Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-10-05

Yes, Il DTeSuIueu YOU Qiu.
"Um-hm. I got it. 1t didn't sur
prise me what you wrote, because I'd
seen the news In the papers, but / was
hopin' you'd tell me yourself, and I'm
real glad you did. I'm much obliged to
YOU"
"I-I gave you my reasons for writ.
ing" she said. although I do not
consider that I am in any sense duty
bound to refer matters other than finan-
tial to you; and, although my feelings
toward you have not changed-still.
you are my guardian, and-and"-
III understand. So you're really en-
gagged to Mr.. Dunn7"
Eyes"
"And you're cal-latin' to marry himT
Zone might almost take that for
granted" impatiently.
almost, yes. Not always, but gen.
orally, I will give In. You're goin' to
marry Malcolm Dunn. Why?"
"Why because l choose, I suppose"
"Um-hml Are you sure Of thatY'
Am / sure?" Indignantly. What
do you mean?"
81 mean are you sure that it's be-
cause you choose, or because he does,
or maybe because his mother doesY'
She turned angrily away. If you
came here to insult me- she began.
He interrupted her.
mo, moi" he protested gently. I'm
sultin' you is the last thing l want to
do. But, as your father did put you
in my charge, l want you to bear with
me while We talk this over together.
Remember, Caroline, 1 amt bothered
you a great deal lately. I shouldn't
now if / hadn't thought twas neces-
sary. So please don't get mad, but an
lswer me this: Do you care for this
man you've promised to marryf
Enough to live with him all your life
and see him every day and be to him
what a true wife ought to be? See
him, not with his company manners
on or in his automobile, but at the
breakfast table and when he comes
home tired and cross maybe? When
you've got to be forbearin' and for
givin' and
HE is one of my oldest and best
friends she interrupted. Her uncle
went on without waiting for her to end
the sentence.
81 know" he said. "One of the
oldest, that's sure. But friendship,
'cordin' to my notion, is somethin' so
small In comparison that it hardly
counts in the manifest. Married folks
ought to be friends, sartin sure, but
they ought to be a whole lot more'n
that. I'm an old bach, you say, and
amt had no experience. That's true,
but I've been young, and there was a
time when l made plans. However,
she died, and It never come to nothin'.
But know what it mean to be en-
gagged, the right kind of engagement.
1t means that you don't count yourself
at all, not u bit. You're ready, each
of you, to give up all you've got
your wishes, comfort, money and what
it'll buy and your life, If 1t should come
to that, for that other one. Do you
are for Malcolm Dunn like that, Caro-
liner"
She answered defantly.
Eyes, l do" she said.
you do. Well, do you think he feels
the same way about your"
yes" With not quite the same
promptness, but still defiantly.
"You feel sartin Of it, do your"
She stamped her foot Eyes, yes,
yes !" she cried. "Oh, do say what you
came to say and end It'll"
Her uncle rose to his feet.
"Why, I guess likely I've said it," he
observed. when two people care for
each other like that they ought to be
married, and the sooner the better. I
knew that you'd been lonesome and
troubled, maybe, and all I can say is
that I'm awful glad for you. God bless
you, my dear! 1 hope you'll be as hap
by as the day is long"
His niece gazed at him, bewildered
and incredulous. This she had moi ex-
pected.
"Thank you," she stammered. 81 did
not know-I thought
"0f course you did-of course. Well,
then, Caroline, / guess that's all. I
won't trouble you any longer. Good
by"
He turned toward the door, but stop
ped, hesitated and turned back again.
'There is just one thing more" he
said solemnly. II don't knows I ought
to speak, butt want to-and I'm go
In to. And 1 want you to believe it !!
/ do want you to !"
"VVhat is II ~ Che demanded
"Why-why, just this, Caroline. This
is a tough old world we live in. Things
don't always go on In it as we think
they'd ought to, Trouble comes to ey-
erybody, and when it looks right some
times it turns out to be all wrong. If
If there should come a time like that
to you and Steve, I want you to re
member that you've got me to urn to.
No matter what you think of me, what
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