The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-03-04

The partition was not very thick and
the girl often heard him whiStling or
singing in the next room. Her repOr-
tory WAS extensive and confusing. She's
the bvstpst girl tlnt is and need her in
my biz would float in to her, followed
perhaps by the strains of Sampson ct
Delluh or some music equally fine.
One knew the sort of u man who would
sing coon snngra with guSsto; also the sort
that would hIum bits from the grand
operas. The puzzlng thing was to know
what sort of Il man would take an i'm
Partial delight in both. So in the inter
wax. q her work she began to speculate
ahr"t her unknown ncighhor.
- ihH end OF twJ months she tahu
hat her knowledge of him. He Was
gay a.I dcbomlir. WitnrnSs the >,rrEs
of No. that h0atci in to her. He WIS
cnl, .c>ely Indifferent to wHmrr. This
she cleaned from the fact that five days
ont i seven she could hear him time
fuiiy asserting:
f she be not fair to me.
What care | how fair she he.
He smoked invctcratcly--A pipe She
fnnriNd. Sometimes the faint. elusive
spil,t of the thing seemed to float about
he" hall bedroom, and she shifted again
and again. her small head well III the
air, but could newer be quite sure. The
p"ftitiun bore hcr startled scrutiny i'm
pr.tUrlIaby, bul well. sh" was sur" she
smclrd smoke.
lie WIS abnut thirty. This she di-
vi."i frym the frr> hlcSS of his voice
aul his hoyish delight in the charter of
the elderly chmmhcrmAid whose Irish
vii would send him into prals of laugh
Ter
Also he w;lrI - man of the world. since
<h, heard him come in carly many even
iugS ana move nh~ut his room as if
dire, ing for dinner Then at half-pa>t 6
or h" would so ont again, leaving her
with an absurd scncc of dcr'olation.
They never encountered each other
il the halls, much to her satisfaction.
hut she came to have a very dictinct
Idle Of his appearances He WAS tall,
broad ana straight. with 4 clear cut
facr ana IN air of knowing hi> way
about
Sure un hes a foinr gntcman'
Maggie informed her once: hut. though
she might have verified her idea of him,
she rcfrainch with a fine sense Of per
Sonal reserve. Sometimes through the
orrn door she caught glimpse of his
room. and her interested eyes took in
the 4 lrE green walls. covered with hand
sou" photographs, the low bookcases on
either side of the fireplace and the low
hr,.ld table with its litter of books and
pAl'N~.
Ti.t certainly looks as if he were an
interesting man." she thought TO her
self and th,rcul@H She entered her own
rnom. ami taking out Il sheet of paper
h,a'i"~ the mystical heading My
Kri%ht il SrIin, she wrote:
"Evilym'y rIucatrd-a college man;
profession AZ, literature or something
Of the Kind"
"Na:gir. :, ihCrr any one in til" next
rcnn:" II, hral"l him inquire enc sun
day a>.uin@. Th,m in answer /" Mag
gic's munol reply: Little Miss Mouse,
| -,.plld call hr:. | didn't know there
VIZ, ~; &c fhrrr. though once "r
.twirc I've Thought rrard Somr one"
The g;rl hlu,hri guiltiy. Apparently
H. had T.. ikea i"w plainly III" could
hear him. Then j" smiled TO herself.
- hr would cal! Ter little Miss Mourr.
WEI. il WIS i3.r enough. sine" Sh"
called him her G,I;lrman Of Spain.
For awhile "lt'r this she noticed
Decided effort on her ncighh"r'S part to
90 softly. IL the midst "f II >tnvr he
would rr,,,l a.uI lily, only to begin fresh
and stop agaiI with an impatient cX-
cnmaiom. a. If II" were annoyed nj not
heir" able t" req. mhrr 10 b" quiet. MI
of which, in the .clu>ion Of her room.
little Miss Mouse ,aughrd immod"rately,
though il silence.
Then one mHrniu- Maggie found her in
bed. her usually pale iacr flushed. her
heavy hair covering the pillow in a
tossed and tanglrd mass.