Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-10-31

oven, Tn mott" said I, savngey. what
does all this nonsense mean. Don't be an
ass, Fred"
Perhaps you don't know il, Mr.. Smart,
but you are In love" said he so convincing
ly that I was conscious Of an abrupt sink
ing Of the heart. Good heavens Was he
right Was there anything in this silly
twaddlel "You are quite mad about her.
"Thc deuce you suyl' / exclaimed,
rather blankly.
"oh, I've seen II coming, For that mat
ter, so has she IT'S as plain as the
noso-"
( lcaped to my feet startled "she. You
on't-Ias she md anything that leads
you to believe Oh the dcuco What rotl'
mo use getting angry over IT, he said
consoingly Failing in love is the sort
OF thing fellow can't help, You know II
happens without his assistance. II Is 30
easy Now ! was once In love with a girl
for two years without reilly knowing IT,
"Aud how did you find It outl" askca,
weakly.
az didn't find II out until she married
another chap. Then knew I'd been IN
love with her all the time. Butts that's
neither here nor there You are heels over
head in love with the Countess Tnrncwsy
md"
'shut up Fred You're going daffy from
reading my books, or absorbing my manu-
scripts, or
Heaven ig my witness ! don't read your
books and merely correct your monuscripts.
God knows there rs no romance in that You
are In love. Now what arc you going to
do about itl'
"Do about itr' ! demanded
''You can tro on IN this way, you know
/ he gnid rNCutlcpslv. 'Shc won t-''
"Why YOU bllhcrng IDIOT" roared,
do you know what YOU nro snyingi I'm not
in love with anybody Ny heart s--ia--
But never mind Now, listen 10 me, Fred.
This nonsense has got to cease. I won {
have It, why, she's already got hus.
band She's had an Fho can stand In The
way Of hush
Rubbish She can siand husband or
two more, II you are going to look % It
IN literal way BcHidcH she hasn't hus.
band She's chuclcd him, Good riddanco,
too Now, do you imagine for o single in.
stanl that beautiful adorable young wom'
mn of 20 w going to spend the rest of her
life without q man Not much She's free
to marry again aud ahc will
Admitting that to be true, why should
she marry mci'
~ didn't say slc was In love with you
said You were In love with her
"Oh. " ! said and my face fell ''f seo
lfo seemed 10 he considering something
After few seconds, he nodded his head de-
cisivcly. "Ycs, ! nm sure Of it n The
right man rcts her sho'll make the finest
sweetest wife In the world She's mover
had d chance to show what's really In her
She would be adorable, wouldn't shot
The sudden question caught me unawares
"sho would" | hid, with conviction
'Wcll % sHid ho slowly and deliberately
"why don you sot about w. ihcni'
lie was 40 ridiculous that I thought iol
the fun of H. IA mmor him
Assuming that you aro rrhl In regard
10 my feelings toward her Fred what loadl
you 20 believe that ! would stand q chanc,
oi winning hcri' II was silly question
hut declare / hung ON hiB answer viii
a tcnscncs that surprised me-
"Why mott You are good looking
gentleman, celebrity, and man, Bleal
my soul shc could do worsc'
"But you forgot that ! nm-lel me eet
--lhirlyfyo aud she Ia but twenty three.
ITO offset that sho hha been mnrriot
and unhappy. That brings her about up u
your level, ! should say She's q mother
and that makoa YOU Hocm q good biz young
or Moreover ahe Isn't hod widow she'l
gram widow, and hhe'a rot q living OK
, ample IN use hg contrast Regulation
widows sometimes forget Tho past because
II Ia dim and dead hut by George alf, M
divorced wife doesn't forget tho hard tint
rho'a had shes mighty careful when shl
rota about u me second iimo Tho bihu
Kind has losi her seuao Of comparison, hoi
standard, no 10 speak Her husband MAJ
have been foiter ard M that iorl of thing
bat he's dead and buried and nhe can't sel
anything but tho rood That was In him ioi
tho simple reason that lia On hls tombstone
But when ihOyre attn alive and N bad ai
over-wol dont you seu ii'u different"
1T occurs 10 me thod be more likely Il
soc the evil In oil men and steer clear o
, them"
''Thni lsn't feminine nature, All womef
want 10 he loved Thoy want " be mar
rled They want 10 make some man happy.
81 suppose MI thls 10 philosophy"
musud, somowha, ploatod and Modified
tnut ven look hl n from another pon
ot view. The former Mas Titus sel oul iu
ullo Hho Eol H. DO you imagine hhel
marry man who has no posiilon-- y,
Ioyoi That reminds mo ot homelhlnr Yol
, arc altogether wrong IN your reasoning
Fred With her own lips she declared u
mo ono day that ahe'd never marry again
There you arel''
4 1Io rolled hlh eyes heavenward,
Az They lake dshghi In selfyiu,' salt N