Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-28
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ID the room. II just thought that
I'd drop in and ask you to marry
NO."
II will mott" declared the young
woman after she had caught her
breath. why, Arthur Lewis! The
idea! What do you mean by"
II thought So" said the young man,
resignedly, sitting down and staring at
the polish on his shoes. "There isn't
q girl on earth who is mentally ad-
vanced enough to appreciate common
sense or admire novelty. They all
want the same thing in the same way
ut the same time! suppose II / led
you into a dim corner and held your
hand and gazed into your eyes with
an expression of deep emotion and
adoring worship, and had said, Made
line, my hearts darling! Listen!
llov-ov-e you!' you wou,a >have fall
en- on my neck"
IT don't understand you!" interrupt
ed the young woman, breathing rap
idly. II don't understood you at all!
don't see why you should assume
that I'm in the least anxious to marry
you"
II DON'T" explained the young man.
IT wouldn't be so rude and conceited.
I merely assumed that you would
marry me II / asked you-and I've ask
cd you, and you say you won't.
II must admit" went on the young
man, that / am both surprised and
panied. I feel that you have been
leading me on all this time just to
amuse yourself, and l must say that
l didn't think you were that kind.
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II don't think you are very NICE"
declared the young woman, ITO come
here and call me names and act as
though l were to blame about some
thing! I'm not in the habit Of be-
Iieving that every man who calls on
me wants to marry me, and"
Nov, Madeline!" interrupted the
young man decisively, that sounds
very pretty and ladylike and no doubt
you think It Is so, but It isn't. In the
bottom Of your heart you know that
when q man calls three times on q
girl she begins sizing him up as q
possible husband. and II she thinks he
won't do, she gets rid Of him. She
has q headache when he calls. or she
has another engagement when he asks
her out, or she forgets appointments
with him. You've not done solitary
one Of these tricks! You've let me
come and acted glad to see me-and
you've ducked engagements with 9TH
ers to 90 places with me, and you've
cooked indigestible things in the
chatting dish at weird hours and urged
them upon me, and otherwise given
me to understand that you didn't ex-
actly hate me. Naturally, from all this
deducted"
II don't understand you at ALL"
Jared the young woman. II think you
are acting perfectly horrid, and you
ought to apologize!"
"Oh, Of course" said the young
man. IT know II had wanted to be
dishonest with myself and you could
have wrung tears out Of my eyes and
murmured things about not being
worthy and not daring to reach so
far above me and called you an angel
but really, you know, it's six OF
one and half dozen Of the other, and
we'd make a good married couple.
However, you must admit, Madeline,
that you get an edge on your temper
occasionally-just as you have now,
for instance. Still, I can handle that.
You could do far worse than marry
me. Do you love any one else?"
moi" said the young woman. "But
that doesn't mean that l care two
straws about such conceited individ-
ual a. YOURSELF"
"You should" he persisted. "You
can't deny that you've been fond Of me
up to this moment. What's wrong all
Of q sudden?"
you are!" she told him. Totally"
Strange" murmured the young
man. "Say, / bet what you're mad
about IL the way l did it-isn't it?"
II never heard Of such a proposal,
she informed him. you might have
BEEN Offering to sell me book or ask
ing for o contribution to something!
Any girl would say mol"
"Well," said the young man with a
sigh, getting up, ats too bad, and
I'm awfully disappointed. won't both
er you any longer"
There's no need to hurry" said
the young woman.
whats the use Of staying?" he ask
cd, bitterly. I've got a broken heart,
and you don't love me, and"
I'll never said that" murmured
the young woman. She looked away.
Its Just as l said" the young man
told her two hours later when AFFAIRS
were permanently settled. "Girls in.
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