Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-23


young man stepped quickly into the next
room as the opposite door opened to admit
the visitor Through the slit Andrew
could makeo out the graceful silhouette of
young girl.
Glow do you do, Mrs. Harmon?" said
the girl as she entered the room. 81 hnye
brought back the little books on the orphan
asylum that you lent mamma May |
stay Il moment with your
She continued TO keep her back toward
Andrew, and he, now beginning to get
tired of the game, had about concluded |
that she must be frightfuly ugly. !
''Sit down here, DEAR beside me-" and
Mrs. Harmon easily contrived to place the |
girl just opposite the small room, and the
young man, approaching his eye to the
crack, was struck by the pretty face he be-
held.
well, Rosamond, what are you doing |
nowadays? Are you going out much?"
mo; very little had a card for Mrs.
Laton's tea this afternoon, but wrote her
1 was ILL., You will not betray me, will
you?' and she laughed merry laugh that
set Andrews heart to vibrating.
do you not care for such affairs?'' asked
Mrs. Harmon.
'ESurely, Mrs. Harmon, you do not think
it would be amusing to spend an hour or
two watching Mrs. Latons flirtations,
with no one to talk to but the insipid
women and stupid men Of her set2"
"You are severe, my child
"Severe2 Well, with a woman like Mrs.
Laton do not think one can be too much
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Instinctively Mrs. Harmon raised her
eyes to the door that concealed Andrew,
and under pretext of arranging the por-
there, she crossed the room, and, as she re-
arranged the drapery, whispered to her
nephew: cts nearly 5. You'll be late for
| your tea.
| But her warning was unheeded. An
drew did not bulge. AS for the girl by
the fire, she was still full Of her idea
'tDo you know Mrs. Iaton, Mrs. Har-
mon9' she asked.
Eyes, yes, the old lady fastened to re-
ply, and, to turn the conversation, she
went on: "But you are wrong to declare
that all men are stupid There are some
who are quite sensible. F"
"Sensible? Well, do not know them.
I do not mean that they are all stupid, but
they think themselves SO superior that
they are wearisome. They are vain, insult
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their idea that they are irresistible because
they can flirt with Mrs Laton who has
bleached hair and smears paint on her face
as if it were palette, and whose brains
are good for nothing but to devise outra-
geous gowns.
Again Mrs. Harmon cast an uneasy
glance toward the little room in which
Andrew was fast waxing angry. He would
have liked to strange this girl, whose SUI
perb health and triumphant beauty irri
tated him.
''And when will you get married. my
dears" suggested Mrs. Harmon, agar
, throwing herself into the breach.
81 shall never marry"
, 'sIndeedp Why not?'
sWhy not?" repeated Rosamond, a shad
ow Of melancholy coming over the fact
that Andrew admired in spite Of himself
, because am little fool who cannot d(
, as the rest do. 1 would wish to love m.
husband and to have him love me- Iwoult
wish to marry IA man whom should sin
gle out from among the rest for his good
ness and intelligence. l would wish t.
have confidence in him, and, above all, t.
be proud of him..
AS the girl spoke she had become ami
|
not without it's effect ON the young ma
s behind the door.
/, ''Well, Rosamond," said Mrs. Harmon
/ "why do you not realize your dream?"
g because there are no young men nowf
days who care to look for girl VIII
It pleases them. Marriage for them is q mat
ter of business, nothing more, and tn
Ii woman herself does not count. They MARI
e when they have lost their money, an
when the little heart they possessed ha
been frittered away on some Mrs Laton c
J. another"
Again Mrs. Harmon arose, and, pretend
u ing she had an order to give, excused hel
self and FASTENED to her nephew.
'Well aunt she has given us nit
n dressing down, chr For charming girl
would back her against the world. +"
10 Hurry, Andrew 1t is late, and 20
)t have almost missed your tea"
l. tMy tean' he repeated. Bother m
is tea! Is there nothing else in the worl
% but my tear No. you must find an excus
4 to bring me into the room, and I'll sho
e. that young shrew whether all men al
to FOOLS Oh, she need have no fear l sha
is not try to marry her, for still have a
my hair, a little money and heart stl
intact"
Mrs Harmon could not restrain smi
at the young mans vexation, and fi'
minutes later Andrew entered the DRAWN
in room.
But, contrary to all expectations, IL
conversation did not become war
words. On the contrary, the girls fires
lg gayety disarmed Andrews anger at ono
n His preconceptions fled before her dimplt
and hn
fell under her charm, forgetting his ang
I'd in his admiration for her graceful NOV
IN ments, tho penetrating tiinbre of her yolc
d, the sparkle of her wit.
The hour for the tea had long passe
Ill and Andrew was still there. He had 10
all desire to run after Mrs Laton, tn
to faded doll whom Rosamond, as he W
tic forced to admit to himself, had portray
d. so trrthfully.
Id And ensconced once more in the dept
e. of her armchair Mrs. Harmon smiled
or kindly smile and silently regarded t
H. young people, who, for their part, look
nv at one another with looks that do not
ceive and in which the old aunt read wi
SO Joy the hope of happy union. Adapt
ire From the French For San Francisco A
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