The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-11-29
THE CASE OF FLORA.
HOW saAaEy BECAME fsrEa,
fsfEp IN aEh


Essa thea he would oniy laks the
Haom foF = sssk. hasiAE had daabis
~ floTa AlbFeshl. = miss q a. he
feared che might b. noisy. ana &c
waited IA lFy The place bsloFs be dsh'
nilsiy ssiliad daah,
A. the shd u the seek hossFsT
BE- seat Zoe bic ifanks. oahEralaisi-
ing himself ulah The CIRCUMSTANCE ~
hagins FL iasi iauhd simsihinE ihat
suited him. ME- AihFpfhi sss =
quiet. neai. ssii onniaihsd little sam'
al. uha ala noi uoihsF him 9Th a.
Temps Al r9ngsfssiian, kspl bic neos
in psfisri order, ami gave him = sod
breakfast and iinhsf, wha' nor
could hs paHis As for finfa lhs
iahkY dauEhisF aiih fhs asaaiif
ipasied name ~ nFhi haif ffafsp
sAu scarcely angihus 81 aff ant
heard lees.
On hls part fiafsy as = n,odrl
laarieF. qulsi REGULAR and prumpi 10
his ssiiismfHls 10 raid monthly
noN, The experimental sisEe had
passsd ahd A. iaF az hf hngg. b.
sAs willing Ia speHd the rfsi q BE
days uiih ihs Aibfrfhis w. usnf
down a. the wholesale Efoorg honse
where hs had an sarsiisni pnsiiinn.
even morning 81 eiEhi o'riork. and
returned AZ tp-in time Zoe dinnfF
Sometimes BE- spent The evening ih his
nom. reading an improving lpak,
sometimes h. seat oui g. h0af an i'm
proving lecture
fafry uas totally indifferent IN
she bnddinE charms ~ Flora. uho uas
really a. hearty and Wholesome . Eii
a. need BE- u Was a YEAR ~ tw1
b'furc she began ~ tad 81 a'i-teo
icars A. least before ffaffy ipok ans
notice OF ths fact she E"rf hef
nrsi pompadour lor ihre. evenings
before b. observed even that 4 year
later or thsrcabonis frarcy meeting
hsr In the hall. sas that fhe sas
EearinE an unonmmDnif attractive
white dress. and mentally remarked
that she had beautiful white teeth that
showed 10 advantage when she
smiled
Then Flora Wcnt away someNhsre
10 take a course 81 the higher edgoa-
ton. Perhaps frarey missed her. but
he hardly knew. Il Il certain that
In a general way. and without any
reference 20 anybody In particular. he
had occasional thoughts ~ settling
down In home Of his own. n
read the improving books 10 and 20
take to the improving Lecture Tha;
was all II amounted to-iusi hazy
general thoughts.
But when Flora returned year
later with charms that nov began 10
blossom from the bud his reflections
became more definite.
I'D best go slow about ihis" he
said 10 himself n man needs soihe-
thing more than pearly teeth ami
rosy complexion 10 make him CON.
Portable"
so he did not encourage her. though.
when she went away the following
June for her second year he bought
her THE Stones of Venice" and the
North American Review TO read on
the train. for which she was very
grateful
Time passed. and Flora came back.
On the evening or her arrival what |
he called her improvement almost !
took Frarey's breath away Her for
mer prettiness had become actual |
beauty. and her conversation. which
Mrs. Albrecht no longer attempted To
restrain. was bright
The next morning Frarey met Flora
on the stairs. and as he stood aside |
10 let her pass she. too. stopped.
"Mr. Frarey. she said. with. a
charming air of embarrassment. |
mother tells me that some Of your
things need mending. There are-er
some socks that need darning. and |
other things. You know. mother never
had much time for such things. but |
have, and--I wonder II you would let
me try my hand at them"
What would YOU have thought In
such a case?
At first the mending and darnin6 |
were done rather roughly and un-
skillfully, but Frarey didn't care for
that--not cent. He would have had
to throw the socks away in any event.
But the improvement was rapid, and
in short time an incredible neatness |
was shown in the darning. Within |
a week Frarey. commenting on the
excellence Of the bread at table. was |
informed that Flora had made 1t.
One evening he was INDUCING his
fancy in this way when he thought !
he heard voices below his window.
His room was on the second floor.
Yes, one of the voices was Flora's.
1t was her laugh. The other voice
was manly.
A chill of apprehension came over
Frarey. He approached the window
and stealthily, noiselessly raised It
and listened He was just in time.
"t,o, dear" Flora was saying; II
won't consider anything but house,
keeping and Dick Won have no idea