Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-19
A DOUBLE
REVENGE
BY F. A. MICHEL
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association
BY F. A. MICHEL

Would you mind" said Gwen TO
me one day shortly before we were
20 send out our wedding cards. 20 1
do a bit OF fisrting?'
Flirting? What do you want to do
that Tor, and whom do you want TO
iisrt withf"
Il wish to f,irt with Ed Avery, and
i wish TO punish him for the way he
treated me once"
what did he dog"
why, he Just acted as II he could
marry. me IL he liked. He went around
telling everybody we were engaged"
Weren't your
"H'ml Do you suppose I'd marry
that stiekf"
She took my face between her two
hands, pulled IL down toward hers and
kissed me.
~very well. sweetheart, but remem-
Der this Is the last liz a few weeks
you'll be married and such things viii
be out OF order"
.sThat's just the reason why want
to get this one out Of the way before
settling down."
was very busy getting my Affairs
in shape to be married and 60 on my
: wedding trip and thought very little
about Ovens cleaning up" her old
affairs and getting them out OF the
way. ! was little surprised one day
to receive a note from her that she
was feeling very badly and feared she
might not be in condition for the wed
ding by the day she had set I went
TO see her and found her propped MP
with pillows and booking q little pale.
She said she had superstitious dread
of putting CT wedding once the day
was publicly announced. and TO make
sure she thought we'd better make 1t
a month later. ] sssented. and the
order for the cards was countermanded
Gwen didn't seem to get perfectly
well, and there was another putting
or the announcements One day my
sister Bette came TO ne and said:
"Dick, do you know that you're 60
ing 70 lose GwenT
Lose Gwen! What do you meanT'
ST think she's going TO drop you and
marry Ed Avery"
..Nonsenser' 1 replied. That's sim
ply an old score she's get against
Avery. and she's paying him up before
being married"
Don't you believe IT,"
AZ know It. She told me what she
was going to do before starting In"
you mean she told you what she
thought she was going to do. We
women are never certain what well
eventually do Id such cases. 1t de-
pends more on the man than on the
girl. If man has q girl and let's
some one else take her away from him
it's his own fault"
Bette left me to think over what
she had said didn't do much think
ing, but / did some mighty quick act
ing. wrote q note to Gwen telling
her that an old hama Of mine had
come to town who had Tilted me. l
was burning to pay her or In her own
coin. / must therefore ask the same
indulgence had granted.
The reply to this was. Come and
see me at once" called the same
evening and was received very coldly.
s..who. Il ttis woman for whom you
have deserted met"
Deserted xouY'
ayes. Couldn't tell by the tone Of
your note that she has you already In
her toiIsr Do you consider 1t honor
able for you to have had this affair
and neyer have told me anything
about it?'
How unreasonable Of you! You
didn't tell me about your affair with
Avery. Ard when you said you wish
ed to cleansft UP before our wedding
and get it out of the way didn't OBJ
1ect. merely wish to win this girls
heart who has treated me SO shabbiy
ana then throw II to the winds"
II positively forbid you to have any
thing 10 do with her"
"You surprise me. How about
AveryT
"That's an entirely different mat
ter"
Not different In kind"
"I don't consent"
svery well. withdraw my con-
sent to your cleaning up with Avery
Il am Just about 70 give MFR. Avery
his. deserts.- ! don't care to be thwart-
ed on the eve OF my revenge
sAnd i will not be baked In tram
ping on the feelings Of this creature
who
1 was 50 Angry with the imaginary
person bad conjurcd up for the pur-
pose that my ire choked ny utferance-
~Nonserser A forced laugh 1T Is
evident you're trying to throw yourself
at her feet Co near her at your
psril-"