Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-27
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n u Y RANDALL had cried her
" way 10 a solution Of her diff
Guilty. She had washed out
the truth with tears. and.
having finally come 10 an irrevocable
conclusion. she dried her eyes and act
ed on her decision.
IL always liked Harry" she medi-
tated. but he would torment the life
out of me IL married him. | have no
control Of him now, and IL may judge
by the experience of my married
friends | would have still less after
married him. Besides. lac never thinks
Of those little attentions that every wo-
man looks for, but just takes it for
granted that IL he Is satisfied | should
be. Well. IL is his own fault, and he
must bear the consequences"
With this last remark she sealed a
little note and addressed il TO Mr.. Hen
ry Kennedy. Its contents were about
as follows:
Dear Henry-After careful thought
have decided that IL Will be as well for
you not 10 call on me any more. at least
for a long while. | know that we would
never be happy together, and II Is as well
that you should cease to hope for what
can never be. | am sorry TO have to write
this. but you will acknowledge In the end
that am doing right Hoping That you
will still consider me a friend, am,
yours sympathetically, MAY.
Having stamped this conclusive epis-
tie, she took another sheet of paper and
began little note with the words
My Dear Will
But this was a harder letter 10 write
than the other She nibbled ut the end
of her pen and blushed furiously as she
looked at the salutation she had writ
ten.
"Well. | don't care" she said TO her
self. "Will has always been consider
ate and attentive and never presumed
too much. ! know | sometimes thought
he wasn't half so humble as he pre-
tends TO he. and less wouldn't hurt. but
II he bOres me with his attentions now
he will be more likely to get down to a
reasonable basis after we are married.
Besides he has good home 10 offer
me, and | am sure he will make me n
good, true husband" Then she finished
the note In this fashion:
have done lot OF thinking since our
last talk. and II you call tomorrow even
ing | will have something to tell you that
will probably interest you. Till then be-
lieve me, yours faithfully, MAY.
She sealed this letter hurriedly lest
she should change Fer mind and then
addressed ii to Mr.. William Strong
She then rang for a maid and sent both
letters out to be posted. She sat silent
ly until she heard the maid close the
door on her return and then. without
knowing why, flung herself on the bed
and resumed her crying.
Next morning Mr. Harry Kennedy
opened his personal mail at the break
fast table. When he opened Mays note
with an air of eager expectancy, he
paused as If suddenly frozen rigid,
| Then his sense of humor came to his
rescue. and he mumbcd to himself,
while smile wrinklcd lis parched lips;
well, this is so sudden
He looked the letter over carefully
from every side, examined the address
again, and then food of anger swept
over him.
"She can't dismiss me this way p he
protested to himself hotly Il vowed
that | would win her, and | am not
going to give up. She will have to dis
miss me with her own voice and that a
good many times before she drives me
off. | suppose 1t is that sniveling hypo,
critic Strong that has been getting in
his fine work. Well, he'll find that there
is fight or two left in me yet"
Harry naturally had no appetite for
more breakfast, and as he could not