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No engagement had been announced, the pair were devoted to one another, there was no known rival on either side; yet the courtship continued without coming to its expected conclusion. NO ENGAGEMENT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED THE PAIR WERE DEVOTED TO ONE ANOTHER THERE WAS NO KNOWN RIVAL ON EITHER SIDE YET THE COURTSHIP CONTINUED WITHOUT COMING TO ITS EXPECTED CONCLUSION
ove. There’s first hate, too.” “Hate’s a strong word,” remarked Lawson. “So is love,” put in another. “Hate’s strongest,” said Ericssen grimly. “In the animal kingdom, at least,” he added suggestively, and then kept his lips closed, except to sip his liquor, for the rest of the evening—until the party at length broke up, leaving Lawson and one other man, both old trusted friends of many years’ standing. “It’s not a tale I’d tell to everybody,” he began, when they were alone. “It’s true, for one thing; for another, you see, some of those good fellows”—he indicated the empty chairs with an expressive nod of his great head—“some of ’em knew him. You both knew him too, probably.” “The man you hated,” said the understanding Lawson. “And who hated me,” came the quiet confirmation. “My other reason,” he went on, “for keeping quiet was that the tale involves my wife.”[76] The two listeners said nothing, but each remembered the curiously long courtship that had been the prelude to his marriage. Y I MEANT EXACTLY WHAT I SAID REPLIED THE HOST BLUNTLY THERE'S FIRST LOVE THERE'S FIRST HATE TOO HATES A STRONG WORD REMARKED LAWSON SO IS LOVE PUT IN ANOTHER HATES STRONGEST SAID ERICSSON GRIMLY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM AT LEAST HE ADDED SUGGESTIVELY AND THEN KEPT HIS LIPS CLOSED EXCEPT TO SLIP HIS LIQUOR FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING UNTIL THE PARTY AT LENGTH BROKE UP LEAVING LAWSON AND ONE OTHER MAN BOTH OLD TRUSTED FRIENDS OF MANY YEARS STANDING IT'S NOT A TALE I TELL TO EVERYBODY HE BEGAN WHEN THEY WERE ALONE IT'S TRUE FOR ONE THING FOR ANOTHER YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE GOOD FELLOWS HE INDICATED THE EMPTY CHAIRS WITH AN EXPRESSIVE NOD OF HIS GREAT HEAD SOME OF EM KNEW HIM YOU BOTH KNEW HIM TOO PROBABLY THE MAN YOU HATED SAID THE UNDERSTANDING LAWSON AND WHO HATED ME CAME THE QUIET CONFIRMATION MY OTHER REASON HE WENT ON FOR KEEPING QUIET WAS AT THE TALE INVOLVES MY WIFE THE TWO LISTENERS SAID NOTHING BUT EACH REMEMBERED THE CURIOUSLY LONG COURTSHIP THAT HAD BEEN THE PRELUDE TO HIS MARRIAGE
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