The Washington times., 1904-03-19
THE EVENING STORY

, able to understand the change at all
could not fancy wherein ] had failed.
nor how, nor why. But two nights ago
] was told more than / had ever dream
ed of your friendship with JerTy's wife
Even then / could not believe that you
had really deceived me; but yesterday
afternoon, by the mereSt chance. l sat
half a dozen seats behind you and her
at evensOng in a little out OF the way
church / realized then that no man
who could look at woman as you
looked at her could by any possibility
love me and want to marry me. Every
thing was made clear TO me in one Of
those looks. / understood many things
that had before been absolutely mex
pIfcable / left long before the service
was over. so that / might not be the
deaths head at the feast when you and
she came out Of the church. together
And yet, that very night you took me
in your arms and kissed me, and / SUI
fered il all, because ] could not force
myself 10 tell you what / felt so bitterly
you must be longing to hear. For we
women are so weak, when we love
man, but sometimes we would rather
let ourselves be deceived than give him
up altogether. And ] do love you. dear;
yes. / am not aShOmed 20 say il, al
though YOU would doubtless Ike me
better were ] TO say that I hate you.
But this state of affairs cannot go or.
You must choose between US / must be
all in all TO you. or less than nothing.
/ am wearing your flowers. I suppose,
for the last time. Poor little viOlets
] cannot UEllekE NLdL ANFNs Toe. meant
TO break my heart. VIII you send me
a reply TO this IN an hours time?
shall be at my aunts in Fifty-frst
Street until tomorrow morning.
Oh. Boy, why. why did you teach me
Your Heartbroken Girl.
When Maxwell finished reading the
poor little letter, he wished that he had
never been born But that was foolish.
because then he would never have
a. ON nv hay had hnaH
tiful ideas on friendship He thought
hard for at least fifteen minutes. which
is short time when a mans chances
OF happiness or unhappiness hang upon
the written word.
Then he wrote the following note:
Dear Girl: I'm brute. / know it. I
cannot give her up absolutely, yet you
say | must make choice. love you
always believe that-and 1 did not mean
to deceive YOU. Butt adore her so
that ] would give up every hope of
heaven, II need be- just 10 be her friend.
She IS so pure so far above me in
life that j can never hope to be any
thing more than her friend / do not
think she loves her husband. but she
Will never forget the fact that she Is
his wife.
forgive me, Girl. a sort of madness
IS upon me. ! have made my choice. !
After he had dispatched this master
pice. Maxwell threw himself into an
StA7y man anu iiAASNA ltA9 AullS5 Will !
the air of freedom. Though he felt 4
very much like dog who was entered 4
for first prize and failed 10 get even
H c. he heaved sigh of relief.
Beg pardon, another note for you. !
sir. 30 said voice at his elbow, and a 1
letter in the WOman's handwriting /
was handed him.
Dear Man: When you get this 1 shall /
be on the high seas I am not going F.
alone, neither am l going with my hus- /
band, but with "A man have always +
loved. / think l was almost born loving
MIN. for when we We're tiny tots to- ]
sether IL was the beginning of il all I
shall miss your friendship more than 1
can eyer make you believe but one 4
cannot have everything in this world 1
and l believe that I have chosen /
tho better part. / thank you that YOU /
never tried 20 make love 10 me. You
were so different from all the other /
men, and / hope that you and the Girl /
viii be very happy-almOst as happy
a. he and / shall be I'm some corner 4
Il the world
You have sometimes ir fun called me /
The Woman. GoOd-by, Man.
The Woman Who Loves.
Maxwell sworc a mighty oath At
The end of a week he looked as though /
he had forgotten how TO live.
Some men are like that: and once /
IN a hundred times, the Girl is lucky /
enough 10 escape in time But the I
other ninety-nine times-Of which of 4
course. this was Onc-she relentS, and |
,cIsOls the Man. and thereby gets her /
own wish For most women are like /
that.