The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-12
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1880
wood pipe
"you don't mind 90 your You are
alwaysso jolly and chunmy
She smiled a little dcprecatlnely.
There were times when somehow she
wished Iictherington did moi lnd her
so Jolly and chunmS, though there
times had nothing TO do with the brim
wood pipe. The comfortable honse was
hers in effect, and She. the friendless
and kinlcss kindergarten must Of
course have felt It good fortune TO be
saved the lot Of the boarding house and
given the companionship of pleasant
and well set up people An 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.
1t IS true that If Mrs. Hetheriugton's
oldest daughter had not married and
gone TO i've in distant city and her
youngest had not died she perhaps
would not have felt the need Of a girl
fish presence in the house enough to
take in Winifred.
WinIfred watched Hugh uetherlng-
ton HIT bis fine length aud move across
the room after light for his pipe. As
the match dare aickered on his clean
features she thought, as any woman
must have, Whit haAdsome fellow he
was. But Winnie thought also that If
her own mouth had not been SO 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 wen. Moreover. she
looked a bit older than Hugh, too,
though she had carefully figured ont
that she, In fact was a year younger.
But, then, Hughs childhood had
passed in the flush Of pleasure and the
sunshine of affection, and hers? - She
was too humble to be sorry for herself
and too wise not 10 see III the worst
that had ever happened her the posi-
bilitles of still worse and thus be
thankful for the Providence that had
kept her in its hand
But yet this evening she thought
more sharply than usual Of another
girls symmetry, her gowns, her ne
complishments. her opportunities, al
the things that are dear to the heart
OF woman. And why not? Venus her
self was not Irresistible until size 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
girl.
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 tired2' said Hether-
ington kindly, but yet altogether i'm.
personally. She raised her head aud
smiled. What was the useg II It were
not this misery, 1t would be something
else for waif such as She "0h not
at ALL" she said.
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. If il weren't for
you, don't know what would happen
IL you're really not tired, ! want 10 80
over these lists with YOU now. and then
Am off for The Kentlrick reception
Gertrude Stevenson viii be there he
said happy little smile playing about
Ibis lips Seems 10 me she is getting
more beautiful every day. Don't you
think SOP
J Hetherington did not even look at
her for his answer. lie was indeed in-
sisting ON being even chummier than
usual this evening, and Winifred bent
her head close over the papers once
more.
cor course" Hetherington went on,
Gertrude is popular, very SiAngton
has a mint Of money, too, but don't
think shes the kind OF girl who would
stoop to anything like That
Wnifred had to listen 10 that and
much More in snatehes and mono
logues, ana she was glad when az last
Hetberington left There are times
when it Is singularly harder to be
'chummy'' than at others.
The next morning Hetherington Ind
gone when she came to breakfast,
most unusual for him. IN
the evening he did not ask her help.
He talked very little, ana Mrs Hether-
ington later said to her husband, Can
il be that Hugh is not wen 2"
Her husband looked up retrospective
" over his glasses.
Maybe he's iii love. Maybe he has
to some girl, and she's turned
him down. Every young fellow has to
have lesson or two Ii won't hurt
him, | suppose"
"0l, how can you talk SO? ] ain sure
Hugh would not propose TO a girl with
out talking to me about il iirst.n
Whereupon MIR. IIetherington senior
smiled behind his paper ana went on
reading A long and comparatively Sc
rene matrimonial voyage had taught
him that arguments only I'LL the sails
with head winds.
Winifred herself neither questioned
nor seemed TO take heed OF Hughs
moods. After several evenings he came
down aud asked her once more to come