San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29

This ouburst would be repeated belinda gasped in
horror if only she would forgive him.
Would she-coud she-would she forgive him?
If she would, he would promise-swear-that he would
never, behave like that again. He would be gentle
tender!
His little delicate ower-his little butterfy-h little deli
cate this that and the other.
Belinda bewildered.
What did it mean?
Shy?
Of course-her caveman! He glorious savage, but
a caveman a savage.
That what she wanted
In reply little note, telling him that she
had nothing forgive that she loved his keoved him, in
fact
In postscript she added:
"Wil you beat when married."
Robert comforted and cheerd by the note but
prsed little shocked the postscript After ALL he had
said nothing about marriage though he had fully intended
doing the first opportunity He felt that it his
negative to mention it first
However, he reflected, Belinda only chda sweet,
unsophistcated child
So he took himself to house that afternoon
ratfy the engagement And kissed gently
derby might kiss her first baby he that he
would beat her lay hands her anything but
a gentle He humble and adorng instead of
ercey shy His shyness had left him and given place to
infinite tenderness.
say Belinda disappointed inadequate There
words which really express the bitterness of her dis
appointment "But like roughness she protested 81
love itr
"My little angel child my delicate, tiny flower" Bob
kicked her castle with his stupid clumsy foot "You
must be treated something precious crushed and bruised
crushed and bruised yesterday You must be guarded
from rough wind kept to speak, in cotton wool That
is what meant for little delicate exquisite thing
Now Belinda could have given him lot of backchat about
crushed-hough unfortunately,
in the she onged to be crushedby his dense stupidity
She felt like swearing him, but she had no spirit left.
When he had after the gentest kndes embrace, she
burst into bitter
Well, they engaged and Beinda's mother ate her
words about Robert.
quite nice, gentle creature" she said. "He certainly
improves acquaintance You ought to think yourself
lucky Belinda the foolish in which have been
going I'm you'll be happy child, particularly
he's quite well off"
And Belinda ground her tiny teeth.
Robert continued gentle sucking dove He grew
and gentle every day he accustomed
Belinda As his disappeared
he prded himself making fine art of treating Belinda
tendery hands shoulders of mutton her
one might the wing of butterfly the petal of flower,
fearing bloom. His kisses brushed her checks and
her like Summer breeze Poor Bob passion
aey that he succeeded keeping all from his
a won't break" Belinda would tell him quite impatienty.
"Thas just what I'm afraid Of" Bob would laguh and
touch her though she were a soap bubble.
Belinda would sigh forlornly, and then he would be
more gentle with her. fearing she not very well.
Belinda at first bored then she got fed up with it, and
at last desperate.
She quite could marry the gentle Robert
What she wanted a not a trained nurse
But having made all that fuss about getting Bob and
after the which she had spoken of being keen
in the way She determined to make Bob chuck her
himself.
Anyway she would try.
So she started filtration with married man, of those
who go about seeking whom they devour.
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