The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-01-12
CHARM OF THE OVERHEARD
Strange Fascination of Remarks Not
Meant For our Ears.

Meant For Our Ears.
Why Is Il that the legitimate conver.
sations Of our associates. to which we
have harkeued from the beginning and
which We are prcdcstincd TO follow
siuckly to the end. should SO often fail
TO interest us. whereas the interrupted
remarks we Oyerhcar aud which were
never meant for our ears. fll us with
thc lNelicSt curiosity and concern? The
Breaking OF of a serial story is a trial
40 most mems minds But we know
that another month viii bring another
number The inevitable breaking Oh
of causcric in which We have no
share Ellis Cs with sense Of hopeless
and irrcmcdiublc loss once over
heard an old English lady say. with
slow emphasis to friend ~ is a
charming book. u charming book II
Is just the hlud " q book you would
want to give To- yuur drrssmIkur" And
foI nttcpu years / hlvc .prculIt"d in
vain as tu what that Volume was
Apart from the manifest ind secretion
OF giving amy hOuk To one drcssmnkor
hud thus Withdrawing her attention
ate literature ! can think OF Is the in
struciivc history OF AnuuG, aud sap.
phirI. aud thut has Cpa.rd % charm.
\ man waiting patiently ut the glove
counter Of New York department
store heard one young shupwOmun say
10 another as she handed down a boX
of gloves. Maria told him downright
she'd have nothing more to do with
him, and she called him poison faced
adder, he grippcd her in the waltz
that scandaluus.'
This was ALI Customers clamored
for attention and the confidence ceased
at this point. Iut the force aud rich.
ness of the language the livclineSs of
the allIsiun. cnptlvnted the hearers
soul lie confessed that for years aft.
erward. when he was waltzing. with
dccorous reluctance under the compel
ling eye Of his hostess. memories Of Ma
rins partner would assail him and he
, would find himself cuvying the adder
the mysterious nature Of his enthusi
asm.
1t sometimes happens that fortune
favors us beyond our deserts or our de
sr"s. and tlin conversation to which
we have no right to listen, but which
we cannot well help herring. goes on
rs TRANQUILITY in railway carriage OF
on steamer deck ns though we were
not iu close aud hclpicss proximity
English travellers are particularly cN
haus,iyc i'm their condolences aud par
tlcularly Indifferent TO their surround
lnus In one hour on Como boat
have learned whole family history
full Of purely domestic features how
Dan had been sent 10 school at Inu
Same because hc was so troublesome
and the school so cheap. and how Con
ne "a sister in-law. | Think made the
: castle" most unpleasant place OF
residence. and how Laura, with hcl
three children. came TO- stay wecl
Just when granny was dying. whicl
was. 10 say the least lnconvcnicnt ant
how the trouble between Harold ant
his wife lay entirely in the bringing NJ
Of the children. At this point the de
tails became too intimate for rcpcti
tion. though there was no question q
Withholding them from my ears.
felt like fellow countryman who one,
Travelled from bordeaux to Paris in tn,
company of n young EnglishwOmun
her sister. nurse and child. Il entcrc,
that railway carriage" ne said, IAN In
nocpnt American bachelor: left II ca
'pable of running day nursery, an In
FAINT school or q mothers congress-
Agnes Repplier In Life.