that deserving
! young man! 1t serves me. perfectly
right"
You have plenty of selrconceit.
haven't YOU" remarked the young
woman, with interest.
| Well admitted the young man "T
couldn't stand being with myself so
! much II didn't admire me And really
I'm an exceptional young man. don't
see why you shouldn't be kind TO me
| IL isn't as though went home Satur-
day nights and beat my mother and
broke the furniture. tell you I'm
a worthy"
Well cried the pretty girl. what
can ! do more? Am not sitting hero
In secluded corner devoting my time
and thought to you when the next
waltz has started and there's dis.
/ tracted man out there searching for
me?"
Exercise is good for him" declared
the young man. Hen feel better for
haIi-dozen spirits around The room
It's Spangden, | suppose IL must be
| Spangden. because every time I've
, seen you this evening you've been
dancing with him"
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We'll, deny il II you choose" said
the young man, with stern sadness
one cant always believe what one
sees. That's why ! said you had re-
solved TO see how miserable YOU couId
make me. Every time / saw Won with
Spangden | rushed of and pounded nv
mead against the wall in bafled fury.
II You Keep IL up there's no telling
what viii happen TO me"
As though il made any difference >"
scohed the pretty girl. getting TO her
Ieei ana shaking out her skirts
You don't know anything about i'm
said he young man with trouondo,,s
gloom. Isn't that Spangden coming
Tor YOU uo"2 Oh this us adding insult
10 injury"
We part friends hope said the
young woman. with a prcttiIy worried
arch 10 her eyebrows.
"On To" sur cc. yes. said tho
young man "Fo. your sake pror.ise
NOT 10 dash OFT from behind tbase
palms and things and strange spsnr.
den before he reaches You But. Girl
beware '''
. think you're perfectly f,,,t,.,.