The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-11-17
OLD MEMORIES,
md you'll manage it if YOU possibly

been here quite long enough"
Nonsense! Come here, Madge; l
want you particularly"
"Oh, don't, Rex."-the last eXci4'
nation having rather a smothered
sound.
"Alice, do shut that door; those peo-
ole seem to think that every n must
be asimpervious TO draughts as they are.
And as her younger niece rose to obey
Miss Owen said, sharply, "And why on
earth does she call him Rex" instead OF
his W name?"
"Somc ovc'Honscn8c, I suppose
said Alice, with a yawn; "they are silly
enough for anything"
And she went back to her book, while
her aunt went on with her knitting, and
thought Of Alice's words.
Some love nonsense All. She
could remember the time when she had
stood by that very hall-doOr where
Madge and her lover were now quite as
happy, quite as thoughtless and quite as
Contented.
What a long time it used to take Har.
~ 70 say good night, an how she used
10 watch until he was quite ont OF sight
under the dark trees Of the avenue! IT
was all pure happiness until R]samond
came. Somehow, things never seemed
the same afterWard. Harry used to wait
&c n mrsirEond R0ssmond nlaved
so beautiiully-so the good night talk
So or,,nbIa Uhan Harry enioved good
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Tond Uoe yarv rrsttv-avarv onn
I'D COO tbat. so i T.5s M " ,ndar that
H. sLorId admire har fair comnlnv-
ion oI5 lovely hair and evas only i
H-os ratLn- 6ya,dFn1 ~ faaI how nioin
OIL .,nattrsrtivn nrn Tnst lo,E brre;Ha
Lar eLa gonn,I obia +, do avarvth;ar
zoo! al ayorv onn nreieed har fac.
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~ rememher tbe knitting was dropped
here. and the face above il grew hard,
i remember Harry telling me be
w,-bpd I c0DId trv 10 imitae her
more. and MAKING myself more pener-
allv liked. | o [ must have made
some answer. but [ don't remember it.
I can only remember a blind, HELPLESS
feeling of misery and wounded pride
and love.
7 c0uId not have changed so much in
n few daysand Harry had always till now
declared that I was the dearest and best
Cfall to BIN, and he wondered everv one
didn't fall in love with me. I knew that
WAS nonsense. but what was this?
went away 0 after, and cried as
though nav heart would break, and I
remember saving, over, and over. oh,
NOT Harfv-not Harrvl" II seemed as
iFI eould give IN everything else if |
might keep his love.
was dull and stupid shat evening;
and though he kissed me when ne said
good.nioht il did not comfort me mnch
SEEING that il was accompanied by II
wish dear. Won wouldn't make vourself
misersble about nothing. and would try
to take adyice instead of sulkinp over
jtn
They were hard words. I Thought.
bnt / tried to do as he said, though ev-
cry day | felt more and more sure that
the love which had been mine was CIV
en- TO Rosamond, and at last our engage
ment was broken on.
1t is curious that the remembrance of
that day should make me SILVER now
after so many years; but | suffered very
keenlv.
Rosamond went away, and soon after
We heard thai she n Harry were en-
gagged. -,
remember nearing taat people did
not think ! could have cared for Harry
very much. l took everything so quiet
ly. ] was glad they thought so. Why
should they have any idea OF the bitter
hesrtache seemed always now to fell!
It was a little comfort that they should
blame me instead OF Harry.
Then, one day, q letter came, telling
Of Rosamond,s has.y marriage to a mar
many years older than herself, but very
rich.
There was no word of Harry: and
think ] grieved more for him than ]
had ever done for myself flowed hin
still-how dearly no one guessed-and
tormented myself day by day witt
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