The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-10-23
TWO BROKEN HEARTS


ter with his lunch and declared 1t was
luxury he ought to be charged for--that
one could always get wines, spirits and
beer by paying fer them, but that decent
water was thing which could only be had
In decent countries *%* He has made
his money very quickly, but he has grown
older at a still bigger pace was his
senior once, but today felt young again,
looking at his face and hearing what he
said.
Elsie-Has he endured so much, them
l thought Australia was more or less civ
ilized
Eustaee-Oh, it Is not that sort of thing
which has aged him-that sort of thing
never does 1t kills sometimes. No, it Is
the mans mind which has made him old.
There was girl-the usual girl-and he
hasn't been able to forget her
Elsie-What did she do to drive him
away Do you know, believe the novel
lists are to blame for half the trouble that
comes to human beings, especially for the
troubles which come to human beingswho
are in love. For example, dare say your
friend rushed away to Australia because
some small thing had happened, and such
flight was the proper course to ADOPT
according to the novels, Perhaps she bud
refused to demonstrate to all the world
that she was eager to accept his heart be-
fore he had given her any excuse for Le-
lieving he seriously meant to offer it, Men
arc so very unselflsh the half of them re-
frain from starving to get what they want
and take it for granted their desire has
been refused them when they have merely
not been implored to accept of It, And
yet their favorite proverb tells of the value
OF perseverance and the wisdom of keep
ing on asking
Eustace (clumsily and with an attempt
to capture her hand)-I know that, at any
rate. You were very hard to win =
Very likely you are right, He simply told
me that the girl had known-must have
known-he loved her, that she had seemed
to encourage him, and that in the end she
had gone ont of her way to offer him such
a snub that he would have been merely in
wiling greater one had he gone any fur
ther in the matter 1t happened that he
could not by any chance be happy without
her, and so he chucked the whole thing
and went abroad. fancy his people didn t
know her. He had met her here in Lon
don. The result is that he has not the re-
motest idea of what has become of her. |
wonder if he will meet her and make it
up Well (sentimentally), have "a good
long start of him at any rate. 1t is more
than year.
Elsie Qmpatiently)-He does not de-
serve to chance on happiness. Six years,
you say, he has been away, and during oil
that time he has made no effort to discov-
err what has become of her Six years! The
girl may have gone on waiting for him ull
that time, or she may have grown tired
and given UP, hoping. 1t is hard to go on
refusing always.
Eustace-3ut you forget it was she who
sent him. Six years is o long time to re-
member anything, and he remembers this
today
Elsie-Very likely. He has come home
wealthy, thanks to the girl, and now he
may or may not go to her and do what he
should have done before. I'll swear, from
the way you tell the story, that he never
asked her plainly If she would be his wife.
He wanted her to do the asking but he
will be the hero If she has waited, and he
finds her ana gets the good fortune which
he does not deserve
Eustace-Very likely. Men are awful
fools. But you may be very sure that he
had given the proof of the thing, even if
he had not put it into words.
Elsie-I do not doubt it, but there Is no
proof where the thing is not put into words.
II the girl was pretty and attractive, he
probably gave her no more proof" than
half dozen men had given her before.
She would have been fool to take the
things which happened in the first six
cases as meaning anything. Why should
she perceive difference in the SEVENTH
Eustace-But | thought girl knew
Elsie-Novels againl And she always
declares the proposal unexpected
Eustace-You know that when l asked
you first
Elsie-Let us forget all that. We have
been married such a long time that we can
afford to forget But your friend Anglers
me somehow. l am so sure that he has
! simply been foolish. Very likely it has
all turned out to the advantage of the girl
But it might not have done so, and at any
rate she has something to regret, even
though she is married and happy in her
marriage.
Eustace-I dare say your arc right. He
was always bit of fool and the dearest
fellow in the world Surely have men
toned him to your You've heard me
speak of Teddy Manchester?
| Elsie (starts, looks at him swiftly and
cannot hold back the exclamation which
comes to her lips)-Teddy Lanchesterl
Eustace-Yes. Do you remember the
name?
Elsie latter a pause)-I don't think
you've ever told me of him. (Another
pause.) Still l fancy must have met
him, used to go out n great deal six
years ago, and the name is one you would
remember because it sounds so like a
name out of a book Teddy Manchester
*F* A big, stout, fair man, with a pleas
ant smile? 1t seems 60, me 1 remember
him. er
Eustace-The wrong man. Mine is
short, thin, dark and combative. A very
good sort, but he had way of seeming to
live in a state of eternal protest against
things in general
Elsie-I can't have met him, then, and
I'm sure l should not be nice to him if
| did. (She pushes back her chair. If you
will get me wrap and promise me not tc
bring the man here to dine, / would like q
cigarette in the garden. 1t is close in here
! (Eustace disappears. All, Teddy, Teddy
! All this because your flowers would not &c
/ with INV dress As For that Is what a