Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-04-10


'louchts upout you. with your beauty
ana position and luxury! Oh. | saw
you. | walked UP ana down in front
If your house for an hour one day until
you came out and got into your car
riagc. And | wished the horses would
run away with you. and Just rs the
thought flashed into my mind one of
them began to prance. and | actually
prayed out loud. because | was so
afraid he really would run. after ! had
wished it.
The rhetorical value of this speech
was somewhat married by the circum-
stance that Elsie's face was being
washed while it was delivered. uav-
ing rendered this service, Brenda be-
gan to arrange her patients hair.
81 felt so small and shabby outside
your house." said Elsie. You can't
have any idea of IT, Fancy that man
sion full OF servants, all yours, and
there was | who was in need of shoes.
/ don't mean to say they were full of
holes or anything like that, but they
didn't look very nice. and l couldn't
ing every penny. My mother and l
have a little income. and | was down
to that. for hadn't had an engage
ment since February. | suppose you
never wasted your time thinking about
me-aftcr you knew there was such q
girl"
Il never knew there was such
rir ri 40
In this room. The girl thought about
never existed. And now let me say
this: There is no rivalry between us.
There are matches so manlfcStiy made
in heaven that even a womans jeal-
ousv must admit the divine sanction.
SO don't think OF 'sparing my feelings
as my New ENGLAND aunt expresses
IT. or being polite to use your own
phrase for the same idea. You and
Mr.. Alden were made for each other
If had been writing a book or a play,
l might have tried to create two people
SO perfectly reciprocal. The way is
made smooth for me to be a friend to
both Of YOU"
Elsie turned her head suddenly and
lapsed into thought which eliminated
III her saying:
"You couldn't have loved him.
! ought not to say that, of course, but
| it's true. Divine sanction hasn't any
thing to do with jealousy. They don't
come from the same locality. | have
always been jealous whenever l have
been in love-
She looked up out of the corner Of
her eye TO catch the effect of the shock.
whenever you have been in lovc"'
cried Brenda. II hope it hasn't hap
pened often"
well, not so very often" replied
Elsie. 81 remember being in love with
an actor once for as much as two
weeks You spoke about putting Mr..
Alden and me into play. Well. this
man resembled Mr.. Alden, and we
were in the same aggregation of gen
ius. He was Just as much like Mr.. Al
den as the man they get to play Napo-
leon in a third rate road company pro-
duction Of Sans Gene is like the real
Napoleon. They pick out fellow with
the right kind of nose. However,
loved him with n consuming ardor.
remember leaning out of a window of q
fierce little hotel in a jay town in the
west to watch him sitting on fence in
the moonlight, smoking a cigar after
the show. ! imagined that lie might
be thinking of me. by and by another
fellow in the company came along ant
asked him if he was enjoying tho
moon. And my idol said: 'To-some
Where-Wth the moon. ! was waiting
for you to buy me drink 1t WASH
very bad, but 1t was coarse, and
didn't love him any more after that
and as he had never taken the sliShtcS
notice of me the romance was not seri
Gus except that caught an awful cole
leaning out of that window. Now, VIII.
did tell you that story, Brenda:"
because it is amusing, | suppose,
said Brenda, surprised by the question
because at that time | was not quit
II years old" said Elsie, land ] wa
travelling around the country alone
My mother was Lot strong enough L
go with me, and we both needed none.
very badly"
While Brenda was striving to graS
the full meaning of this, being wei
assured that Elsie spoke with a deGnit
purpose. there came rap at the door
announcing the morning visit Of DI