Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-02-09
THE WAY OUT OF DIFFICULTY.

pened because she was so dndignified
lunched in the rose room at the Gran
by. Constance averred that as she i'm
mediately replaced her hat on her head.
it certainly was not the innocent cause.
The morning after the luncheon two
letters came to Constance and both in
different language asked the same ques-
ton: William Harley and James Eli
oft, who had been eye-witnesseS OF
laffaire du chapeau, desired the honor
of marrying Miss Constance Berkeley.
John laughed at his sisters dismay.
You would take off your hat Con, and
let the sun shine on your hair. You
would be serious to attract Harley ana
gay for Elliott. and, besides, you al
ways wore -
White to please the one, green to
please the other she interrupted, but
I did it for you. They were both such
good friends of yours, and 1 never sus-
pected-'
THAT they might love my sister, also
You must be very careful of your ar
swer, for they are sort OF Damon and
Pythias to each other"
THAT is my trouble said she. IT
WOUluIl ueStIOy their lOE
worlds
Constance was a person whose bur
dens seemed much lighter when other
people knew of their existence, SO when
her mother came from the city, she told
her the news.
II talked with Mr. Harley this morn
ing" said Mrs. Berkeley land a nicer
young man 1 do not know I could WEI
come him a son and 7 an, very h ri
to please. 1 told him SO, but it rests en-
tirely with you, Constance. Your father
and 1 would keep our daughter al
ways"
When her father came home that
evening, he called her to him and said:
James Elliott was at my office this
morning. 1t seems he likes you very
much. His father has always been one
of my best friends, though politically
we disagree. Nothing would give M
greater pleasure, but act according to
your own heart
Mother says William father says
James, John says-O, John would say
when in doubt take the trlck'-it is
just like a game thought perplexed
Constance.
| She reread her notes and wondered
over one sentence q trifle varied in
| each. Both men assure ed her that she
had given them every possible encour-
2gement. Just because I wore their
favorite gowns, read their favorite
books and learned their favorIte music.
i They are such dear friends that if 1 re-
fuse the one, I must the other also II
seems easy, but it isn't-the fact is I
do not care for either of them
Miss Berkeley wrote in answer to her
notes that she must be allowed a Ger
tain length of time to consider the mat
ter, and John laughed and teased her
ABOUT the co-supported sword of, not
Damocles, but Damon and Pythias
You can't put the devil off forever" he
said. "or they will be sure to find 1t OUT
and then trouble will reign"
Constance refused to go to parties,
grand opera, or the new plays. She
went instead, with John to see isis
Hopkins, "In Old Kentucky "The
Lost Paradise" and many others which
she had seen time and again, but which
she said diverted her mind.
Judge Berkeley left a message here
this morning to come up and look 81
Constance's throat" grumbled DR..
Gray, land 1 wish you would go, Rich
..
Constance always has bad throat IN
damp weather. Her people ought to
take her to California, they usually
do
Richard Pryor, DR.. Grays nephew
and assistant, buttoned his overcoa,
silently He knew Constance Berkeley
!, very well. and though he rarely wenr
out, he always attended her parties
and secured at least one dance with
, her.
| The colored man informed him that
nc one was at home but Miss Con-
!. stance, who was waiting "foah de doc.
tab"
Il though your uncle would come, -
said she, The knows my aflment quite
Well"
| She knew she could easily coax DR.
: Gray into believing the evil was a lesser
) one, but this stern-faced, keen-eyed
Richard, she had always been afraid
Of.
1T isn't very bad, DIR. Pryor." Con-
stance continued, f1ippantly, but one
! of my grandmother's sisters died OF
| blood poisoning caused by tonsilitis
[ and that makes them worried about
me-"
ut will last a certain time, Miss Ber-
kelley, and You must follow my direc-
tons"
Il never follow directions. I Away
do as 1 please"
Doctors are privileged persons. Ev
: eryone obeys them"
} Il would not mind" she said. ''if only
7 had something TO do. 1 dislike SO
; much to stay indoors"
Richard hesitated one moment, then
| he said: ''Y write n nice !, md
l and I am greatly in need of someon.
to copy my notes for paper 1 am tt
2 read in Chicago next month. I can;
: ask our Office girl. She could not trans
= late them. 1 am sure you can"