Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-04-17
After
Ten Years
BY LAWRENCE CARTER


~ Marsden was almost a stranger i'll
his own country. As he sat on the
piazza of the big seaside hotel he was
thinking Of the many changes in the
ten years since he had left his home.
| Attracted by the strains Of music from
the brilliantly lighted ballroom, he
threw away his cigar and strolled in
| side.
"Who is the lady over there in the
black dress?" he asked OF the master
Of ceremonies.
Mrs. Marsden, Of Philadelphia
was the reply. "She comes here almost
every summer"
would you mind saying to her that
! | should like to be introduced"
I A few minutes later the master OF
ceremonies returned what name,
please?" he asked, as they moved
across the room.
"Marsden," was the brief reply.
She looked up with an air Of surprise
as they approached, while the clsricnl
| gentleman to whom she was talking
leaned back in his chair. The intro
| ductiOn was made in formal manner.
Mr.. Marsden was compelled to smile 1t
the solemn farce OF II. as it the next
dance you want2" she asked.
"The next vacant one. Is that q diff
ferent thing?
"No, it amounts TO the same" She
smiled and turned TO the clergyman.
Marsden walked away.
Ills name was the same as yours, I
belieye?' the clergyman remarked. "Is
that why you smiled?"
POSSIBLY" she said. "There is IA
possibility that we've met before"
"lndeed,' he said. "What curiously
small and unassuming place the world
is, after all. II is Il creation that, in
my humble opinion, upholds to itself
too little decorous modcsty, if one
might be allowed to oall it 50. when so
many others fll the realms OF space.
suppose, Mrs. Marsden, you have lost
your husband?"
"Irreyocably, I'm afraid"
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