The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-29
THE MAKING or AwoMAN.
Mat Really Loved 1ksarys hut Henry
Thought Her . Wicked Flirt.

Mat Really Loved lksHrys put Henry
Thought Her . Wicked Flirt.
Once upon q time there was q farmers
son, and once upon the same time there was
a country DOCTORS daughter. The farmers
son fell In love with the country doctors
daughter, and she, not to be outdone, fell
| In love with him. He was o sensible boy
| In most things, which means that he was u
foolish boy in love. She was sensible girl
| In most things, which means-almost any
thing. This much is certain-she did not
know how very much In love she was. His
name was Henry. Her name was Mat,
which is Matilda shortened.
There came to the village to help her ia
ther a young doctor fresh from college. He
was city bred. city clothed and city tongued.
Mat looked Mt him as a country girl might,
and he looked at her as a city young man
was sure to. She smiled, and he smiled
back, and half of her smile was that of q
certain malicious pleasure that most wom-
en- have felt when they saw that some man
whom they cared for was wholly in their
power, for Henry grew very uncomfortable
when he saw Mat hobnob with the young
man from the city. This made her hobnob
with him more industriously still, although
she had no evil intent. She was merely q
cat playing with a mouse. But IT. is not
pleasant to be a mouse, so Henry called her
to account one night and reproached her.
Mat, still ignorant of how deeply she
loved, laughed and enjoyed it. But ths
next morning, when she found that Henry
had gone away and that no one knew where
he had gone, she grew wise and felt O fear
that was a misery in her heart.
For three days she fingered in tho coun
try village. Then she, too, went away, and
there were two pairs of unhappy parents
behind her-Iienry's, because they did moi
know where Gheir son was, and Mat's, be
cause they thought their daughter was un
womanly. But she knew that she had only
then learned how to be n woman.
She learned that Henry had come to New
York, SO she also came here and began t.
search for him. But the city grew bigGel
and bigger with each days births, which
the deaths did not seem to her to balanc,
at all, and the streets grew longer. She be
came more anxious and more determined
with each useless day. Weeks went by, ant
months passed, and year was two-third
gone. Her face, with its eyes tired from
looking at stranger faces, took on an cx
preston of great sweetness Of maturity
She had to get work to do, for her fathe
was angry, but she still found time t.
search.
AT last one evening, as she was sitting II
, the window of her second story boarding
house room on Sixth avenue. an elevate
b, railroad train rumbled toward her an
CHANGED to stop opposite her window. Sh
J., looked into the engines cab, and there
= grimy and creased. was Henry raking Goa
|, For moment she was almost fright
!, ened. Then tho train started, and Henry
!, face went with it. She turned quickly I
r, her little bureau and made us good toile
!, as she could, so that when she went GU
,dI she looked most charming. The lips tina
ID had been thin showed bit of fullness nov
i in their tiny smile and the cheeks whic
/, had grown pale were pink. She went to th
nearest elevated railroad station and aske
a u few questions. Then she found her wa
|, to the yards"
= When Henry left his work, a fondly smi
v ing woman stood at the foot of the stair
"a He started back and paled when he sa'
her, but she held out both hands confiden
ly and said:
II have been looking for you for months.
:, He stopped and kissed her, and they wer
n away together, arm in arm.-New Yor
u Press.