Little Falls transcript., 1885-02-27

woman, scert tam Yoti mourned for
him but time is q wonderful healer,
I5anA you soon ont iyed yot,rs grieff. &
I,ady {rising ind iignantl on shall
not speak TO me in snch s way wont
listen to- ron. g
Knight {calnly Sit down, Ellie,
I'll apolo ogize; it Wasn't soon, but you
have ontliyed it. hy. child, it's the
way of the world, one outlives every.
thing Ellie, how young you are, ID
spite Of your how many years.
When you throw up your head il that
old way ! fancy myself back On your
uncle's old porch in Chester you were
q very wilIful girl, Helen. q f=.
Lady with hight htened color y am q
very willful woman. = 81;
Knight Laughing Il haven't the
slightest doubt OF it, my dear fortunate
ly, can manage willfulneas and you
better than I did in my callow days.
Seriously, Helen, i have something to
to say to you; we didn't meet BY acci-
dent. ] was waiting for you, waiting
to say Ii. Your train hadn't gone,
lied to you. Yes, I did !; don't look angry
listen and hear the old story Ellie, an
swer the old question II came to-day to
ask it.
Lady (nurriedly, glancing about
distractedly go, hush, hush; do hush
some one will surely, surely hear
you 2" L: 4
During the last few sentences elder
" party in glasses, torn by the conflict
ling emotions, feminine sense Of honor
always weak, feminine love Of romance
always strong. has alternately fidgeted
to proclaim her presence and remained
breathless to conceal it. At this appeal
honor triumphs and she heroically and
noisily drops her sun umbrella, which
Knight picks up and returns with po-
lite bow. Thus admitted to his conf
dence e. P. casts honor to the winds,
and, leaning forward, shamelessly, anx-
iously, eagerly, mpathizingly listens!) y
knight with perfect calm )1L Let any
one hear, let the whole world hear, I
told you honestly years ago, I repeat it
as honestly to-day-I love you Helen ;
will you be my wife?" 355Ss,
Lady (blushing painfully Tom,
you don't know what You ara saying;
| you can't mean it; you can't be serious
| you haven't loved me all this time.
Knight (still calmly g No, my dear,
II haven't" HUH .z
Lady Indignantly Then Why do
| you want to marry me? You only saw
4 me last evening. You hadn't chance
4 to fall in love with me if you forgot me
the minute we parted
Knight Laughing 80, the delicious
ness of feminine logic! My darling girl
who said that I forgot you the minute
we parted? / haven't gone. about the
world weeping for you all the time, but,
believe me most truly, have loved nc
other woman. After our foolish, silly
little quarrel and our still more foolish
parting, ! was miserable" @ @S
Lady-"Why did you rush off K
Europe?" ii z,53ls 5
Knight-"Why didn't you stop me
! One word wonld have been enough. il
was foolish. If had staid in New Yorl
we'd have kissed and made up IN {
week" .a,..- -. %
Lady-"You must think I was very
forgiviug; it was all your fault, to begir
with" 4
Kn1ght--"G -"Granted." -:
! Lady-"Well, of course, I was sill,
and disagreeable, and obstinate. Tn
so sorry, Tom but you went away, anG
I thought you didn't care, and" H..
! Knight(dryly)- -"And good, stupid
rich old man came along and-you mar
ried him !"@ f# -
Lady (with dignity ~" Our converse
tion had better stop. You quite forge
you are speaking to . wife of her hus
band" (Takes up her book and begin
to read. Knight studies the head o
his cane moodily. "A long pause.) =.
| Knight--"Ia suppose you are righ
about it. I'll try not to offend again
When I look at you ] forget-every
thing! Well, I went to Europe, and j
I hadn't been afraid Of your laughing .
me I'd have come back on the sam,
steamer" gE ". - . t:ss
! Lady-"O! Tom, if you only had!'
| Knight-"So l wrote you letter"
4 Lady(excitedly) Tom! I never go
/ i'll" &c.,. -, .5ss5
knight (composedly)-"I never sen
1.-THE day it would have left father
letter came from New York, telling nj
4 Of your new betrothal."
i Lady-"You might have saved me.
i Knight From marrying the ,bes
man in the world? What 40 you tax,
me for?. ] had known your most excel
! lent and respectable husband for man.
i years. The same woman could no
love him and me. If, you intended tx
marry him without LOVING him, why, j
was q poor lookout for him. but tina
did ME no good. 5$E3:5
/ Lady (pleadingly) Tom, I was $,
! very miserable, and he was really yer,
good to me and you Ind left me, Tom. J.
KING Helen, you said you nevel
wanted to see my face again. Well /. !.
spent my miserable quarter of an hour
then I hraced up, had charming trip
| went everywhere, saw everything stale
i four years, came back cured! Faith
er's death had left me so rich as to bear
| idler for life. I am an eligible, I petteG
and made much Of. I've gotten q goot
deal Of pleasure ont Of Life. I nevel
1. quite forgot you, Helen, but I didn'
! grieve for you any more than I did FOL
Il poor Jack. You remember Jack Ellie 2
Lady (eagerly = and how yor
held me on his back. Tom. : zS ...5.s s
Knig ght And how you screamed
i when he began to trot. .s.
Lady - But I hung on, that was ths
first time ! ever saw y on. - Il.
. Knight Cooking at her thoug ughtfulIJ
50 You'ye changed since then j; you
wore your hair in q pigtai1. = I. ~ assssll
Lady hich you and Jim used <
pull x s.s .asss. ssh 5,.