Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-04

Enid did not join her friends til the
/ gentlemen were gone.
II am 50 sorry you are not happy
here, Enid, darling" said Grace, gently.
Il was only dreadfully cross. and
now am dreadfully sorry, 50 please
don't talk any more about it. -
Eve won't; we have something 70
tell you; we have had a letter from
Max, and he wants to come over here
for few days; he says he must have
our signatures TO some documents. so
we want 70 know if you will consent to
his coming; it will be breaking our
rule That no man is to cross the thresh-
old, but, as he is our brother, it won't
matter to US"
And so the lawyer came, and there
was no more temper.
The evening he arrived, Dr. May and
Mr.. Ford stayed to supper
May, how long do you intend to
keep this game up?" asked the lawyer,
as they smoked pipe after the girls
were gone to bed
what game?" asked Mr.. Ford.
"The simple fracture of the tibia,
believe it is called" said the lawyer,
going into peals of laughter, in which
both his companions joined.
Poor old May, she'll never forgive
you, my dear boy" said Mr. Ford, as
soon as he could speak.
And Sophy will never forgive you,
Ford, said Max.
The doctors both looked very down
cast at this
Need they ever know the truth?''
asked DIR. May.
Not unless you like to tell them; at
the same time, if you could manage to
take those splints off Graces leg to-
morrow, we might have some picnics
while l am here; I can only stay a
week II YOU can. undertake to man
age that. III undertake not to reveal
the truth with regard to Grace's
sprained anlzle-I beg Sophy's pardon
fractured tibia."
At last the day of reckoning came.
"Sophy, said Grace one night, truth
is stranger than fiction"
YES, dear, | know that"
80 have given up fiction. l mean
literature"
They are not always synonymous,
but have you really done SOP"
II have, and, what is more, DR.. May
has asked me to marry him, and-and
didn't say no."
''Oh, Grace, how dreadful; but it is
strange, too, for Mr. Ford asked me the
same question, and | said yes"
ooh! Sophy, and you have forsaken
science!"
Yes, my love has turned to hatred;
hate science, and | love some one
else. Let us go and break it to Enid &"
Accordingly, two white-robed figures
crossed the landing to Ends room.
Enid, we have something dreadful
TO confess; we have given up literature
and science; we have broken our vows,
and we are engaged to be married;
isn't it terriblc?"
Dreadful! | have done better than
that; Max has persuaded me that law
and art were made for cach other, that
one is nothing without the other so,
instead Of wedding art myself, am
going to unite art to Max.
And you viii be our sister after ALL
We are 50 glad.
Then there was a great deal of kiss
ing.
"Good-by to literature am happy,
and happy women never write" said
Grace.
"Good-by to science! have found a
better bridegroom" said Sophy.
''Au revoir, art! We shall meet again
soon; but. all the same, girls, we are
forsworn, " said Enid.
at is Grace's fault; if she hadn't
fractured her tibia all this would never
have happened, said Sophy
Grace smiled and Enid stihed laugh,
and Sophy never knew till she was
married that her diagnosis had been in
correct; and then she was not allowed
to forget it easily.
And the three forsworn old maids be-
came three faithful wives, and art, lit
erature and science sought their brides
elsewhere. barley Dare, in Boston
Globe