Evening journal., 1905-12-27
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Miss Miriam Whiting. a young and
pretty girl goes about hattering people TO
get herself invitations TO parties and
handsome articles she saw I'm the store
and coveted. A great many OF her friends
discover this trait in her and never take
anything she says.
She meets a Mr.. Leeds. a commCn
councilman In whom she becomes inter-
csted. Their sympathies are mutual, ne
becomes a fiatterer and thereby hangs a
tale.
when Miriam tries to be pleasant to
Leeds he tells her he thinks she IS mat
tering. She really cared for Leeds atu
the THOUGHT that he thought her q snih
low natterer worried her. After spending
miserable evening Miriam goes 70 hei
room where she is Joined by MIS-. brous =
who starts to tell her what she thoush'
Of her.
The result OF Mrs Brough's confession
is the confession Of Miriam OF au heI
of her determination to start all over ana
be honest She is going 20 return hei
many presents, stop hatterins anu az
tempt to show people her true nature
She begins on Mr.. Leeds and her remarks
are as unnattering and untruthful Of her
real opinion as her usual iiatering re-
marks were false.
81 am altogether a monster?
mo- she replied, calmly. "a very
ordinary young man, should say"
"Td be kind to dumb animals and
not kick baby
81 am quite serious she answered
"You objected to any little peasant
ness on my part because what l said
might not be altogether sincere. Now
we are going to have facts. indeed, you
are the type of man I dislike
"At least. we know where we a-e
now" he responded.
"Yes. And as we are staying IN tne
same house It may be as we'll
Miriam rose slowly. She walked de
cidedly across the room. and ostenta
tiously placed herself beside Mrs. Gun
nison. Leeds, deserted, did not move
He sat staring at the floor, as he soft
~ drummed with his fingers on the
councils leather arm.
AS we'll as in ce.tain other particu
lars. the life of a country house is
microcosmical in this-escape from
the requirements Of human relation
shin Is impossible Indeed, the de
mands are made greater, the bonds
more firmly fixed In fact, the condition
of an may be more fifty described as
the condition of two united in matri
mony-they take each other for better
or worse. Constantly through the da,
! they must meet. The terms on which
/ they are thrown together impose init
macy. If latent antipathy exists will
the revealing conditions Of constan
companionship it must be discovered
III inherent sympathy is TO be fom'
the two gravitate toward each othe
with inevitable certainty. As tn
birthplace of aversion quickly reach
ing a maturity of detcstat'on and hate
as the hothouss Of interest GROWN;
speedily into full bloom of liking an.
iove. there is no place like country
house. All existence there. in its con
dcnsed form, is a forcing process
without any awlswardly ab.upt transi
tion or disconnecting jolts, those WHIT
begin 10 talk about mutual friends il
the morning may easily reach discus
sion of their own souls in the after
noon. and be far on the broad an'
easy path of sentiment by evening
Like or dislike more or less strong
must surely and quickly foEow. Their
is I'M the social chemistry ce' taint'
OF repuision or attraction, out Of whicl