Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-10-31
ROCKVILLE. MARYLAND FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 81, 1902
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By tuoenIe UhlriCh
Copyright, 1901, by Eu0ente UhITtch
By EuOenIe UhIrICh

hiWtNS ~ JOAJ huu SuuNlluy.
She smiled little deprecatingly.
There We're times when somehow she
wished Hetherington did not find her
10 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 frtendlean
md kinless kindergarten. must OF
course have felt 1t good fortune to be
saved the lot Of the boarding house and
given the companionship Of pleasant
md well set up people. All the other
young women she knew told her over
md over again and reminded her that
she ought to be grateful for her mer-
ries.
II Is true that II Mrs. Hetherington's
oldest daughter had not married and
gone to live In distant city and her
youngest had not died she perhaps
would not have felt the need of a girl
lsh presence In the house enough to
take In Winfred.
Winifred watched Hugh Hethering-
ton lift his fine length and move across
the room after light for his pipe. As
the match flare fiickered ON his clean
features she thought, rs any woman
hh'isi nave what handsome IelioW ne
was But Winnie thought also that II
her own mouth had not been 80 big, her
tendency TO freckle 10 hopeless and the
nm OF her mar so uhcompromisihgiy
red Mrs Hetherlngton might not nave
liked her quite so We'll Moreover, she
looked oil older tnan Hugh, TOO.
lholgh she hau careruiiy hgureu out
that she, IN fact, was year younger.
But then Hugh's childhood had
passed In the Hush OF pleasure and the
sunshine or affection, ana hersf- She
was too humble to he sorry for herself
and too wise not to see In the worst
that hhd ever happened hef the possl-
bilities or still worse ana mus DE
thankful for the providence mat had
kept her In Its hand.
But yet this evening she thought
more sharply than usual or another
girls symmetry. her gowns. her ac-
compiishments. her opportunities, all
the things that are dear to the heart
Of woman. And why mott Venus her
self was not Irresistible until she put
on the right glrdle. Hugh had asked
her TO help In comparing some ilsts'
ana she knew very Wen that every
minute of help she gave him this even
ing was an extra minute TOT Tue otner
girl.
She bent her head over the papers
before her, for the things she was
thinking must steal Into her race IN
spite of herself
Are you very ureuf salu hetner-
ington kindly, but yet altogether I'm
personally. She raised her head ana
smiled. What was the user IT 1t were
not this misery, 1t would be something
else for waif such as she. "Oh, not
mt all" she said.
81 do not believe there Ii another
girl who would be as patient az you
are with all my tires0me stun ana
with me too. Even mothers endurance
gives out once In whle' ana sue
scOIds about my den. III 1t weren't Tor
you, ! don't know what WOulo nappeh'
II you're really not tired, want 10 10
over these lists with You now, ana then
Pm Off for the kendrick reception
Gertrude Stevenson Will be there" ne
said, happy niue snlile Paying ABOUT
his lips. Seems to me she IL getting
more beautlful every uay' Don you
think sor'
Ietherington dld not even look Ut
her for his answer. lie wns ihoeeu III
sisting Oh being even chuninier than
nsunl this evening ana WihiIreu peht
her head close over the papers once
more.
"Of course' Hefberlngton went on
"Gerlrnde IL popninr' very Siinhg'oh
has II mini 81 money 100. Dut noh
think she's 10" klnd ~ gIrt VINO "oniu
stoop to anything IKE ibhi
Wlnifred had TO nstsD 10 mat anu
much more III shhtcbes hpn mono
logucs. and she was glnd "heh Ut iaSt
Iletherlngton left. lhere are ''hies
when 1t IL slhguihrly hhru'r 10 DE
"chummy' Than at others
The next morning hetherHlst"h n"u
gone when she came To Dreakfhst'
something most unusual Tor MIN. In
the evening he ala not ask her heip'
lie talked very little, and Mrs. Hether-
ingioD later said to her husband "Cah
II be that Hugh Is not wellF
Her husband lOoKen up retrospective
Iy over his glasses.
Maybe hc's IN love. Maybe he mas
proposed TO some girl. and she's turned
him down. Every young fellow has To
have lesson or Two II wont hurt
him, suppose
"Oh. how can you talk s0f am sure
Hugh would NOT propose 10 girl WIN
out talking to me about II nrst."
Whereupon Mr. Hetheringtoh senior
smiled behind his paper ana went on
reading. A long ana comparatively 80
rene matrimonial voyage had taught
him that arguments only MI the sa'A
with head winds.
Winifred herself neither Questioned
nor seemed 10 take heed OF huBh
moods. After several evenings ne came
down and asked her once more 10 come
and help him.