New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-08

By Eugene uhEich
nopapsoht. 1901. 81, Eaoense U1l,seh 3:
Young Hethering filled his brier
wood pipe.
You don't mind, do you? You are
always 80 jolly and chuInmy "a q
She smiled q little deprecatingly.
There vert times when somehow she
wished Hetheringt ton did not find her
SO jolly and chummy, though these
times had nothing to do with the brier
wood pipe. The comfortable house was
hers in effect, and she, the friendless
and kinless kind ergartner. must of
course have felt it good fortune to be
saved the lot Of the boarding house and
given the companio nship Of pleasant
and well set up people. ii the other.
young women she knew told her over.
and over again and reminded her that
she ought to be grateful for her mer-
cies. NE.
It is true that IL Mrs. Hetherington's
oldest daughter had not married and.
gone to live Ii "a distant city and her
Youngest had not died she perhaps
would not have felt the need Of girl
sish presence in, the house enough to
take in Winifred. .s.5
Winifred watched Hugh lettering
ton lift his fine length and move across
the room after q light for his pipe. AS
the match flare fickered on his clean
features she thought as any woman
must have, what a handsome fellow he
was. But Winnie thought also that II
her own mouth had not been 80 big, her
tendency to freckle SO hopeless and the
tint Of her hair SO uncompromisingly
red Mrs. Hetherington might not have
liked her quite SO well. Moreover, she
looked bit older than Hugh, too,
though she had carefully figured out
that she, in fact, was a year younger.
But, then, Hugh's childhood had
passed in the flush Of pleasure and the
sunshine of affection, and hers p She
was too humble to be sorry for herself
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that had ever happened her the posi-
bilities Of still worse and thus be
thankful for the Providence that had
kept her In its hand. zs$
A But vet this evening she thought
more sharply than usual Of another
girls symmetry, her gowns, her ac-
complishments, her opportunities, all
the things that are dear to the heart
OF woman And why not? Venus her
self was not irresistible until she put
on the right girdle. Hugh had asked
her to help in comparing some lists,
and she knew very well that every
minute Of help she gave him this even
ing was an extra minute for the other
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She bent her head over the papers
before her. for the things she was
thinking must steal into her face in
spite Of herself.
"Are you very tired?' said Hether-
tngton kindly, but yet altogether i'm
personally. She raised her head and
smiled. What was the use? If it were
not this misery, it would be something
else for a waif such as she. "Oh. not
at all" she said. 5 ss
II do not believe there is another
girl who would be as patient as you
are with all my tiresome stuff and
with me too. Even mothers endurance
gives out once in while, and she
scolds about my den. II 1t weren't for
you, don't know what would happen.
II you're really not. tired, want to go
over these lists with you now, and then
I'm off for the Kendrick reception.
Gertrude Stevenson will be there" he
said, happy little smile playing about
his lips Seems to me she is getting
more beautiful every day. Don't you
think SO .%s .s ss. :#s
Hetherington did not even look at
her for his answer. He was indeed In
sisting on being even chummier than
usual this evening, and Winifred bent
her head close over the papers once
more. H.. ( se& 5ftt 3 EEk
"Of course" Hetherington went on,
Gertrude is popular, very. Sillington
has q mtntsof money, too, but ! don't
think she's the kind Of girl who would
stoop to anEhing like that
Winifred had to listen to that and
much more In snatches and mono
logues, and she was glad when at last
Hetherington left. There are times
when It is singularly harder to be
'tchummy'' than at others.
The next morning Hetherington had
gone when she came to breakfast,
something most unusual for him. In
the evening he did not ask her help.
He talked very little, and Mrs. Hether-
ington later said to her husband, "Can
It be that Hugh is not well r. ..
Her husband looked up Retrospective
" over his glasses.
Maybe. he's IN love. Maybe he has
proposed to some girl. and she'ssturned
him down. Every young fellow has to
have lesson or two. It won't hurt
him, suppose. b b. 4 55
oh, how can you talk SO? I am sure
Hugh would not propose to q girlsWith-
out talking to me about it first
Whereupon Mr.. Hetherington senior
smiled behind his paper and went on
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