Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1901-03-22
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BY EMMA A. oppHR. :
BY EMMA A. OpPHR.

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said. "nu&f pse that's because
I'm fond he don't think she
would bo lei eauty. And as for
genius VI lever at accounts:
but she Al nr = or paint. or any.
thing Of ~ she's never had
the time II Tor such things,
But Marksry turned away with
an impatient g. re.
There Il nO then" she said,
despalrlngfy. 1t couldn't be
worse!" &4
Harvey rose d his seat, with an
energy which BET e bell in the castor
jingling. W
This is absur be said Indignantly.
ut is moro thai Psurd; 1t is unjust
and narrow5ninde How censible-pre-
sumably sensib people," Harvey
corrected, rathsl terly. can say, In
regard to apef they have never
seen, that 70 &c not be worse Is
past my conpre hsion."
We will not TX of IT," said Mrs
Seely, holding restraining hand.
Discussion wi yot mend matters.
And you ere be married next
month" ~
"On the n1nt Harvey rejoined
vi course You all be there?" he
added, rathef d 9ously.
by no n1ean said his father,
shortly. ~
You couldeh Fly expect IT," said
Mrs. Seely, roprv hfully.
very well Mohammed won't
come You've eard the observa.
ton. We shall ~ you a visit imme.
diately on our 3urn from our we'd
ding tour. win Jar kind permission.
You must know IRA"
When he lef, he house. an hour
later, he had thc equired permission.
His mother az the girls had even
kissed him good in an injured and
reproachful way and his father had
shaken hands, CO ly.
But his ears i'll rang with that
odious assertion ut could not be
worse!" and he " $ thoughtful all the
way back to the IT,
The Seelys were in a state of sub.
dued excitement
Hafveys wedding tour was com.
pleted; and they had received a tele.
gram that afternoon to the effect that
he would be ION Land" tonight, with
his new wife.
The diningroom table was set for
dinner; and Mrs. Seely wandered
from one end oAt ID the other, ner.
.yGi;s,xA.---sSrs1, S 10 $40 $3.50
Her husband sa under the chande.
lier with his evening newspaper; but
he was not readi hg 1t. Kitty and
Margery futtered about uneasily.
watching through the window for the
carriage from the railroad station.
II hope" said Margery. with a ner-
NOuo abttHlpI ~ bhot
she will be barely decent-present-
able. Think Of the people who will
call! hope she won't be worse than
we're prepared to see her."
"She couldn't be-" said Mrs. Seely,
dismally.
There was a roll OF wheels, and the
twinkle Of the carriage-lamp at the
door, and the bell rang sharply.
Kitty and Margery clasped hands In
sympathetic agitation Mr.. Seely
dropped his newspaper and arose; and
Mrs. Seely advanced toward the hall
door with dignity.
II opened wide before she could
reach it. and Harvey entered, his face
suffused with genial. blissful smiles
This is my wife," he said. proudly
my mother, Dora: my father; my
sisters Kitty and Margery!"
And. with a caressing touch, he
took by the hand and led forward
among them
What?
Mr.. Seely gazed with startling eyes;
Mrs. Seely dropped the hand she had
started TO hold out. with her face
growing ashy. and Kitty and Margery
| gasped.
For what they saw was a woman Of
apparently 40 years with a face
powdered and painted In the most un.
biushing manner, with thin gray hair
crimped over a wrinkled forehead In
a sickening affectation Of youthfulness,
and with a diminutive. gaily-trimmed
bonnet perched thereon; with an af-
fected. mincing gait and a simpering
smile.
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