CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-03-06

to you aud was tricked into reading
a part Of it
Il suppose it VIII be printed In the
papers, said Elsie. with your picture
and mine and Mr.. Aiden's. Isn't this
awful; II is so absolutely horrible
that there's no use being polite about
1t. But really ! never meant to do you
any harm. never encouraged MIR.
Alden. | loved him from the begin
ming The very first evening l saw
him went home and cried abo1t him.
but when he began TO come to see me
] made him think that I didn't care
for him. | actually did make him
think So
Il know it replied Brenda gently.
'-Iie told me So
1T WIS only on that last evening
that ! let him guess the truth said
Elsie and how did that brayen may
know. suddenly be seemed TO see IL
aud then honestly. had no oppor-
tunity TO deny IL didn': speak
word 10 two hours. Mr.. Alden talked
for both Of Us. making my arguments
for ms and then answering them
without the fainteSt perception that
they weren't really mine AT all In
fact lie was like a blg boy so carried
away with his own idea That all the
world seemed to be rushing along In
the way hr wished II was only when
be talked about sending me lot OF
money To buy wedding clothes thai !
managed To make myself heard. and
even then be- thought that my objec-
tiun Wsi- altogether 60 the money aud
not 10 tbe wedding Remember that ]
was NOT much culmer Than ur. and you
VII have soiu,. idea nf the confusion
Oh Brrnda. bow can I talk 10 yuu like
this And you dom seem "a care in
The least Are W. all crazy Iogpthert''
'-Suuir pt u iiaTe b,--u - PERHAPS
sad Brenda ~hur this morning | think
". arr nil particularly sane.
III Wns wrong OF course. 10 let him
come To 49, nr. Elsie continued -But
Il aiust end soon. and II WAS 80 Iittlc.
aud you would have 30 much You
know IN those days ! hated you enried
you lay awake Al night 60 thiuk bitter
thoughts about you. with your beauty
aEd bs-,tion and luxury, oh. l saw
you, ! walked up and down IN front
OF your house for an hour one day until
you came out and got Into your ear
riage. And ! wished the horses would
run away with you. and just as the
thought flashed into my nil,..l one of
them began TO prancp and ! sctually
prayed out loud because was so
afraid he really would run. after had
wished it,
+ The rhetorical value Of this spes,.h
~a~ somewhat marrel 10y the circEm.
stance thai ElSie's face was being
Washed while Il was delivered IIav-
Ing rendered this service. ltrenda he
gan to arrange her patients hair.
81 felt so small and shabby outside
your house" said Elsie ~You can't
have any idea OF IL Fancy thar man
sian full OF servants. all yours. and
there was who was in need OF shoes.
l don't mean to say they were full Of
holes or anyihlus Ike that. hut they
didn't iook very nice aud coui,ln-t
afford TO buy 4 new isair. for u-aS Slv-
/ ing every penny My moiher aud l
have n l!ttie Iurome. and I VS. down
TO that for | hadn't had an .nga=,'
meni since February I suppas~c you
never wasted your ilme thinking ai'ou,
ine-afi-r yen kprw their. was such \
girl
Il never knew there was srch
Z girl replied Brenda. until ~aw Won
I in this room The giri thouchI ai,out
never existed. And now let me say
this; There Is no rivalry hciwecu Us.
There are marches - manifrSily mailr
ia heaven tiiat even wuman'S jeal-
ousy must q inIit the divine sanction
So don't think uf 'siarinG Iny feelings
as my New England aunt expresses
u. ar 'heiug i~bliic. to use your own
phrase for the same idea. You and
MIR. Aiicn we're matIr Tor each other,
~ had Il, "a writing book or - play.
might iat. tris-l 10 create Iwo 't-ople
81 perfectly r~iprw-al The way is
made smooth Tor me 10 bc a Cricnd to
both of you
Elsie turneI her head suddenly aud
Kissed Bpu.ia's hand Then She re
iapscd Into dough, which eliminated
ia her saying
You couldn't havc loved him,
ought not To say that. OF courSr. hut
it's true Divine sanrtipn hasn't any
thing TO do with jealousy, They don't
come rron, tie same locality have
always been Jraious whenever ! have
b,en in love
She looked up out of the corner OF
her eye to catch the effect OF the shock.
'whcncver you have been in loveI"
cried Brnja. 4 hope 1t hasn't hap
pened often"
We'll. not 50 very often" replied
Elsie. Il remember being in love with
an actor once for as much as two
weeks, You spoke about putting MIR
Alden aud me into play Well. this
man rcsemhled Mr.. Alden. and we
wcre In The s.llns. n,grrrailnn of yen.