Little Falls herald., 1900-11-16


Herndon, bachelor of 80, felt the keen pans
of jealousy. She greeted them as she had
done.him, simply and unaffectedly. Twice
or thrice he caught her looking at him 90
B he talked to the mother. He wondered Il
she remembered that he had once called
her "his little fance." He would notnow
dare ask this self-contained, etatuesque
beauty such an impertinent question.
One afternoon she had consented to ac.
c6mpany him to Golden Gate park. Hern.
don had fallen hopel lessly, :helplessly IN. love.
/ The tables were turned now, he reflected
bitterly. But he intended to learn his fate.
!. They entered the Japanese kiosk, and were
drinking the tea and eating the cakes fur
niisshed there, though he was not in the least
hungry. .5s.s. 80 s.: =z s=zssss5z
st picked up book in the parlor this
! he said, tandl on the fly leaf was the name,
Marjorie Henry. '=s S. Who is she? Is she s
cousin, or whatsrelat ion ??'' ??'' ss
The blue eyes brimnled over with fun and
the pearly teeth showed white between the
scarlet lips.
s.5 <sIt's S only me, only me-" she hummed Tho.
tune hfully, then in a moment her faea
became grave and serious. I.
How is it, Z he asked her, Chat you are
called Esse, when your name.is Marjorie p
81 She glanced at him moment and her
eyes were full Of laughter again.
Ss I suppose you studied Latin when You
were at college. hen Of course you know.
what semper eadem means. You know.
the declension idem, masculine; eadem, fem-
mime; again, iidem, neuter. ther used to,
say that was always the sa4e. She called
me semper eadem, which she shortened TO;
s. E., whence came Essie.' & She turned
aside and affected to brush something from
her gown. He watched her closely, but slisj
betrayed mo consciousness
0 You are not the same, he said, almost
fercely; you have outgrown one thing
one blessed thing for me you had in yonr
child b hood. e. e s5s4ssS
sa# She turned and looked him straight Is
the. eye.
5sz..tAs : have been, I am, and shall so -,
main always" " she replied, calmly Yester.s
day 4 was the same as to-day, to-morroM1
shah be, the day after, and the week, month
and year. Others change; { do moi, z slllss
said, soft She could no longer repress.as
blush: Ii spite of herself. hereyes took %
Ia tender look. So
In "a moment he had put his arm shout
her waist. She gave a ] title cry Of alarm,
sisted at first, then allowed her head TO
rest on his should der, with her eyes down.
cast
SIS. ou still love me, then, darling y sHexn.I
don mnrnured, passiionat thought
that you had forgo rotten it, and changed ''.s
Her eyes filled wiith tears, and she said
ss Z. AsI grew older realized that your pro-
Sfessed love for me- was simply q Joke on
your part had given. SOU my heart az ~
and Icould not recover IS sSsemper cad en-
you kno D - hen We met again the same ol1s
flame was fed til great ter fuel Ypus
sure on real l.yS mean it This time 3 coqaetss
tishly but tender
japanese not long ro1ns bis native counS
try who had been peering at the couple uns
observed ran off his bret threp whsN.
funny hing the man Was doing %
81 oIaa For the Japanese never Jon
81 did moi IS
lland flowers, hut hes took wit him 81
blossom failer be thougl than any
IdEis
e eddine ing sse ep0r we'd Two f:la
assmpe foS them both 4
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