The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-28
There Are
TWOSideS TO
Everything.
By Edith Berkeley.


her knitting. and contemplating tn
raiB-soaked garden bad for th
roses. and no one likely 70 call
But here a ring resounded thr0ugl
the little house. and q moment lafe'
the door opened to admit an exceeding
~ pretty girl, whose appearance mad'
the elder lady SIT up in amazement
and exclalm.
Gracious. childl what brings you
here such a dayf"
"You may well wonder. aunt. but
after what has happened I could not
stay ID town. and mother thought you
would have me for a few weeks. Ny
trunks are coming later. I have been
compelled 70 break on my engagement
10 Terry. and have written this morn
ing 70 tell him we must never meet
AGAIN.
This speech. uttered with feverlsh
spirit. as Doris Drummond dragged of
her gloves and threw them on the ta-
bic IN a BAN. was as q bombshell 10
the quiet room.
Broken your engagement ejaculat-
ed Miss Hudson. dropping her knitting
Nonsense, There must be some mis-
lake"
The girl shook her mead as she paced
the room impatiently
II had better tell you all about it.
and then the subject can drop she
cried .Terry has been very busy
lately: every one seems IN. at least he
says so. Well. dear. yesterday. as
mother and / were coming out OF Cen
rral Park we saw him just by the en-.
trance with Helen Leearde. that horrid
girl with whose brother he went TO
school. you know They were quite
absorbed and never saw us. yet in
the evening / had a note to say that
he was too busy 10 come up STILL I
tried not 10 MIND"
Quite right"
~Ent this morning ] saw them again.
They were talking most earnestly: he
was bending down to her. and I'm
sure she WAS crying This kind OF thing
cannot 90 on. have lost an confidence
in him. ! cannot believe in him
again this with great emphasis. ana
then she added with whitening scorn.
Busy indesdr
lIumphr
"Nhat DO you mean hy 'humph ID
that tone. aunt DEAR asked Doris.
doubtfuliy. surely you agree with
me-"
"Ny love there are two sides to
everything. should like 10 hear Ter
RVS side
Why. hc has not got one"-very
biankly n saw myself
Miss Hudson picked up her knitting.
SHE had always been plain and angu-
iar No romance had ever touched her
life save through her sisters only
chiid-sweet spoiled Doris. Then she
had thought SO much Of Dr oliver. too.
He was considerably older than her
niece They had seemed exactly suited
40 each other and no dissension had
ru1ied their harmony hitherto. IL ap.
peared inexplicable. until she recalled
how foolish her POOR dear sister Lizzie
was; how likely to fan her daughters
resentment into n fame. IN sheer
lh0ughfiess1ese.
'The least said the soonest mended."
che wisely reflected. stroking her dar-
line's sunny little head There IS the
other side. that I maintain"
Perhaps Doris dimly reallzed this.
TOT ere they retired to rest she re-
marked that. with an his faults. Terry
was good to everv one
Doubtless: no one IS altogether
bad Miss Houston replied in a tone
81 disparagemenf. making q wry face
10 conceal a smile. ~But as you have
lost al confidence 10 him. there is no
more to Be- said"
NO. not \ word" responded her
niece. with unnecessary fervor.
when Miss Hudson looked out Of her
window the following morning it was
fair and sunny. aud Doris was ditting
about among the roses In the garden
below Then. as she stood ahsently
watching her. the gate clicked. and
Terence divers tall form came down
the pathway The window was wide
open. and they were 50 near that she
could not help hearing. He spoke lrst
! "Y0u wrote thisS" holding out a note.
Eyes. ] simply related the truth
You cannot explain--
Explain. ] shall not try-yet win
you take back every word in this
noioS-
Now she win Ere up. now there viii
i,e sceneir murmured the wicked
old eavesdroppef excitedly. How
pretty the poor pet looksi yet somehow
7 would TRUST him. Heigh-ho, what e
IS 70 D. young
Could she believe her earss So far
lrom she expected torrent Of words.
Doris had 0nly turned TO the rose
bushes. as il she could not near Terry's
strai ightforward eyes and muttered
half audibiy
-Eul Terry. could net And
oh ye. 500 eonld and uiu." be