| Show 7 oj m Sr t GETTING THE FACTS HE liE YOU YOUNG G worn worn- an nn with the curly hair and appealIng appealing appeal appeal- Ing ee eyes did not have the air of or really seeking in In- formation She seemed to be after after aft aft- er confirmation of facts already In her possession Tell TeH me truly Bert she began r twisting a button on the young mans man's sleeve did you ever care as much about any tr other girl as you do about me Tell me the truth now Of course courso not noU said the young man promptly How could I l IT Of course went on the girl with the curly hair Im not so BO foolish as asto asto asto to think youve you've never been In love before before be be- fore tore It wasn't the same declared the young man earnestly I Just liked them them her her oh really I never never knew what It was to care for any one orie till I Imet Imet Imet I met you You speak as If there had bad been simply swarms of others said the young woman leaving the button to Its fate an and I bending on him a glance which was reproachful as well as searching I didn't dream dream- dream dream- Not at all broke in In the young man Im not such a universal fascinator fascinator fas as that Tell me Insisted the young wom wom- woman wom woman an sternly how many Oh I dont don't know said the tile badgered young man the use use use- I suppose you cant can't count them said the young woman In a pained voice because there have been such cr crowds of or them You have gone about falling In love with girls as fast as they came along and I Just happened happened hap hap- to be In inline line Une Still SUB you have havethe havethe havethe the assurance to say you never cared much about any of them and you expect expect expect ex ex- ex- ex me to believe It Im I'm not such a silly as all aB that Ill I'll warrant that you were desperately devoted devoted to all of them and I dont don't see how you escaped escaped es es- caged marrying some one of them Did they throw you over Marie said the young man in In a hurt curt urt tone cant can't Imagine what's come over you I never was engaged before before be be- fore In my life I I- I not saying you didn't want to be flashed the girl with the curly hair looking about for her chief I suppose they wouldn't have you I never wanted them to have me Insisted the young man there one just one of ot the whole lot that you'd have got engaged to If If you could 1 persisted the girl with the curly hair Dont try to deceive deceive deceive de de- me The young man had a hunted expression expression ex ex- but he was was naturally honest Well WeB I was dreadfully young he said and you know fellows sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times get a foolish streak and andI andI and and- I I I knew It walled waited the girl I Iwas I Iwas was just sure of It and It-and and youve you've been trying to conceal It from me Youve You've tried to make me think I was the only girl you ever loved Was Vas she pretty I Well I should say say say-no no n no cried the young man Not at all And I know now I wasn't In love with her a a. abit bit But Dut you thought you were said 1 the pretty girl burying her head In Inthe inthe 1 the sofa cushions and that's just j-J-just as bad Did you th-th th th think you liked her then as well as you say you like me menow now Oh but you didn't know me then so you cant can't tell Maybe you liked her lots better better and and theres there's no noway noway noway way for mo me to find out Marie said the young man of course I didn't like Uke her as I do you How absurd It was just a boyish infatuation an episode a shadow It was nothing Not worth thinking about Then why persisted the pretty girl did you make me miserable by telling me about her If I had never known It wouldn't have havo mattered so much much much-I I could still have been happy The young man took a turn around the tho room You made me mo tell you he lie expostulated I didn't want to and there wasn't anything to tell anyway anyway anyway any any- way Say well we'll be a gre greet great t deal hap hap- happier happier happier pier If we wo just drop it Youre You're tho the only one and that's all all' there is to It Do you mean It asked the tho pretty prett girl drying her eyes You know I mean It it said the young man Well VeU never ne mention her again will we No agreed the tho pretty girl softly as ho he sat Iowa down beside her Well leave her ber out of consideration Then there was peace for a n brief moment until the pretty girl had bad time timeto to think Then she looked at him accusingly accusingly ac ac- ac and suddenly f But are you sure Bert she said tremulously that she was the only one of all those others you cared that much about Wasn't th there there re some one I else Now toll tell me trulY Chicago truly truly- Chicago Dally Daily N News |
