The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-06
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the Loasiugs' strictly family affair." and
was duly olntcd, for he knew it meant
the crucial momont of his life, when he
would bc considered possible lover for
the clever Edith Lossing, TO whom he
had lost his heart on first acquaintance.
The dinner was. one of those dainty
aggrcgations of silver and cut glass AMI
decorative china which give bizarre ef
feet to our meals al the present time
even when ones feelings must be tied
with blue ribbon or kept out of sight,
and whom It is u social crime 90 cut any.
thing witch spoon. But Royal Mathew,
was accustomed so modern luxury and
would have died before he would have
admitted that he did not know the whole
social shihboeth That Edith LOSING
would attempt to judge of mans NOR
ais by his manners never occurred to
him.
Before the dinner was well begun Mn.
thews was aware that in some way he
had offended Miss Tossing.
Edith Lossing's friends were much
afraid that she would end her days in
single blcs5edncss, or else 20 through the
woods and pick up the iigurativc crooked
stick as last opportunity. So many eli
giblc men had sought her hand and been
refused that 1t was currently reported
chat she had been disappointed in love
and was determined to live und die an
old maid. Her friends had on several
occasions pnuounced themselves satisfied
with the candidate, only to be told that
Miss Edith had refused him.
The trouble was that Edith was hyper
critical Il was 50 with other things be-
sides the affections She took all the
sweetness out of life by finding its sugar
was adultcrated with chalk. She left the
sky ont Of her landscapes and mutilated
her friends 10y petty criticism. She had
heard or read somewhere that manners
were the shadows of morals, and by this
half inch rule she measured men.
The day after dinner she went to
lunch with her best friend, who boarded
ut O stately hotel and was Il person of
common sense, the scarccst commodity
on earth. She was fond of Edith, while
bewaiing the positive virtues which
made her so disagrccablc.
Il met Allen IIolbrook in the lobby,
and hc stood and talked with me without
removing his hat" she announced to her
best friend after they had lunchad and
were seated in the parlor Of the hotel.
"Thcn J suppose you will dsallow him
a single good quality remarked the
3. F
"But it was such want OF respect"
complained Edith
"put IL on another basis Perhaps,
now woman, he was treating you with
the freedom of good comradcship Could
he pay you a sredtcr complmentY'
'Tho new woman viii demand every
acknowledgment of social form" answer
ed Edith 1T was unbearable rude
ness"
Let US think that he was SO glad to
see you that he never once thought Of his
hat. II will be more charitable. But
tell me, for ! am dying TO know, is Royal
Mathews to be the happy man"
Royal Mathews is an insuffcrable
boorr rctoued Edith with "A good deal of
asperity showing that she was secretly
hurt
"What lid he do? You told me be wa
20 dine with YOU yesterday. Did he eat
with his knifeW
"Worse. n thousand times worse"
did he do as Emerson did when Mar
garct Fuller wac his guest-eat In his
shirt sleeves
"No, and he is not an Emerson.
81 insist upon you telling me the depth
and breadth of his transgression. If you
do not ! shall asl, him myself when he
calls at 5, as he promised"
every well, I will tell you, and the
corsennouc,, bo an vopr own beod You
i,nn,. that nr,de nvgelf an NV bousn-
i,aor;,,. ,,,I ,rot cu ~, ,,loss ord ei,ver
~ tai'ln' ,D.a.', L,' 'rlv.r'c- I tI,ink con
rIoir, snotless L.iliierr, far rho tnblo.
,,orc vrt ,,bon ,lnt man. sot down NJ tho
IN, so, 5o y,r ttirL h, diIg put
,,o, ,vo,,IG uo,e, ,,,.s.-ro. NOT in Il life
ti,5o No ,,r,tci u;,,,,d nm , cornnr of
tLo ,oII..l,l, and L.lih,ratnIv noIisbc5
gre+ Ia. ,,,a,s tl,nr tbn nlatn md GnoIIv
"a. siIyc, ~ l,is nI,te II yos dane In n
,nor,ont Lrt ,,itb mo- nttnmnt NJ conceal
,,ort v..s 20 thorl;frl thnt No ana nlsa
so,,, him th, ,nai,. ,yorII have boon
taIl,od n,,o, In tLn kitchen "
Editb voted for a hurst of i,dionotion
fron ho, n T. and woq snrnrieod nt u
nnoI of Ioughtcr Tbis was followed bv II
r,a,,o +l,o,',btf,lross ond tbcn tho host
T,ia,,d soid.
NV Jno, povoI Matthew'S was uncon.
.,io,,sl, roIlo,rir, q Lol,jt ocorirnd NJ +bo
Lotoi. or own conntry whore FOOD is
, w. L"' I s., h, ;no,,,,,,.
tont ho,n do rot imncino tbo noor fel.
law, ,rol ror n ,rnnoont conscicns NJ what
tn ,ro' ,oau,. Ioing ana odr,it tbot
tho boiit A., ro,.,, corolo,s onn prt n
ratos so,,oroi doorcoe ln., tbon a crinn
"T dnnt lno,, about tbot yoid Edith
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