Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-10-02
A Ball Match
And Others

| to watch" said Mrs. Wilmot as she sal
on the box seat of drag which com
handed view both of the field and the
continually moving stream of gayly dress.
ed people. Zone sees so many sides OF
human nature. Look over there at that
girl in blue. Her back is turned to the
game, and her eyes have been wistfully
watching the crowd for a long time.
There is some one here today whom she
expects and hopes to see."
Colonel Elliot laughed. "She is pref.
ty girl too. She ought not to have to
wait long"
"Ah," said Mrs. Wilmot, with a little
sigh, zone gains something by growing
old. One does not have that heartachins
watching-watching for that which more
often than not never comes or watching
for what does come-seeing the man one
wants to see-trying and striving to
catch his eye, and all of no avail. He
passes on, unconscious Of our near pres
ence. One cannot shout out to a man to
come and talk to one"
He looked at her with a smile. "AS
you too old for itT' he asked skeptically
SIS one ever too old for the pains and
joys Of expectancy? At least" CALAMITY,
Il am sure there are many men who en-.
dure that heartaching watching for you. :
She shook her head, though her still
pretty face colored up like giSrs at his
compliment.
II am over forty. and my hair is turn,
ing gray" she said. II have put away
all childish things long ago. All. my little
blue girl is happy-she has found the
man she wants! See the light in her eyes
and the dimples In her cheeks. To think
o$ xb hat hnD
he is worthy. All, but / am afraid he is
not! He is going, and he has stayed talk
ing such little time. Surely these few
minutes were not worth an hour of anx.
ious watching"
He has gone to talk to another girl
/ am afraid he does not reciproeate little
Miss Blues interest. See. He likes hei
rival better-they have strolled off to
gether."
"And the radiancy has gone from little
Miss Blues face, and disappointment has
taken its place. My dear girl, why dc
you wear your heart on your sleeve;
Don't you w"-impatiently-"a man,
or woman either, never cares for thing
within reach?"
He glanced at her and wondered a lit
tie. She had always been supposed to be
happily married, and though her husband
had been dead ten years she had never
married again. Had Wilmot been the
thing within reach and had there been an
other beyond it?
A burst of applause broke in upon theiI
reflections and caused them to pay little
attention to the game.
"Ah." exclaimed Colonel Elliot, ga
versham's OUT"
"Caversham, Caversham" repeated
Mrs. Wilmot, referring to her card, which
she had not previously taken the trouble
to inspect. "Who is he? used TO know
a man named Caversham long ago, and il
is not a common name"
"He is the son Of Stuart Csversham-
a man / knew in India. He has been out
there twenty years"
''That is the man I mean," she said
"And you know him?"
Eyes, and, curiously enough, met him
only yesterday. He came over about a
week ago. He said he felt he must SET
his boy play"
''Then he is bere-here todayw
''He is certain to be. He told me he
would look out for me-"
'He is a widower, is he not?' she sale
slowly.
Yes. His wife has been dead some
years"
She was silent for moment, but her
eyes were busy-scanning closely every
man who passed beneath the drag.
is it compliment or otherwise. dc
you think" she asked presently, ''to the
late husband or wife ii a person do moi
marry again? '
Colonel Elliot laughed. at depends
he said. "a man may delight in his lib
erty-his wife may have made him loos
on his marriage as a fetter-or he may
have been so happy that he would moi
consider any other woman worthy to re
place the departed one You should
know Which feeling has prevented yot
from marrying again?"
Il suppose it depends on the individ
ual," she said. do you think Stuart
Cayersham was happy
Il don't know. | only met him afsel
his wife was dead"
''ls he altered much? What does he
look like now?''
"Oh, he is tail and broad and bronzed
with gray hair and a dark mustache-
why, there he is-just passing. Don't yot
see?''
''Where?"
''There-onposite. Don't you see? HI
is looking mp rnw."
She caught her breath az she watehec
the man down below, Would he see herr
Would he recognize her? She would have
known him anywhere.
But no. He caught sight of Colonel
Elliot and nodded TO him, and then his
eyes rested on her for a moment and
turned away
A keen feeling of disappointment took
possession of her--disappointment such as
she had not felt for years.
''Is he much changed?" Colonel Elliot
was asking her.
'No, very little" she answered. but the
life seemed to have gone out Of her voice
He looked away from her.
Little Miss Blue is leaving her seat
Look! She and her friend are going for
stroll, the opposite way, too, to which
the man went a little while ago. She
hopes to meet him as he goes around"
''Yes," said Mrs. Wilmot indifferentiy.
Her interest in little Miss Blue seemed
to have gone Stuart Caversham hae