The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-01-19
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Observation-Disclosures: &c S}e'lIh 'tI:l;I;'sEIsTs S;
A PASSING ACQUAINTANCE.


lightly on the heaI til, for it was late in tn,
season.
awe are just IA nice party now sait
one young lady looking up from her lapfu
of shaded silks II hope nobody else vii
come
Except to fill vacancies as we drop oil,
said Il gentleman, as he laid aside hi,
letters you will see two vacant chairs
at the table tomorrow
Every well," was the reply, IF you
must 60, we will spread ourselves and keel
the table full If we can't have Mrs. Bruce
and you we don't want anyone
The next morning the homc-hound trav.
ellers left on the early stage, and at the
last moment another guest decided to ac-
company them.
The party remaining went out, some to
ramble in the pine woods, some to the
conceru in the casino. Returning toward
dinner time, they found that telegram
had been received from Miss Millcent Paul
bespeaking a room. There was Il shout of
delight on reading the telegram. Miliccnt
Paul was known to some of the party, and
two of them had been her schoolmatcs at Il
fashionable seminary three years before.
"Miliccnt will be the roselcaf ON our
cup Of happiness said one; 'and how
fortunate chat there is room for her at our
table"
The dinner bell rang, and the merry
group bctook themselves to the dining
room. Two chairs were turned down at
the table.
''Who has come" the guests inquired of
one another
As they took their seats, man and his
wife entered in IA hcsitating manner, and
were given the two chairs. Swift glances
were directed at them, and side looks were
exchanged. They were evidently plain,
to travelling and to hotel life. In an
instant the original party became a clique.
They hardly concealed their dislike of the
newcomers who had brought among them
personality that Jared on all their sense
of what was stylish, conventional and
agreeable. The two strangers ate heartily,
helped themselves to what they wanted,
finished their meal and left the table before
the rest of the company had reached theil
nuts and raisins.
"Did YOU ever?' Il call it an outrage,
forcing such people on us" The plowman
had better stay at home and plow." ellis
hands took away my appetite" Il hope
they are not going to stay over night"
The offending couple spent the afternoon
walking about to see the views, and then
sat out in the piazza till supper time.
After supper, the criticisms recommended
"'They're going to stay Their trunk
has gone up to No. ~ ''What will
Miliccnt Paul say? She will have to sit
next to them ''She'll freeze them with
one glance when she sees that hand reach
ing in front of her for the butter"
ooh, come now. " said the brother of the
last speaker; ''you knew they needed
butter, and you should have passed it,
seeing the waiter was not ON hand"
Next day, while the newcomers were out,
Milicent Paul arrived, amid the welcoming
expressions of her friends. She was a tall,
slender girl with an animated countenance,
fashionably dressed, carrying geld eye
glasses and holding her head aloft in a
way peculiarly her own. She had plenty
to say, said it well. and was at once ii e
center of everything
At dinner time she took the vacant seat,
and was just receiving her plate of soup
wheh the much-criticised couple came in
The guests were all consciously watchful,
but Miss Paul seemed to notice nothing
She was giving vivid description OF her
journey Suddenly she paused an instant.
81 beg your pardon" she said pleasantly
as her embarrassed neighbor attempted,
rather awk wardly, to reach the salt and
placing it conveniently near, she resumed
her description.
MAY | trouble you for the pcpper?'
she asked him little later; mot black,
prefer white white. Thank YOU" And
she spoke in exactly the same tone us when
she asked handsome Mr.. Waring across the
table if he knew when the mail went out
He admired her none the less for it,
''She has a broader outlook then the rest
of us, " he thought to himself
A trip to the Notch was planned for the
next day, to 90 in the morning and return
at night. There were enough to ill two
mountain wagons. No, not quite enough.
Those who counted found there would be
room for two more.
Don't mention it, or Mr.. Wilbur and
his wife may offer to 60" said one lady,
with touch of irritation in her voice
ooh, we can't have Them" said one of
the girls, who had been Miss Paul's school
mate, 'can we, Milicent?"
"Why not?" asked Miss Paul
"Oh! why, because-you know-no
doubt they are excellent people, but how
they would look along with usn'
'My dear Hetty," said Miss Paul, why
be narrow? Why voluntarily live in a
groove? I have found the most interesting