The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-15
Q JEALOUSY Z


"whAt," inquired Polly In mournful
tones not 10 be accounted for on amy rea-
sonable grounds, for she was wearing
new and charming frock Of yellow, "whAt
Is cure for jealousy" S
Indifference" replied Prudence con-
cisely, without lifting her eyes from her
book.
"oh, botherl" remarked the vision in
yellow pettishly. Then, wheedlingly,
"Please talk sense. !"
"My dear, I've given you the condensed
wisdom of the ages on the subject, " said
Prudence mildly. "Of course If you'd
rather hear that jealousy can be cured by
an infusion Of fresh rose leaves gathered
at midnight during the full of-the moon
or something Of that sort, can oblige
you.
"But don't want George to be indiffer-
ent, murmured Polly, pouting with un-
necessary prettiness. II just want him to
be sensible. And anyway you talk as il
Indifference could be cultivated by writing
to the secretary Of agriculture for pack
nge, Of seeds, sowing them in Georges
heart and watching them develop"
at is quite evident to me, said Pru-
dence THAT what you desire Is not alb.
stract argument on the emotions nor yet
advice on the proper conduct Of your af-
fairs, but o chance to free your mind. Be-
gin, my dear, begin. When did George
first show signs Of jealousy"
ut was at the Cartwright's dance down
at Seaoliff. +"
II told you not to wear your opal bracelet
hoy hoa l,,nk Whntia tho JpO1
of pretending not to be superstitiouss
Haven't often told you that tho only
girls who need to pose as sensible are those
who arc so hopelessly plain that no one
could be interested in their vagariess'
"Yes. But my opals went with my
frock. You remember it, Prudence? It's
silver and pink and blue chiffon in clouds
layers of EN-, you know, over silk. So
had to wear my opal. And you know
how love to dance"
ayes. Georges sister Jane says that II
your head were as active as your heels
you'd be quite intelligent, doesn't shes'
"Yes. l don't care, though, for she
weighs ton or two, and her wit is about
as graceful as her movements. But any
way love to dance, as you remember, and
George can't dance"
wherein is the root Of the trouble, :"
philosophical Prudence. IAN Jealousy
begins in knowledge of ones deficien-
ciesh
"But he was lovely about IL, pursued
Polly. "He came to mo and said, just as
sweetly, Prue: Now, little girl, YOU 60
ahead and enjoy yourself. Dance every
dance, and III be happy watching you and
hat Tt,p crrnh hnr,alaec plOd-
hopper Wasn't that dear Of hima So I
told him he was adorable and that I'd sit
out quadrille or two with him."
Elm Kind of you'll
"By the time the first quadrille came l
thought no looked q triie queer. He
marched me off on to tho piazza and said
casually that 1t was curious to sec how lit
tic girls cared about the characters of their
masculine acquaintance. Then he asked
If l knew much about Rowland Wells
with whom had been waltzing."
II hope you told him that you always
required copies of mans family tree, Of
his certificate of membership in church
and of his receipted bills of the preceding
month before dancing with himP"
'tNo. l didn't think Of that l just said
that knew Rowland Wells waltzed bet
ter than any one else of my acquaintance,
and that that was the main requisite at a
dance. Whereupon my lovely, liberal
fiance snarled and said that Mr.. Wells led
his creditors as pretty dance as he did
his partners, and that I should see his
grace of motion when he had been drink
ing. l yawned and replied that scandal
never interested me, and that it was not
~, ,,o1,,o hi, fsr tho infnrn ation cnnreypI
about the person discussed us for the rev.
elation of the character Of the discusser. "
VERY neat, Polly. What did he, say
thenf'
ooh, he ranted little. Talked about
the disgusting familiarity Of the waltz,
the sickening vulgarity of the polka, and
80 on. And while he was declaiming some
,sna ou,,ie and fuunu US, and l discovered
That I'd missed two dances So went in.
But, Prudence, when looked across the
room later and saw poor old George glar-
ing fercely ut me, but wearing most
miserable expression at the same time,
felt sorry for him. l began to think how
should feel If it were the other way and
George were dancing while looked on. y
"That put yourself in his place idea Is
the worst enemy of enjoyment and of reso-
luton ever devised" interpolated Pru-
dence.
"Perbaps it is But felt uncomforta-
pie dancing after that and SO when How
land Wells came for his next waltz said
was d little tired and would he mind II
didn't dance it. And no said he'd rather
sit it out himself. So we won't out on to
that little round gallery that opens off DR..
Cartwrights den and sat there. And
was glad to think how pleased and sur
prised George would be at my unexpected
nmiabiIity. And, Prudence Dalrymple,
what do you think he didf''
II give 1t up. Men move In too mys.
terious ways their wonders to perform for
mere woman ever to guess their meth
DDS"
"He came to me at tho time of his Sec
ond guadrille and asked If he shouldn't
resign 1t to Mr.. Wells, with whom SEEM
ed to prefer the remotcncss and seclusion
Of dimly lighted balcony to tho open
glare of the ballroom. He said that such
barefaced flirting on the part Of a girl
known to be engaged was not only insult
ing to her 1ance, but even amounted to q
defiance of society itself; that the charac.
ter of the man in this particular case
made II positively indecent. ! assure you,
Prudence, that no acted for the rest of the
evening a. II had been guilty Of CAPT.
tai crime ut least. And he hasn't been to
see me since.
And the Cartwrights' dance occurred
whenf"
"The night before last" said Polly,
blushing. Don't call me goose, Pru-
depce And tell me what to do to cure
George of jealousy"
"Stop wearing opals," advised Pru.
dence briefly, returning to hor book.
~ can't" said Polly proudly. "1'm
not superstitious, and besides, George
gave me that bracelet. ANNE Hagan
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