The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-08-25
THEIR MAY
FITTING
BY FRANK H. SWEET
COPYRIGHT 1905. BY FraM Il. slcest

,he threw the note from her angrily,
then picked it up at the inquiring look
If her mother
"Read thatr She commanded hotly.
Mrs. Brown took the letter and read
it meekly. It was brief:
My Dear Miss Betty-I have just left
the house. Il is down in the cNIDjry and
near the seashorc aud has piazzas and an
apple orchard-in short is an ideal home
Tor a YOUNG married couple. WI. call to-
morrow and 81 INTO details more fully.
Faithfully yours. JAMES GRAHAM.
Mrs. Brown ooked UP with a pleased
durter
i didn't know it had-had gone so
far, Elizabeth" She said eagerly, that
You We're engaged When
We are not cu, ged, sharply and
never will be. have thought Mr..
Graham a very pleasant man and have
liked him. and De- has called on us
quite often lately but there has never
been word of-of love spoken. and
now this note 1t lis positively insult
lug, Mother ac must commence pack
ing at once and move this very after
noon
Why child. we can't" in startled
d{smav .It will take week all least.
You know
Il know we shall be out of this house
before n.slt., yebpmeufly. Il shall
70 and engage q moving van az once 10
carry arr .,,,5s to tbe station. and l
win have Them taken 10 the little STA
ON fust b..vond the limits of line town.
It viii cast few dollars more. hut il
viii hide arI trace OF our whereabouts.
MIR. Graham will he here tomorrow TO
go into aetails-thc prcsumptuous
wretch. Tin sorry / ever spoke to him
about our plans to hire a quiet place
for tile summer Now. mother YOU
20 and be pacA.lg your clothes and
vaiuables shall tell the van man
to be here in an hour. and we must
be ready"
Yes. dear" meekly. but where
shall we gor
.sUhv to-to- Oh anvvbere, If
doasn't really matter Snnnose we fry
that uttle nlace whore we had two
weel,s' outine, last summer orchard
VILE Won know Its real country
there. with solitary walks and gardens
in every yard and country people com
ing in with things to sell. Rent must
be CHEAP there. and by offering enough
we can get some sort Of house. or. if
we can't wen hire part of one or
rooms Anyway we haven't time to
engage one ahead now"
'Orchardvllle is where we first met
Mr. Graham, isn't it,
rs it? Why. YES. | believe YOU are
right. mother. but. YOU know he told
us he was just down there for few
days fishing and that he didn't get a
bite. so, of course, we wouldn't meet
him again. Men never 20 Gsh;ng twice
to the same place when they have bad
luck Now. please hurry. mother"
The next afternoon they were stand
ing on the front porch of pretty
vine covered cottage. experimenting
the removal Of their goods from the
local delivery wagon. The Indignation
still burned in Elizabeth's ewes. Mrs.
Brown looked tired and plaintive.
4 do hope we can stay here Eliza.
beth" She sighed. bur the nostmostnr
seemed slow in giving nm the kev and
wouldn't promise rs tbe house snre
wen stay nm right mo,har. DOM
Won worry The house was ~ POM
and the tcv lart Win tho r,st,,,,,t.,.
for nrosnactiva tapan+s VIM - tl,a
owner aid write 70 him oha,,t On aII
maid who was Ioo,,ing of,o,' no.
for soma vo,,,,, rria,.'j. a,,-1 a. 10
would have her como dovn AMI 500
This She HASN'T npt in nm ,nnoau.
ance vet NOR her youpp friends and
We were tb. FIRST reat ag,r,If..pfs ~
sides. we are i'm act,isI nosses.ioD ami
I wa, sbrrwd enough ~ force nm ~.
vance rem into the nostrn.sto,.'s
hands. Now help me swing This ham.
mock on the piazza here ana then va,
lie down in il for an hours rest
Two days later they were settled and
the furniture was all arranged Mrs
Brown was living I'm ibe homnocl, l,a.
hind the screen of vines gazing non.
sively at Elizabeth. who had stopped
reading and was now concentrating
the closed book in her Iap with unsee
ing eyes. There were solitary walks
about this village. many Of them. ana
the young gil was facing the fact that
the walks represented me social condi-
ton of the place. The previous sum.