Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-03-13

Mother. lnere'S 5 been ole Lnlt ABOUT
this last month that has made il ssem
like old times. I'm again al objec: OF
interest to man. Mrs. Woodwcrth
frightened.
% my dear, who is he? or course it
would be such comfort to see you
but how do you know2'
only one of the doctors, Mother, the
only one who seems to study me as
woman rather than nurse. And 1 am
a womani Last night, while / sat
tanning a patient, kept wondering If
L could have that tan. colored dress
dyed. What do you thlnk?'
But the parent had not extracted all
the honey she wanted It of the hint
the daughter had given. and she re-
verted to the doctor till Eleanor saw
with dismay that she had lad corner
stone Oh which her mother was already
erecting a castle in Spain.
Moreover, from week to week, Mrs.
Woodwork expected new building
material for her alr-castle and Eleanor
tried to satisfy the maternal interest
and pride without lingering on sub
Iect whose bloom is rubbed of with
words. That she could jest at all about
it is not TO her discTedit, for a society
girl who had seen Dixey fifty times,
and cynicisms 50 charmIngly put by
Life love cannot be the unutterabie
thing that it Is to a simple country
maiden. 1t may be a Joy beyond all
previously-tasted joys, but il Is not
altogether a revelation. 1t Is as II she
said. not.
What is this wonderful blossom tuat
l have never seen betore?' but
'Ah, yes vIoletsl My favorite
| 1ower.'
Thus it came about that Eleanor
| Woodworth, hearing her mother talk
as If 1t must happen, at last caught
| herself wondering what she would say
| If 1t should happen, If DR.. Seymour
| should speak.
I'm busy and contented with my
work and piecing together those parts
of my life that were left when the crash
came; then why-but l should make
Mother so unhappy If l didn't, that
| perhaps
Her suspense was not long. Neither
shall yours be. Within a few more
weeks d.. Seymour de aimed Miss
Wo1dworth after giving her the medi-
cine for a precious case that he trusted
TO her alone, and he said:
Miss Woodworth, / want to say to
you what 1 lave been saying to myself
since-that evening l want TO confess.
| did not beileve that a society woman,
| a tai OT-made girl, could be so sensible
| and helpful as you have been That
has always been a prejudice of mine.
and certain experience I've had has
| hardened me to II. | became engaged
a few years ago to young lady whom
| met III the summer, when il was all
play and no work for everybody. But
when l returned to my post, and she
to her whirl of pleasure it seemed
lrcOngruous that we should try To
compromise on way OF living. i
always heard OF her as a social success,
and she-never heard OF me- L let
myself decline more invitations where
l might meet her in a throng and got,
as | confess deserved. fewer invita-.
uions to meet here tete-a-tete. And
when she went abroad last fall, ouI
engagement was at an end.
Miss Wood dWorth, L never thought
to speak words of love again, but since
| have known you, your noble meeting
of every emergency, your womanlinesS,
that no one before you ever convinced
me could be animate in a bosom fash
lOnably bared-all this has made me
feel that L have much to learn from
one whom my old belief told me tO
class scornfully as pretty girl, and
i am again going TO ask the prettlesJ
of them all to be my wife-to ask heI
| humbly. l do not mean to spare my
own obstinate mIstrust, my unnecessary
blindness, but II L may make amends,
if l may be given one more chance TO
prove that can love to the end the
true woman you have opened my eyes
to see at last-But you are puzzled to
| know whom l mean? 1t is Miss
| Cynthia Howe. of Newton