The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-10-30

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Mr.. Gilbreth.
"Why could she see me when she
wanted money, eh?" the angry little
woman demanded.
Her husband was awed into silence.
1T will be long day, and a dark
one, too, before 1 show r1y face in
that church again!" she declared.
''Those people are only after the
fleece, anyway
She not only remained away from
the services, but also told her griev-
ance to others. and finally the story
was carried to Mrs. Dugal herself.
One day Mrs. Gilbreth was nursing
her resentment in her home when
there was ring of the bell, and
when she opened the door, who
should stand before her but the very
woman whom she had been arraign-
ing so severely? 1t took her breath
away, but, of course, there was moth
ing to do but to invite her unwelcome
guest into the parlor She never felt
so disconnected in her life.
"Mrs. Gilbreth," said the visitor
presently, "you haven't returned my
call yet, but 1 thought 1 wouldn't
stand on ceremony"
"Well-I-I-really''-
"To be frank" pursued Mrs.
Dugal, in her composed way, l know
why you did not return my call.
Some friend has told me of your
thinking had sighted you. Let
me explain. When l called on you
that day, was on a canvassing tour,
and had been for two days previous,
and continued it for two days longer.
called at seventy-five places in all.
Now, Mrs. Gilbreth, if you had done
that, do you suppose that your
memory would have retained the
faces of all the persons you met,
many of them for the first time, so
that you would have known them on
the street among number of other
people?"
Mrs. Gilbreth was looking down at
her fnger-nails. Her reply was far
from prompt.
Perhaps 1 wouldn't, she ad-
mitted.
"Well, | want to assure you that |
did not pass you purposely that day;
it was simply because l couldn't re-
call so many faces had seen under
so many different circumstances. OF
course, found your house by means
of the church directory"
"But don't you think people ought
to be more sociable in church?" ven-
tured Mrs. Gilbreth.
eyes, I do. As church we are
not sociable enough. But have you
done anything to promote sociability
among the members?"
81 can't say that have" blush
ing.
why didn't you speak to me that
day on the street,"
"Oh l couldn't"
"You should have done so, be-
cause you recognized me when |
didn't recognize you. Don't you see
that sociability is mutual AFFAIR.""
Eyes, see I've expected too much
of Others" confessed Mrs. Gilbreth,
after pause.
Just then the door-bell rang, and
in founced one of Mrs. Gilbreth's
most intimate friends.
"Mollie," she burst out at once,
you're getting wonderfully proud
and independent"
"Why?" asked Mrs. Gilbreth.
"Why, you brushed right past me
on the street this morning, and never
noticed me. What made you do that7
A pretty way to treat an old friend
one you've known for twenty yearsP
81 really didn't see you" replied
Mrs. Gilbreth, blushing to her ear
tips.
She stole glance at Mrs. Dugal,
who was smiling pleasantly, and as
was natural, there was significant,
though not an exultant, expression
on her face.
"Forgive me, Mrs. Dugal," begged
Mrs. Gilbreth meekly. 81 was wrong,
and l shall never act the-well, the
baby again"
The members of the church may
not have known why Mrs. Gilbreth
has lost all her morbid sensitiveness
to Sights, but this story gives the ex-
PLANTATION, and may prove an effective
remedy in other cases.-EGchange.
KEEPING A SECRET.