The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-03
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| arntcd only by sliding door, which Fred
pushed aside as ha spoke.
He paused for moment aghast and
| pointed specchlessly toward table which
stood in the center of the room. There's
! upon lay hat Of the kind yclept sailors
at thar time much in vogue among young
mcn, a jaunty cane of the most dandifled
description, two pairs of gloves, one tiny,
! pllinly Notifies own.
Beside these lay white card dartcd
forth to seize it. Frank held my arm
Ais fair " said |, in love and war. s.
and turned it over in my hand
On one side read, Frank Lawrenc,
on the otherl
DEAREST NETTIE-What am TO belieS
Can It bt that you think more OF soLYe oi
eise than you do oi me2 Surely you will con,
With mo today. II can break my cunninl
little Lqn's heart, you can certainly consent u
give F. ". the slip.
A low murmur Of voices came from the
conservatory.
They ore in there Fredl' cried in
great excitement "Let us wait here and
confront them"
"Nopsepsel" said Fred. I've done with
her forever" 7" And he turned on his heel
and stalked out of the house, and aftey
him, never waiting for the servant who
had taken in our nslnes.
Then what time / had with Fred! He
shut himself in his own room day after
day on the pretezt Of study, and the even
ings, which he had used to spend with
Nettie Ice, were pas sed in the same seclu.
sion.
Over his meals he was silent as a mute.
Our parents knew nothing of what had
happened, for Fred had forbidden me to
speak Of 1t on pain Of bis displeasure, and
Nettie must have kept all quiet by some
excuse. AT all events a week passed by
without any communication between the
families, and | wondered and wondered
when the denouemcnt would come, and
what every one would say, and whether
that deceitful Nettie would really elope,
and whether Fred would die Of broken
heart. This last thought troubled ire most
of all, for the poor fellow was growina
thinner and paler and more woebegon6
day after day.
At last, ono bright, sunny afternoon, Z
coaxed him to walk out with me
you do lovc ME little, Sis" said
Fred in such pitiful voice that cried
on his shoulder.
cheered up a little for the first TINA
that week when 1 had got him out Of
doors and was just thinking that perhsps
] could save his life by all sorts Of sisterly
kindnesses, and that would live and die
a spinster for his sake, when, as fate would
have it, who should we meet face 10 faos
but Nettie LeeI
Hateful little hypocritc," said to my.
self but the thought had hardly CROSSED
my mind before noticed that sho was az
pale and thin as Fred, and then, right
out in Broadway, regardless Of passersbv
utterly forgetting everything else in mr
surprise l screamed out rs that FrRnkfq
4l.l II. l. a
had caused IFS such annoyance and jauatp
cane in hand walked fair dainsel side -
side with the misjrdged and slandereda
Nogtie This individual was plump ana
jolly, some inches taller than brother Ffedk
who Is by no means dwarflsh, wore her att.
burn hair In II bush all around her hea1
and shoulders and was dressed In the ed
tremest extreme of everything
Fred stared at mo as II he thought me
mad, but in Il moment more | saw that he
had taken in the situation at a glance.
Surprises were not over yet, however,
A gentleman, who had been walking olosA
behind the two girls, here presented him
self to the assembled group.
,Boul' screamed the auburn haired
damscl and broke into hysterlcal gigRle.
The strange gentleman, and he alone,
seemed quite equal to the emergencies Of
the occasion. He waved his hand toward
u confectionery close by, where, around d
marble table covered with refreshmehtss
all parties succeeded in coming to muJ
tual understanding.
Fred and Nuttie retired to a window.
Frank proceeded to make away with un.
limited pastry and cream at an astohish-
ing rate talking and laughing vociferous-
ly between the la0uthfuls, now to me,
now to the gcntlomanly stranger
/ could scarcely reprcss smile as Z
looked at the six feet of masculine perfecv
tion smiling indulgently down upon the
fair and frivolous gouIrnand and thought
of cunning little LOU" whom had sup-
posed 10 bo some fairylike little creature
sinking into n slow decline,
Il am glad | happened to meet you,
Miss Frank, suid he, stroking his silky
mustache to conceal lurking smile. n
really believed my rival to be gentleman.
Let me help you 10 gnother ice -
When Frcd and Ncttio returned from
their retirou, Mt, it was quite evident thas
they hnl effected reconciliation and
were equally reioiced thereby. 1t subsoa
qucntly tIaIlspircd that Frank was sentL
mentally inclined aud had vowed eternal
friendship for Nettie: that tho two had ex.
changed oaths during school days to the
effect that no masculine creature should
ever interfere with their tender attach$
ment.
am fully persuaded that Nettie was
rather happy on the whole to be relieved
OF her feminine adorer perforcc, and no,
ticed that the intimacy fell of when the
two girls were married which happened
shortly afterwnrd Now York News. =
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