Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

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81 WV ever Rince-slnce-
NV ~ Barkston's garden
OVAvO soon as I succeeded
in elbowing my way through the dead
wall of Mrs. Bennett Wyse's guests
who stood between us. The result ol
a brief calculation, entered on the
next morning, was to convince ne
that, during the six minutes it took
me playing the part of a pick, in or
der to reach Miss Wipdram, ! made as
many enemies as 1 had made during
the thirty years OF my life preceding
Mrs. Bennett Wyse's cat Home"
"Have' I avoided you, Mr.. Glyn p
she asked, opening her eyes very wide
and (but this was dopbsful) very in
nocentlY.
"rhe question is not if you have
done it, but why you have done it" /
said with soms measure of severity.
Suppose I deny that that is the
question:" she suggested quite pleas
antly, though without quite such q
show of innocence as had been asso.
ciated with her previous inquiry. 1t
is quite possible to speak pleasantly
without any particular e1nberance OF
innocence.
"suppose you deny it? Well. in
that case you will have-have denied
it," said l.. s'But it SO happens that
You won't deny it, Miss Wlndram."
"I'm not SO sure OF that. If any
one would make it worth my while [
might"
"No one Will make 1t worth your
while. There is nothing lett tor yoa
but to speak the truth.
s'Great heavens! 1t is come to
that?"
"Why have you avoided me? We
were good friends up to that day
have put a blue mark opposite that
day in my diary"
eyes. we were good friends; good
friends are those who have o sound
quarrel every time they meet, l sup
pose?'
"Precisely; friends whose friend
ship is strong enough to survive a
quarrel"
"Did We quarrel that lay?"
"We celtsinly did not. Where
would society ne il Il nan anu young
woman quarreilel because, when he
asked her"
''Is there any need for you to tell
every one III this sitting room what
one problematically foolish young man
asked certainly idiotic young wo.
man?"
I felt that there was something in
her question. I had not, however,
been speaking louder than usual; it
only seemed so because of sndden
commentary diminusion in the volume
of sound proceeding from tho 2O9
guests of Mrs. Bennett Wyse, who had
all been speaking at the same moment.
] tried to explain this to her; and
then she asked me what / thought of
the Signora Duse as an interpreter, OF
emotion as compared with Nine. Sarah
Bernhardt, and if / held that an
actress who was an admirable expo.
nent of the strongest emotions might
be depended on to interpret the most
powerful passions.
'It is a nice question:" felt bound
to say 'tLet US cleer ont from this
ruck and think I'll be able to tell
you all that I know regarding
the higher emotions These people
are not to be depended on; one min
ute they are talking fortissimo; the
next they are pianissimo."
"Would you have them rehearsod,
Mr.. Glyn?"
"Well, o good deal might be done
by judicious stage management"
"And conductor with an ivory
baton? There's something in that, l
admit. Your idea is that they should
become forte when you are speaking,
80 as to afford sort of background
for your wisdom"
"Wisdom? What man with the
least pretence to wisdom would come
into crowd like this for the sake Of
talking to girl who has persistently
avoided him for the past year and a
month";"
"What man indeed?"
'tAnd this brings us back to the
original question. Why have you so
persistently avoided me !"-'e
could see that she was triae put
out by my persistence in returning to
the topic which hal originated with
me. She had apparently found some
imperiection in the feather tips of her
fan, and thought that it would be un-
wise to neglect the opportunity OF
pulling off all the uneven RuGs.
Some OF them settled upon my waist
coat, where allowed them TO repose
undisturbed. few made bee line for
the caverous nostriis OF our neisbbor.
General Firebrace. He sneezed with
considerable force of character.
"Well, you see, SO many things have
happened since May the third last
year, Mr.. Glyr," said Miss Windram,
when che had satisfied herself by the
repeated opening and closing of her
ian that she had remedied the defect
in its construction.
"What things-in addition to your
eyoidapce of me?" / asked.
"Well, you have published book
to begin with. Isn't that something's"