Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-01-07
JILTING ~, =. i.
OF S. E. OSBORNE
SAVACOOL
Copyright, 1893. by 7. c. Mcclure.

"Never you mind, Sarah Elizabeth"
| her mother would remark, you bide
| your time Just you wait till Mr..
Wright appears" But Mr.. Wright for
some reason did not turn up. Whether
it was that Sarah Elizabeth did not
dance well or that she lacked the arti-
fetal airs and graces of the girls
around her she failed to attract the
men. Perhaps the men in Cypress
Hills didn't understand the worth of
true womanhood.
81 don't know what it is sighed
Sarah Elizabeth as she consulted her
mirror in her room, ''but they don't
take to me, that's all"
1t worried her, for she belonged to
marrying family. 1t came TO the
| point where Sarah Elizabeth dreaded
to go to dances or to card parties-she
| was destined to turn out the one wall
flower of the occasion. She was just
at the age when this crushing indiffer-
ence might have soured her young life
forever. But at this juncture the UNI
expected happened.
| The Tollivers were giving the largest
dance OF the season and, of course,
Sarah Elizabeth was invited to attend.
81 simply cannot-will not-go,' she
told herself. Il can't go through a
thing like that again." Her mother,
however, tried to keep her to the front
"Now. just you go. Sarah Elizabeth
| she said. I'm going to get Miss Car
los to make you brand new gown
and just the kind you like. You go
and who knows? Maybe Mr.. Wright
will be on hand this time
Sarah Elizabeth went. There was
even q certain amount of anticipatory
pleasure in getting ready She went
and took her place in an unaccustomed
corner and waited. Her heart sank
within her, for there were all the girls
she knew and all the fellows, the same
old ones, and she knew there was no
chance for her among them. AS she
watched them with burning checks, the
mother Of the Toliivers approached,
Some one was with her.
Sarah Elizabeth" said Mrs. Tolliyer,
I'm going TO introduce to you Mr..
| John Post, new arrival in cypress
| Hills. Mr.. Post, Miss Savacool" The
old lady bent down and smoothed Il
ribbon on Sarah EliZabeths collar and
| whispered in her ear: Hes the son of
| Judge Post, the circuit judge. He's
come here to stay, to practice law.
That's who he is"
Mr.. John Post sat down. He was Il
clever looking fellow, with n good
square jaw. He entered into a spirited
conversation with an ease of manner
that would have staggered Cypress
| Hills. Sarah Elizabeth as soon as she
realized that for the time being she
was no longer Il walltower soon re
covered her equilibrium The more he
! talked the more she talked.
You won't like my dancing one bit"
she confided to him as he asked her for
the first None of the fellows do"
He laughed aloud.
1T can't be worse than NINE" he
said. II guess you'll have to lead me
most of the time" Sarah Elizabeth
did. No one noticed it, but she had to
take the initiative, and they both en-
waltz she had ever danced.
You're worse than | am" she con
coded when they finished.
Il admit it," He glanced at her
"And that's saying good deal" he re-
torted gayly. Under the circum-
stances" he continued, ''do you think
it wise for me TO dance with any Of the
other girls:'
He did make the attempt, but most
of his time was spent in the conserva-
tory with Sarah Elizabeth Sayacool.
1T was outrageous" so said the girls
who would have rejoiced to be in her
place.
| John Post escorted Sarah Elizabeth
| to her home. After that he escorted
| himself on divers occasions to the same
| place. There was Il charm about Sarah
Elizabeth that peculiarly attracted him.
| There was a charm about him that at
tracted her
And on one other eventful evening
| John Post led Sarah Elizabeth Sava-
cool TO the coy corner underneath the
stairs and took her in his arms and
kissed her and told her what he
thought. And-she returned the com
| pliment Now in Cypress Hills one
does not become engaged, rs it were
but there exists what is known AS an
understanding" This understanding
| seemed TO exist between John Post and
Sarah Elizabeth Savacool And Sarah
| Elizabeth believed in John. She be
| lieved in his work. in his success. and
! more than all she believed in his fidel-
ity Now this was concession, for I'm
place where you do not get engaged
| there's many g slip-you can never
! know whether he is really xourz ar
| somebody else's. Perhaps this lends
excitement TO the situation.
But for six months John Post justi-
| fled her belief. And then all of n sud
| den Sarah Elizabeth noticed slight
| change in him, He was graver more
| thoughtful. more silent. She could not
make ii out Any astute mind would
| have seen at once that il meant simply
| that there was another girl But not
| so Sarah Elizabeth. She still believed
| In John.
One evening he came in rather late