The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-14
aWHEN THE LILIES BLOOMED'
GEAvEs FROM PAuLINA.s DIARyJ



.And it is all over.'' he said. striking his
stick into the earth of the cold frame.
where Fritz had been preparing 70 plant
the lily bulbs. Its all over Dead as
those dead things Fritz has poured out of
his basket / can't believe / ever had any
lot or part In it. / never did 1t was an
other man..
Quite So" I said, fully as angry as he,
angry too, that I felt my cheek growing
white.
Il will not say that regret the day +
ever saw YOU he went on; for have
had brief. mad pleasure in it.
Have you so?" I said, half Indifferent
ly, half defiantly. busy with my glove fas-
tening.
And experience that may be worth
having, since it teaches me to distrust all
women as thoroughly as once l trusted
you. And here it ends. / have spoken my
last word of love to you-yes, till those
dead things scattering the bulbs with his
stick. "come to life again
1.-THE same to you, I answered. And
1 think that's all there is to be said. Are
you going to Betty Barclays tonight? Be
cause if you are, and
Don't let me interfere with you. l am
neither going there nor anywhere else Let
me say goodbye, then. / wish you all the
happiness you are capable of having.
wish you all the happiness of which you
have robbed me-
"Da capo," said /. And then, as we
turned in our opposite directions, I looked
up through the open space where Fritz
had drawn the sashes apart to cool the
place, and saw little Miss Amy at her win
dow looking down at us.
"Paulina,'' ne said, pausing and turning.
But / neither paused nor turned Il am
no longer Pauiina to you, 1 said AND |
so T baHe t. ke ay eyes ySu didn't
i just went out.
/ meant it any way! 1 mean it. now.
| have been a simpleton Of the simple
set up tyrant over me? The idea! Did
going to waltz all my life. I have kissed
Cousin Bertram all my life, when he came
and went-it isn't particularly agreeable.
never should die of longing to kiss Cousin
things; but I'm going to kiss Cousin Bert
ram to my dying day! Suppose had made
an nqsS WIN her ms
kissing poor little Miss Amy. If he's go
Bertram he may as well stop right there.
And I'll get over it some. time some how.
never shall be happy again.
Grey Grey, Or that he was little and insignia
cant instead of being a mighty athlete, and
L
no, I don't. But somehow I can't keep
those great dark melancholy eyes of his
out of my sight. Poor fellow-Tm sorry
he's SO unhappy. I can't bear to have him
However, he needn't think all women are
slight and selfish and domineering, and
hateful, just because | am. 1 don't sup
pose I'll see him again; he'll go down to
his Texas ranch; that he has told me so
much about. Some other woman will ride
across the high Towering sunrise prairies
Snn1a nfh won Wi 81 n @
at night beside him, and take the jasmine
perfumes and the breath of the night
headed roses about her. Well, let her!
wonder what the Texas women are like.
after ~s all But / fancy ' he couidnt help it
His cousin Val came, and, of course it
save his Aunt Nancy the trouble; of course
Miss Amy couldn't. with her lame back, It
has always been EXPECTED n IT. the family nd fhar
fortune with her. daresay he will, now
though I'll never believe
passed me; and then it was bent low
enough to hear what Val wandley was say
beyond measure-she! Oh, myi how mad
he was in the german when | gave him
was not going to give him a favor with all
the rest of them looking on? He was never
had to. And he held me as if he would
never let ms me 60 too, And he did not speak
Never dare to do this again If it hadn't ft
been too late I'd have given him another
favor on the spot.
Texas or wherever. met him in the street
day before yesterday, and he took off his
And | laughed Cousin Bertram with
me. / knew was just as fresh and rosy
a peach, for / had put on something
under my veil to make me so. IN not go
| ing 10 have people think I'm pining for
| my chinchillas, and Miss Amy had said
looked like beauty Of course, l go and
| see Miss Amy! I'm not going to cut my
friends because they happen to be related
| to Teddy Grey. She didn't say / was a
beauty. She only said l looked like one.
| what does all that matter if he doesn't
| think I'm faithful and good and all the
him that day / saw him turn suddenly My
white as ashes; and he'd have gone in
anywhere. know, if there'd been anywhere
/ to go in, but it was a blank stone wall
| there. / rather think he whether or
not l am heartwhole, whatever he is And
| what he wants to be so tragic for. / don't
| know-I supposed should have thought
A week later. Oh, it is all over; it really
j. | never. never thought that Theodore
| ! think / shall die of the way my heart
| beats. / have cried all night. And now
to breakfast Oh, what is the use Of Nv
| ing l thought would write it out, and
o rsa to wng preet But oh
me, I can't, | can't. and can't see out of
/ eyes. either.
| What in the world made me go skating
/ with Cousin Bertram, anyway, and let
| him put on my skate? And I'm sure,
| any one, any one. would have done just
| the same when going
/ down that airhole in the ice. Any one
! would have turned faint, and have hid
| den her face in her muff. in Cousin Ber-
/ trans coat-she didn't know wherei And
4 Cousin Bertram is grave and kind and
1 good anybody who knows him and knows
| me ought to know that it is all the same
! as if he were Miss Amy, or Aunt Nancy
| oh. she never will be Aunt Nancy now!
/ And just as stood there, totally unable
| to move, and frightened TO death, and
| Cousin Bertram holding, me up, and trying
/ to quiet me, and wishing, yes, wishing
| so for Ted-out Of the wood along the
| bank he comes stalking like Don. Quixote.
| well! [ guess you've finished things nowr'
said Cousin Bertram-for every one knows
that Ted and I have had tiff, but no
one supposes it's broken off for keeps
| And Cousin Bertram called after him in
| his loud jovial voice. but Theodore Grey
never heard him. OF course he heard him.
| ! went over to Miss Amy's-for she knows
all about it; she saw us that morning. Miss
| Amy in the greenhouse with Fritz.
| looking at her bulbs. They have all
| sprouted beautifully she said. sending