Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-03-12

What was it?"
asked the young man.
The young woman in the new gown
did not answer. She tipped her head
sidewalks and cast down her eyes and
appeared confused. "Why, nothing on
earth could make me tell you!" she
said at last 1T was ridiculous!"
Go ahead!" insisted the young
man, interestedly IF it was so
funny"
You mightn't think it funny" OBJ.
Jected the young woman. Il don't
know just how you would take It.
OF course, it was just joke, and as
soon as / caught my breath nearly
died laughing"
Well" said the young man, you
might tell me! Who said it?"
Carrie James," admitted the young
woman. i hadn't seen her for the
longest time, and she came at me so
suddenly that I-of course l knew she
didn't mean it, though she insisted
that she was serious. But it was
simply too silly"
Now, see here" said the young
man, you've simply got to tell me-"
i suppose | might as well, seeing
1t is so ridiculous" said the young
woman. Il know you'll laugh just the
way / did. Carrie said-that is. Car
rie asked-how long you and l had
er-had been engaged! Wasn't that
funny?"
HIM" said the young man. "Ha!
ha! Well, l should say that was
funny! How'd she ever get that
idea?"
Il knew you'd simply die over it,"
said the young woman. Isn't it
killing?"
ITS a huge joke" said the young
man.
The young woman in the new gown
bit her lip and then recovered herself.
81 might have known you wouldn't be
mad about it," she said. You have
such fine dispositionl'
why on earth should / get mad?"
asked the young man.
Il was afraid you'd be mad at me-"
explained the young woman. Lots of
men wouldn't understand how per-
fectly innocent | was. They-they
might think, you know, l had spread
the report or something. On, lots of
them would. And they'd be mad to
have their names used that way!"
Great SCOTT" said the young man.
"Why, I'm complimented!"
Are you, really, Harold?" asked the
yonung woman, anxiously. why, |
wouldn't for the world lose your-your
friendship, you know"
Il feel just that way, too" said the
young man, heartily Knowing each
other so long as we have!"
yes, We have known each other a
good while" agreed the young woman.
why, it seems as If you had always
been coming here to call, doesn't it?"
1T seems perfectly natural to be
here" said the young man. Il don't
know any place that have a better
time"
I'm so glad said the young wom-
an why, every time l think of what
NoiliC Saiu nave W lduBu! II
was $3.50 silly! You can't imagine
how l felt"
Eyes, can" said the young man,
cheerfully. ut would have knocked
me sideways, myself. Other people
have such way of butting in"
Haven't they!" said the young
woman in the new gown. Carrie
wouldn't believe me at first when
told her what nonsense she was talk
ing, She said everybody thought
oh, dear me, didn't intend telling you
all the foolish gossip she repeated. 1t
! just went in at one ear and out at
the other, so far as was concerned"
That's right said the young man.
ut never pays to listen to what peo-
pie say"
IT'S just terrible that a man and a
girl can't be friends, pursued the
young woman, without people think
Ing they are sentimental. Why, it's so
ridiculousl I'm sorry for anybody who
can't understand just friendship. AS
though we-the very ideal"
Its too funny for anything" said
tho young man. II can imagine how
amused you were Well, if | catch
that car | must be going!"
The young woman waved him good
by from the window and then turned
away with a rather grim expression
on her face.
''Now, ! wonder" she said. 'wheth-
er Harold is abnormally stupid, or hor.
ribly smart! I'd like to know!"-Chi.
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