The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-25
ETHEL . ,ELwELL's ERROR
pr. raANx H. WELDON.


 4copyssKft, 1908, by Daily Story. Pub -, FT linhing Con,pany).
 Although it was walk of quite rniie tS her boarding place in the early dsisk of a arseptembef day. Ethel ElweH sst alone in the .viiiege schooirocm' The blackboards were filed with the sums of the nfst class in artnmeIe' which had been the last to Tcite' pIucked nossars from wood and neid, the etrtbutes of her pupils. graced the yvinAow sfias, attracting wild be ana butfsYfsy with their wealth of ungath- cred honey. The. breeze which blew thYonwh tfie of,en windows niade the air of,,ii and comfortable, hut Ethel Dl" weiYa head was hot and her temples were throbbing with pain. Her face was hidden in her hands and. but TOT induiaed in that comfort known to aii women e . good cry" she recalled well every instance of her meeting and association with Fred Durgfp., wealthy ycung Bay. Staee finaneisf,. at the beginning of the pre- vious school year. She had accepted hts atteptions at first because of her ex- trense ioneilness. Later. half believing ih the sincerity. of his pfofeesed passion. She had come to love. as lonely maidens viii, with all her heart and soul.
 Her 9enerous share of Yankee eau tien had kept her from acknowledging Shis love except to herself. After echooi- hours she haI time and tirue egain jumped gladly into Fred Dpr' ein's automobile. which had waited for her at tue dooY. She had accompanied him on the picnic paRties and church outings which made up the social life of HaYrlgvjlie. When he had proposed uaavriaMe to her. she had affected 10 take. his speopogai lightly, but had 6laiiy told him, on his repeatedly pro- testing the genuineness of hls attach ment. that, if he were still of the same mind on the first Monday of the sue ceedIng September, sine would give him bis anewer. ,.,.-.5 g.. -.:..-..
 Two weeks before the opening of the aehoot year she had, come to HaRrisviile. FHsd Dufgin had been at his summer home there and had immediately re- uewed ia person the attentions which he had kept up by eorrespondence dur 9ng the suEulaeg. Hour after hour she hni pictured to herself the moment when she would give him his answer; how happy thsy both would be. and bow all trouble would come suddenly Ie an end in the heaven of happiness in whteh they would lind themselves.
 Then had come the jayYfpg note. Adriapee Reed. the rich Chicago heir Gsp, had begun to share the attentions WuICu' 0h0 IStt EKD0 DuK&tns n nc IOVeo her as a man should love. would have devoted exclusively to herself. He has tired of me-" she had unused. Tt @ more fltting. of course, that he should marry a rich girl DeaF Fred --this in w.hisper-'T would not make you unhappy by accepting the proposal chat you will feel by honor bound to make"
 Hsr eyes had filled with tears, but when he had asked her for her answer she had told him she could not marry him. He had pressed her for the req son.. but she would give none. He had left her with a we'll nigh broken AeaRt--if hearts be broken in these days --and 90 she sat fn tbe schoolroom. not needing the approach of darkness nor the loug walk that lay before her.
 At fast she rose weaFiiy. put on her hat win trembling hands. and, crushed and utterly Respondent. started on the