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e! Jarge, do you know, I call a street like this quiet compared to the country!" George's laugh grew heartier. "If that ain't the funniest thing I ever heard!" "It's true, Jarge!" Rosie was very serious but her seriousness only added to George's mirth. "All right, kid, have it your own way. But it's kind of a new idea: the city's quiet and the country's noisy, is that it?" "Oh, I don't say the city's exactly quiet." Rosie picked her words carefully. "All I mean is, you don't notice the noises in the city like you do the noises in the country. The city noises are not such strange noises." "Oh! That's it, is it? I see!" and George slapped his knee in lusty amusement. "Jarge," Rosie began slowly, "there's something I want to talk to you about." "Well, here I am. There'll never be a better time." "It's about Ellen, Jarge." George's laugh stopped abruptly. "I don't like to say anything about her, Jarge, because she's my own sister...." Rosie paused and sighed. "You're in love with her, Jarge, aren't you?" "Yes, Rosie, I'm afraid I am. And I'm afraid I've got it bad, too." "Jarge dear, tell me one thing: why are you in love with her?" George shook his head. "Search me. I don't know." "But, Jarge, she ain't the kind of girl you ought to be in love with." "That so?" George's voice showed very little interest. "Why, you ought to be in love with a nice girl, Jarge--I mean a girl that would love you and pet you and save your money and take good care of you. That's the kind of girl you want, Jarge." "Is it?" George's tone was still apathetic. "Sure it is. Now, Jarge, look at the whole thing sensibly. What do you want with a girl like Ellen? She doesn't think of any one but herself and all she's after is getting beaux and spending money. What would you do with her if you had her? Why, she'd clean out your savings in two weeks, and then where would you be and where would your mother be and where would the farm be?" George sighed heavily. "I suppose you're right, Rosie, but that don't seem to make any difference. I don't know why I want her, but I do. I want her so bad I lay awake nights and I ain't never laid awake before in my life. No use talking, Rosie, it's Ellen or no one for me." "But, Jarge dear, why can't you be sensible? You're sensible in other things." "See here, Rosie, you don't know what you're talking about!" George spoke sharply but not unkindly. "A fellow don't fall in
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