The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
THE HUSBANDS
 OF CONSTANCE
(By M. H. Street. )

fBy M. H. Street)
 (Copyright, 1904, by Daily story fao
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 q would never have thought 1t or Constance" exclaimed Polly Countiss' indignantly. r.
 "Nor l." chimed in Elinor Dent II Is heartless to say the least
 She can't have loved her huspano much" Polly went on. It Is less than a year since they were married ana II was only a short time afterwards that we read the notice of his death. One would think that Constance would be heartbroken: but. instead. she Is actu- ally engaged to be married again. a1ter six months of widowhood.
 She never said much about her husband in her Ietters," Elinor re- marked. musingly. But then she nev- CT was given to confiding. Her we'd ding cards were really tremendous surprise. She was such coquette that I never thought of her marrying. She was the last of our set and l some times have thought that she was It, tie sensitive about it.
 Tt must have been rather hard for her to see all her friends married, while she alone was left" said Polly, refiectively T would not be a bll surprised if that had a good deal to do with her going abroad to live"
 Polly and Elinor were sitting to- fether in Polly's charming morning room, when the mail had come, bring ing a note from Constance with the as- tonishing news of her betrothal.
 Connie is awfully attractive to men, in a way" said Polly. but the attention they give her is rarely se- rious. The rest of us were all mar hut Airfa cO that no man fell really deeply in love with her"
 Elinor smiled. But we mustn't be too hard on her." she said. Connie is no doubt very lonely with no relatives at all, and she was always a funny, affectionate little girl, who needed to be loved. She Is the dearest, sweet est, prettiest little thing in the world. and very winning. The trouble was that she rarely showed her serious side. so few ever really understood her."
 Yes, dear" Polly acquiesced. "All that you say is true. But that does not excuse Connie Davenport for behav- ing in this scandalous way. I don't see how she could have the heart to announce her engagement so soon. At least she might have waited a year or two"
 "Rut. Polly" protested Elinor. Con nie hasn't really formally announced her engagement. She says in this let ter that scarcely anyone knows it ex- cepting us, and we three are like sis ters. You know that in our childhood we always called ourselves bosomest friends
 Polly's expression softened. Per haps I am too hard on Constance" she shllf I Davenport. How hurt he would have been if he had known that Connie would console herself so soon!" What is the name of the man she is to marry this time?" Elinor in- quired. Connie always had a pen chant for handsome names, and must have enjoyed being Mrs. Blair Daven- port. after having been Connie Jones for "A years"
 "Yes, Blair Davenport was a stun ming name" agreed Polly-'Blair is to marry this time has an ordinary name. John Lambert. That won't suit Connie so we'll"
 "John Lambert," exclaimed Elinor That must be the Jack Lambert, who was such a friend of Rob's at Yale Rob has always raved about him. He was stroke oar on the college crew. and a great polo player. to say noth- ing of his being a magnificent whir It must be the same man, for I re- member having heard Rob say that Jack Lambert had gone abroad to live to look after his large financial in- terests in Cairo"
 why, of course" Polly broke in And now I remember having met him at a Yale prom, years ago; he was and she reread the letter with redoubled interest: They are to