The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-07
en- nls7own life IN preference to surrender
ing it to the hated enemy. The tree was
ever afterward known as the "Oid Indian
tree. "--CiucinI.au Enquirer.
EASY TO FORGET.

IT wonder why I camel" thought Mr..
Frederick Vanders,ot, looking nervously
about the drawing room. Il wonder what
/ shall say to ner wien she comes DOWN
Who in creation induced me TO coinc here
Of all pisces on-ah, Miss DoaIe!'
Fred vanderslot. 1 am SO glad tn see
you. 1t was positively magnanimous in
you to come and see U.S. You haven't
changed particle
You have" answered Frederick, look
ing the lovely Miss Doane over critically.
Il know it," she laughed. Ny conn
plexion's gone down, and my weights
gone up"
Those were not the changes referred
to. confess had not noticed them. /
only thought you were more beau--bus
you always hated my bland style OF COM
plinentS, SO I'll refrain. How is Mrs
Doane.'
Mamma is younger, more yiyacious
and healthier than ever. She viii BE- sor-
y 10 have missed you, but she has gone 20
hear somebody read for the benefit of some
thing, and then she's going straight 20 the
Linseys' to dine. You know. OF course,
that Florence Linsey is married.
Il may have heard, but have forgot
ten. Who was the happy mani"
Paxton Coe" answered Miss Doane.
Paxton Coe.'' exclaimed VaaGcrslot,
staring at her.
That was what 1 said, Mr. Wander
slot, +" she replied, looking at him with an
air of surprise at his establishment.
But l thought Paxton
Coe was going to marry you, :" blurted out
the young man, with masculine tact.
Did you? What ON Garth gave you
that impression? Let me ring for some
tea. You seem discomposed.
''Me-don tt don t want any tea. But.
Margaret-I mean miss-no, l don tt
mean Margaret-if she had really married
Paxton Coe, and / had heard il would
have remembered 1t isn't likely that I'd
forget that fellow was out of my way
mean out of yours. So there must be
some mistake. Isn't therc"'
Not at al. Nora, bring the hot water,
please. Do you like your tea strong or
weak, Mr. Vanderslot 1 have forgotten.
Strong, if you please. And also like
Il sweet, as you doubtless have forgotten
too"
Il confess that I had replied Marga-
ret, smiling amiably as she busted herself
about the tea table. But one forgets
many things in three years"
81 have forgotten nothing, maintained
the young man.
Il assure you that you have" said she.
"No, haven't, Margaret" he answer
ed earnestly. Il went away to forget, and
have only learned to remember. Going
away to forget is {; great mistake. There
was no new thing in Colorado to take
your place iT my thoughts, so l only re
membered more and more. If 1 had staid
here and siD.ply done new things l should
have forgotten perhaps. Thank you, two
lamps"
1T is good tea, isn't it?' remarked Miss
Doane complacently, slipping little.
perhaps you remember that l always
made good tea2"
Il remember you always did all things
as 10 other woman could" he answered,
with more emphasis than the occasion
seemed TO demand. She smiled a little.
Then he went on:
do you know what camo hero this
afternoon for, Margaret"
ITO boast of your marvellous memory,
I should judge" she laughed, land 10
prove your boastings vain. :"
What do you means What have for
eotten;" be demanded. She only laughed,
and he rushed on:
.Ihave not forgotten that loved You and
that you treated me abominably. Haven't
forgotten that you led me on-y0u'u par
don the expression, for you did. yot, know
and then dropped me with great sud
denness. don kDow why, L m sure. But
l have always believed that fellow, that
Paxton Coe, VINO, you say, is married, had
something to do with it. He simply
haunted you. And you encouraged him.
There's 10 denying it. Now, didn': you,
Margaret
Never answered Margaret, with her
laughing eyes screened by her dOwncast
lids and her mouth Cemure.
Look mere, Margaret" announced the
young man holly, Il came back because
haven't forgotten and couldn't forget,
and / wanted TO tell you SO. And here you
are making game of me before I've been
here half an hour. Oh, you needn't look
at the clock It's fast any way. Will you
give me a chance this time, or has Paxton
Coe left a successor?"
II really can't say" she answered. II
know Mr.. Paxton Coe so slightly that al
most any one might be his successor in
my friendship"
so slightlyr' thunGered Mr.. Vanderslot
in tones adapted more to the plains than
to polite society. See here, Margaret,
Paxton Coe managed TO tangle Us before,
and now
And now it isn't Paxton Coe that's
'tangling us, but Frederick VanderslOt,"
said Margaret Come, Fred, III tell you
all things l remember if you'll only &C
knowledge that you've forgotten few
things"
II have forgotten nothing"
"Oh, yes, you have"
What have I forgottens"
'.You have forgotten the name of your
hated rival"
What"
ut was, as you may recall now that
may jog your memory bit, Mr.. Parker
Gee, Paxton's cousin, and not Paxton
himself, who was the innocent object of
your hatred three years ago.
'Margaret-Marsaret, 50 it was, mere
ly acknowledged the unhappy wretch.
Unless indeed pursued Margaret,
you are mixing me Up with some other
woman to whom Paxton Coe was devot-
ed. Are you sure you're not:
Margaret
by the way, you mustn I call Inc Mar
earet in such pathetic way any more
Perhaps the formal Miss Doane you began
with would be best, after all
What do you meant" inquired the
young man unhappily.
Nothing, except 20 agree with your re-
marks about rhe folly OF going away 70