Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-10-12


"ofmy folly?'
"Of my own. +"
"Your folly is over and done with.
Our engagement is broken Off" he
says. modify, Better forget it e, II
existed"
Il can't do that" with an ire
pressible little sob. 81 am waiting
for those letters
Take them, then" and he throws
them down on the table keep them
to compare with Hornes, if You like,
! don't care"
How can you insult me so? What
right have you to think me SO mean,
50 heartless?" I cry Indignantly.
'And you cared for me once, or pre-.
tended to-"
81 did care; j care now, though
know I'm a fool for my palms," bit.
terly. "Heartless, do you say? How
can l help thinking you heartless
after your conduct last nightY'
my conduct. And what of yours;
If | danced with Frank, and, yes
firted with him a little, you were
flirting all the time with Celia and
Mollie, and, oh, there wasn't girl in
the room that you didn't flirt with
You know there wasn't.
eyes, and you should know tina,
there is safety in nun bers," he re-
torts, fixing his dark eyes on mine re
proachfully. But you, Maud, yol
| flirted with Frank all the time, ant
no one but Frank. A very different
thing"
"And what was to do when you de
serted me? Sit still and look misera
BILE? Thanks, no. Really, you are .un
reasonable"
"You forget that did not deser
you, as you call it, till after you CAV,
me to understand that wasn't wanted
You told me to go, and went"
"You did-on the instant"
"And you blame me for that now
Did you not mean me to take you a
your word?"
MOT like that slowly. "You mean
oh, yes-as if you were glad to 60
dare say you were, but you needn'
have betrayed your feelings quite Sc
plainly"
81 haven't the smallest intention o
betraying my feeling for your gratifi
cation" he says, with some warmth
"You have treated me shamefully, bu
l see little use in discussing it now
don't want to reproach you for jiltinl
me- You've done it, and that's enough.
"Jilting you'll Oh, jack"
Call it what you please" and h
turns away YEARLY. I'VE won't quar-
rel about that. Celia was right, l see.
'Celia?"
"Yes. She said would only max:
matters worse if l saw you l didn'
believe her, but"
celia tried to stop your comingP"
eff you like to put it that way, yes,
with look of surprise. But though
l ought to bring those letters myself
SO came"
Cecilia seems to have been unwar
rantably busy with my affairs, said
coldly. II don't know, of course, wha
she may or may not have told you, blu
this do know, that l never truste,
her, and l trust her less than eve
now"
you are ungrateful, surely. Sh'
tried to spare you this interview"
Had it not been for her it woul
never have been necessary. But go
her, since you'd rather take her wor
than mine" passionately. go to he
and tell her that she has succeeded
thanks to my folly and your"
break off, unable to speak for tn
rising sobs that choke my utterance:
and turn away abruptly to the wir
dow.
Succeeded? Cellar he repeat
more to himself than to me. MAUD
what is the meaning of all this? Is
possible that Celia misunderstood"
"She misunderstood nothing"
speak in dull, expressionless wa
and without turning round. "She
far too clever for that. 1t is you VIII
misunderstood, and L"
What have | misunderstood? OF
If you won't tell me must go to Cell
| and" ssasssr