The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-29

very sad ne .u-,,.
Well, I'm notl' said l. saVageiy- ""a'
does an ihis nonsense nioa"' Nv" "o A
ass, FRED :. ~
Perhaps you don know IT, MI oihsi'
but you are IN love saia ne so cohFihc."s
ly that | was conscious OF an aoruP. sntN
ing OF the heart. GOOD heavens! was ne
right was there ah!thlhs III 'u.s So,
twaddle? You are quite mao about ner'
The deuce you say! excialmeu'
rather blankly.
"Oh I've seen it coming For that mat
ter so has she. It's as PLAIN as the
nose"
| leaped to my feet, startled. She' You
don't-Has she said anything that leads
you to believe Oh, the deucel What rot
No use getting angry over it. he said
consolingy. Failing IN love IS the sort
Of thing fellow cant help you know. 1t
happens without his assistance. IT is SO
easy Now ! was once in love with girl
for two years without really knowing it.
''And how did You find it outf' asked,
weakly.
II didn't find it out until she married
another chap Then ] knew I'd been in
love with her all the time. But that
neither here nor there. You are heels over
head in love with the Countess Tarno"sy
and
Shut M, Fred You re going daffy from
reading my books, or absorbing my manu-
scripts, err
Heaven is my witness. ! don't read your
hooks and ] merely correct Your manuFcrints-
God knows there is no romance in that You
are in love Now what are you going to
do about it,
DO about it?' | demanded.
''You can't go on in thus way. YOU know,
he said relentlessly. She won T."
"Why You bithering iaiot' I roared
do You know what YOU are saying! I'm not
in love with anybody Ny heart is-is-
Bnt never mind Now, listen to me, Fred.
This nonsense has got to cease | won t
have it. Why, she's already got hus
band. She's had all she can stand in the
way OF husb-"
Rubbish She can stand husband or
two more, if you are going to look at it
in literal way. Besides, she hasnt hus-
band. She's ehucked him. Good riddance,
too. Now, do you imagine for single in
slant that beautiful, adorable young wem-
an of 20 is going to spend the rest of her
life without man Not muchl SHE'S free
to marry again and she will,
Admitting that to be true, why should
she marry meR
i dldn say she was IN love with you,
said ycu were in love with her
Oh faid ana my lace ieH 1 see
tie seemed to be considering something.
After few seconds he nodded ms head de-
clslvely Yes am sure OF IT, II the
right man gets her she II make the finest
sweetest wife IN the world she's never
mad chance TO snow what $ really IN her'
she would he adorable wouidn she
Ihe sudden question caught me unawares.
she woole SAID win conviction
well sald no. slowly and dehberateiy'
why don you set apout It, men
lie was so ridiculous mat i Thought Tor
the fun OF It, humor MN.
assuming that You are tieht IN regard
TO my feelings toward her fred' What leads
You TO beileve that would STAND chance
but declare l hung on ms answer with
tenseness that surprised me.
Why hott You are gooa looking,
gentleman ceienri,F' ana a man hless
my soul she could do worse
But you forgot that am-iet me see
-tmrtyflve and she rs nut twentythr
10 offset mat she mas oeeh marred
and unhappy Ihat brings her about up to
your level l should say she mother
and that makes you seem good bit young
er Moreover she isn ! SOD widow. She
a grass "'ooW' ana she go. nVlng ex-
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