The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-05

Forgive me!' pleaded the girl b,
1. her side. She laid Elizabeths whit
hand againsC her cheek and patted /
gently.
I'm forgiven, am I not?"
you're an uncomfortably exactin:
person." cried Elizabeth; "besides, it il
SO unfiattefing. you know; don't yo,
imagine man could find something
about myself to love as well as M,
money:"
'Yes," replied Miriam decisively
there is so much about you to love
that I should wish him to quite forget
the money"
ROB does" said Elizabeth
Il want to tell you something of a
little romance of my own"
"Oh. I'm so glad! Is it Arthur
1T is not Arthur said the younger
girl resOlutely. Il do not think it ever
will be Arthur. It was-somebodv else
years ago"
"How many years ago:" Elizabeth
laughed gaily.
Years and years and years ago. it
seems to me-" Miriam spoke in a low
! voice. Il was very young then and
very credulous and very unwise. The
year mother took you to Europe, when
l was Junior ut college. l was left,
you remember. at Uncle Sperrys. At
a picnic one day l met Il young man
from Boston. He was handsome and
Fascinating and-different from anyone
l had ever known. 1 thought it was ro- |
mantle to have Il secret. We got en-
gagged had only seen him twice since
that tlme-When l have been at Uncle |
Sperry's. We have corresponded recu-
larly. l had Il letter from him two
Gays ago. He said he was coming to
see my mother next week. / was so
happy. Then-yesterday mother die
tated letter to me-for him. At first
thought it was her droll way of
doing things, giving us lovely surprises
as she sometimes does Than-'
Elizabeth had risen to her feet again,
She was looking down with frightened
Wide-open eyes at her niece
Who was he:' she asked in a whis-
per.
Miriam put her hand to her throat
She drew out a slender chain and
Slpred from it Il gold locket. She l
'i'Nt'N' II ''ht IiitutitN IL 10 I.ilZ3 Dctl | q
hooln. cried the girl in choking c
'oice. Then she sank back in the chair
ma covered her face with her hands,
i'e iocket tinkled to the floor. Miriam
tooDed and picked it up. then she II
osSed 1t into Il little cave of red en- s
'ers. Around it the blue and green !.
lanes OF the driftwood leaped glee-
uly.
Il
Last June l was a guest at a beauti- S,
III church wedding. l arrived early.
here was Il long wait in the flower
dorned church. l could not hclD hear u.
l@ conversation close to my ear.
Miriam ought to be one of the most -
eautlful brides who ever entered this &C
lurch,' said one woman Fl
And one of the happiest Still. G.
ever 1dncled she would marry Arthur +o
ntledge. he simply waited jrvotedly.
'termined she would marry him. u
Slle loves him to-day, l believe as Al
does her She will make n remark an
'ly good wife. her mother has given br
II such splendid training. She =,
%ht TO be power socially in Albany.
II. There is nothing in the way of th'
me aifalrS that Miriam is not thor SUI
@hly familiar with. She has Il way
IN servants that makes them adore J
I. | once had girl from the Old ,,
!d house who quoted Miss Miriam
me constantly. She has all sorts of 10
l'fs that make servants love her. She ity
cohsiderate of their comfort. and al eX,
'ys looking ossf to give them Il bit of cos
'asurc or angDuting when she can.
| think from something this Ellen VI
mine once said. half their respect Tor
q alteration of Miriam is because she is,
-" wen VI petlef thah even her rcn
wants do how every kind of work .
ould be done: that. / suppose. came
IN the training she took in domestic ''n'
ence." Gel
Yes, and partly from her mothers 900
common-sense upbringing.' AM
That's true. What a different fill
e Miriam has from her pretty little ''A
lt. Mrs. Hawley. You never knew
:. did you:" L
No" yea
She was little beauty and had a mis-
Sniflcent voice which she had cult cu,,
ed IL Paris. and her grandmother
her fortune. Mr.. Hawlcv-the ~N'
" York man she married-spent her rfa
tune and then treated her badly, one
'''' MN ana went on the concert nat
,,s,+ior :, 49,, -, H''ue for1
the bridal party is COM yer!
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