Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1891-12-02
Taken at her Word.

Young Chadwick went away from
his call upon Miss GOss feeling decid-
eddy melancholy. They had had
tiff, and it seemed as if they were to-
tally untitled for each other. Perhaps
they were. To an outsider it some
times seems as if the attraction two
people have for each other is in direct
proportion to their uncongeniality.
Chadwick had tried to bear philosoph-
ically the suspicion that occasionally
intIuded upon his mind that he really
cared nothing for Miss Goss. She
amused him then one wants some
thing upon which to expend affection
a bird or a girl. They were tacitly en-
gagged. With Americans of certain
order no formal statement of purpose
is necessary. A young man goes with
a girl, as the saying is, and if nothing
interferes, marriage results. Chad.
wick expected to marry Miss Bertha
when she was ready.
He had somehow the impression
that she had chosen him, and not he
her. He had come to the city, OBJ
tanned a position among other clerks,
and had worked up to a position that
paid him him SIS week. He was a
good penman, correct at figures, and
industrious. 1t had taken him five
years to reach his present place, and
he expected but slight increase of
salary or less labor in the future. That
was the worst of it; to come to the
Office at 8 to scratch, all day with his
pen as hard as he could till 5 in the
afternoon, barring a brief incoming, )"
and this every day except Saturday.
when he left at l, and Sundays, and to
look forward to no change in the
future; this sometimes oppressed him.
No wonder he lost much of his high
spirits, and at "a was rather more staid
than it was well for person at that
age to be.
Miss Goss had doubtless thought
that steady young man in a good
position was worth trying to attract,
and when she found that Chadwick
was willing to be attracted, doubtless
she was pleased, and really believed
she found much in the young man to
admire-that is, something individual
and special. But after time she be-
gan 10 suspect that he did not find in
her any special attributes to awaken
admiration. She was pretty, but so
were hundred other girls he might
have been acquainted with. She
She had taste in dress, she was
reasonably intelligent, but not excep-
tiOnally so, She had to confess often
that Chadwick did not talk about
what she cared for, and suspected that
he was often Indifferent to her CONVEX
satiOnal efforts. They went to the
theatre occasionally. but he did not
catch up the current phrases as others
did, or seem to relish her repetition oil
of them. He cared nothing about PEG.
pie or the gossip about them. In
short, rs Bertha complained one day to
her sister, II don't know single thing
he cares about except amateur photo.
graphy, and that he will never talk
about, and hate it,"
The quarrel had been about this
hobby of EqgeAe's.
II hope it will be fair on Saturday, p
be had said.
"Why so ?" asked Bertha.
II want to go down to Downer's
Grove and get few views"
How far is 1T ?"
about twenty miles"
THAT will cost something" said the
young lady, cOldly.
"Oh, it is free excursion of some
real estate men who have lots to show
and SELL"
"They won't like your going for nc
benefit to them" she PERSISTED.
Its their chance. They have tC
take some like Others"
Bertha was annoyed at his impertur.
| able good nature. It vexed her to 90,
him happy In any plan that did mo-
include her.
"What good does all this securing
over the country do ?" she abrupt,
asked. "You never expect to max,
any money out of photography, anC
after you get lot of views they are o
no use. It seems to me just q foolisI
expense"
Chadwick looked at the pretty, pout
ing face with some surprise.
"It doesn't seem so to me, an
shut up all the week." he answered
land the chance to get out of doors 70
one day is not TO be neglected. Come
you'd better go with me, )" he added Il
q conciliary tone.
"NOt Il Ifyou want to go running
oil over the world you can do so, Q
course, but shall not 1 think yol
might be better employed"
Constant desk work tends to make
man irritable and nervous. Chadwic
showed this by rising hastily an
saying:
II should like to know of one thin
: I do that is interesting to you. I q
tempted to give up my position on
enjoy q rest.H
chow are you to live2"
s'YOu had better think TWICE helo