The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-19
AT THE oT|LE. ::
They Quarre,ed and Met to
Return Latt rs. Then
They Returned Them
Twice.


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They might have been brother and
sister or cousins accustomed To- each
others society every day In the year.
Certainly they did not act like lovers.
They walked carefully. the man mine
ngly. on either side of the dusty lane,
each keeping close to the border of the
grass
Il think" said the woman. that II Is
the very wisest thing We can do.
The man started he glanced coNertiy
ut her. then turned his face very de
llbertely To her As he replied: Il Will
not say you are wrong. But have you
reached this conclusion suddenly.
within the past hour. or d:d You arrive
Mt 1t last nightf'
Last Might"
Then you doubtless thought of cv-
erything in connection with with
"Our luprrclf' she looked straight ut
him Her face WAS not disturbed In
the least that he could see; she seemed.
indeed. to he unusually self possessed
Yes.
Il apprehended rs much" The man
braced himself with an effort: II re-.
qured an effort. 81 made due provision
for this interview"
"A case OF tclepathy." She laughed.
Her laugh was the same there WAS
not false note in IT, The man could
not have laughed naturally " his life
had been at stake. You mean you
have brought my lettersF"
yes"
81 brought yours with me. Carroll"
She uttered his nnme just as she nj
ways uttered Ii. At that moment he
could not trust himself to utter her
name He would exhibit feeling he
knew II. And to think WAS the
woman he could have sworn sympa-
thized with him rs no other person In
the wide world sympathiZed with him
In his work and aims, Yes. II was well
that they had made the discovery in
time
She handed him n small. dainty look
Ing package. he reached her larger
and by no means as neat Il package,
he observed the difference himself
Inuch the deepest; she had been at
pains to make hers attractive; he had
No thought Of mere appearance when
lac tied his lie felt as If his heart was
bound up going from his In that little
package.
Now that 1t is ull over. Ciara"-lt
required an effort to call her by that
name will you tell me my chief Of
fensei | nm not Indifferent; | like the
good opinion of my fellows that Is,
while | preserve my self respect al
ways. OF course. do not fancy the
idea of going through the world In
way that would subject me to the
criticism of any sensible man or
woman.
We'll. am rather glad You ask that
1t disabuscS me of one impression
Now that everything is over between
us | Will be entirely frank with you.
Indeed, II is due to you to say that do
not-no. am quite sure have never
met II man whose manners. whose cs-
Innate OF himself Judging from his
manncrsand general bearlng) are more
perfect or commendable than yours"
You have taken load from my
shoulders positively you have-Clara."
How about my mnnncrsT' She held
her head tritlc higher; her parasol at
that moment was DETECTED: hc could
just see the lower part Of her face: her
chin seemed II little rrddcr or was 1t
Imagination!
why. whit On earth do you ineanT
II asked you very simple question
BGt II does not make any difference"
Your manners"
Did you not say last night that |
was too deinonstratlve- when Miss
Challoner tainted and her dog was
trampled by Mr.. TI'escott?''
You must have wholly misundcr.
stood
We'll. perhaps MAS mistaken there
But do you recall your words your ex.
act words when WAS Introduced to
your friend MIR GrinneIl?"
II do mot Now | do recall H. may
have said thought you unlike your.
self Somehow you seemed. for the
first time. prrrise. BUT"
'"fhen you persisted In going away
ana leaving me with him"
Miss Machmout beckoned to me
you saw her with her mother"
That did not occur 10 me. OF
course. you could not have walked
across the room with me and left me
with them"
1t was doubtless stupid of me,
but
Let us say no more. II Is all so un.
like us to part like children"
But about Grinnell did not know
he was, ah-disagreeable to you. If
had dreamed"-
"Do you tell me that you did not
know he pursued me two years ago
the very hrst year | was out? have
been annoyed by him more than by
any other man. | never liked him
and never Will"
"Am | to understand that Mr.. Grin
nell Is the gentleman that your mother
referred to last fall when
"Ilease let us not speak OF Mr. Grin
nell any more"
but want to say only became &C.
.N.vsZ a Ia Al Il.