Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-04-12
FOLDING DOORS.

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H'"F'' r""'"' :" my usual RANety deserted
me ara conversation seemed to flag.
II have oftcIbwondered " she said sud.
dcriv after had sighed three times. IVY nv
you qraFr lJl with me-. Lester Forgive
me for alluu4.sg to "a ! sinful t.t.iect =
1.-The fact is, my Grar Mrs. HNiland
ddnt quarrel with her. Nv ,hgstess
shook her pretty T. nd
'4eu don Il can to tell me that it was
Thea faults simply can't imagine her
quarfelug n anybody
"Of course she wuuldn't."
"Ihen, If You didn't uuarrf with hor.
and she didn't quarrel with y.a= however
did you quarrel with orc another" |
shook my head and looked into the con.
scry tory
We didn't exactly quarrel. / said.
1--WE Thought it better to part-at least.
that is " hat We said.
Mrs IIa,ilHnd IS an exccllcrt little wo-
man. whose only weak ness is a mania for
marry ing off her friends
1t was in this house" she exclaimed,
almost toarlully, in this very room. il |
am not mistaken, that you and Thea
Yes; it was " She left u, alone for
two whole hours, TIE good little soul,
You roth gave uae YOUR confidence
them" She is ono of those nice little wo.
men whom everybody con1ldes in. YOU
know
believe ire, l should confide in you
now, If there We're ANYTHING to contide,
but there isn't" l didn't want to talk
to any one about it either.
She shook her head slowly. when you
talk about-it-as if it were a mere moth
iAg, l know that you are not in earnest,
Mr. Richmond, -" she said reproachiully.
l twrled my mustache uneasily. She
was evidently determined to know all
about it, and somehow she always gets
her own way.
1.-The simple truth, -" said, my dear
Mrs. Haviland, is that Thea and found
out that we were absolutely different in
tastes and opinions.
q" OF course: that is the proper thing"
she is us serious as-this music room
of Yours. 4"
Most people consider it "a charming
room.
Z certainty. Inca Is tho most charming
of women-with one rival" She smiled
and held up her hands deprecatinply
NV respect and admiration have not less
encd in the slightest A."
Il am glad of that" she cried, clasping
her hands. But it makes me regret all
the more thar vou-nh, why should yous"
"Because |. on the other hand, am as
light rs your pretty pink room.
served, with complimentary smile.
"Wcll the long and short of it is that
Thea MAS always green, and was always
pink, and neither could change the other. 3"
why need YOU tryy" laughed little.
Thea is quite missionary you know
or course she was bent on reforming ne"
An impossible task. But you might
have persuaded her that no structural al
teration WAS necessary"
"She minated her disapproval of smok-
ing aud billiards the day after our engage
ment.
surely she didn't Insist on her jec-
ton That would be unreasonable -
"Woll, no. She conceded smoking and
"a little billiards, but she wanted me to go
to church about three times week, to
give up betting-it's onlya trife now and
IL, L
II know. Like Fred. She nodded
Mrs. Hayiland bets pair of gloves occa-
sionally herself and pays when she loses.
She wished me to avoid music halls,
to forswear whisky and to take her to
lecture on the primitive something or 9TH
ers once "a week"
why not?" MY hostess shrugged her
shoulders and held out her hands expan-
sively. shrugged my shoulders with less
elegance, but equal emphasis
Because I'ln-pink = said, She stud
led the bows on her slippers for a few mo
ments.
lyon were very fond of her. she ask
ed suddenly dropped NV gloves and
picked them up again before answering.
Yes. | said stubbornly, Il was. -
And YOU are"
eyes - I said II am "
"You wish sometimes that Won hadn't