Middletown transcript., 1895-06-01

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M MAsS=SISA the Peachvillt
" YaaI Academy, &
young lawer wht
never wrote anything in his life but hi
briefs, "and lot of pleasant people, ,
as one of the two literary lights put it
The meetings of the club were delight
full. There was generally music, aL(
refreshments always appeared. Once
in long time something original wa!
read, and then the club felt that it hat
amply justified its existence.
One day Myrtilla and Ethel, the two
young persons with literary aspira
tions, sat talking in the hammock il
EthePs back yard.
81 shall never marry, | think" re.
marked Myrtilla, little pensively
at isn't that really object to matri.
mony, you know, but l don't believe
| shall ever fall in love. I am so in
terested in my work. Really, Ethel, !
think | shall be able to write we'll some
time"
"Of course you will, DEAR" answer
ed the sympathetic Ethel, whose own
speciality, being poetry, did not conflict
with Myrtilla's. "And l understand
just how you feel about marriage, too.
1t isn't that one despises men, but that
one doesn't have time to think about
men at ALL"
"Still," said Myrtilla, as one who is
to dismiss Weighty matter
lightly. cit might be valuable to us
even in our work to have been in love.
Perhaps 1 could write more-more-
if I'd ever-well-ex
perienced any of the things l write
about"
"I've thought of that, too, }" acknowl-
edged Ethel. "If one could only study
he emotion in some one else it would
De pleasant, wouldn't it? | don't want
% be racked and torn and all that my
'elf, but to study some one who was
afflicted in that WY would certainly
make my poems stronger. By and by,
they'd even be available to
he magazines"
"I've an idea ~ was Myrtilla's next
announcement. Why dontC we study
man who's in love
With US? Of course she went on,
hastily as one who doesn't want to
,e misunderstood, "of course, Ethel,
hink it would be horried to encourage
hem just for that. But if they were
lready in love, would there he any
larm in it?"
"N-o-o, No." answered Ethel.
"And-and, of course, Mylt, know
hat Prof. Winston is terribly in love
With you-and''-
eyes, Of course" commented Myr-
lila, "and there's John Ledley, who's |
you about for years. Wen |
ncourage them a lii ltle-not enough |
o hurt really, you know, but just
nough to give us chance to examine
hem.
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The writers commented on the i'm |
rovement in the manner of these two |
enuises during the next few months.
instead of holding themselves aloof |
rom the ordinary crowd, they went
became affable and even
escended from the Olympian heights
7here they were supposed to dwell to
irt a little. They blossomed out in
ew gowns. They no longer had ink
tanned fingers. They were delight
ul not only to Prof. Winston and John
.edley, but to divers other youths as
;ell-probably in order to be able to
tudy the effects of jealously.
One evening the club met at Ethel's
ouse. She received her guests gra-
iously. The last tJ arrive were Prof.
Winston with Lucy Wheelright and
ohm Ledley with Genevieve Larkins.
here was something suspicious about
he air of the four. They blushed,
hey stammered and they suffered.
ethel came to their rescue.
"What is it?" she asked. "There's
ONE secret. Tell us ALL"
"The fact is" began Prof. Winston
oudly-
"Oh, Rob, DON'T" interrupted Lucy
Vheelright.
1.-THE truth of the matter" began
ohm, but Genevieve cried out:
"Oh, please stop p
By that time the club knew. Con-
being in order, were
iven uproariously. But Myrtilla and
ethel retired for moment.
"Ethel," said Myrtilla.
"Myrt," said Ethel.
"We are a pair of imbeciles," de-
Jared both.
"But," went on Ethel with flashing
yes. 81 shan't be discouraged. If l
ouldn't find out with him, there shall
Q Others"
$50 there SHALL" vowed Myrtilla.
The Writer'S Club ceased to exist
he next winter when the marriage of
ight of its most promising members
ut an end to their literary careers.
thel and Myrtilla had discovered
arious emotional truths, but they did
OF pualish them.
For Oyer Fifty Years.
An Old and well tried remedy,-Nlrs |