The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-12

! xao had tsa.sed early an4 late
/ over his counter and aad gos Ett4e
| money together.
/ SIZE, Mrs. Newman, was the wife Of a
| government owigsa.- She was a young ah1
| spr4ghtly woman, thoroughly good and
/ bright. bred 10 society and fun Of the sra
cfous aud almost unconscious wiIs<s ~n-ch
make women OF her sort very charming.
They had sat together, he and she, al
the same end u the same table al board
ing house fer few weeks. they had been
partners at whist several evenings N the
parlor OF the house. and he WIS In love
with as-. Il gas kind OF EloFa2 lsasah-
| FAY, saing outside AMI beyond al inassl-
/ alton. tut i was q fact-
lie had nsyer been In love before. a.
| least not IN this way. He had coartei his
| wife In The days Of their callax youth BY
| going home with her from singing school
/ and sitting up gita her in the best room
| On Sunday nights. Since marriage they
had journeyed on together never dreaming
o.: any other pace bus me comfortable
matrimonial jog trat OF tina common lot
Mr.. Green had found oat, by rubbing Up
against The GRID. THAI he was only an
| average and ordinary man, and so he id
nGt expect his aifs 10 be any marvel o.
a woman. Mrs Green had her foibles and
sometimes she made mistakes The most
egregious OF these came from her uIs-
| toward efforts 70 get into the best society;
| ii was with this IN view that she ceased
| going to the Disciples meeting and tooa
Il fresslt pew IN & high church where they
burned candles ard where she had fright
| eneI herself nearly 10 death with not UNI
| deTstauding the Responses and getting ZIP
and dogn AZ the wrong places.
II was for tais she early sent her little
girls 10 a fashionable school, and moved
into a good neighborhood and gave par
ties 20 which the right people did not come.
| II was fer this that she became a Clothes
| buying animal and never u feather or a
| bow or 4 flower did she bay without cal
clila1ing her progress toward the choice
circles of fashionah bile society
ut is because We live IN this h.de~bound
place where We used 10 be young and poor,
and where everybody who Is anybody
| wants to keep by themselves"
We nave always done very Well with
| out that kind OF folks Mr. Green used 20
| say, pviding himself on his substantial
| business character. and amusing himself
| 0ut Of business hours by reading. BE
| sides. there are our relatives"
| one day Mrs. Green got a new scheme
! IL her head. She was bound 10 rent their
| home or dispose OF 1t IN some nay for d
| while and try boarding in some fashion
| able house where there were nice people.
| but ne have just built this house. said
| Mr.. Green.
Three years ago" she SAID.
| 'it IS d good house and all right"
| Yes, but | am SO lonely III II with you
| gone all day. You might put yourself cut
| 4 httle 10 please me, ana her expression
/ became very beseeching and she strOked
| his hand eoaxingiy, Al last, after world
| OF wiles and teasing. the change was
| brought about
| Mrs Green told everybody that she was
| clean worn out with housekeeping and
| servants and that her doator had pre-
i scrsfed perfect rest for her. So they
( r. home
| and slowed themselves avn IN the close
! quarters Of a boarding aotiz Some or the
/ best people were living tt~-e, and Mrs.
| Green doaned her fire dresses and went in
and out among them, r1lsiItnS her Sins
| against theirs in the dining room. saying
| good morning 70 them the stairs. or
/ lettering sitn them In the reception room.
| Mrs. Green began 20 feel thai social
| career was opening up 20 her. IL Ras "a
| resi-letter day IN her calendar when Mr.
| and Mrs Horao. Newman came on from
] san Francisco and took rooms at their
| house and were seated next them at the
| table MIR. Newman was gentleman of
| rather naughty hearing. he was naturally
| so reserved ana so little inclined for pro
| r1iscuous cornradeship thai he might have
| sat by the Greens for ten years and never
| said anything hat good morning Ia them.
| but his wife, knowing that her soaAd
| was really sensitive ~ neglect and lack or
/ sympathy. was always breaking ths ice
| and drawing aim cut
| Ms Newman was a lively, fascinating
/ woman fun Of sympathy, Of liberal cuI-
| ture. disposed 10 put everybody she met
| a. their hesf for the passing moment She
| soon found out that Mr.. Green was a we'll
| read man In English classics. ana very
! well W IN modern scleoce: that when
/ rounded ID by q good listener he
/ mean tatkSr. ana she hailed him as one q
| the best products Of our American in<ti-
! tatior,s whiCa permit a man 70 acquire
/ culture AMI IN Eft himself Up out Of the
| ss1rl.4 grind for daily bread into the realm
| Of mlu4 and Thought where ali are peers
/ $50. thanks IN Mrs NeNman with her
| lively sallies her 30keS and her repartess
| and her sympashstle way az drawing out
| her husband and Mr., Green, there Mas
/ always very good conversation at their
| end II me table MIR. Green vas e,ated
/ ~ his own abthty - talk IN company.
| an1 was speedily fascinated by Mrs Nes-
/ man No wonder. she was The Brst baby
| Of fine so1isl and intellectual gifts whom
| be hzs ever Assa thrown n c5atac. with.
! At ags; Be 4{4 rot understand L. Mys-
/ serious stories Of aE}nltIes came 20 Ais
| mind: ne SEEMED awakened - s. uew
| word hl.ei with new peoele endowed wttn
| 4 nes sens OF things. He began 70 make
remarks sud - venture observations fer
| the sake % hearing the replies % his Des
/ fem nine friend. ami during the riay he
found himself IsastnS preparations for the
| verbal attack og the evening.
once lie quoted tine from Oliver Wen
| ael fTcs-nes which M-s- Newman rerog-
| n.xei. AID 20 watch she replied by another
quotation.
What q treat 70 find a woman Sc en-
doWed MA brains. Jean Green wondered
| Il there saz another Ike her IN a. tbs
| wors3 ana came - the c0nc}as on THAI
there Was rot
The Says paszea along ava s.artsu.-
rspa3.ty. Tey s3vsrg a}waYS r3unf ere aoer4
tur us~a za-~Nhe1 re- rSat AIRS. Newman
How pleasantly @'le greeted RIM. 1aN
saeas hsr sguf.e-orce. Wtses> taking leave
81 p n a the door sha had shaken hands
/ w.fh p zsself sGs wlfat
r.-~tas5e moment WAU.8 be fvv: farrs.
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