Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
Making Up.

singular!
al don't think it is singular"
Fred. Tracy lit his cigar over again, and
resumed his favorite recumbent attitude.
His friend, Harry Blake, kept on whiting,
now and then casting wondering glances at
this handsome woman.hater. After |
moments silence Harry remarked:
"How any man can dislike women, is |
more than | can tell"
"Bahr interrupted Fred: "you forget |
that had step-mother, and"
"Was jilted?'
"No, srF'-this with emphasis" no
woman ever Tilted metz
"But what about your engagement with |
SueOsmond? Something happened. Whose
fault was it-yours or hers ?"
"If you want to know, I'll tell you, and
leave you to judge whose fault it was.
That girl ran away with every bit of sense
had, for a brief period-only a brief
period. l woke up one night to a realiza-
ton of what fool had been OF course,
every fellow who is engaged to girl sup
pose he has won perfection. did"
"a very foolish thing to suppose, to
begin with"
"Pshawl You don't know what you are
talking about. For about six weeks after
our engagement, everything was lovely.
She was pretty, fascinating, deucedly in
telligent and accomplished; and l spared
no pains to take her everywhere she
wanted to go. Ny team was kept pretty
busy in those days, can tell you. Sue
couldn't ride in hired coach; and as for
the ears or stage, why, bless your heart
should never have dreamed, in any
emergency, of suggesting either"
Do you mean to tell me that Sue Os-
mOnd is such fool as that p
"She never said anything about the way
she should go; but, don't you see. / made
such an idol Of her that could not bear to
feel for moment that she had stepped
outside Of her own especial sphere?"
Fiddlestcks ~
All right. Fall in love yourself, and then
see Well, this was my manner of treat
ing her. One evening, last Winter, was
returning from the Office. 1t was about
seven o'clock, and it never rained harder
since the deluge. 1t was a cold, slippery
horrible night, and Jim Hawkins and
walked straight through the crowded boat
and stood outside under the awning
mere we're only two or three there beside
noticed a woman leaning against the
opposite side of the window. / saw that sh'
1aa on an old water, proof cloak, and tn,
aooa was drawn over her hat. Finally
n'sf considerably squirting at the figur
anu SIDE face of the woman, Jim said, will
anudge:
Don't you know who that is, Fred ?"
dow in the mischief should | know
| asked.
,,.i You ought to, if any body. Take
good look, now.
,, Just then the boat touched the docl
uiOoSed, and as sure as live, there stoo
que OSmond, my lady-love. She drew tn
5UOu closer over her face, and while | w'
gdihg what to do the chain was lowereC
'Ha que was lost among the crowd"
Inc man who hesitates, you know"
~ les, l know all about it. An hol
sN' s'er' | called on Miss Osmond. She W
SeSSed' ready to receive me. / never sa
Lf Hr eyes SO bright; there was an indefin
&c ghtter all over her, and her manner W
while, said 1:
que, | could have sworn an hour a
'"at saw you on ferry:boatW p
Il, Gould your she laughed, witho
hanging color. "Never swear to person
Iuentty. | knew man who got into
"Orrld I. scrape once by doing So"
asked. '0"' ""'
a. now ridiculous p she answered a
;:ueI' with most unusual touch of defar
tbons ner manner: "Suppose it was-wl
hv GNothlng much," said /; "only 60
", Miss Osmondp
II. Irulyf" said she in the calmest po
0ie manner
..n les, truly" l answered, "unless J
ona..: n account satisfactorily for conduct
as death. e0"s
"SS $50 questionable" repeated.
she said: ""''0 neA'' ini' 10 !"
ABOUT seven o'clock this evening