The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-08

\ l SohM uCtCl lAtO a ITOWu db she TeAQ.
DEAR MRS. Conn: You know. OF cour.
that am engaged TO Miss Kathleen May,
Don't you think that under the circumstance
u would be better for you to return me sor
very foolish effusions or mine which you st
have! am sure you will see the ADVISABLE
Of this, and will be good enough to give IL
packet to my friend Applegarth, who will ca
upon you at IL this morning.
Yours sincerely, W. E."
II shall do nothing Of the sort" e,
claimed Lucille, when she had re-rea
the letter for the third time. "Er
gagged to Kathleen Mayse, indeed! Ell
gagged to her thousands, he ought t
have saba horrid, plain little red
haired thing, without an idea in he
head. 1t is perfectly disgusting, tn
things men will do for money; but
did think Wilfrid was different. di.
believe in him at least" And she ros,
from her chair indignantly. "Why
not year ago he was ready to blow
his brains out because l would no,
marry him. and now" She finished
her sentence with dramatic gesture
worthy of Duse herself.
dangerous little person she looked
as she paced up and down the pretty
boudoir. The fact was that Mrs. CORN
was suffering acutely from the COM
plant which in our nursery days we
called ''dog-in-the-manger-ness."
Married before the close of her first
season to one whose hold on life and for
tune were alike more unstable than any
one'had supposed at twenty-one she was
left widow with an income which al
lowed small margin for opera boxes or
Partisan toilettes, both of which. with
tout &c que sen suit, were exceedingly
dear to the little woman's heart.
Launched among certain set, how
ever, she was swimming with the
stream to no very safe port when Gil
pert Corin-an elderly banker-came,
saw and was conquered.
Some one says somewhere that there
ire no wedding bells which do not ring
he knell of somebody's happiness; and
"a Lucile's second marriage
morning Wilfrid Endicott might well
lave been dubbed the ''Knight of the
sueful Conntenance. He and the
retty littl. widow had, for some time
efore Co1in's appearance upon the
Gene, been engaged in very serious
rtation - so serious, indeed, that
hen her elderly sutton declared him
Elf, and Lucille murmured the fateful
yes, she had nearer approach to
ualm of conscience than she had ever
xperiencei.
Without doubt had Wilfrid been suit
bly, endowed with this worlds goods
lere would have been small chance
T Gilbert, but as things were mar
age was luxury they could not af- |
rd," as Lucille told the angry young
an when he came to upbraid her for =
n faithlessness. The little woman Z
as not without taste for dramatic
,uations, and on the whole she rather
Joyed her farewell interview with
llfrid; she wept a little in becom- T.
9 fashion, and gave utterance to a f.
W sentiments of the Blanche Amorv" I,
pc, and ended by saying that she q
'uld like to keep his letters as a il
lvenir of their dream"
Though she had laid express COM >.
lnds on Wilfrid as to their conduct =,
each other after her marriage, Luz ",
had no intention of their being y,
eyed; unfortunately, however, and a,
every silver lining has its dark
nd, Gilbert CORN was as jealous as ~.
loor, and some whispers concerning eo
wife and Endicott having reached
ears, it was speedily made clear to
lfrld that Mr.. CORN was by no means va
ely to find place among the maris 70
lplaisants. -
citing on the principle that when nj
as heart is broken he gathers up
pieces and melts them together
in at the nearest candle, Wilfrid 49,,
gone to Kathleen Mayse for conso- - -.
on, which consolation was possibly
the more effective that, as set-off -.
her red hair and hazel eyes, the -
ng lady was sole heiress to one of oo
richest ironfounders in England.
he engagement had been formally
ounced few days ago, and some. nc
Luciles maid had not found that ~, ".
lot lay among the lilies and roses 'n'
fe ever since; and this letter capped s.u
ything - the calmly impersonal No.
of tit might have been from WI
one to anyone and her hands eol
ched as she thought of the con- guy
S of the packet that she was SO cor
marily called on to deliver up to POI
Mr.. Applegarth. lnV
IS. CORN unlocked a drawer in her ean
ing table and took out a small pea
ell neatly tied up and docketed: :.
'etters from W., June-August, aoe
- oar
e united it and glanced over one OF
70 of the most passionate. wei
o think that he could write like are
and then be so utterly faithless," nag
exclaimed. 1--WE good mind to was