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Fs y 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 i 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
afford to buy a new pair, for I was saw
ing every penny. My mother and Il
have 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-after you knew there was such a
girl
Il never knew there was such al
girl replied Brenda. until saw you
in this room. The girl thought about
never existed. And now let me say
this: There is no rivalry between u.s.
There are matches so manifestly made
In heaven that even Woman's jeal-
ousy 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. Yon and
Mr.. Alden were made for each ether
If I had been writing book or 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 IL s.: =.
Elsie turned her head suddenly and
kissed Brenda's hand. Then she re-
lapsed into thought which eliminated
in her saying: Liz -...s - T. II
you couldn't have loved him. II
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. l have
been in love-" E... 81
She looked up out Of the corner of
her eye to catch the effect of the shock.
whenever you have been in lover
cried Brenda. II hope it hasn't hap
pened often"
'Well, not so very Often" replied
Elsie. Il 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 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, l
loved him with consuming ardor.
remember leaning out Of a window Of a
fierce. little hotel in jay town in the
west to watch him sitting on fence in
the moonlight, smoking cigar after
the show. l imagined that he might
be thinking Of me. By and by another
fellow in the company came along and
asked him if he was enjoying the
moon. And my idol said: 'To-some
where-with the moon. l was waiting
for you to buy me drink 1t wasn't
very bad, but 1t was coarse, and l
didn't love him any more after that,
and as he had never taken the slightest
notice Of me the romance was not seri-
GUS except that I caught an awful cold
leaning out of that window. Now, why
did tell you that story, Brenda p
because it is amusing, suppose"
said Brenda, surprised by the question.
because at that time was not quite
II years DID," said Elsie, land I was
travelling around the country alone
My mother was Dot strong enough to
go with me, and we both needed money
very badly" 49,.
While Brenda was striving to grasp
the full meaning of this, being well
assured that Elsie spoke with definite
purpose, there came rap at the door,
announcing the morning visit Of DR..