The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-14
The Game
Of Love
b. JAMES BRANARD

Copyright, 1917. Western Newspaper Unioa.)
Two young men were drawing on
the gloves in the robing room. lhere
was no one else there ut the time.
Jimmie" said Edgar Darlington,
(which is it to be tonight between you
and Alice Turnlee? Is she going to
coddle you or to snub your
james Williamson was madly in love,
with the girl mentioned. She would
neither accept nor reject him.
To PartingtOn's remark, Wllllam'
sons only reply was sigh.
Jimmie" continued the former. no
matter how bright one is, in the
brain of everyone of us there Is a stu
Did spot. In your brain this spot Is
q want of perception of girls whims.
If you understood Alice she wouldn't
trouble you very long; you'd soon
bring her to her senses"
"What would you do If you were In
my placer
1.-THE first time the girl gave me any
Of her nonsense would drop her as
would q hot potato"
I'm not up to that. II / should
bring about an irreparable breach be-.
tween Alice and myself it would ruin
me-"
Someone came into the room and
the dialogue ended. Darlington and
his friend went down into the dancing
hall. Alice Turnlee sduring the eve
ming treated Jimmie more disdainfully
than ever. She did not save dance for
him. Moreover she danced four times
with another man. Jimmie was IN
agony. After the ball he and Parting
ton walked away together.
"Jim," he said, you are in danger
Of losing Alice"
Jim groaned.
"Only a quick coup will save you.
You are incapable Of making. 1t your
self: but IL you will do what l tell
you think we can bring her round"
"She's lost to me-" was the despond-
ent reply.
After q long argument Partington
succeeded in securing promise from
his friend to do exactly what he told
him to do, and not to do what he for
babe him doing. The first thing Jim
was told to do was to keep away from
Alice till Partington permitted him
to resume his attentions. At the end
Of a week Jim received q note from
Alice stating that she had two tickets
for the theater and would like him to
be her escort. Jim rushed at great
rlee to his mentor and showed him
the note.
"Tell her you have an engagement
TOR that evening"" said Darlington.
| Jimmie was Mortified but he had
promised to do what he was hidden,
30 he reluctantly wrote the note as
directed.
jim was in agony about the matter
and when his friend having asked him
to 20 for a walk with him on the very
evening he had been invited to escort
Alice to the play, steered him into the
very theater to which she had the
tickets. Alice was there with her
brother for an escort. Jimmie did not
dare look at her for sometime and
when he did she stared at him with
out nodding to him.
"The game is working fine," said
Darlington.
"What gamer"
"The game of love: don't you see
how troubled she looks?''
mo. I don't. You've blighted my
life"
mot if you trust to me and keep
up your courage"
Then came period of entanglement
between Jimmie and Alice, during
which Darlington found it difficult to
keep his pupil from going to the girl
he loved and begging for her forgive
ness. But Jim kept on the track
and destined for greater sufferings.
In due time he met Alice at another
dance. Darlington ordered him to
keep away from Alice and not ask her
for single dance. Jim obeyed. In
deed he did not believe that she would
give him a dance. When he and Part
lngton went away together the latter
said to his friend:
1.-THE games nearly played out, old
man. I danced with her and I saw
at once that she was suffering. She
seldom heard what I said, to. her and
kept looking for you whenever you
were near her."
You don't mean it7' said Jimmie.
It'll go to see her tomorrow and Wen
make Il up."
mo You won't. II You should do
that she would begin to tease you
again at the first opportunity. She
must come to you"
"She1l never do that"
"Yes, she will"
''Why do you think sor'
Because I'm going to ten her that
you have got another girl"
"She won't believe you"
Yes she will. She knows that you
and I are chums and will naturally
suppose that know the secrets Of
your heart Besides I shall say to her
that she ii, more worthy Of you than
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