The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-25

raising her hand and smiling at the girl
sweetly. II know what il means when
girl says that. BE careful, or you win
make me think something altogether
different"
lyon know mo well enough not to
think that" pouted the girl. Il don't
know whether / did right or not tonight.
sent him away"
"You sent him away?" reiterated the
old lady. "And whyi"
"Why?" repeated Grace Boardman
passionately. why? oh, dear, are
you going 30 misunderstood me the way
every one else does? How could i tell
what to dor He came to me SO unex-
pectedly, over there at the bowling al
ley, too. and every one was looking at
us. OF course didn't know what to
do"
perhaps, said Miss Eunice, "if you
tell me all about ii, may be better able
20 give you some advice-that Is, of
course, if that is what you want. Some
times, | know, young people think they
can get along very well without any ad-
vice, and more times than one they are
quite right. y
The girl looked at Miss Eunice and
then bushed. Il don't suppose need
begin at the beginning?"
Hardly" replied the old lady.
"Nearly every one knows about that"
"Well, he came over TO me when
watching the bowling and said he want
ed To talk with me. lie said he had
oop,a dDurn ,o Haru,ch for ono tbipU
and that was TO see me, and he said
the reason ho wanted to see me was to
find out whether he loved me or not.
He went over how he met me that night
at the senior promenade, and how he
had remembered all about me for
month, and how he had learned that we
were to be here in August, and how he
had followed mo here. He said he had
never thought much of girls before,
and that he never cared much about
them or tried 10 understand them. But
whes be met me something told him
that i was rather different from the
rest, and now that he had seen a great
deal OF Inc ho found himself thinking
of the time when he must go away and
leave me and perhaps never see me again
for the rest of his life, and the more
be thought about ii the more it seemed
impossible 20 him, and he questioned
himself and found that he had fallen in
love with me, and he asked me il l
would become his wife some time"
That, put in Miss Eunice, was
very manly in him, and very we'll put,
and very straightforward. And what
did you say to himf'
II told him that had not known him
for very long and thought that he might
have made a mistake. said that ne
was making great deal out of nothing,
and that very likely his was a mere
fancy, and that while did not question
his honesty in speaking as he had / felt
sure that ii he thought it over he would
look at il as | did and conclude it was
much too soon for anything of tho sort. "
The girl paused and looked at Miss
Eunice. Miss Eunice merely nodded
her head and went on with her knitting.
II think perhaps he did not exactly
understand me, and perhaps did not
put IT well, for 1 saw at once he was
very much put out and beginning TO get
angry. Ho asked mo if l loved him or
something like that, and | don't know
exactly what l did cay, only that he was
much too hasty and had better wait.
And then ho went over what he had
said before about coming here only to
see me, and how had led him on. and
how l had been merely flirting with
him TO pass away the summer-and |
hate him." The girl stopped abruptly,
with her eyes flashing and her lips quiv-
ering. II &c hate him, she repeated,
land told him SO, and he went away.
That is all. "
Miss Eunico laughed, and the girl
frowned.
You don't take it seriously" she
said.
ITS not matter to be taken seri
ously," replied the old lady
Grace Boardman pouted. II don't
see why"
'For this reason" explained Miss
Eunice, hell come back to you ard
say that he is very sorry, and that he
will go away and never see you again,
ana then you viii find that you cannot
let him go, and that will end it all. F"
do you think, said Grace Board
man, with decided note in her voice,
that am in love with this man?'
THAT is exactly what think" was
the smiling reply. The old ladys eyes
shone, and she laughed. 1t was such an
old story to her.
We'll, You are mistaken, that's all"
And Grace Boardman went away in an
ger.
And was IL wonder then that when
young Grosvenor came back from Mon
omoy point on the following day Grace
Boardmsn took pains to avoid seeing
him, leaving him nothing to do but to
wander disconsolately about the village?