The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-13

10 accept AN offer from. my !aunt's
Gso ,ssnne r;sSi, nu.s oh: Sylvia s Si% ' xsS
made q mistake. IL has always seemed
20 me that yoa were not quite yourSeif
might as we'll confess tn your only sister
that ycs' consider yon werc " little over
sGwcn" cried Sylvia anerily. show
dare yon! Why should ! regret h !
liz iou often shy that you never saw
Is 70 me. only hope that you may be as
IDEAL Moreover, mother approved OF
co%fors on her dcasShei to feel that /
was provided for and that ms. husbands
house could he your hone."
joined sylvia o6stinateiy. "I ann not m
ferring to Mr.. walters' conduct since
yoMr mnrriag.' but to yo.,r own hetprs II:
and why you fell i'm love with your hus-
hand. His learning and peaceful disposi.
You were not, the girl TO- IL. f~ascina,oi rs
either one or the other"
Love is not "a matter of ha~ri-and.fast
love without knowing why"
81 don't think 40. There must bc some
attraction. II I could see any for myself
bestowed my affections on your opposite
neighbour. the reason would he ssif;evi-
dem: as,d ! Tho%lI In nssd r. W, jn" ! s.Ssi% think
n young woman who handed her heart ont
the window To "a young man with whom
need a good deal OF qualification"
May" said Gwen. smiling, lit would
just be love at first sight. Now let us sup
pose. for "a moment. that MIR. Walters WAS
like Prince Charming"
81 shall not suppose anything 81 the
sort" interrups.d MrS; Walter. with ar
this kind Of talk. IL is utterly purposelcss
and shows very little consideration for my
81 am SORRY" said Gwen. penitently. "if
! have vexed you. Ii never seemed to me
as il you could care what one said; hut /
way. But there is one thing which / did
want tn say about Prince Charming how
wish ] knew his real nanne!-which is
Does he strike you, i'm the same light:"
But Sylvia shook her head.
'I,ye barely seen him now" said:
bending over her work. ~ caught sight
Of q smart young man; hut their name In
legion. and they are all much alike"
81 heR. your pardon. Sylvia but you are
neighbour is just ~ stereotyprd young man
Of ashio II you haven't seen him he
fore. I'm sure havc..only seen him, you
must try To remember where. We went
knocking about 80 much i'm the old
dny. Chat it is DIFFICULT to recall such
'Gwendolen." answered Mrs. Walters,
trying ITO make her fair young face as
make Il, II m"ss Sss Of 'y You e !" talk no
more Of the young man who lives oppo-
site. ] tell you l will not c~onntenance
S sSs STREET trying II e NJ E:' w Sn " Raa% he " %aSid
bc c~Xtrc,neiy amhoyed."
"We1l, il you tell him, mind yOu mention
the fact that the Prince l~aharning's dem
onstrs.tions have gone beyond thc limits
of curiosity. He HASN'T done anything. to
which the primmcst of people could raise
an objection: He i merely almost "a fix
turr at his window"
back tai her easel, and Mrs. Walters then
began to look deeply engrossed in the
shading of her embroidery silks but it
whether she was looking at terra GOTTA ar
cardinal red. Perhaps Gwen monopolizcd
too much Of the scant of Lon
sylvia said Gwen that night. as they
went tn their rooms. '.jnst come in here
for a mp.nSm.. I've though il all "n,
pIzzling over il all evening. Didn't you
notice how quiet l was: Now, don't look
im%Iatient; y1" must listen. It's quite in,
WELL, Gwen. tn speak frankly l am
" "Gpcs''' 'T""' 10" '''k OF nothing
"Thcrc's nothing else half so interest
pretended u be bored just tn tease me.
But you will just listen To this. do you
rsmSmner going to boniogms with
ago last June. l was at school at Miss
Parkinson's, and l was so jealous of you
having such " nice jaIn,; IhSm mother
with you at all, and that you were going
with aunt Lncy down into Cornwall. and
Of you. i Thought il WAS awful fun.
though ID seemed n pity You had been
knocked mp and COULDN'T stay ON and
and where saw Prince Charming; he
was staying at Boulognc. too, and we