Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-11


''ne one day shortly before we were
: 10 send out our wedding cards, If
do bit OF flirtingT"
". i'Flirting2 What do you want to do
that for, and whom do you want to
flirt within y
II wish to firt with Ed Avery, and
wish to punish him for the way he
treated me once" 20
What did he do"
Why, he just acted as II he could
% marry me II he liked. He went around
telling everybody we were engaged"
Weren't you?"
HIM! DO you suppose I'd marry
that stick?"
She took my face between her two
hands, pulled II down toward hers and
kissed me.
very well. sweetheart. but remem-
Der this Is the last In few weeks
you'll be married and such things will
be out of order"
That's just the reason why 1 want
TO get this one out OF the way before
settling down"
was very busy getting my affairs
In shape to be married and 20 on nv
wedding trip and though very little
about Owens cleaning up her old
analrs and getting them out OF the
way. was little surprised one day
to receive note from her that she
was feeling very badly and feared she
might not be In condition for the we'd
ding by the day she had set. / went
TO see her and found her propped up
with pillows and looking little pale.
She said she had a superstitious dread
OF putting of wedding once the day
was publicly announced, and to make
sure she thought we'd better make IL
month later. | assented and the.
order for the cards was counter1uanded.
Gwen didn't seem To get perfectly
wen. and there was another putting
on the announcement. One day my
sister Bette came To me and said:
linfiDick, do YOU know that you're GO
ing to lose Gwen!"
Lose Gwen! What do you mean?v
II think she's going to drop you and
MARRY Ed Avery"
Nonsense" l replied That's SIM
ply" an old score she's got against
Avery. and she's paying him up before
being married"
you believe It,"
II know 1t. She told me what she
was going to do before starting in" y
'YOu mean she told you what she,
thought she was going to do. We
WOMEN are never certain what well
eventually do in such cases. 1t de-
| pendsc more on the man than on the
girl If man has n 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. l didn't do much think
| ms. but | did some mighty quick act
inS. i wrote Il note to Gwen telling
! her that an old flame OF mine ha,.
come to town who had Tilted me-
WAS burning to pay her off in her OWE
! coin. | EIust therefore asl; the SAM.
Indulgence | had granted.
J The reply to this was. Come an.
SEQ me at once" i called the sam1
evening and was received very coldlt.
r,s"WhO l. this woman for whom yea
. hGYc deserted mci"
DESERTED you
Yes. Couldn't | tell by the tone os
( your note that She has you already IT.
, her tolls: DO you consider it honor
able cCr you to have had this affair
AID never have told me anything
about it,"
| How unreasonable of you! YoH
! didn't tell me about your affair with
I AVcry. And when you said you wish
] ed TO clean 1t up before our wedding
] ayd get it out OF the way didn't OBJ.
/ ject. | merely wish to win this girl'a
heart who has treated me so shabby
anil then throw 1t TO the winds"
Il positively forbid you to have any
thing 10 do with her"
You surprise me. How aboH.
/ Avcry| =
That's an entirely different mot.
/ tor"
"Not different in kind"
81 don't consent"
VERY well. withdraw my coz
"ent 60 yoIr cleaning up with Avery"
II am just about to give Mr.. Avery
his deserts don't care to be thwart-
ID on the eve OF my revenge"
And 1 will not be baked I'm tram
pllng on the feelings OF this creature
, Who
/ was so angry with the imaginary
person / had cOnjured up for the pur-
pose that my ire choked my utterance
Nonsense" A forced laugh. "1t Is
evident you're trying TO throw yourself
at her feet Go near her at your
peril"
II Will not give up my revenge" ?
paced back and forth like cage2
tiger.
You will give It up at once or &c
is over between US"
J "Avery Is still I'm tho market"
II shall be through with Mr. Avery
In "a very few days"
b. "hnd 1 shall be through with my AZ
/ fair tonight ] shall go to see her.
She VIII be superbly dressed thinking
70 beat me through the senses. ShS
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