Middletown transcript., 1893-12-09

WAISSa mirror.
ENSssS - ls===s ssYou take
Wf ~ phi lilo sophicall
SnSI enough" .mu
INJURED Florence, from the sofa, wher
she was battling with neuralgia. "Bu
what makes you examine yourself s
keenly, Marie? / think even Hebe'
complexion would show traces of wea
aud ear If she should turn up four ga
jets and subject herself to their pitiles
glare"
my dear,D answered Marie, senten
tiously, "one cannot be more critical o
oneself than ones enemies are."
'.Do you expect large gathering to
gether of your foes at the Sewall's to
night that you are SO merciless in you
self-examinationpn
Marie laughed and abandoned scru
tiny f ber face. She may not bav,
been so good looking as she was in The
past, but there was something very
attractive in the wholesome, piquant
face and well carried, well rounded
figure. She was dressed in black, with
wavering line of pink in it, and to
Florence, lying on the sofa, she seemed
adorably beautiful.
''There's the cab, - she announced in
few minutes. ''What a pity We
haveii'f carfiagel 1t wouLdn'I seen
iiaif So costly as o have to hire VI
4cie WHtnever one Is ibidden forth L
ai.. Good by dear. Have goou
time and tell Mrs. Sewall you left N.
more bfoken-hearted at missing hei
dinner THAN really ILL.,"
Marie left the boarding house where
she ana her sister pursued fame with
the brush and violin respectfully, ana
was ratified off to the Sewall's dinner.
she smiled a little sadly, leaning bach
in an inelegant seclusion of the cab. 1t
was the night before Thanksgiving.
She Was not ''going anywhere, "as the,
put it, for the day 1t self. Alice Sew
all's note had amused her little. II
want you SO DEAR" ii had said, "Foi
the quiet home dinner on Thursday.
MS well as my party Wednesday night,
but you know the frigbtful Sewal
clannjshness. They all descend lpoI
me, aud conduct the ceremony WI
all family rites"
Well, Marie reflected the time N
nOt So far past when the Sewails lia,
looked upon her as possible membtl
OF their clan. She remembered. Ii
was just tour years and two mouth
since she and the cousin of Alice
husband had their eventful quarrel.
Perhaps if they had not fought so the,
it was useless to speculate
He Was making money in New Mexico.
.nd she 1as attaining glory in New
York, and neither Of them was broken
learted. Only life had not quite So
many pleasing possibilities as it had
Ong ago.
She greeted the guests. There were
many mai ried men and women talking
# Thanksgiving family reunions; there
we're young men and women who harp
d upon the same theme. Marie's heart
rev heavy and heavier. She felt abus-
d, lonely, desperate. l.,
Marie, you and Carlton''- began /
Alice, and then went away, leaving
he suddenly flushed and trembling ,
Iarie to greet the somewhat worn
boxing man who stood by her.
Yes; 1 thought I'D run on foi | /
Thanksgiving" he was remarking as r
hey went out to dinner. "It's such a h
easily thing to spend holidays away
rom tne's people," a
So he had come up from New Mexico I
ION the rest of the people in show. !
lg her the family-less, the joys of C
imily reunions. She told him 50 '
nAAuB q ii0CiO IlOmuiOuSly. [
"That was not my only reason for 5
oming," he said, dropping to the oc- $
upation of the moment and looking al :
er steadily. | don't set up any claim .
. constancy, Marie. But l have not
Drgot ten. Simply because there wasn'l
ny one there, suppose. There have
cen people here, of course. Have you
orgolten, Marie? Ii
Marie and Florence attended the
ewali dinner after all. 1t was quite | j
t,ing, for they we're of the Sewall clan | /
. a way.
"And it's my personal opinion, Carl 1
nn" confessed Florence, that Marie !
cctpted you simply for the sake Of /
aving a place to dine to day.