The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-25
MISS ENDICOTT.

for flirting, they said she could lot give
it up because she had never taken it
up.
Why, I don't believe she ever had
such thing as a proposal in her life"
said Mrs. Snow, and Rev. Mr.. Snow
wondered if 1t were wrong for s clergy
man not to disabuse his wife's mind OF
such an error.
Miss Endieott had accepted the YER
dict Of her friends without a demur'
and seemed resigned. What did it sig
nifty? II she had never been in love,
was it her fault2 She had once be
lieyed that the time would come, had
waited and watched for her hero, but
he had delayed, and now she was
passe, and heroes always loved youth
and beauty, and she no longer expecteG
him. She had her interests, her poor
people, her books, her friends, and
these did not satisfy, she said nothing
about il.
If life was a little prosaic compared
with what she had expected Of it, it was
not because she brooded over what she
had missed, and did not enjoy the sun
set of the present in regretting the
light that never was on sea or land"
she loved TO see other women with their
lovers, and she often thought that she
took as much pleasure IN the sight OF
pretty Irritation as those most concern
ed. Love-making interested her i'm
/
| herself in the matter, and when men,
Young and old, fiocked to her recep-
tions, she took no credit to herself;
they came to see the pretty girls with
the bloom upon their cheeks. and were
civil enough to seem interested IN what
ever she had to say.
she did not know there was charm
in her face dependent neither upon
youth nor blOOm-''a sweet, attractive
kind OF grace" which even the pretty
Young girls coveted. In all she said.
I'VE are going 10 drive 10 the Glen
today" yentured Mr.. Lawrence. one
summer morning. when she was visit
ing at the country house OF her friend,
Mrs. Turner. Unless you will drive
With me, shall be obliged to 60
alone"
And you don't care for your OWL
society ?h she smiled.
"Tbere is society covet more"
-"Oh, you needn't go alone. Mr. Law
renee, I heard Miss Scott express bel
belief that she would be paired off with
YOU, put in Miss Hughes.
Miss Scott was mistaken"
"That old maid ~ said Miss Scott, a;
she sulkily watched Mr.. Lawrence anC
Miss Endicott driving of.
Every day there was q little journey
hither and Won; and every day it wa!
Miss Endicott TO whom Mr.. Lawrenc,
attached himself. 1t was Miss EndicOt
whom he helped up the steep paths, 10
whom he found the wild flowers, :,
whom he gave the humming-bird'
nest mr. the Indian arrowhead, whom
he Joined on the veranda, with whom
he searched the heavens for comet o
tracked the consultations; il was Mis-
Endicott whom he rowed up the creek
among the meadows, to whom b
brought the birds he bagged. to whoI
he read Mather Arnold's poems unde
the lofty pine trees, or Browning o
the sea beach, and il was for her b
sketched the glen.
why he isfamiliar enough to call be
Vera already" pouted Miss Scott.
Hush he has q right to call hS
Vera, l suppose. They were engage
. once, but she broke the engagement
} This is only friendship, said their hos
ess, Mrs. Turner.
"Fiddlesticks! l don't believe
friendship, ;" declared Miss Scott.
When friendshiphalf would look like love
quoted Miss Hughes. Il must say it
a dangerous experiment for two pee
pie who were once engaged TO tiiTt."
h This is not Irritation; il is compar
h ionship," said Mrs. Turner.
"Of course he can't be in love wit
- her-at her age. too. He's only anu.
ing himself" said Miss Scott.
II What Miss Endicott thought about
u was quite commonplace. Mr.. LawrenS
< was her most intimate friend; they ha
known each other for years and year
:, They had been lovers-that IS, he ha
loved her, AMI she had hoped TO loI
X him and had failed. II she began {
h sus. ect that il was c OF impossible aft'
lie all, what then7 Many q woman ha
:. loved in her maturer years the ma
y whom she only liked IN her you'll
Was il because years had brought h'
hi the capacity for appreciation, Insigl
e. and understanding She began
wonder why the tones OF his voice ha
never thrilled her in the old days. VII
she had no. loved him, why he had ~
been her hero. Was it too late?
; seems not. He waited upon b.
a. chances, he loved her neighbOrhOOd;
there was q difference in his mann
T. was it not fear lest he be deluded agsi
10 lest he might seem 10 take too muC
or for granted7
n Mr.. Lawrence was hardly thirty;
Ss was merely drifting. Ii had once bee
Is all the world 70 him TO breathe
n' Vera's presence. There was char
about her still. out had lie right 20
charmedl He assured himself dai
~ that he was not making love SnObO'
n. co-ld mistake him. In old Gays be hi
been so different, so fun Of enthusiasm
Y so devoted-this was only q platon
on affair between two hearts which undo
Il stood each other. Was il not Lama
70 tine who once said "a woman cou
70 have no such friend rs another woman
M lover" or something OF the kind4 B
= side. Vera had never loved him, ev
his i'm the old times; he had deluded hiI
= self for a while, but it was she hers
who had delegated him 10 the be
region Of friendship when he had POI
ed ont his affections upon her WI
should she make any mistake now
nj They had been out gathering "