Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-06

hoard his name pIo"ouH''u "a p" WIZ
..rprise lie glanced quickly around
..Nhv. Mrs. wilder"
lady I'm black had started towards
t.~, and he hurried forward TO meet her
~flow dcnrhuur she said in a low
voice.
~lrs certainly delightful for me| he
laughed
~S.hen did you Gomez" She looked very
serious now Hers was one Of those faces
l,.,uabie OF retaining more than pass
''rast night. Didn't you hear me? I had
, terrible time getting In
.Ah II was you. theni' She glanced
.. fBe cirl who stood behind her. This
ID ,,r. Thomas. Edith. Miss Grant she
added softly.
tftr~ The usual explanation OF the way
t- which they had happened 10 find each
,trer n Marblchcsd. Mrs. Wilder turned
,-oaris tho ocean. Miss Grant was
...t ro.ng 90 take me for sail. perhaps
.lrII il. YOU come too
u shall be dclighted-if I am asked
Dc REPLIED. smiling at the girl.
MISS Grant did not speak for mo
mont. Then. He can DO the work she
..f "Can you manage a sail? II you
..r.t" sha went on. before he could
r.tIv. III teach you. We must make you
,e.flI while you're here
AS they walked slowly towards the
dollhouse along the road that skirted
he sea- the conversation was chleny
sustained by Mrs. Wilder and Thomas.
tt he wharf. "You stay here with Mrs.
Wilder while ! SO for the s!oop' sad
Miss Grant. stepping into the tender
Dad She had united before Thomas could
t.,n her, A momcnt later they We're
watching her steadily pulling over the
waves.
.Isa't she wonderful" said Mrs. Wilder.
esq sf.l-reiiant and capable"
she's the new woman" Thomas laugh
ei"
NO YOU mustn't tel her that. She
sars she dctests the new woman. She's
very feminine YOu'u see that when you
know her better She seems so different
10 New York. She's Marvin Grants
daughter. YOU know
only child. isn't she?' Thomas asked.
stu watching her. She was rapidly
nearing the yacht; her head turned away
fl-m him. and her arms kept their ryth-
ME motion.
.Ycs-but not a biz spoiled Her IA
Their adores her Her mother died five
years aro-while she was at school She
went home and took charge Of the house
O., j. she'd done nothing else all her
they watched her till she reached the
s.oop and after tying the row-boat 10
tta stern. had sprung on board
"ErraEedg said Thomas softly.
Mrs Wilder glanced at him with a
smile and shook her head.
These capable girls marry late, I've
noticed he said.
After that san Thomas felt as II he
were well acquainted with Edith Grant.
I'm a week no felt as IL ne had known
her Tor years. This was due TO the
frsrkress Of her manner and the back
ground OF common experiences and ac-
oualutances I'm New YORK, as well as TO
tie quick intimacy Of the summer life.
Two days after meeting they amused
themselves by trying 20 discover If they
had not seen each other before at dances
.. afternoon receptions Thomas declared
that he had caught glimpse Of her
rough "a crowd ct one OF Mrs. Creighton
Dents brushes. and Edith Grant was GER
Tain that she had seen him looking very
d.sconsolate IN a doorway at one of the
great balls. lie acknowledged that the
picture was convincing; az dances he
was always standing in do0rways. you
looked so black and severe in your eve
Ming Dress" she said. smiling at his out
stretched figure in white fianDels on the
deck. "Not a bit like you do now" she
adiei. unconscious Of the shock she was
giving him. That particular solecism
usually distressed him much more than
.- DID no this moment. however. The sum
nor life was lowering his standards.
q think YOU must be very different.
TOO" De replied lazlly. taking his pipe
from DIS lips and pressing the tobacco
So h bis thumb. She had told him that
beg father always smoked pipe at home.
'l1 fact It's hard TO imagine you any
other way" be went on, pointing with
t1e molthpiece at her yachting suit. IT
were an artist. I'd want 20 paint you
iEo tlis you seem 10 blend into the
atmosphere"
They were floating over the smooth sur
fa-s q the harbor the waves tapping
lie boat.
Eyes" she said after awhile. Il really 4
DO believe that this is my element. I'm /
lever so happy IS 4 am in summer. The /
only troubie'-she looked across the water /
and waited Tor a moment-"the only I
trouble is that 1 have 10 be away from /
Bob 60 long"
lie glanced az her thoughtfully. who's I
bctF' be said, gripping the pipe be- /
tween BIS teeth with his lips parted.
VI forgot that you didn't know. Why, /
he's ms father"
"Ghr'
eyes. I always call nay father Bob.
caught IL from my mother. I suppose
people think it's queer. We're great
-a-us nay father and J."
They had been idling all the afternoon.
I-e wilder. a victim 10 neuralgia head
.rls had taken 20 her bed. az she often
3D. Thomas had been amused by the
perfect independence OF the two ladies';
De- bad speedily seen that, II there we're
any guidance between them. IT came
Ic tle maiden rather than the matron
in speaking OF Mrs. Wilder, Miss
Gran. liked 10 assume tone OF protec-
t.or.
How strange some women are-mar-
it- women" she said to him. when a
i-'n ia the conversation brought them
it.f 20 the inevitable subject Of love,
which hey had begun 20 discuss on the
end day OF their acquaintance. They |
e,aer hate their husbands or they idea
.1- ufm. And they don't usually hate
item unless they're jealous. aud, after
'.. mats about the most intense form
81 l9Fc. sut itg'
b-i suppose they love some one else2
= fe heard of such cases. How do they
't.l about their husbands thenT'
it ttfyre sure their husbands love
tlon-they pity them"
-Aouas burst into his short laugh.
Poor devils" De said, knocking the
PES out OF his pipe against his left wrist.
Love U.s. usually an on ore side when
settles down to a permanent feeling.
eva lIs usually ON the Woman's side.
"a have too many distractions TO stay
.lft very Ions rs the only dlstrac-
ON most women have