The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-06

Q v Q Of the chattering beyy of
4 \ Eembrolderers on the hotel
1C~ piazza. Sometimes have
fancied she has something
on her mind"
Mrs. Nanderveer frowned. "Non-
sense." she said quickly. Black makes
any girl look pale; besides, Elluors
mother has not been dead six months,
and her deep mourning naturally shuts
her OFF from all the gayeties of sum
mer resort. try my best to make her
feel less lonely. hut she cannot forget
that she is an orphan
Nevertheless, she felt worried 1t
was no small responsibility TO chaperOn
an heiress. but when she had under
taken EllnOr Haywood for the summer
fit of melancholia was the last thing
In the world she had looked for. she
had expected to have battle with
scores Of ineligible men. the kind that
always crowd around a girl with
money. but E!.nor did not seem to care
for attention. ana kept to herself as
much as possible.
In fact, the one eligible man in the
place, the one whom Mrs. Vandcrveer
had picked out as the only desirable
party. she had kept mt a severe dis
tance. This was Tom Landers-a hand
some young lawyer OF good family
with some means Of his own. He
seemed more than willing to try 10
make Miss Haywood's life plcasanter
but later her avoidance Of him had
been noticeable. Mrs. Vanderyeer
wondered If there was another love
affair, of which she knew nothing
somewhere in the background. She de-
termined 70 find out.
"Why don't you like Mr.. Landers?"
she asked, when the two were alone
together. The girl flushed painfully.
and turned away. 81 done dislike
him." she faltorpd, "but 1 don't care
to talk TO him; YOU know 1 like to be
quiet In fact. l was wondering"
Wondering what?" said the elder
woman, anXiousiy.
There are so many people here. I
thought we might be more comfortable
II we moved to sOIae other place"
Mrs. Vanderveer raised her eyebrows
n trlfle. my dear girl. that's ridlcu.
ious. You yourself chose this place.
and you know our rooms are taken FOR
the entire season."
The girl sighed and said nothing
more. She was very unhappy. She
longed to tell Mrs. Vandervecr what
she felt II would blister her lips to
utter, and yet 1t seemed strange that
she did not see for herself what all the
people in the hotel knew For though
Tom I.anters had sought her out from
the very first and seemed determined
to make her like him in the end. he
did not conceal the fact that he was
married man; in fact. he was spending
his vacation with his wife.
Elinor had not known II at first. Mrs
Vanderyeer had presented him, and
she had taken II for granted that he
was unmarried. lie had been so kind
and thoughtful. aud I'm her loneliness
her heart had gone out 70 him; with.
ont intrudlng upon her great sorrow or
even mentioning II. he seemed 20 IN
derstand everything. and by the very
sympathy Of his manner hclncd her TO
hH0r her less. II be had only told her
thenl
Elnor could nor remember without a
certain humiliation the day when she
Ind first discovered the truth. A party
OF girls had chartered coach and had
persuaded her to drive with Them.
without listening she overheard the
conversation OF the two just in front of
her and found that they were talking
about the snhisct Of her own thoughts
Tom Landers.
Yes. he's awfully handsome" said
The first sneaker but / think Miss
Landers. HIS sister. is the sweetest
thing. She came this morning."
"She isn't Miss Landers. she's Mrs
Landers; most people make that mis-.
take" said her companion. "IIe was
speaking about 1t the other day. They
think II q great joke"
BY an effort of VIII Ellnor ncryed
herself to dress and go downstairs to
meet Tom Landers' wife. She was at
least no coward. He himself intro.
dnced her that very evening. and Eli
nor got through It somehow without
breaking down. Mrs. Landers was
very pretty. and very young with
frank smile and a very cordial man.
ner.
One afternoon several women were
discussing husbands In general and
tobacco In particular. One speaker said
that she allowed her husband three
cigars a day. bet when he was away
from her she supposed ne smoked all
the time. Mrs. Landers seemed to find
this very amusing.
TON Is the best boy in the world"
she said. 'and dare say he would give
up smoking % please me, but would
90 more try to limit the number OF
cigars my husband smokes than |
would the number Of clean collars se
xfasn Would you, Miss Haywoodg'