New-York tribune., 1903-05-17
Os0inS 90 Circumstances. es.
BY FLORENCE vi. BAILEY.

The Nara crowd included the usual limited !
number Of Just out" girls, brought out by their
respective relatives as marriageable lots, under /
which heading came Miss Ethel Maynard. She (
was the most perfect specimen possible of the |
conventional English girl-the sort you saw
every Wednesday in Punch in Du Maurier's |
time, tail, fair, we'll dressed, warranted ire /
proachable in conversation and department. with 4
a knowledge OF all the polite accomplishments .
and no grain of originality tenderness in her [
whole body-the kind of woman man marries |
because she suits his dining table and the fam /
lily plate. He is never ashamed of her, but as
the years go on he gets very tired and Sener- !
ally he lives his real life apart.
II at what the newspaper hack still con- /
tinues to describe a minor function that
Miss Maynard met Miss Rowan; naturally, Miss
Rowan, being associated with trade, was not
asked TO the great functions
That is Miss Rowan in response TO FreWin 5 T.
nasty little or with a significant pause alter
il. she is the'-Miss Maynard almost said
person the same who did that eXtraordl- 7
nary thing last Week-galloped mile and
half at night. alone, to see some natiVe?'
She was still houoring Rose with the stare
known in vulgar English as polite Frewin not
being large-mnded man felt awkward under
Miss Maynards disapproval Yet he had
thought at the time. when Rose had shyly tod
him OF the incident. how splendid it was OF her.
"Er-it was q very old serVanJ-her mother (
ayah, l believe he replied. and she was
dying. and sent message to her Inlssle papa' /
he broke off. lamely.
nard's light cold eyes were disconcertlnS
Then he did foolish thing even for a grimm
with no tact-he introduced Rose to Miss Ethel
MAYNARD There was the usual stiff five min
ute conversation. and as Rose moved away Miss
Maynard noticed that the last look was 10
ignoring the look and what it told her
cruelty comes naturally to many WomeIl-Mlss
MAYNARD. with Rose barely out OF nearing
asked briefly:
Country born"
OnIv thatEwith the exquisite infection Of the
most refined and utter contempt natural TO d
pucca girl from home :.
..Er-yes-I believe So" said freWln. IN a
vague tone, as if he wished he could deny II,
and completed his confusion by aodIlls' 0He
really IRISH you know" ,.,,.s
Miss Maynard laughs the knSIiSh"oiiioH :
little laugh of polite increduIlty" ,
yes? Funny thing, isn't il? They are gen
eralIv Scotch .
iIckiiv. Frewin's Indian experience has not
been sufficiently lengthy for him TO appreciate
' B lilSIt Wbsn he rides with Rose next day the
! soft staccato voice jars on him Tor ihe iiSe i
time the many trifing ignorances slfiht MN lia
! in a new light, and she qulvers at MS IiI-'"0i0
| tone.
Tho idvII,s ending was swifter than had been
i+s heqinninc Miss Maynard was only one OF
many who with the very best lntehlloiSL ~ va |
there ever yet a woman who dld hafiH nv NIII5ore e
t7aea same good intentiOns2-tolc MN l!pLe
a., less candidly that Il was simply llnpossIple ~
mat he should think seriously OF lAdI hoMtl T;
rjrl" His chiefs wife, who had Pc 80 80
s,,tit,da for managing other peoples alldii >
reasoned with him urgently: the owners oL n- &c
narriageabIe lots, viewing Fre"lll a2 " EsI-a5
man likely to come on IN lht 80 50 otl-a-,-an+
him 70 dine: while the lots themselves 91sI IA IA
-. - I-aS unite a nice looking poy' anu
-~,I7 ,7robab blv have a comfortable blLeI laIti;
s;-+a5 With him TO degree that simple neal ISu
D. nd never attempted The long sohl
I :, 5a,,1 was ended. and even When II was P Po2
itie "a renew it Frewin showed no eage[ness
- do eo A place was made for hlm IN -NaZi i :"
sooia+,- hv virtue of his position ana IIs PI
oIjii+fee and his eminently Tespectabie ITia
4ionc al home, but there was no room IOi -0
Rowan in the same circle . o,,,o ond
she missed FreWin, ana belhS yUuiIS x,,eocc
eooIieb I9id not understand out OF the lungs
80 49, loving heart she wrote him notes VIII
a.Ja him frown and put on his Ju0lcial iooh. o
nc raT11a look which in later years ne go
e111s when he told them that thls cou1Se ---1
he Immediately discontinued ,,,cee at
1Ja wrote replies that We're vague eAON7
Ct and stifiv formal denials later. +
! P0ea cried over them, and the sLldI!sS .eI Pocb
- ia come into life grew greater WIN 60 60
ie++er She wrote last appeal, luII " ir -nr@ -
[oo1iehness and angelic forgiveness 80 80 NJ
/ nm 10 the little Catholic chapeI 70 PIC t1o -
, ~ -cI,-ar might be as she would nave IL
hrd F1rayyin wrote back that OWNS oi.bor
| ---+ circumstances over WHlcH ieIIIo cS1
/ e +Iero had any contrOl-he haQ peel 10 -
| - +bo conclusion that any more NlLliate - -
lions than those OF lIIeiiu9
! for either" etc. oe7oio1 letter irving to
..:fr- a rosition Of which even FreWln nS1u lIiS
oroca IN he ashamed; but the lohg I WIS ,sa 90
/ eeaTef1I phrasing We're lost on s4i "0
! heart was broken
or7- The wav. Frewin,' says man at dinner 1ho
. - -e+ar Years when Frewin is hlsh III tl5e
- ~ 80 the former Miss Maynard Is preSIu II
- o1,er his house and name win an ..I tIIf 40
| 5iSS,;+,y of which she gave proILSe -
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