The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-08-12
hen Marrow
Escape


clasped his arm tragically as he en-
tered the door.
"Oh!" she cried, I'm so glad you've
come! I've been perfectly miserable
thinking about it all by myself!'
Whats happened?" asked her hus-
band, anxiously
"Oh, Harry!" she went on, II was
putting up the dining room curtains
and was just as happy-and all of a
sudden it occurred to me that instead
of both of us having lived in Chicago
all our lives where We simply couldn't
help meeting we might just as easily
have been born in different places!
Suppose-suppose you had always
lived here, but that had been born
in Australia or India! Why. I cried
for an hour"
'Nonsense!" said her husband.
What difference would 1t have
made? 2"
You haven't any imagina.ion!" she
retorted. Wed never have met,
that's the difference 1t would have
made! Why, l tried and tried to re-
member and l couldn't think of
single soul / knew ever going to
Australia or coming from there-it
might just as we'll be on another
planet!"
"You mustn't be foolish, darling"
said her husband. you weren't born
there. so there's nothing to worry
about"
THAT isn't the point said the
bride. ''Tell me this minute. Harry.
whether you think II ] had lived there
we would have met? never could
have loved any one but You and you
couldn't have cared for any one but
me, could you? OF. do you think you
would have thought you were in love
with another fl
Nov, Mabel said her husband
after he had taken deep breath, Il
don't see what you are driving at!
"You are evading the potnt!" she
declared. ''You can't honestly say
No to my question and you are try
ing to distract me! It Is perfectly
awful to be married only six weeks
and then find your husband doesn't
truly care for you. though suppose
If I'd had any sense I'd have known
that In the first place only women
are such Stiles they believe everything
that's told them! don't see how |
am to blame for having trusted you.
for you certainly acted as though you
l-l-loved me and
stop, stop" cried her husband.
what On earth Die trouble, any
4 howl Push Australia on he mar
and let's have ss,a Nd slanahias
again
Aunt Sarah said I'd be unh-h-happy
/ II I nm married you! = Wept the bride
.she said your sort Of chin always
wrecked ones Il-life! But believed
/ in you! j didn't think you were the
sort of man who could fall In love
with different girl every five min.
utes!"
well, I'm not!'' stormed her exas.
i UGIdLSu uuOUdAu. AOA h10W VI AAs<&
you're talking about, Mabel!' @
But, If I'd lived In Australia" she
persisted, "how could you have helped
liking some one else? You wouldn't
have seen me, you know! It would
have been just the same as though
never existed!"
We'll, I wouldn't have existed
/ either!n he declared. You wouldn't
have known or cared copper cent
about one Harry Sylvester Howard
Chicago. q. s. "a! You'd have been
quite happy adoring some man over
on your side of the globe!"
Harry" she cried in tones which
/ dripped tragedy. DO you mean to
say you have such a poor idea OF my
! affection for you as that? Oh. this
is the last straw? To have you doubt
me! It is worse than discovering how
/ little you really care for me! My
heart Is broken. AS though any one
ever could have made the slightest
| impression on my affection except you
/ II don't understand how you can be
/ so brutal"
81 give 1t up" said her husband
'.I seem to pick out all the wrong
things to say. I'm trying to comfort
| you and you call me names. and as
| for Australia ] never expect to see II
and I'm sure / don't want to and
what it's got to do with you and me
is more than can discover"
That's because you're man.
said the bride. Men never do under
stand things that mean SO much to q
woman! They are perfectly dense!
Tell me-are you sure you care more
for me than you ever could for any
one else?''
"Didn't I marry your almost
shouted her husband Then he took q
long breath. "Of course do! love
you madly, devotedly, intensely, dis.
tractedly twenty-five hours in the day!
Honest"
well, why didn't you say SO at
| once!" demanded the bride In relieved