Show GEORGE ASSERTS HIMSELF nut bat vr sighs with ulm bin at t the tb buish all these years laura en exclaimed claimed oung boung For ferguison Forg guison tuon pausing pairing in hla his impatient walk to and fro long enough to 0 turn the gas ga a trifle lower and returning resuming with a brink staccato movement his hl march up and down the little parlor all these 3 care can I 1 have danced attend ance at 3 our elbow and the end benr seems an aa tar far off as B ever everl ill the end ol of ny my elbow george inquired the young vi woman omen w with ith grieved surprise wot nol the end of my donee dancel 1 you lou know what I 1 mean ilow how long do you think im going to stand aland it to Do ent it snake you awfully tired george she he aak aaker edvi w ith tender yearning sympathy in her voice tired its ita driving we me mud mad I 1 come here to be made fun f an of this time look here laura Kaj do you know bow long weve been engaged to 0 o be b married years yeara I 1 should hould say ay let lat mo me see aee w WB it not years yeara It anetT rity and a halil half I 1 when I 1 think ol of it and wonder how much longer it some nome time during that hot ummer summer of l yet 1 he broke in you remember it on an account of the hot ue weather ather do ou I 1 wa as a clerk on lift 15 a week I 1 thought it aas a big salary alary until the ice cream season eaon hit me if I 1 was wa good enc ugh then 1 I w as a so 0 o young you know I 1 so vias 1 I but im overcoming that infirmity in mighty fut fast let me tell you t and you yourself you relf ll well of course coune youre as ai young as ever but that the point youse youie put me oft off year after year because wo e afford it im getting a year car now with a prospect of a partnership after awhile and it does doe seem eem to m but think of what it costs costa for gnu gan and hired girls girl george she hc murmured to me tm doing the p preaching r aae b now ive ilse been thinking t the matter over ever awl and im going to say bay my say nay you 0 had your freedom enough the party of the ilse second part has rights lies iles going to assert them you try to scare me off with that yawn either it lut genuine 1 know a spontaneous 5 awn when hen I 1 see c it and that a three ply cut and briod buschine mode fraud you ought to bo b ahamed to try to introduce introna c c a yawn awn like that into good fio oc lety clety it ghea itself away assay every time dont do it again dear or ill say any something about it this Is in business bul nee theres A nice little house down here on michigan avenue It ln in michigan avenue because becal lse itt its not out in the rood road its ita above the ground and its 20 feet bock back from froin the sidewalk and it can be had I 1 yea Is 0 been making inquiries about it I 1 acknowledge ledge it I 1 have also been posting hoeting myself as air to the price of furniture the probable pio bable quantity of milk and eggs egg P a family of wo two persons will b be likely to consume con sum irl in a week and the desirability of the neighborhood from a social ocial point of lew theres no telling when n I 1 may take a notion to speak to the minister dont atin arhe 6 a desperate man too tar far proud ahl I 1 dont want ant to hase haie to hire a couple of ruffians ruf fiana flans and a cab and abduct ou it would get into the papers and id have to dodge reporter report erh for the next six weeks meeks moreover ll 11 george ferguson it if you tire are going to talk to me like that ill simply no 3 sou ou wont sit still it if 3 ou anke any fuss fusa ill call bour 3 our fataei ive got the floor when halve r my talk you can agitate the atmosphere and ill listen dont you see tins this so t of thing cant goon forever ine to stop some day if I 1 should die of old 1190 w M ille im walting waiting for you to mm ra r nie me ou would never forgive I 1 he engagement ring on ahr that at finger h N ss orn almost through h ill have to bua bu you another one if you dont look out who wh 0 es eer er heard 0 of f such a a thin thing g a as a t thata li at I 1 in all the history of long engagements I 1 dont believe theres a care in v i NO lini a man hu has had to get a st cond engagement ring on account of tile the an fn filst st on oil nearing out are you trying to brenci ft n record great scott tile the idea occurs to roe rae that you are trifling with me that you yoli dont mean to be my wife and never did tame sometimes hen I 1 ora am alone in my 0 ou n i oo 00 boni i and I 1 think of tile the possibility of buch bucl 13 11 thing and the shadow of the led 3 ea ears rises ribes before me and I 1 turn to future and see nothing n otha ng ahead of me but the gloom and desolation of hopes un fulfilled is it any wonder that I 1 As balk alac the floor in in misery george earge dear said laura tearful tearfully iv and in it a trembling trem bline voice olce her hann handi clasped together tog ether and her hole bearg bein radiant with mith tenderness and com compa piLs a ion eion 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