The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-06

hair, she famed out: "Oh, / can't stand
this comedy any longer. am sick of 1t.
L am heartily sick of it,"
"a comedy? But who is playing one2
certainly am no actress. You know my
talents don't amount to anything, Clara.
/ have no talents at ALL"
eyes, you have. you have, you have!
| You have the greatest talents in the world
/ for hypocrisy, for making believe, for
! playing a part, but if you think to win
DIR. Bordman by these means, you are
greatly mistaken"
cam T? Well, but If you think that pre-
tending to be sick In order to have him
attend to you, to put him on an intimate
footing with you-if you think that's a
better way
"Stopl If you say another word I'll
It's all lie, lie. a lie, and you know 1t.
Oh, how do hate your
81 know it," answered Olga, with a
slow laugh "And If l was not afraid
you might go ahead with this headache
bluff of yours and pretend to faint ON ac-
count of me l should stay here long
enough to tell you something else. As 1t
| is I'll bid you goodby. ! wish you to get
well, though. You will need all the
strength you can muster, Clara. Good
by"
ITS a lie. You have nothing to tell
me. There are no secrets between DR..
Bordman and yourself. It's all pretense
to make me imagine he has made a dec
laration to you. If anybody viii need
strength, it's you, you, you-not !. !"
| The last words were uttered when Olga
was out of earshot. Clara was left with
a splitting headache and with feeling
Viii ab CHI II bod
enough to drive one to suicide" But,
strange as 1t may seem, she had far more
character than her rival, and this stood
her in good stead now. With all her sar-
casm and GOODNESS Olga was a weak
creature, while Clara, Notwithstanding
her impetuous, restless nature, knew how
to hold herself in check and to suffer
without yielding. All that was necessary
to bring out these traits of Miss VALID
sens character was some danger or oppo-
sition. Her rivals words put her on her
mettle. She was bound to win.
Being endowed with insight, she under
stood the young physician perfectly. HE
does not know whom he ought to love-"
she said to herself. HE is oscillating
between her and me. The slightest thing
might turn the scales in some definite
way"
"She began to ignore him." my friend
went on "What this cost her only her
self and knew. But her will seemed to
grow stronger and stronger under the
strain. She made 1t a point to talk to
others, to be absentminded when he spoke
to her. The scheme worked excelIently-
like charm. OF course she was assisted
by her own enemy; for while she was
playing this trick Olga, who never saw
her now and was ignorant Of the scheme,
was straining every effort to make her
self interesting to Olaf. Foolish child
She sat up nights practicing on her piano.
so as to be able to play certain selections
from 'Cavaleria Rusticana,' of which he
was fond. Well, human nature is human
nature. The doctor became jealous of eV-
cry one of u.s. He neglected his business
to spend hours In Clara's company, and
the more insistent he was in his atten-
tions the more Indifferent she seemed to
grow. Well, you will hardly believe 1t,
but she assured me that she was begin
ming to feel lukewarm toward him in real
earnest. | know 1t sounds strange, but
believed her at once. Human nature Is
human nature. Still, / seemed to build
too much on that. The doctor reached a
point where all pretense became impos-
sible. He stopped calling on the other
girl altogether to please Clara, to show
her plainly that he was her slave. Final
ly he made his proposal, and-well, had
hoped, had been sure, in fact, she would
reject him, but she didn't"
My friend made no further explana-
tons, but from his manner it was plain
to me that he was in love with Clara him
self The wedding took place shortly aft
err. My friend began to look for recrea-
ton outside the colony, and this was the
way we became acquainted.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.