The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-11-13
The Time Of Roses.

"Why have you so perslsiently avoid.
"a me- ever since since-wUll. since
Lady Barkston's garden pariyf J In
qulred Of Mss Withdrawn, a. soon as !
succeeded IA elbowlng my way through
tine dead wall Of Mrs Bennett Myses
guests. who stood between us. The re-
suit of "a brief calculation. entered on
the next morning. was 10 convince me
that during the six minutes Il took me
playlng the Part of a pick. In order To
fqach Miss Withdrawn ! made as many
enemies rs / had made during the
thirty years 81 my life preceding Mrs'
Bennett Wyse's AT Home.
Have | avoided you. Mr.. Glynf shc
asked. opening her eyes yeiy wide anh
thui this was doubtful very innoccntly.
.srhe question ~ not n you have done
II. but why you have done u, salu
with some measure of severity.
Suppose DENY that that Is the qnes'
tlony' she suggested. quite pleasantly
though without quite such show OF IN
uocence as had been associated with
her previous inquiry II be- quite pussi-
/ Die 10 speak pleasantly without any
particular eXubcraucc OF innocence
Suppose you deny itg Well. In that
ease you win have have denied u,
/ said I. But Il ~ happens that you
will not deny Il. Miss Wlndram"
II nm net 80 sure of that li any one
would make 1t worth my while /
might"
NO one will make u worth Your
/ while There Is nothing left for yoh
but TO speak the truth"
Great heavens. n Is come to ihntf
"Why have You avoided mef We
were good friends up To that day
have pat q blue mark opposite that day
In my diary
Yes. We were good friends; good
friends are those who have a sound
quarrel every time they meet ] sup
poser
Precisely: friends whose Friendship
Il strong enough to survive n quarrel
Did We quarrel that way
we certainly dld not. Where would
society be n man and young woman
Quarreled hecauss, when he asked
her"
rs there any need for you 20 tel
every one In this stlning room what
one problematlcally foolish young mas
asked certainly ldiouc youns
woman
| felt that there was something 10
her question. had. however. beer
speaking louder than usual; II only
seemed 81 because ~ a sudden mo
mentary dlmlnution Ia the volume oI
sound proceeding from the 30 guests
~ Mrs. Bennett Wyse who had al
been speaking az the same moment
tried 20 explain this 90 her: aud ihei
she asked me what ] thought of th'
siguora Dnsc ~ an Interpreter " emo
ton a. compared with Mime. Saral
/ Bernhnrdt. aud n held that an sctresi
who uns an admirable exponent of ,h'
lstrnngest emotions mighi be- depended
on 20 interpret the most ponderfil pas
sl0nA
1T isa nice question" felt houn,
10 say. Let NJ clcar out from tot
rock and ! think I'll be- able % tell yo'
all that ! know regarding the highe
emotions These people are not TO b
defended on: one minute they are talk
lng fortlsslmo. the nett they are plants
slmo."
Would you have them rrhearsel
Nr Glyny
well. a good deal might be done b.
judlclous stage management
and a conductor with an iyor
batoug There l. something Ia that.
admit Your idea II that they shall be-
come forte when you are speaking, =
- to AFFORD background Tor your wis
DOM
"Wlsdomi What man, with the leas
yrctense % wisdom. would come Int
crowd like this Tor the sake ~ tall
llng a. girl who has persistently avoid
ed him FOR the pasi year and month .
What man. indeed
And this brings ne back o. the orli
inal question. Why have you ~ pei
slstcntly avoided mey'
could see that she was a trine pr
out by my persistence In returning I
tho topic which had originated wit
, me. She had apparently found som
2 imperfection Ia the feather tips Of be
e fan. aud thought that II would be M
I, wise 20 neglect the opportunity N pull
. Ing OF all the uneven nuns Some
them settled on my waistcoat. Wher
I allowed them 90 remain undlsturbes
a few made q bee line for the ca
ernOua noatril Of our nelghhOr. Gel
a Frebracs, and ne sneezed with eonsl,
! cradle force Of character
well. you see. 30 many things haN
happened since May the third last yea
J. Mr.. Glyn." pald Miss Withdrawn. whe
j. she had satisfied herself by the repea
i Cd opening and closiug ~ her ian %.
n she had remsdicd The defect In lbs col
!, stWctlnr.
=" What .hlnrs-m addition 10 yol
avoidance ~ inr.' 7 asked
= well. you have published n book.
q begin wi'n lent ilat something 81
. said
III We avoid nil the people who ha,
published boos uur circle ~ acqulln
anccs would becO'nc apprclahly ma
row. Miss Windnm Anything clsey
= Hasn't 70 gone Into siN editions
SHE cried. IN tone ~ accusation.
II dou't ds~afvc tho blame for that
n said IN > va That 'sls meant TO sho
i her felt che .liis;itc ~ her accus
ilon "Hlanie the puhllc n Won wis
The public a.c Invariably ldiotlc. n
editor ~ the Universe announced
connection with that book Of mine. !
was rlght though lh" fact thar the pa
). he steadily rsfutc ~ buy The univen
}. points In The o,hr7 direction"
ooh. u Is al very well 10 try aI
throw tho blame GA the public" sa
l. Miss Withdrawn. with shrug. "hut
= that cutie gcucroH, ~ You. Mr.. Glyn
"pcFhans IL lsat Was Il on accou
b of the hook son avoided me so caen
= Ivy
= oh there were other things N
Geographical society gave you a 90
ol medal. dlts.t ~"
y "rhey were rlyhi there. They cou
not get on. OF H."
= II darpsay. That may nll he We
= we'll; Int people who get gold media
4 cnnferrcd on iheiG cant expect o.
treated ne ordinary people"
d u suppose you are right. But a,
n they want 10 b. treated as orllna
4 peoples'
~ That's quite side ISSUE. decll
o. discuss a."