The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-11-13

body who was not perfectly gentlemanly
and"
''Do you mean that am not gentle
man. said Marden.
"Why, no, of course not. That is why
I-why liked you"
"Oh!"
"And 1 always thought you were the
most perfect man in that respect"
"Thank you. am very grateful, but
will you tell me when it was that 1
failed to be what you thought meP"
"And I always thought you were the
most generous and unselfish man ever
knew, and l am certain that never had
any reason to change that idea"
"Wen?"
"And you know that there was never
anybody else that l cared for"
''Well?'
''You were always so handsome and so
brave and-and-yes, l lviH say it-and
50 loving"
"Well?'
$50 you must see that could not have
wanted to do it."
"Oh, but that does not explain why
you did do it,
81 know it. Only it is so hard; and,
Frank you are not helping me Bit"
81 don't see why need to; you were
Independent enough to throw me over
and MAKE me miserable for life"
Have you been miserable, FRANKIE
81 think l have almost died. sail
Marden solemnly.
'Have you? l have been miserable,
too Frank. And l have missed your
steps and your voice and your laugh
have missed your laugh very much,
Frank"
eve used to have such pleasant times
together, Grace"
yes; and mother says the house
sounds so lonely without you in the
evening""
81 thought a great deal of your
mother"
Yes, we did have happy times.
shall never forget them. And to think
that now they are all over. l came up
here because 1 had hoped 1 would forget
about it, and now" (tearfully) ''you have
brought it all back again-and l know |
shall go on feeling worse and worse
and
Poor little Miss Granville fell to sob
bling as if her heart would break. 1t
was more than Marden could stand.
"Glace," he said, don't. Let's patch
ii up in some way. Tell me what 1 did,
and let's fix it up"
eve can't" sobbed the young woman
from the corner.
'Well, tell me anyway"
at won't do any good, but I'll try if
you say must"
"You really must"
81 know you'll laugh at me and say
I'm goose. You always did do that"
II will be sober as-as prayer meet
ing" vowed the young man.
"Well then, it was about that Miss
Sanger-you know what you said about
her."
81 know must be very stupid, but l
don't quite remember all about it. You
had better tell me. Where did see
her"
"At the pond, and it is really to your
credit that you don't remember. l shall
think of that and be grateful, Frank, in
after years. l said she was horrid, and
you said she was clever and had beauti-
full eyes"
81 think l do remembernow She was
the girl who had such funny squirt,
wasn't she?"
81 don't think l ever noticed that,
Frank"
well, she did. And she didn't know
who Ibsen is. That was why said she
was clever and had beautiful eyes;
meant it the other way, you know"
"Did You really, Frank? Then 1 have
misjudged you all the time"
Half an hour later Miss Grenville lifted
happy but tear-stained face from Mar
denis shoulder and looked doubtfully up
at him.
Frank" she said
'Well, sweetheart
81 don't believe | know who Ibsen is,
either Was he one of those hOrrid
nihilists?''
mo, dear" said Marden, gravely, "he
wasn't quite that, but | guess it doesn't
make any difference now. T. Ne,c-
comb, in Springfield Republican.
25th Annual Convention.
BY the invitation of the Rutland Asso-
citation the twenty-fifth annual State con-
vention of the Y. NJ. C. A. of Vermont