The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-02-07

with pride if she can think to herself:
Il was his Inspiration"
He-And If / had done something
great, something that made people
talk of me with praise and with respect
/ should have come to you
unhappy until you had said: Il am
proud OF you"
She-Would youP .. Idon't be-
Heve it
He-Do you think am happy now?
Do you think that this est angement
has come from my desire TO be rid OF
such friendship?
She-No- i would not like to be-
lieve that But why have you neg
lccted me? II you had found some
other whom you loved-who was
nearer to you than l-could you not
have trusted me and told mee Can
you not tell me nowP
He-There is no such one.
Shelf there were l suppose you
would never speak to her at all. II
you give such odd expression to friend
snip, what expression would you give
to love?
He-I was only too happy with you
But you began TO make new friends.
She-BegGn2 l was always making
new-no. not friends-acquaintan
He-And then they told mo
She-What?
He-That you were TO marry Mr.
Blackstone
She-It was not rue-that isl
mean. of course, papa, at first, wished
me to. and
He-And-there's no particular rea-
son why you shouldn't
She-Only one / don't love him.
He-1hat is hardly necessary now
adays-
She-Cheap cynicism does not be-
come you That remark is very
stupid.
He-Wen-he is wealthy-he is
good-looking-he is
Shea numskull / am not yeraJ =
particular, but a npmskull can not
endure.
He-Still you must marry in your
station / know that L know that
somebody will come along and carry
you Off not Mr.. Blackstone, some
body else.
She-My station! What is my sta
ton?
He-You are belle. You have all
pleasure. all the luxury life can
Offer. Your fortune must, 1 suppose,
mate with another fortune.
She-Pm sure i don't know why a
million should have to mate with
another million. any more than man
six feet high should have TO marry a
woman six feet high.
He-But society
She-What is society? -...-
He-The people who decide the
status Of other people
She-That reduces character to
matter of opinion.
He-Society is simply opinion in
authority.
She-You are getting heavy. Il
thought you had flower in your but
ton-hole-Fm sure / saw her take a
bud from her bouquet and put it there
Where is ftp
He-Dropped somewhere. | suppose.
She-There-there's q pink That
will drop, suppose" too
He-No
She-So they told you was to mar
me to. But why did you not ask me
about it7
He-It was delicate question
She-Yet it was not fair of you. You
know me we'll enough, and you know
| would have told you
He-I was afraid you would
She-Would it have hurt you very
muchp | doubt it Your attentions 10
that other
He-There is no other.
She-I certainly heard-and then
the way you have avoided me
/ have SO wanted to see you sometimes.
Do you know-but 1 won't tell you
He-What is it? Do tell me-
She-I will-because we have been
such good friends. have begun a
dozen letters to you-and torn them
all up.
He-Why did you not send them? i
She-It did not become my amour
propre to beg a friendship, even so
sweet as yours has been to me-
He-Has it been so sweet?
She-I don't know why. but you
have been so much more to me than
any body else Ihave told you all my
secrets, and somehow it has been the
most natural thing in the world for
me to do.
He-Then you have not found me
unworthy of your conidenceP
She-No, no; even when | saw you
grow cold and avoid me. it did not oc-
cur to me TO doubt you.
He-Coldl Avoid you'll II you only
knew what that coldness cost me; how
1 suffered
She-Why did you need to suffer?
He-What had I, a poor devil pick
ing up a p-ecarious livelihood. TO do
with a girl whose sphere was so far
from mine?
Sbe-So far from yours7 do not
understand you
He-No7 That Is Why I avoided
you
She-Philip, Surely you don't think
I am one of those miserable women
who play with mems hearts? Surely
you don't doubt me? No. you can
not believe me so bad? ! did not seek
to make you fall in love with me- /
wanted your friendship
He-No. / never doubted you, and
now know the trutl?
She-What truth?
He-Can you not see that through
our friendship / looked forward and
saw that some day it must all end7 If
/ had had a name-any thing that
would have balanced your position-I
might have dreamed of no end But /
should have kept away from you.
She-Kept away from mel What