Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-07-17

She was still honoring Rose WITH
the stare known in vulgar English as
polite. Frcwin, not being u large
minded man, felt awkward under
Miss Maynard's disapproval. Yet he
had shyly told him of the incident,
how splendid it was of her.
"Er-it was "a very old servant
her mothers ayah, l believe" ne re.
piled, "and she was dying, and sent
a message to her missile bahia" he
broke Off, lamcly.
1t sounded really absurd now. and
Miss Maynard's light, cold eyes were
disconcerting.
Then he did n foolish thing, ever
for n griffin with no tact-hc intro.
duced Rose to Miss Ethel Maynard
There was the usual stih five min.
utes conversation, and as Rose moved
away, Miss Maynard, with Rose bare
ly out of hearing, asked briefly:
Country born?"
Only that-with the exquisite in.
Election of the most refined and utter
contempt natural to u pucca 'gir!
from home
"Er-yes-I believe so," said Ere.
win, in a vague tone, as If he wished
he could deny it, and completed his
confusion by adding, 'She's really
Irish, you know"
Miss Maynard laughs the English
woman's little laugh of polite incrcd.
ulity.
"Ycs? Funny thing. isn't it? They
are generally Scotch"
Luckily Frewin's Indian experience
has not been sufficiently lengthy for
him to appreciate the insult applied.
But when he rides with Rose next
day, the soft staccato voicc jars on
him for the frs; time, the many tri,
fling ignoranccs strike him in Il new
light, and she quivers at his irritable
tone.
The idyll's ending was swiftcr than
had been its beginning. Miss Maynard
was only II of many who, with the
very best intcntions-was there ever
yet a woman who did harm without
these same good intcntions?-told
him more or less candidly that it
was simply impossible that he should
think seriously of that Rowan girl"
His chiefs wife, who had "A peculiar
aptitude for managing other peoples
affairs, reasoned with him urgently;
the owners of the manageable lots,
viewing Frewin as n young man likely
to come on in the service, asked him
to dine; while the lots themselves,
| plcnr,nut chat In V-nc anita , vt,n
looking boy, and would probably have
n comfortable billet later, firtcd
with him to a degree that simple.
hearted Rose had never attempted.
The long solitude a dcux was ended
and ever when it was possible to re.
new it. Frewin showed no eagcrncss
to do so. A place vas made for him
in Nara society, by virtue OF his
position and its probabilities, and his
e%Inincntly respectable relations at
home, but there was no room for Miss
Rowan in the same circle.
She missed Frewin, and being young
and foolish did not understand. Out
Of the fullncss of her loving hcartshc
wrote him notes which made him
frown and put on his judicial look
the same look which in later years h.
gave subs when he told them thai
this course must he Immediately dis.
continued"
He wrote replies that were vague
excuses at first, and stiilly forma.
denials later.
Rose cried over them. and the
strange pain that had come into If,
grew greater with each letter. Sl,
wrote a last appeal, fun Of loving
foolishness and angelic forgiveness
and went up to the little Catholic
chapel to petition that the answer
might be as she would hav, Cd.
And Frewin wrote back { ut owing
to over
which neither of them had any ron
trol-he had been forced to the con
clusion that any more intimate rcln.
tons than those Of friends would no.
be wise for either" etc.
It was a long, semi-oiIicial letter
trying to justify a position of which
even Frewin had the grace to bt
careful phrasing were lost on II CIR
whose heart was broken.
"By the way, Frewin," says Il man
at dinner in the after years wher
Frewin Is high in the service, and the
fc -mcr Miss Maynard is presiding
Ger his house and name with all the
hill dignity of which she gave prom
Use, "whO do you think nnrsed mt
whcn was i'm the hOSpital with ty.