not help remembering the gossip about tom and the fact that i saw him coming from the red house i wonder if he has not gone to break away from temptation in new he may turn over a new leaf oh i would so like to write to him and to tell him how much i hope for this fresh start but i hardly like to open the envelope i have been this afternoon to call on miss west the are not exactly of my world but it seemed kind to go if you were really honest you would add that you wanted to see what miss west is like it is all very well to put on airs of disinterested virtue but if george had not spoken of this girl it is rather doubtful whether you would have taken the trouble to go to her in your very best and � and you did put on your very best and wondered while you were doing it whether she would appreciate the lace you bought at i understand you wanted to impress her a little though you did try to make yourself believe that you were only wearing your finest clothes to do honor to her what a you are i the of a saint came to the door and asked me into the parlor where i was left to wait some time before miss west appeared i confessed then to myself how i had really half hoped that she would not be in but now the call is over i am glad to have seen her i am a little confused but i know what she is she is the most beautiful creature i ever saw she has a clear color when she like a red in september the last and the richest of all the of the year then her hair curls about her forehead in such dear little that it is enough to make one want to kiss her she speaks with a funny little western to her r s which might not please me in another but is charming from her lips the mouth that speaks is so pretty yes george was right of ber mind one cannot say quite as much she is not entirely well bred it seemed to me but then we are a little old fashioned in she did notice the and asked me where i got it oh she said when i had told her then you have been abroad yes i said i went with my father judge took you abroad several times did n t he put in yes i went with him three times oh my commented miss west how set up you must feel i don t think i do i answered laughing do you feel set up because you have the west that so few of us have visited why i never thought of that she responded you have n t any of you in the west have you january i have n t at least but that ain t anything to compare with going abroad she continued her face falling and going abroad three times too i should put on airs all the rest of my life if i d done that it is not fair to go on putting down in black and white things that she said without thinking i am ashamed of the satisfaction i found myself taking in her i was even so unfair to her that i could not help thinking that she somehow did not ring true i wonder if a woman can ever be entirely just to another woman who has been praised by the man she cares for if not i will be an exception to my sex i i will not be small and mean just because miss west is so lovely that no man could see her without � well without admiring her greatly january i went down to the mill this afternoon to see daniel and to represent to him the of the faithful at frozen prayer meetings he was standing in the door of the mill which was open to the brisk air and his frock gave a picturesque air to his great figure he greeted me pleasantly as he always does i ve come on business i said your own or somebody s else he asked with a grin not exactly mine i admitted what has aunt sent you for now he demanded i laughed at his penetration you are too sharp to be deceived i said aunt did send me they tell me you are trying to destroy the church by them all to death at the prayer meetings the of a saint aunt can t be frozen she s too dry that is n t at all a nice thing to say i said smiling you can t cover your by her he showed his teeth and settled himself against the door post more comfortably why did n t she come herself he inquired she said that she was afraid you d pop her into the you see what a monster you are considered i would n t be willing to spoil my meal daniel likes to play at and if he had ever had a chance might have some skill at it as it is i like to see how he it if i am not always impressed by the wit of what he says i said why do you the people so in the i have n t known of anybody s being frozen but why don t you have a fire i persisted if you don t want to build it there are boys enough that can be hired how is your mother to day was the only answer the vouchsafed she s very comfortable thank you why don t you have a fire makes folks sleepy he declared and once more oflf abruptly to another subject 