Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-11-27

II don't know" said the other. It's
not cozy, like Ethel. Itmakes you think
of Anglo-sa1on attitudes. don't you
know"
II don't agree with you," said Will.
son little stif1y.
Well, they sent the letter. There were
some inquiries from the Office Of the pa
per, which Tyrwhitt. impersonating the
absent Daubeny, answered to the Offices
satisfaction.
"Daubeny won't mind, you know, ,"
he said to his friend. He'll enjoy the
joke. )"
And three days later came the answer
to their typewriter eulogy Of the gem
tleman in Algiers This also was type
written. A photograph was inclosed
which Wilson would have unwrapped at
once.
Fair does, /" said Tyrwhitt, holding
the photograph at arms length, while
they read the letter together. 1t stated
that if Mr.. Daubeny's income was as
represented and if he thought from the
inclosed photograph that Ethel would
be likely to make his home happy she
would arrange to meet him at the Office.
"a personal interview" the letter stat
ed, sis always more satisfactory
"Now for the photograph cried
Jack. "We shall have to stop short at
this, Wilson. l have often wondered
what sort of women do put in these adj
vertisements. This will be some old
catamaran of so, suppose. ("
Shardleloe drew the photograph from
its silver paper resting place and gave
one glance at it. He dropped it with a
hurried "D-n!"
Gas bad as all that?' said Tyrwhitt
gayly. picking the photograph out Of
the sugar basin into which it had
fallen. It had arrived at breakfast
time. "Good Godr' he cried as soon as
his eyes fell on it, cts Ethel, Ethel
you know, the girl that I was engaged
to"
Already he spoke in the past tense.
$50 she was to me, by JoveP' cried
Wilson incoherently. ",Jack, that's my
girl tool"
They stood frowning at each other
across the photograph Then Jack began
to laugh, and in moment Wilson fol-
lowed suit
"What a let off. by heaven!" he said.
"What shall we do?"
II was very fond Of her, Shardeloe,
old fellow" said jack
But his friend said: Don't be an
ass. How can you be fond Of a girl
like that-a girl who was engaged tc
two men at once and tried to get hold
Of third! You were fond Of girl who
never existed-your pure souled, high
toned darling"
"Shut up, can't you," cried the other
savagely, and tell me what you are
going to do?'
81 shall return her letter and her
photograph and tell her that all is at
an end between u.s."
eff you do that, there is nothing left
for me but to 60 and break it off per-
sonally. I should rather enjoy that. p"
"Shall we go together?" said Wilson,
struck by a happy thought.
ono, dom want to hit her when
she's DOWN.
And the next day Tyrwhitt went
Ethel received him with her usual quiet
grace and dignity.
81 have come to release you from
your engagement, he said.
Her great, innocent, baby eyes filled
with tears.
"Oh, what is it? Don't you love me
any more?'
"I can't be put off, he said, with
| divided heart. You have already
shared yours between my friend Wilson
Shardeloe aud me. Now that you pro-
pose to add Daubeny to your collection
you leave me no resource but to retire. =
II don't understand, said Ethel,
"but see you mean to insult me- After
what you have said we are strangers
from this moment.
And, with all hsr old sanity dignity,
she turned and left him. It must be
owned that she carried of the situation
we'll
But the worst Of it was that they for.
got to tell Daubeny anything about it,
and, while they were away at Monts
Carlo next winter, she really did meet
Daubeny at an art students dance al
Kensington, and, finding that his meani
were as represented, married him put Of
hand. And then Of course it was Of nc
use for them to tell him.
Shardeloe and Tyrwhitt dine some
times with the Daubenys, but Mrs.
Daubeny does not encourage her hus.
band to ask them often.
"Of course I must be hospitable to all
your friends" she says to her husband,
with the sweet, sanity dignity that siti
90 we'll upon her, but I'm afraid, dear,
that Mr. Shardeloe and Mr.. Tyrwhitt
are rather worldly. '.-Sketch.
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