The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-06


While engaged In a Irritation,
When she asks you II forever
You will love her
Don't fall In CONSERVATION
For that maiden's appreciation,
Nor make promise that you'u never
Love another
BY judcious implication
And a little OSCILLATION,
Break II gently and be clever
Love the girl. but not forever.
For forever is a long. long time!
Forever is a long, long timer APP
plauded one Of the men. Fright you
are, Billyw
A little later after he had managed
to break away from the piano, Edna
Barns caught him in the hall and faced
him accusingly.
"A man of your talent ought to be
ashamed to have such q frivolous phil
osophy. Billy Wardon," she said i'm
patiently.
Billy was bland and his eye was In
nOcent.
"Since that heartless song of yours,
Emily Wayne has been out in dark
corner of the veranda weeping her
eyes out" she chided
81 never made love to Emily Wayne
in my lifer' he protested
You make love to every woman you
mcet-with your eyes, Billy" she ac-
cused.
81 dont" denied Billy rudely.
you do, too" she insisted. you
even make love to me that way
you're doing it nOwr
For an instant his serious glance
sought hers as she stood there looking
up ut him. "This is a grand little old
life-notw he said. with a pathetic
grin. Emily Wayne loves mel love
you-you love Jim Bradley-aud jim
loves Emily. Outside Of that we're all
as happy as a bunch of plckpockets at
a prison wardens' convention" And
he moved off gloomily toward the We
randa in search of the grleving Emily,
while Edna watched him 90 with a
q perplexed little smile on her lips.
But he did not find Emily, although
he did find Jim Bradley, smoking
moodily.
"Jim," said Billy. "what we want in
this world don't amount to much but
what the women want-thats differ
ent Now, want Edna, and you want
Emily-but women being contrary.
Edna wants you, and Emily wants ue.
Now, It's up to us to make them happy,
so the only thing TO do is for you to go
ahead and marry Edna and I'll 90 and
find Emily and fix 1t up with her"
But don't want Edna" protested
jim violently land I'll be darned If
I'll stand your marrying Emily.
want her myself"
why, you big chumpl | don't want
her-wouldn't have her on bet. But
we've got n chance to make the two
finest girls in the world happy by n
little sacrifice on our part.
Finally. after much persuasion. Jim
agreed, but when he dec0yed Edna out
onto the lawn under the trees, she was
thunderstruck at his proposal.
"Why. jim she said, Il like you
better than any man | knOw-except
one-and he Is so stupid | guess I'll
have TO propose TO him myself"
But Billy was not so easily discour-
aged. "Yon see. It's like this Emily
I've been thinking about marrying you
for a--some time-and we might just
as well go ahead and have it over
with"
"Billy." laughed Emily, Won remind
me of the Charge OF the Light Bri-
gado, but even so, might marry you
II it weren't for the fact I'm in love
with somebody else"
"Well" said Jim grouchlY as the
two of them conferred by the front
steps, your dope was an wrong And
we're both out Of IT,. Emily It seems
loves somebody else but 1t isn't me
ana Edna loves somebody else. but II
isn't you There's no eternal triangle
TO this tragedy it's more like hollow
square"
~ guess we have tenscd them
enough" came IN Emily's amused
voice, nut can you Imagine two grown
men being so stupIdT
NO cant but then" said the prac
fca Edna stupid men make the bcst
husbands"
Wharcat Ellly looked at Jim and lin
looked ut Billy. Then with one and
me same impulse they charged on
ihose two defenseless maidens with ef
tpctive suddonness.
Ana nn Instant later Emily was muir
murIng Il thought you'd know It wa.
> joke" While The practical Edna wa,
pleading Forever isn't long, Ions
tlme--is It. Gily2"
Not for q stupid husband" sale
BiNg bluu1ly.