Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-18

guerite is slender, with Such wonderful 'coloring, and such dear, winsome face"
 Like dark red rose. just newly budded. and not very anxious to be looked at-seemingly?
 "Yes indeed-just!
 we'll noticed her."
 Any one would! Oh, I like her i'm ;mensely. It just happened that we had long talk by ourselves, and she told me one such funny experience they had at the Cavendish; your speaking of the hotel brought it to mind It was really her experience, and 1t did not strike her as being so very amusing, but thought 1t exceedingly amusing
 You often find things exceedingly amusing"
 "Oh, but this was! You'll say so, too. It seems lady, an old friend of hers they had been estranged some little time through a nderstanding-came to the Cavendish, not knowing they were there, but Mrs. Keppler had seen her ar rival. and glanced at the register to find the number of the room assigned to her -139. Meeting in this way, in strange city, and far from home, the sisters felt they ought to make some little overture of friendliness, so they talked the mat ter over. Miss Darlington did not feel exactly free to call, informally, and well come her friend, but toward evening she concluded as they would probably meet later in the dining-room, to take her card down with a rose"
 "What?" Austen sat back and looked fixedly at his sister. "Why?-why- Millicent Oh, go on-do-do!"
 "Austen!" She returned his look, with mirthful eyes. Well, I wonder? Could it be possible?"
 "Millie, let me hear the rest Yes! Anything is possible in this ridiculous world! Go on." .s.
 "Well-Marguerite took the rose; but meantime, Austen-and this is the funny part-there was nice. melancholy young man staying at the hotel, who looked like a doctor. and who seemed to be, Marguerite said-a foreigner-he was fair, with fair beard" ....
 Exactly" said Austen. .s
 Both the sisters had noticed him, be- cause he seemed so solitary and-sad. Marguerite, would say, had especially borne him in mind. However, she took the rose and the card downstairs, and explored until she found 139, and tied them to the doorknob, and was not caught in the act, and came up, tri- umphant. Now, when they were ready to go down to dinner, and opened the door into the hall, what do you suppose, Austen?" a.,
 "Oh, don't ask me, Millicent."
 'tWhy, there was the rose she had tied on lSer friends doorhandle tied on her own, the card with it. There it hung! You can just picture how they felt"
 "Yes, oh, yes-I can picture it."
 "Ah, but wait! They were dreadful1y wounded, and did not go down to dinner at all, and when the waiter brought them up something to eat they learned that there had been a mistake about the num- Der of the room-that the new arrival was in 137. and he also told them that the occupant of 139 was gentleman from New York, tall man with light beard, who sat near them in the dining room, and, of course, he was the nice man they had noticed and liked! He had found the rose at his door and carried it back to theirs What thing to dol"
 "It was wrong, suppose, but I had seen her tying it on the door-my door the poor child!"
 You were the nice, melancholy man? Of course, you were! Oh, this is fine, Austen, and so funny! Now you can't say it isn't funny! Of course, the ladies encountered their friend later, and all was explained in that direction, but poor Marguerite was overwhelmed with shame Why in the world did you take the rose back to her door, if you thought 1t was meant for your"
 Because concluded girl like that needed lesson, Millicent."
 "Oh-h-h, but. if she were 8 girl like that, she would not take lesson, so where was the use? Never mind! She is coming to us to dinner on Tuesday. You must be here-remember, now! Tuesday,"
 ''I1l be here, Millicent, and there will also be some dark red roses; when I used to meet her in the hotel corridors called her a dark red rose!' i. Millicent, feel as if ought to meet her on my knees"
 That may be in order. later" said Millicent--Brooklyn Life.
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