Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-10-16
A PHOTOGRAPH.

The pose Is good, Veil i remember thfj
black lace shawl Can't tell who was the
owner, but we all borrowed IL To have our
photographs taken. Her hair Is charmingly
crimped and caught up at the back with a
high comb. Her face is almost In profile"
"Yes, and Ler features are pretty. That
deep dent under her lower lip and the chin
coming out so roundlyP
"The picture shows all her good points
and none Of her defects She had horrid
complexion, and her teeth were yellow
What isthat written on the cardi"
"'Your roommate and rlvll, but devoted
friend, May Fowler"
"Hal 'Rivalp That was meaLt fer a joke.
But / can't help signing. so long since
that was writtenl She is dead"
"DeadW
"The first time l saw her a crowd OF us
old girls were calling on the new arrivals.
A boarding school is little world. i had
been there year My standing was es-
tablished. We had heard rumors Of Mi -
Fowlers brilliancy, and so after we called
one girl said, Well, she ought TO belong 10
the intellectuals, for she'll never be count
ed among The beauties She was little and
thin, with an unhealthy color, and round,
sta rtled looking eyes, she very soon proved
herself able I } study, aud her literary pro-
ductions showed her 20 be we'll read.
"But the SUI prise about her was ler suc-
cess with the men. There was a university
on the other side of the town, and the stu
dents were splendid material for Irritation.
That Is where our rivalry came IN. ALI
Emmett had been slightly attentive to me,
but there was 10 magnetism between us
We had talked about books, etc, but our
hands never touched, and IA TO a kiss
that would have been impossible. But rs
soon as ALI met May Fowler (she and bad
become roommates by that time) the case
was quite different. He ceased To seek me
except to talk about May, and he actually
told her sol And she repeated the remark
TO mel But had my retort ready. l said.
Yes, he told me that he had ceased to wor-
ship at the shrine of beauty May gave me
one OF her swift, pop eyed glances, and then
we both burst outlaughing.
at was . fact one day he said, Kate,
know you are better looking than May, and
you're just as smart; but, OH, there is some
thing about herr
ut was genuine passion. l, ns IN IN
sophisticated but ideaiistic DIR mer, toe,
a deep interest in the affair S. ! enjoy ed
being in the confidence Of both lovers.
"Our boarding Chool was not ruled over
by an old maid, thank heGyenl Our pre-
ceptress was tho wife of the president, and
! verify believe her theory was that the
chief end Of the woman is 20 get happily
married. She was wise. She helped the
firtations Of her favOrites among the girls,
and therefore May Fowler was allowed
calls from Mr.. Emmett and occasionally a
buggy ride. When she came back at these
times, her face was strangely illumined.
More than ono, ! lave said, May, you are
growing beal IIl-at least, as All says,
there is a fasc atug something about you
"But May tOrmented her lover. Did she
love him enougaH Was not their attrac-
tion mere PASSION All these questions
she would ask. Mays favorite poet was
Mrs. Browning. This her favorite quota
zion;
"Unless you can muse in a crowd all day
On the absent face that fixed you:
Unless you can love as the angels may,
With the breadth of heaven betwixt you;
Unless you cGn dream that his faith Is fat,
Through lahOovtng and unbehooving
Unless you can die when the dream Is past,
Oh, never cGll 1t loving.
~ remember, near the end Of our board
ing school days, several OF us girls were to-
setheT talking about our ambitions One
said she wished to be an artist, another a
writer, one missionary and variety Of
such things. May was silent until some
one asked; Come, MAY, you say nothing
What is your mbi.ionP
"Then May electrified US by saying, My
ambition is to be loved and to be mother
'The truth is, every honest soul among
US had thought that, but had not dared 70
say It."
so she married Mr.. EmmettS"
"Bless you, moi"
"What theni'
"These "reminiscences make me feel old.
1t Is l2 years since we graduated, IL years
since that photograph was taken. The next
September Ma went to another school for
little more erldition. Here she found an.
other lover, an6, to cut the story short, she
Tilted Emmett and married Day"
"What shamep
"Such is life. Four years afterward
was In Detroit and met All He had set
tied there and had fine success. He was
lawyer and getting quickly 10 the top. Il,
had grown old looking, but stylish and
polished, like a man Of the world. O
| course he talked about May very much
with the old sense Of longing and pain, bu
incurable attraction. Oh he said, 'ther
are days when ! walk the streets and II inl
II / could but see the face Of May Fowls
"A year or two later | paid May n shor
visit Mr. Day was expensively educated
bu; his health had failed him, aud be wa
keeping a grocery. They had two children
May wore spectacle. The house was di.
orderly-excure me II sLrlg my shoul
ders."
But you said she was deadi'
Alas yes. She died two years ago Sh
left four children went 70 the funeral
and sent word 10 All Emmett He wa
there, apparently quiet, respectful stra1
ger, but knew the truth. In bis heart b
, was chief mourner In his heart he mourn
a today"
Silence fell while We continued 20 talk {
i the pretty photograph, the picture viz
graceful drapory, carefully arranged hal
the lips with their girlish smile. the ey,
full Of youthful dreams.
. "How sadV whispered my companion
4 "Yes."
J.. "How sad for Mr.. Emmettr'
Eyes"
h How sad for Mayr
>. Eyes"
"HOw sad for her husbandr'
u "Her husbands on, lac il married again
J. Kate Kaufman in Cincinnati Post.
An Irish Court.
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his cheeks az he end Of every sentence, I
= Judge sat punning aud p. rspiriuy firing
his jokes right. lsft anl cen.ct The
caught the cOntak on aud Carried on /
: fun. The spectators applaudcd with tru