New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-22

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cried too much. 4
on must think am q perfect baby.
Really It isn't so. ! have borne some
things in this4life fairly well. i would
bear much more and be as happy as
any girl If only knew how But
there's no way, My life is In a tangle
that cannot be unwonnd. just sim
ply can't go on. Brenda. That's what l
felt when i opened my eyes in this
room the first time and while / lay
thinking before | would let DR.. Ken
dali know was conscious. There is
no way. absolutely no way ~
Her voice began to tremble, but she
resolutely checked the tendency.
"How everything settles down on
you in the morning!" she said. GU
wake SO happy. Perhaps you have
dreamed Of the pleasantest things.
almost always dream Of people like
and of being with them in the fields or
abroad somewhere in strange city
and all dressed up in the most wonder
full clothes, and then the reality be-
gins to come down, like-like a great
ball of rags. saw them loading a
barge with rags once-she was along
side a steamer-and always remem-
bered how those dirty, heavy, sitting
bales came down. They were like life"
"Your life hasn't been altogether a
bale of rags. my young FRIEND" said
Brenda. "and unless I'm much mis-
taken it will be in the future quite
like some of those dreams. There was
a young man who made promise or
two about strange cities and beautiful
clothes, you know" she added, REDEEM
ing a little. II saw Mr.. Alden's note
to you. and was tricked into reading
part of it,"
81 suppose it will be printed in the
papers," said Elsie, with your picture
and mine and Mr.. Alden's. Isn't this
awful? 1t is so absolutely horrible
that there's no use being polite about
it. But really never meant to do you
any harm. never encouraged Mr..
Alden. loved him from the begin
ming. The very first evening l saw
him went home and cried about him.
but when he began to come to see me
I made him think that didn't care
for him. i actually did make him
think so.'' "a
IT know it." replied Brenda gently.
"He told me so.'' NH.
1T was only on that last evening
that let him guess the TRUTH" said
Elsie, land how did that, heaven may
know. Suddenly he seemed to see it,
and then, honestly. had no oppor.
tunity to deny it. didn't speak a
word in two hours. Mr.. Alden talked
for both Of us, making my arguments
for me and then answering them
without the efaintest perception that
they weren't really mine at all. In
fact, he was like big boy, so carried
away with his own idea that all the
world seemed to be rushing along in
the way he wished. 1t was only when
he talked about sending me lot of
money to buy wedding clothes that l
managed to make myself heard. and
even then he thought that my objec-
ton was altogether to the money and
not to the wedding. Remember that
was not much calper than he, and you
will have some idea Of the confusion.
Oh, Brenda. how can I talk to you like
this? And you don't seem to care in
the least. Are we all crazy togetherY
"Some Of us have been SO perhaps"
said Brenda. but this morning think
we are all particularly sane"
1T was wrong, of course. to let him
come to see me-" Elsie continued. But
( it must end soon, and it was SO little,
and you would have so much. You
know in those days hated you, envied
you, lay awake at night to think bitter
thoughts about you, with your beauty
and position aud luxury! Oh, l saw
you! l walked up and down in front
of your house for an hour one day until
you came out and got into your car
rage. And l wished the horses would
run away with you, and just as the
thought flashed into my mind one of
them began to prance, and l actually
prayed out loud, because l was SO
afraid he really would run, after had
wished it."
The rhetorical value Of this speech
was somewhat marred by the circun,-
stance that Elsie's face was being
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