The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-10-10

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were causing great deal Of quiet am
usenent TO the older guests, amuse-
mems which, as time went Oh, became
more general. affecting even the walt
ers and other servants, who discussed
1t among themselves and awaited de-
yelopments with the same amount Of
interest as the person whom they
served.
Miss Kennedy was a coquette. Every
one but few of her intimate friends
would tell you this without hesitation.
This fact, however. should not have in
terested the guests to any great extent.
Coquettes Of all ages and degrees of
beauty were not uncommon at the
Westminster. Bnt the trouble was that
Miss Kennedy was different from the
ordinary run Of coquettes; so decided
ly different. In fact, that the amuse-
ment furnished by the young men, of
which amusement Miss Kennedy was
the indirect cause, grew into specula-
tion as the guests tried to explain her
peculiar actions and the strange in
fiuence which she welded over young
men. Influence she certainly had New
er in the history Of the Westminster
had so many young men fallen so des-
perately and uncompromisingl in love
with one girl. II seemed impossible for
them to know her simply as a friend.
In fact, platonic friendship seemed
quite out of the question so far as
Miss Kennedy was concerned.
1t was quite inexpllcable. She was
good-looking, of course, but then there
We're numerous girls in the neighbor-
hood, and, indeed, some at the West
minister no less fair, who never in their
careers had caused such general furore
among a gathering Of young men.
Her enemies said that her heart, IL
she had one, was as cold and as inn
peivious as steel II this were not so
hoy could she lead man after MAJ
alcng, keeping his hopes at fever heat?
Her enemiea SHought this cruel. Her
dear friends, however thought othel-
wise. They said that If she really wfs
as cold as steel then her sweet smiles
and her sincere and winning manners
certainly belied her. II men insisted
on becoming so enamored with her.
wait 1t her fault? And If her sweet anG
sympathetic disposition and smiles
which she bestowed on all alike. were
misconstrued by some ardent though
deluded admirers. would she be cen.
sured when, as time went on, it be-
came her painful duty to dispel the
hallucination? No; they thought she
was rather to be pitied. One of her
philosophical friends, young law stu
dent, hit the nail on the head when he
said that beauty was not the essential.
The real thing. he said, that appealed
to men was the knaclS OF appearing
congenial and sympathetic in short.
to understand a man and have an
adaptability to various natures; to give
weight to ones opinions and to exhibit
other 1attering marks OF attention and
respect which could not fail to impress
the average man. Some girls feign
this, according to the law student. but
Miss Kennedy was innocence itself. and
her interest and sympathy for her
friends came not from duplicity but
from pure goodness of heart. The law
student might just as well have kept
silent, however, as he had already been
voted a great bore, and no one ever
paid any attention to what he said.
At all events SO many Of the young
men at the Westminster had fallen
prey to Miss Kennedy's charms, only
,.f., ~ g..
ally got so that whenever fellow be-
gan TO avoid the usual evening gath
ering on the veranda,. the boarders
merely nodded wisely and said moth
ing, while the young men hugged one
another in ecstacy, and when, after
week or two, perhaps longer, perhaps
not so long, he began to mingle in with
the crowd, and with saddened race to
take up once more the old order of
life, the hoarders smiled again. while
the young men. most of whom had
been through the same course, welcom
ed him effusively. and he, though sore
and sour, joined them while they
waited for another unfortunate. The
prospective unfortunate was generally
designated as next"
And so when the depot hack rolled
up the winding driveway one August
afternoon and rather good-looking
young man alighted and walked up the
steps, a general smile flashed over
the faces of the older guests. while the
young men. chuckled ioyously.
Cad, another victim ehuclSled a
stout young man of the name of Jud-
son. "All we've got to do is to get
the mintroduced and then watch for the
fun. Eth, boys?'
That's just the idea, assented Gill
bert Chauncy of Amherst Every fell
low must make it his business to see
that they meet as soon as possible
and
"Oh, yes. get them together" inter.
rupted Goldthwaite, You will get hold
of the wrong man or rather the right
man some day, and you won't haze
half the fun YOU expect. He will win
her.
"Ho hn Goldy's getting nervous "