The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-03-21
DRIFTING.

+bov ,eu. lhey were both young
10y were both good-looking, they WEI
either OF them too rich nor too noe
1or worldly considerations to he q - ~
oe1"een them, and by uniting +hai
fana which were only divided b
renee they would both be as we'll =,
- either desired. They had know,
, une another, boy and girl, all tbei
nVes' had played in one anotber,s nmr.
SERIES had hunted over the same com
Try, danced in the same ballrooms 80.
- .he same corners, and had been sl
mutually interested as to be on;+e
ea aalk' without ever being sufficiently
lail,liar to breed contempt. They
might have gone on in this wav to To-
shds or their lives if people had not in
lerested themselves in their walf.ra
- was done in this way. Their mutual
uncle and aunt had met, and Mrs Cross
lands had said: % " o'''
us q pity Frank and Nav don't
make match of it,
10 this old Martin Kirwin b.d =.
piled: 1"o ie-
1T is, indeed"
70 you think there is any under.
standing between them?"
Ihey seem to understand one an
other very well!"
DO you think Franks affections !. 70
placed elsewhere?"
i never heard Of such a thing. How
about May?"
one is, am convinced, heart-free, |
Dld 1t ever dawn upon you that thew
were in love with one another?"
1T certainly has,"
Il have thought the same thing FIRE.
luentiy, and now that you saw so.
I'm convinced that it must be so: bu,
la'lng known one another so long il
las never occurred to either that their
owe is reciprocated, and each fears tn
ose a friendship by making any adj
ance"
L think, Mrs. Crosslands, there is n
ood deal of sense in what you say.
will pump Frank" @ 5
And I will question May" a
and then we can compare notes."
"Certainly-but I am sure there is c
ny one way to arrive at the truth"
"And that is" T
For you to assure Frank that Nav tt
in love with him, and for me to pro- -
st to May that Frank is eating his W
art for her." IA
"a very good idea" al
That is how Frank and May came to
engaged. They each declined to "a
lieve the story told to them, and, by
way of disproving it, agreed to put 50
to the test. 1t was curious comedy.
" treated Frank more coldly the
rmer he pursued her, and Frank fe.
mixing he was safe, finally proposed
her, and she, for pure pity for him.
because she was such friends with
>, and also because she was mex. co,
fenced and half thought it would asi
fun to be engaged, accepted him, :,
they both played their parts in the wa !.
md act of the comedy to perfec> :,
|. The colder Frank felt, the more
'ntive he forced himself to be, and
;, plying the good fellow she knew hI IL
to be, did all she could to make him .r
Ply, until the inevitable quarrel, as .
thought, would come about and re ou'
e her. But, not being lovers, they
not quarrel, and so both drifted into Iant
each dared not, for very shame's
, withdraw from. The announce. cons
/ of the engagement brought beans RICH
to both, and every
ling present that arrived seemed
a new black seal I'm the hand thai have
d them together. Frank could "
ace being called "cad," and Nav are
not the courage to treat anyone Blu
:. There were only two people his
knew the truth. One was Jack Il
egor and the other was Bessie see
,urt, but as neither of these two you
of the others existence, Frank May,
May became Mr.. and Mrs. Ire "Tl
e, and drove away amid a shower her !
,e and slippers to spend their ar
moon at Harlesden lodge, near chum
,ourne, on the banks of the river than
es. 81 EH TE lies Il
ad been beautiful day-as fair a a plat
ever smiled on bride and the 81
g was delightful. Their luggage 'Di
zen taken upstairs, and they had an?"
ed 10 get rid of all traces Of the Il d
,ny. Indeed, as Frank said, mo- "Ah
would ever suspect them Of only mo
ing married. They dreaded the said Il
&c of the servants, and according "Wil
ED that 1t would be pleasanter INJURED
n
d search Of nnme inn where they NY