Daily camera., 1901-09-30
obsel~ed iiroo dbridge, eareles s.ly. He
wondered II the ugly girl was not .

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BrcaGbridgc was young enough L
hatter himself that he understood
women very we'll. Such presumption
generally onrr.es with it it's own pun
ishment. When Miss Peters, after
that conversation about his heroine
began to avoid him, he made up his
mind that she had read in his eyea
his growing interest, and did not
care to encourage it. Broad bridge
began to feel blue and his story be.
came OF secondary Importance. The
rector possessed q valuable reference
library, which he placed at Broad.
bridges disposal.
When Miss Peters began to desert
him in his walks the library was a
pretext for meeting her. The story
was almost finished, and in spite OF
his blueness he felt singularly elated
over 1t. Miss Peters lack Of interest,
however. marred his content. He was
sitting in the library late one after
noon reading when she came in unex.
pectedly. She nodded cordially to
OOoA 0hO
turned to leave.
"Stay and talk" pleaded Broad.
bridge. ITS too early for lights and
too dusky to read"
"We've nothing more to talk about"
said Miss Peters, gazing into the fire.
II know what you would say on ev.
cry subject"
"Well. life. for instance" suggested
Broadbridge. nettled.
IAN III endured because man IL vain
and objects to becoming nothing"
And death?"
"An ending with no fresh begin
ming"
"And-love?"
Filtration carried to its logical
n-disillusionment."
As she mockingly repeated some OF
his own pet cynicisms Miss Peters
looked provokingly impertinent in
the freight, but, OF course, she
couldn't realize her own irresistible
charm, and when Broadbridge sud
denly kissed her there seemed no ex-
cuse for him. He had no opportunity
for the explanation that was meant
to follow the kissing, for Miss Peters.
after one indignant. scornfui glance.
fed from the room. That night he
almost finished the story, The next
morning. in passing through tha hall,
he heard Miss Peters voice talking
to his hostess.
tits been an engagement Of long
standing" she WAS saying. Although
don't believe I've ever mentioned
the name to you before"
"Its perfectly lovely. and ! con.
gratula,e YOU" -
proadbridse. dazed. seized his hat
and rushed out OF the house. he
walked all morning. In the after
noon he tried to finish his story. bu.
found he couldn't write an irtelii,
gent line. Finally. with sudden re-
solve. he bundled up aud sen. il un-
finished to the editor. The Rskl aAe
he went down 10 hid ,hs 49, oi
by, he insui'-'' ,r Miss ps,.,s
'Ah." said the rector, kindly. "she
was so sorry to leave wi,hou, seeing
you. She left last night for Boston
TO attend the wedding of college
friend. It's an engagement of long
standing. believe. The girls prom
ised Al college that whoever was
married first should invite tho othsr
to be maid OF honor"
Two week. after he left Ashton
Broadoridge received letter from
the editor, together with the manu-
script. Your story is the most
available of any sent in" said the let
ter, but it's not finished. Doubtless
you overlooked sending US the last
sheet. II 1t ends happily. send it
back to us with the missing sheet.
and ve'll consider it."
Two days later Miss Peters in Bos-
ton received manuscript entitled
IAN Ugly Girl" together with the
note Breadbridge had received from
the editor. There was also . note
from Broadbridge himself.
I'm in dilemma. said this lat
ter note, II should like 20 have the
story accepted. for its acceptance
would help make possible an ideal
honeymoon with Easter, perhaps. in
Rome. Blu. the story is true to life.
l can't mar il by making up an end.
ing. Please read it yourself and tell
me whether ii is to end happily"
II, too. should like to have tho
story accepted" wrote back Miss
Peters, "for feel as If l had q pro-
prietary interest in it. End it happily.
by all means
OF course there was a postscript.
your title is q misnomer." it said.
"You call your heroine ugly. but you
make her on. angelic"
That night Broadbridge took the
eraia for Boston.