The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-02
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The time had come. She had a rival In her own parlor-a throne room in which she had reigned a queen for several seasons. Her very worth had kept her unmarried-it often does with women of her class-those that do not deem the first chance the only one nor did the gathering years of her single (in her case certainly blessedness alarm her; in a candid unegotistical way she knew her worth and probabl ybelieved that there would happen a good man that she could love and would love and as im- portant appreciate her worth. It may have been a pleasure, and that indescri- bable pride that we all have in the doings of those dear to us; tinged per- haps with a melancholy that is perfectly natural; when that which we cherish is slipping our grasp so a mother feels when she is shown her sons diploma that will take him from her and she will lose the sweet worry that mothers love and seek. Then when the time came for her to admit 'I must give up to sister, 1t was no heroic sacrifice it was the inevitable-there is something in it pa- thetic to those that know. of these things; that know what an abandonment it is; and we that do know give an appre- ciative sympathy. and we often grieve over 1t for 1t is as one taken out of a
 
 circle.
 His note was worded: My Dear Miss Should you have nothing upon your slate. nothing that promises more, let me call for you for the german Che seemed to take it for granted that she knew all about where to be) it may be that we will find something that will repay the effort. Sincerely.
 IIa bod cadet" the debutante; and the elder woman had not looked for a parade from him. She had in sort of way merely en- dured him, and she was dimlyt conscious that he was aware that 1t was merely an endurance and when he visited so far as she was concerned, he had the right of way. Tt is yours she said to the younger after reading the note." Tt is not, the younger protested, 1t Is ad- dressed Miss; am Miss Blank. Blank" That does not signify he does not know; he Hikes you." "He always calls me by my first name'' insisted the younger and he writes me that way" she con- tinued with just an increase in color" So you get ready and go, for will not. And so the past graduate did; for secretly she was nothing 10th she would rather the offer had come from some one else, but affairs were arriving at the "any port in a storm, period" and-she was human. Moreover there is to the close observer a second interest that comes in such affairs after the blase period has passed-it is the fear of oblivion.
 She saw the moment she entered the parlor that she was not the one expect ed There was a vague surprise in his eyes and he was, for a moment, chained in his place; but only for moment he came forward gallantly (she gave him due credit for his presence of mind and If his efforts were worth anything she passed a pleasant evening. Her thanks upon his leaving had an added sincerity for her admiration for his effort.
 She never told her sister; she never knew if he did. It is probable that he acquainted himself with the use of titles or became thereafter more careful in using them.
 The fact remains that so far as he is concerned 1t matters not whether the one or the other was the recipient of his note. van.