The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-12


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i've E.'A'e p -.. A..s.e'' '0l """h
heF near. "t7 '..''..-. I"1 III Asl
Ili'."'.3 mao t-.-'. from ,"e '''l Oh
Seems s".-e ..'o- 't l'iI'"i1 S'i-
row sue ""e ~.'. .''N "e.s'I Ns'--ess-
" no sig" r. ."s. et1AeE past OF
pIes,-.' WAS 't7.-,s .h ..e |ouA= man 5
e eS' '".' were "'H1 ""u 'l'A"t
h"Iu, also. was A-s race ana me
tieAeAtu UPS t.h' """li.eA'
lie .ooA Jae .lrN envelope on the
saiNer glanced aJ the c.erbF writing
and al The back. uion Which was
stamped .n blue letters. w, Robinson
* Co. Iaoa bic dung j. ON the table
and as the eeiFaHt .elt the room the
SOUND OF marsh laughter broke upon
her aslou.saad e'ts. She He'd to the
Kitchen ana with scared face whls-
pered that she tAo.snt poor Mt ora
mus. be COINS mad.
Small wonder, perhaps, IL he were.
He had written ID few days before to
William Robinson for those patterns
that he might choose the materials for
his wedding suit What Wejghty
matter that choice would have been!
May was so particular about what he
Wore He used 20 be a little careless
about his dress once-goius about in
coats with creases in them, and farm
er's boots Then, in his endeayor to
gain May appreciation, be had OverN
done il in the opposite direction, sport
ing collars Of absurd height, and i'm
possible ties, enduring like martyr
the pinch Of patent leather shoes a size
too small for him and getting himself
little chatted by appearing in suits
unmistakably in advance OF the fash
ion.
May, with gentle tact, had changed
all this, Never hurting her ardent
young lover by open condemnation Of
his apparel, but by artful suggestions
had first reused him to an interest in
his attire, then toned down his some
what crude tastes. and finally schooled
him into that quiet perfection of dress
Ing which is the attribute Of a gentle
man. lie had written for the pattern
from Robinson few weeks before
the important suit should be needed, as
he wanted to have Mays opinion with
regard TO the materials. Already the
little, laughing, gay girl had begun to
be more than d mere piece of lowell
ness for his admirins eyes to rest upon.
He consulted her about everything. He
when the death of an uncle and the
inheritance OF a fortune had made him
his own master-he nod lived q soli-
with tbo RELATION br whose srddaD
doth he was orricbed Nv Cordan
ono Of the first Young ladies' he came
across in town lad talen bis be,rt NV
storm Tho nivturo Of friyoIity ana
sound rroctical sersa IN bor r,+,,ro
was avactIv what he needed Tho ono
brole tho crrst of n car,.i, rnoroso
nass born If an rnIoved 1ifs ord 10
otbar staadiad Tho nroneDsitiee - ov-
travagarce of este and Iivirr u.bicb
rnevnocted wesItb had NOT ,,nr,t,,rally
aroused
After that laugh of harshness, which
had so startled his servant, Laurence
Ord went back to the study OF May
portrait It was indeed a yeritable
May face. Cheeks like young roses
hair brown as hawthorn twigs, lips
which were akin to the deep pink buds
Of the apple blossom, and eyes
Iino' WIZ "Iuie' me TWO crystal WeilS
Ha' nm me 0iue 'oilpleAIoh Vi tne
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