The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-08-25
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desk began on his second sheet Of
paper in an distracted sort of way
the two other young men who had
distributed themselves between the
couch and the wicker chair nodded
gravely at each other.
WELL" said the one in the chair
with a loud sigh, IF he will do it he
will, I suppose, and there's no stop
ping him! Dick always was stub
born!"
eyes," said the one on the couch,
I'VE might as well close u eyes on
the sad sight and try to forget it, be-
cause worrying will do no good. Still,
it's hard to see him running these
terrible risks. Dickie, Dickie, pause
In time!"
whats the matter with you fell
lows?" mumbled the one at the desk
without stopping his busy pen.
Nothing Is the matter with us!"
replied the young man in the wicker
chair with great dignity. Every one
In the world isn't selfish. Occasion
ally Bill and I devote some time to
thinking about others. Just now you
are on u minds. We wish you
wouldn't, Dickie!"
wouldn't what?" snapped the n
at the desk, glancing up in an an.
noyed way.
They simply shook their heads at
him and did not answer.
When the young man at the desk
again was hard at work the young
man on the couch spoke up. "They
never consider how it will sound in
court" he said, plaintively. "They
go splashing their inmost thoughts Ill
owe a sheet of paper and i%nventing
new pet names for the only girl on
earth without stopping to remember
that in five years she'll be miles be-
hind them in their forward rush. But
she'll not forget! She'll have all those
poetic epistles tied up with pink rib.
bon ready to hand yer to her lawyer
and she'll have on a becoming dress
and a flower hat and she'll make
pathetic eyes at the jury whenever
she isn't weeping bitterly ver the
perf1dy of her false lover. So the jury
will arise as one sympathetic man
and"
Jaw, cut it QUIT" growled the man
at the writing desk. 81 can't Think
"You don't need to think, believe
mel" responded the young man in the
wicker chair. "The less you think
the better, for when the letters are
produced in court maybe you can
make a plea Of insanity stick.
Write sort of wild and rambling,
Dickie. That's your only salvation!
The girl will like what you say all
the better, because she will think you
are Intoxicated with love for her.
Later on the judge will say, Poor, de.
mented mani and let you off with a
warning to your family to look after
you.
Think, Dickie, how dreadful it will
be after you have achieved side
whiskers and a reputation to have a
bunch of those letters come out on
the front pages Of the newspapers
where all your neighbors can enjoy
them with their breakfast coffee!
You'll feel SO comfortable sprinting
down the street for your car knowing
that people are watching you from
behind their parlor window curtains
and saying, How could it be possible!
Such a nice man and with such love
ly whiskers!'"
And it really isn't necessary" de
clared the man on the couch. when
you feel that way and find yourself
looking for pen and paper just go and
take a cold shower bath. That will
help. If it does not get you into
sufficiently sensible frame of mind
put a little cracked ice on your fore
head.
II knew a man once who persisted
In writing to a girl and what do yor
think happened to him? She married
him! Yes, sir, that's what she did
Took him in the bloom of his you'll
and tied him up for life. Writing
those superheated letters sort O
hypnotized him into thinking he really
felt the way he said he felt. o.
course, the infatuation wore off ant
then consider his awful state O,
mind"
II wouldn't be as funny as you two
think you are for anything!" broke
out the badgered one at the desk.
"Of course you wouldn't if you coult
help it, Dickie." soothed the youns
man in the chair. But you are! Any
young man writing a love letter is too
far gone to control himself withou,
good advice. Fortunately, we are here
to advise you. Say-he's beginning
second letter! Great heavens! Is h.
as bad al that? Writing EN- whole
sale to a lot of foolish girls who trus'
him? oh. I say, I'd stick up for hin
In court If he was Just plain foolish
and made love to n girl, but friend
ship ninches at duplicity and decep
ton! Don't expect me to help 20,
out when the whole half-dozen O
them u you simultaneously fol