El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
The Diary of A Bachelor
He and the Pretty Nurse Try to Be
Just Chums'' For "A Day and
Fail to Garry 1t Out.


Z HAD quite 1OrSOUIen IhaI " z
started out to spend the day to-
Il eether as two girl or two boy
chums might do. and had showed
miserable jealousy at the first OppOr-
If we were two gir.s," she went
on, "and you had friend who wanted
to meet me. YOU would introduce US
And it would be the same II we were
But we are not" retorted- There
is no use pretending. Here we were
having such a nice day or 1t and you
have spoiIed it by being a pretty girl
Why can't you be an ugly girl. since
{ YOU can't be d MANI Why do you nave
to get that fascinating light in your
ewes and that pretty color In your
cheeks and look good enough TO eat,
and make men admire you, and spoil
! things for US? You women are Ger
! tainly trying"
WHY putting her hand IN my arm
! and looking up into my face with a
tantalizing laugh that made the sltua-
I ton harder for me. cant you be a
good chum for a girl fDr just one day
/ Why do you always be Just a selIlsh'
: jealous man2'
/ Because" bending my head very
! close to hers and speaking so close
/ TO her ear [ could have Kissed her
| in doing it, you are woman.
It was then, after we had blamed
each other for the eternal domination
( of sex and were standing still laugh
/ ing about it, that the man from whom
I had run away with the nurse TO
] avoid giving him an introduction TO
4 her pumped into us.
He didn't PISS on. as any decent
| man would have done He stood
/ there, and had to introcuce him. and
/ when I did it saw the most wicked
| little look of amusement IN my pretty
/ companions eye.
an Invitation.
! He was going to lunch. he said, and
T-= rElI
/ somewhat savagely that we were go
/ ing to the waXwOrks show. and didn't
/ expect to dine for an nOtf-, and the
nurse interrupted me by declaring that
she was starving to death and wanted
/ to eat right now
/ you haven't bought me a thing to
/ eat today with q childlike disap-
pOintment that was most becoming,
l not even q lOllypOp-"
/ We went to lunch with this most
impUdent man, and while we were az
the table she completely spoiled what
( remained of the day by telling him
{ that we had started out with two dol
/ lars in my pockets and five cents IN
hers to see how much sun we could
I buy, and inviting him to be our guest
I for the rest Of the day
81 think I broke in on his eager
! acceptance. trying to assume an eX-
preston that was wan and weary, 4
will telephone for my car and go
home Ny heart isn't behaving quite
| right"
Blessings on the head Of the man
who discovered that when a mans
( heart isn't strong he should never be
crossed The pretty nurse neglected
| the dessert, nibbled at the salad. and
| lost all appetite for ANYTHING else in
! her concern for me. When I refused
/ his offer to go home in his car ana
| he had gone to telephone for mine,
/ she placed her hand very professional
| " on my pulse. If she detected any
( symptoms CT hypocrisy she sald never
1 a word.
, It was rot till we had left him,
/ looking much disappointed at our de-
paFture, and had safely turned the
corner out of his range Of vision that
! she began to laugh. And she kept It
up all the way home.
| Poor, dear boy" she said when we
! were nearing our door, land poor dear
! girl No use in them trying 10 90 OFF
! and spend q day together like two
J good girls or two good boy chums.
/ He's a man, and low down jealous"
| And she" I replied, rs a woman,
J and tries to make him jealous. Why
| couldn't you refuse that invitation TO
: lunch, and be satisfied to spend the
J Gay with me%'
Because" wisely. I'm a woman.
/ Why couldn't We have had him with
/ US the rest Of the day and have had
/ as good a timer
! I am a man"
! q think perhaps my old friends, Mr..
| and Mrs Jack Spencer, who have been
| abroad almost a year, may return next
! month 7 remarked that evening, put
! ting q cushion under my head and
/ raising myself into a position where 1
/ could get a better view OF her.
Alone Once More.
( We were in the library alone; Rich
! ards had taken Manette to bed, and
| I had been trying to read, finding
I nothing in the paper quite as interest
I ing as the face of the pretty woman
/ who was seated in a low reading chair
/ near the table.
/ No reply.
q think you will like her"
| Still no answer "I think a little
| louder, that you viii like sally Spen-
| GER"
She dropped her book and looked at
I me with the strangest look in her
Come here, Little Girl" I said. and
/ tell me what is troubling you"
She came slowly across the room
! and sat on the lounge beside me, bend
! ing over me TO adjust a cushion q
! little more comfortably under my
| head, making no reply to my appeals
/ to know what troubled her.
What's the natter" repeated
| trying to get her to look me In the
! face. "Do let the cushions alone
| ENORMOUSLY, its not necessary to
| baby me like that"
She put a hand on each side of my
| face and held me that way while she
! looked steadily into my eyes.
Very Unexpected.
! I hate her" she said. Then bend
! ing over so close I hoped for what
/ might happen next. she suddenly
J changed her mind, gave me a quick
slap on the cheek, and ran from the
! room
Shall 7. Diary, or shall I not, write
! to Sally Spencer to come home?
/