Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-05-24
from it; and am not going to pretend

from it; and am not going to pretend
that her manners are In any way
pleasing. Her laugh is far too loud,
and her teeth are perfectly awful.
Still everybody admits that she is ex-
tremely good to her mother, and am
quite glad and rejoiced to, think that
this was an attraction in your eyes,
So many men can only take super
fetal view. You yourself, when you
have been talking to me. have said
lots of things about my hair and my
eyes, but you have never said one
word about my intellectual qualities.
Yet should really have valued that
much more, because l can get any
amount of men to talk about my hair
and my eyes. Those are not the things
that really matter.
l really honor you for having no.
ticed Miss Smiths devotion to her
mother and for having fallen in love
with her in consequence. l know many
men who could not have done it. Only
l do think that in Justice to me You
might have mentioned it, and in JUS
tice to her you should not have allow
Ell her to suppose that there was even
tacit engagement between you. OF
course she did suppose 1t; Miss Adel-
aide Jones told me SO distinctly, and
she told me all about that week at
Henley, too; in fact she has shown
herself true friend In this trying
time. feel sure now that you will
be sorry you ever called her a cat,
and that you will never do 1t again.
This had nothing whatever to do with
my reasons for breaking OF our en-
gagement, and hope you will not be
small-minded enough to think that 1t
has. l am fairly humble and am quite
willing to admit that Edith Brown
has very much the advantage of me
in age and experience, but am afraid
I cannot regard her as rival: she is
merely one Of the people that one
takes no notice of.
should like you to say what you
wish me to do about your letters and
presents My instinct. of course, is to
return them. was crying over them
all last night and thinking that /
should much prefer to return them.
1t seems almost pity now thar you
had the ring altered SO as to fit ME,
but l dare say good jeweler could
put an inch or SO on 1t and then It
will fit Edith Brown Just as well. She
has nice plump little hands. hasn't
she? ask You to tell me what to do
because have only my instinct to
guide me and do not know what is
the etiquette on these occasions. You
see have never been Tilted and
thrown over like this before. How
ever, l am not entitled to reproach
you. ! never took the thing very seri-
ously myself. and have no doubt
that shall soon forget all about 1t.
So you see, George dearest, that l
must submit to papa's superior wis
dom, and that we must definitely say
good-by. Perhaps many years after
this we may meet again when yol
have married Edith, and only hope
that we shall meet as friends. Faith
fully yours,
JANE ROBINSON.
P. S.-Have just received invitation
from the Browns to their daughters
wedding reception. She is dear
little mouse Of thing and l think
she might have done better than n
Dissenting minister. but mamma says
that it is very old engagement.
do not know IL there was anything in
my letter to imply that we should
break off our engagement. but never
intended anything Of the kind. Mamma
is quite In your favor and can al
ways make papa do just what l like.
P. s. mamma says that Adelaide
Jones is cat, too.
P. 8. 3.-Forglve me- am awfully
sorry. But how was l to known
Barry Pain. in the Tattler.