The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-21

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He had not been to The city since his
more ago. Consequently be was not look
Ing for many fa1iiaaH fhsss. But now
and then an old aiumnus or q fellow
| fratnan would cross his path He was
glad to see them, q course, and before
the day was over he mad smoked gany
conviviaI clgas and lived many a coli
lege escapade again. 1t was all pleas
ant enough to talk TO the Fellows. ana
he enjoyed II, but somehow II seemed
rather strange to think thai the only face
he really cared to see hal not happened
In sight.
It was a delicate subject, and he hesf-
tated to inquire even after her. Everyone
fne1 that he had been engaged to her
during an Of his senior year. But a. slip
lad been made between the betrothzl cup
and the lip Of matrimerY. no one knew
Just how Il had happened. OF course.
they supposed a great deal. but ell they
ware certain OF was the fact that the
marriage had never taken place.
Dick had wandered up to the altar OF
Hywen a few years later, ami everyone
had said that he had made splendid
match" The idea had never occurred TO
him just in that light. In fae., Dick took
his domestic affairs as matter OF course;
matriniCny had not mate. ally changed
his mode of life. his thoughts, o. his feei-
ings. He lived through n in weil-5-ed,
philosophical indifference.
You remember, he Gid not marry Adele.
Late in the afternoon, OF the day CT
his departure for home, Dick was sittirg
In the office OF one of his old college
friends. when he noticed small photo
graph on the desk; II was picture OF
Adele. He surmised the situation At
glance, and his intuition was not mis-
guided-for the conversation that followed
soon revealed the truth-Adele was So
Ing to marry his friend.
At first the situation was embarrassing,
but after the ice was broken there were
no hurdles in the conversation; In faets
Tom took feverish and unusual delight
in talking of his fiancee TO the man whom
ne knew had once hoped TO marry nef'
''It's Adele" said Tom, as he answered
a call at the phone. Don't you want
TO talk to herr
Naturally, Dick did not refuse. Adele
seemed surprised to hear that he was n
town-and glad of 1t. She talked and
laughed with her old-time gayety, but
somehow there was frivolity ebout 4
that cut him. OF course Dick hadn't
right to care; but. then. he did care. and
he was disappointed not to find at least
a note of the old sincerity In her voice
a word of an notwithstanding that
would let him know that secretly she
still cared for him a little-despite her
new attachment.
But It was not there. It was OILY too
plain that she had dismissed him entirely
from her memory-save for a pleasant
thought. She even ignored his suggestion
to call upon her. More than that, she
had ended the conversation abruptly. he
heard the click of the receiver as II was
hung up on the nook.
Dick was stung. She, the only woman
he had ever loved, hid dismissed him
without so much as "good-by.'
Teller ZONES are blind interpreters. Their
hearing is good, but who yet has ever
been able to see through one?
maid was passing through the hall
Just at the click of the receiver that 30
suddenly cut on the conversation.
'tMadamI Madam she called, MISS
Adele has faintedv'-Detroit Free Press.