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

81 WV ever since-slnce-
| ~ NoSA well, since Lady
! %o.\H ~ Barkston's garden
| SS\A/D| party?" I inquired
ML of Miss Windram &c
| OVNVO soon as I succeeded
in elbowing my way through the dead
wall of Mrs. Bennett Wyse's guests
who stood between us. The result o.
brief calculation, entered on the
next morning, was to convince ne
that, during the six minutes it tool
me playing the part of pick, in or
der to reach Miss Windram, l made as
many enemies as / had made during
the thirty years of my life preceding
Mrs. Bennett Wyse's "At Home"
"Heve' avoided you, Mr.. Glyn! !'
she asked, opening her eyes very wide
and (bus this was dopbsfuD very in
nocentlY.
"rhe question is not If you have
done it, but why you have done it"
said with soma measure of severity.
Suppose 1 deny that that is the
question:" she suggested quite pleas
antly, though without quite such a
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
| tbat cese vf,,, will haye-have denied
it, said l.. '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"
aNo one Will make 1t worth your
while. There is nothing LETT tor you
but to speak the truth.
''Great heavens! 1t is come to
that?"
"Why have you avoided me? We
were good friends up to that day
have put blue mark opposite that
day in my diary"
eyes, wo were good friends; good
friends are those who have q sound
quarrel every time they meet, sup
pose?"
Precisely; friends whose friend-
ship is strong enough to survive q
quarrel
"Did we quarrel that lsy?"
"we celtsiuly did not. Where
would society ne il nau anu young
woman quarrelle1 because, when he
asked her"
SIS there any need for you to tell
every ons III this sitting room what
one problematicslIy 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 sn6den
,uomentary diminusion in the volume
of sound proceeding from tho 209
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 1 thought OF
the Signora Dnse as an interpreter, OF
emotion es compared with Nine. Sarah
Bernhardt, and il 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 nice question:" felt bound
to say. sLet US clear ont from this
ruck and I 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 rehearsed,
Mr.. Glyn?"
"Wel, good deal might De done
by judicious stage management"
"And o conductor with an ivory
baton? There's something in that, ]
admit. Your idea is that they should
become forte when you are speaking,
so as to afford a 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?"
"And this lrings US back to the
original question. Why have you SC
persistently avoided me!"--s
Z could see that she was tri6e put
out by my persistence in returning to
the topic which hal originated with
line. She had apparently found some
imperiection in the feather tips of hel
fan, and thought That it would be un
wise to neglect the opportunity oi
.line off all the uneven fuffs.
Some of them settled upon my waist
coat, where allowed them TO repose
undisturbed. few made bee line fol
| the csyerous nostriis OF our neisbbor
General Firebrace. He sneezed witt
considerable force of character.
"Well, you see, SO many things have
happened since May the third last
year, Mr.. Glyn," said Miss Windram
when che had satisfied herself by the
repeated opening and closing OF he,
ian that she had remedied the defec
in its construction.
"What thipgs-in addition to !oul
ayoidspce of me?" asked.
"Well, you, have published bool