Middletown transcript., 1894-08-25

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~ A pain one day thai
common liking for old Canton and
Browning did not constitute love fol
each other. Having conscience, sht
felt obliged to mention her conclusions
to him, and as he had a temper, the re-
suit was broken engagement, She
had chosen the park as pleasant place
to break the news of her discovery t.
him. and she had to walk home alone.
During the walk she meditated upoi
many things, and decided that men al
best were unreasonable and unsatifac-
tory.
When she got home there were diff
cullits to be encountered. UDfortu
oatriy. her parents approved of her EN-
gagpmtnt with the warmth wbicl
Prpv'tsnce permits parents to feel onl,
rowau,, those engagements u',ic!
dangi rrs care for but hali-hear ,-iliy.
Cons. qien!ly, she did not reiiSl, t.
tlinn. of brr, king the news I" he
MCr er. her betrni hal md r.t' ~
Inali. uuouLc,d " lin bee II.
at d.nner. EytrfrAe lad :.
it vi apprcva a6nidn..
he u ru;sauc.~it liking.
She crept inIo III house stu,
like lief IN The .ghi. She ~ ~
red ct to he, )wr room npsst r.
There s:a could weep !. little, c',i..'
his no, rs 10 be sent bach. and perthIt
The customary funeral lites. She VA
beginning TO feel by this time thar 81
was abused. Thinking over the scent
in the park, she came to the conclusi'
that be had mot been gentle enough
with Ter. He had leaped at once to
the defensive. He hadn't argued
kindly with her or tried to opersuade hei
that she was as mistaken in her second
diagnosis of her feelings as she be-
lieved herself to have been in her first.
Clearly he didn't care to persuade her
that she was in love with biml He
had been angry. Probably be didn't
love her..
She turned the knob as she reached
this point in her reflections. Her mother
called her from the sitting-rOom as she
passed, but she feinged convenient
deafness and sped 10 her room. There
she turned the lock and threw herself
down upon the bed in the approved
style for tragic heroines. She wept for
a while. By and by she asked herself
why. and smiled to find that it was be-
cause she had concluded he did not care
for her. Then she recalled that il was
because she had been forced to break
his heart, dispel his illusions and ruin
his life. But she didn't weep any
more.
She began collecting his notes. They
must be sent back, of course. That
was al ays customary. She read one
or TWO. Would any other man ever
care for her favorite poems as
he didp Would any other man evei-
WOO her with "There's a woman iik'
81 d.wdrospn Would any other NAL
call her eyes, dear eyes and rare, CON-
plete, being heavenly sweet and earthly
sWeei?n
.If any other man ever did," said
Miss Elhe decisively, as she thought
IT over. Il should loath himl All
those belong to just us two. Buth
the q, llrr man didn'i know enough "
care vi ;t,uxf 10 those things nsh!
I cou.l never marry him. WE'LL
pensi,iiy. Il suppose | shall hevei
rnarr, ,nyw way. wonder IT hE E~iiis
The ,mtes were finally collected.
II v.nder,'' she unused, holding tbF
little : cket In her hand; 81 wonder II
hs,d ;c. IL l KEEP back tie ilrs' '.ite'
Ii w.. SO dear" Here she ciith 2
idle gain and tnnk out the n"se w
a,,as,...l. Pre.,i.is tla wonlin'' T." ICE.
$ He'd u. in such ,daa z tlHt h.'d '''ro~
The .hole package into 'he nr'
proba' ly. ..e.s
1t MS difficult arranging his g'tts.
There we're SO many OF them. Anh
china and pictures and books OF various
sizes are such difficult things to PACK.
She g.zsd sadly al the royal medaiiion
Mate ~. she took it from irs place on
her vail. The space looked very bare.
She lad become attached tothat per-
ishabie thing. She rather wished that
she might keep it. And, as for tne
Cantor cups on her tea table. and tnat
edition de luxe of Browning, which
occupied the whole OF one shelf, hel
room would look unfurnished without
theml Besides, they'd have to De
packed in tissue paper and excelsior ano
toxes.
II can't do It; I simply can't" f" she
walled, watching large tear-droI
splash blue man standing on blue
bridge on q saucer. II can never q
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Nj. Robert Butler received that essl.