Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-06-02

: The Man and the Editor.
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FTHEY sat at opposite ends of a bench
on the Marine parade. and observed
each other furtively. His eyes, weary
with the contemplation of a succession
of sartorial failures, rested approving
ly on her white drill skirt, her immac
ulate COLLAR and the sailor hat Of the
right shape set in the right place on hel
brown hair. She told herself that he
was very presentable, and decidedly un'
expected in Easton-super-M Mare, where
in August the voice of the eXcursionist
is loud IN the land, and the accompani-
ment is of concertinas. Both were
bored and in want of companionship;
she was young and he barely middle
aged, and it was quite inexcusable,
when, her book having slipped from her
knee and been restored by him, she OF
only thanked him, but observed:
''There's wretched library here"
you don't go to the best" he re-
piled. with a glance at the label on the
volume. "There is quite decent one
up the street. They get book or two
from Nude occasionally. I don't fancy
there is srmuch DEMAND for literature
here, thought" ,.tE.t
He has a. nice voice." she told her
self trying not to be frightened at3her
own temerity, ''and nice: eyes, and he's
gentleman, and he isn't. young, and
it doesn't matter."', : =. >@:s.... I:
But her remark had been the, result
Of impulse, not of resolve, and the re-
action caused her to say, rather stiff1y:
'Thank you. 1 must try the other
place. =,
She almost decided that she would go
now. but reflected that she had started
the converse ton, and that such a course
would be an unmerited snub for>him, so
she remained and presently made an
observation on the heat of the Weat er
and the glare from the sea.
"Oh, it's an awful place." he an
sNcred; Il shouldn't stay here. a mo-
ment if I hadn't got to-" .as..s-s
''Nor -
''Four hours by rail from Lon on,'' he
groaned; 1.-The only place worth Twin g
in
''1es,'' she assented.
BRASS bands and Christies, and nasty
little steamers with yellow tunnels dis
gorging at the pier all day. UGH"
'But it's healthy" she said. 49,
ooh, yes. When I'm not eating I
sleep, and I'm getting fat. I ought not
to grulnble, but I do
Il ought not to have spoken to you,
but I did, she observed, with sudden
au1acity, and then blushed so holly
that he saw it through her thick veil.
Il am very grateful to you for havin 9
done so,' he said. II have seen YOU
about several times during the last
week, and have felt that we were both
aliens in the land, and might find that
much, at least, in common. Butthere
was no one to mur1nur afew senseless
words Of in trod uction over u.s. :4$!
Poor Mrs. Grundy.' she said, with a
smile, as she looked at tiny watch tina t
she had taken out of her waist belt.
Unjust co. she added; tits quite late. -
I'VE shall meet again, I hope" he
suggested. ~ - ~s1 ( f. i T.
"Possibly; I'm often about" And
with a nod she left him. :. .se.,.,-4's
Easton is specially dreary on a wet
day. They met in the library that he
had recommended and told each other
so. She wore. a. thinner veil to-day,
which showed him that her eyeszwere
pretty and her mouth sweet-tempered
looking. The gray hairs in his short,
pointed beard inspired her with conf
dence. She ignored the fact that his
eyes were young. sIGsE >.lt.< t@.ZEfS
1T was too depressing indoors, and I
had nothing to read,'' she said, as she
pulled the first volume Of ''The Amaz-
) ing Marriage" out of its place. ~
''Ah, Meredith? Allow me; rainy
DAY literature is a thing apart, and
charming as Meredith is, he is not for
you to-day. May recommend
''Don't. I am not the sort of person
to require funny book to keep up my
spirits on dreary day. dislike farce
''You shall keep your Meredith he
returned; Il will confess that I have
been reveling in Richard Feverel' all
the morning myself