Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-10-09

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room as the Opposite door opened to admit
| the visitor. Through the slit Andrew
/ could make out the graceful silhouette of
a young girl
How do you do, Mrs. Harmon?" saitt
the girl us she entered the room 81 have
! brought back the little books on the orphan
asylum that you lent mamma. May L
stay il moment with YOU"
She continued to keep her back toward
Andrew, and he now beginning to got
tired of the game, had about concluded
that she must be frightfully ugly
Sit down here, dear, beside me, " and
| Mrs. Harmon easily contrivcd to place the
girl just opposite the small room and the
young man, approaching his eye 20 tho
crack, was strucl, by tho pretty face he be-
held
"Well, Rosamond, what are you doing
nowadays Are You going out much?'
Nc, very little l had Il card for Mrs
LatOn's tea this AFTERNOON, but ! wrote her
| was i'll. You will not bctray me, will
your and she laughed a merry laugh that
set Andrews heart to vibrating
DO you not care for such ;tffairs?" asked
Mrs. Harmon.
surely, 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 set?'
You are severe, my child"
Severe: Well with woman like Mrs
Laton do not think one can be too much
So"
Instinctively Mrs Harmon raised her
eyes to the door that concealed Andrew
and, under prctext of arranging the Dor
there, she crossed the room, and, as she re-
arranged the drapery, whispered to her
nephew Its nearly >. You'll be late for
your tea
But her warming was UNDECIDED. An
drew did not bulge AS for the girl by
the fire, she was still full of her idea.
DC you know Mrs. Laton, Mrs Har-
mon:' she asked.
Yes, 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. -
Sensible: Well, do not know them.
l do ncd mean that they are all stupid, but
they ohink themselves 50 superior that
they are wcarisomc They are vain, insult
ferablc boreS, with their blaso airs and
their idea that they arc irresistible because
they can Airt with Mrs Laton, who has
! blcachcd hair and smclrs paint on her face
as II 1t were palette, and whose brains
are good for nothing but to devise outra-
gCOuS gowns.
Again mrs Harmon cast an uneasy
glance toward the little room in which
Andrew was fast waxing angry. lie would
have liked to strangle this girl, whose su-
perb health and triumphant beauty irri-
tated him
And when will you get married, my
dear?' suggested Mrs Harmon, again
throwing herself into the breach.
II shall never marry"
"Indeed: Why not?"
"Why not: repeated Rosamond, q shad-
ow of melancholy coming over the faco
that Andrew admired in spite of himself
Because | am little fool who cannot do
as the rest do. ! would wish to love my
husband and to have him lovcmc would
wish to marry a man whom | should sin
gle out from among the rest for his good
ness and intelligence. | would wish to
have confidence in him, and. above all to
be proud Of him."
As the gill spoke she had become ami
mated with gentle c:ialtation, which was
not without its effect On the young man
behind the door.
"Wcll, Rosamond, said Mrs Harmon,
''why do you not realize your dreamy
Because there are no young men nova
days who care to look for u girl who
pleases them. Marriage for them is mat
ter of business, nothing more, and the
woman herself does not count. They marry
when they have lost their money, and
when the little heart they possessed has
been frittered away on some Mrs Laton or
another
Again Mrs. Harmon arose, and, pretend
ing she had an order to give, excused her
self and hastencd to her nephew.
well, aunt, she has given us nice
dressing down. ell; For charming girl,
would back her against the world. ~
Hurry Andrew 1t is late, and you
have almost missed your tea. -
My tea he repeated Bother my
tea Is there nothing else in the world
but my tea: 80, you must find an excuse
to bring me into the room, and II show
that young SAlcw whether al men are
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