The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-05-22

"a 81 AY RANDALL had CRIED her
EAEE way to solution of her diff
HS "a Guilty. She had washed out
the truth with tears and,
having finally come to an irrevocable
conclusion, she dried her eyes and act
ed Oh her decision.
81 always liked Harry" she medi-
tated, "but he would torment the life
out of me if 1 married him. l have no
control of him now, and if 1 may judge
by the experience of my married
friends l would have still less after I
married him. Besides, he never thinks
of those little attentions that every wo-
man looks for, but just takes it for
granted that if he is satisfied l should
be. Well, it is his own fault, and he
must bear the consequences"
With this last remark she sealed a
little note and addressed 1t to Mr.. Hen
ry Kennedy. Its contents were about
as follows:
Dear Henry-After careful thought I
have decided that it will be as we'll for
you not to call on me any more, at least
for a long while. 1 know that we would
never be happy together, and it is as well
that you should cease to hope for what
can never be. 1 am sorry to have to write
this, but you will acknowledge in the end
that l am doing right. Hoping that you
will still consider me 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 to write
than the other. She nibbed at 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, I know l sometimes thought
he wasn't half SO humble as he pre-
tends to be, and less wouldn't hurt. but
if he bores me with bis attentions now
he will be more likely to get down to a
reasonable basis after we are married.
Besides be has a good home to offer
me, and | am sure he will make me
good true husband" Then she finished
the note in this fashion;
have done lot of thinking since our
last talk, and if 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 hurpiedly lest
she should change her mind and then
addressed it to Mr.. William Strong
she then rang for maid and sent both
TO ho ell
~ until she heard the maid close the
Coos 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
tast table, When he opened Mays note
with an air OF eager expectancy, he
paused as If suddenly frozen pigid.
Then his sense of humor came to his
rescue, and he mumbled to himself,
while a smile wrinkled his parched lips:
well, this is so suddeny'
lie looked the letter over carefully
from every side, examined the address
again, and then floCd of anger swept
over him.
"She can't dismiss me this waye' he
protested to himself hotly. 81 vowed
that l would win her, and 1 am not
going to give up. She will have to dis
miss me with her own VOICE and that
good many times before she drives nae
off. ! suppose it 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