The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-06-09
HOW SHE BROKE
HER ENGAGEMENT
BY BARRY PAIN.


should be- rectitied nov than when It
IS too late That Is What papa said
last might
Yes George, | told papa last night
all about what vas then our engage
meui lie says that 1t can never,
tryer be; or, al any rate, We had bet
.eg take time 10 think about IT, lie
.Id no prejudice against you persOu-
uly IN many ways he admires you
Is. Of course, anybody would do who
lad the privilege OF knowing you |
.HJuld say that he really was deeply
attached to yuu, but II Was certainly
IIr idea that We had better not DO
umlFed al present Tie says that
.uur income Is not sufficient am
lUt a strong woman and have never
urrn used o. uughlng IT, suppose |
.riI III Trims Vi the misery Of It,
tuu would never be- able to endure the
uIary u All invalid wife. | know
,rau to be in health and that have
rH"rally u good appetite and So on,
Jut these things are very deceptive
udel any strain tor instance II
aad to do any kind ut work. | lee!
iure that / should collapse utterly So
It mas br. / lerl 1t my duty to write
and 90 break on ouT engagement.
What AIN going To say now has
uuInMs 10 DO with the above Dut a.
happened 10 De writing thought
uad better mention 1t 10 yuu remum
url aaym that Hiss ADELAIDE Jones
Nas the most perfect ana complete cat
,uu ever met You we're quite wrong
trr that ought tU mention TINS Ia
Dyd-r Ihal you may do her more justice
"a the future saw her this morning
ana / have told her everything and
anything more considerable ana angelic
, wuuli be impossible to conceive
he said thai she had heard ur the
.urasrmrut and knew from the rrst
TIA, % could never come To anything
lnrn she told me the reason why
OF course George You are not an
sWeraDI- 10 me IN any way now. and
Il Is really no concern OF mine. hut
huk sou might have told me what
,a,srd between yuu ana Miss Brown
II | had known nov far things had
CON. between You ! should never Tor
Iur moment have permitted what |
lid
Al the same tine you must not
muk that am blaming you Ut
uur-c She Is not beautiful. very Tar
rom n, ana | am not going To PIE.
lend that her Manner are ia any way
pleasing Her laugh is far too loud
lul her teeth are perfectly awful
itlIl everybody admits that she Is eA-
remedy good ru her mother and am
lultr glad and rrjulurd to think That
his Vas AN attraction IN yout eyes.
really uOuur yuu tor having noticed
Miss Smiths Devotion 10 her mother
ana Tor having fallen IN love with her
~ consequence know many men
NuD could not have done % only |
To- iHuh that Ia justice to me you
usnt have mentioned "a. aud IN Justice
~ her yuu should not have allowed
lpr to Suppu-t. that there Was even a
lrit engagement between you OF
curse lac did suppose %, Miss AdeI-
AID. Jones told ne su distinctly and
he told ma all about that week al
iruIry too in tact she has shown
lrr7rll a Jrur friend IN this trying
inc Irrl sure nov that you viii be
'JI,y yuu ever called her cat. ana
Aal you VIII never DO II again This
Idd nothing Whatever to de- with my
rasuna Iul breaking III our engage
nrul aud hope yuu viii not be small
minded enough 10 think that II has.
am fairly humble and am quite will
ug lu admit that Eiiih Brown has
,ery much the advantage of me IN
igr aud experience but am afraid !
.anuut regard her as a rival, she IS
merely one Of the people that one
ahcs no notice Of
should like you to say what you
wish me- To- do about your letters and
PRESENTS My instinct VI course, Is 10
.ytlru them ! was crying over them
all last uisht and thinking that
should much prefer to return them. IL
Gems almost pity now that You had
he rnp altered So as 10 III me. but
iarr-ay good jeweler could put an
nrh or 50 on 1t, and then II Will nj
edith Brown Just as we'll she has
li,r plump little hands hasn't she!
ash you 70 tell me what 10 do be
aust nave only my Instinct u guide
ne and do not know what Is the
'iiqurtt, on these occasions
90 you see, George dearest that
must submit to papa's superior wisdom
and that Ne must definitely Say good
y Perhaps many years after this We
nay meet again when YOU have mar
led Edith and | only hope that We
mail meet as friends. Faithfully
ours.
JANE ROBINSON