The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-01-05
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Gilmer saw a tall woman wrapped
in dark furs speeding past In sleigh.
Her fine, firm profile silhouetted
against the late afternoon dusk. might
have been deemed q shade too strong
had not the roundness and childish
frankness of her gray eyes and the
archly smiling red lips deprecated the
charge. She was chatting gayly with
quiet, ordinary man beside her.
Miss Grayling," said Gilmer
Mrs. John Armstrong now" cor.
rected Carston. They were married
while you were in Europe. He Is a
Virginian."
"Rich7" asked reflectively and mon
osyllabic Gilmer
"Only moderately. He hasn't half
her fortune"
"Clever?"
mot at ALL"
"Why did she do III"
ut was in pique, after a quarrel
with Chandler"
"She doesn't look as though she re-
grets Chandler"
ANo, thSy are very udppy.
"And Chandler"
"Oh, he went the pace for a year
and pretended to be getting a lot out
Of life. AS O matter of fact, though,
I think 1t killed Chandler"
John Armstrong helped his wife
take off her furs. A card lay on the
mantel. "Millington here from Rich
mond!" he exclaimed. "And at suite
d. He's here on that railroad deal.
l think I'd better run over to see him
at once"
II know, you grasping man that you
are, chafing to get some poor cor.
poration's money. So run along, but
don't be gone long. will you, delr?"
mo longer than can help, you
know"
II know" and the man and woman
sion rare in human eyes, that of per-
feet understanding.
The door closed behind him and she
carried the evening paper to the win.
dow where she might read 1t by the
last glow OF the winter sunset.
Sad Death Of a Popular Clubman
and Bon Vivant," she read, suppress
ing yawn. I wonder who 1t Is. The
cold has made me drowsy. Edward
Chandler Dies Alonei" All!
''If 1t were possible for golf girl
to get tired should say were al
most tired tonight" she was saying,
smiling brightly. 1T is wellsit Ia you
who are 80 delightfully."- entertaining
and--and everything--who survives
that crush. II you were bore tsins
] should faint. When we are married
think shall have just two at
homes month. You know there are
about two congenial persons out of
one hundred we meet. Fifty are un-
mitigated bores, and the other forty
eight -well-antagoni One OF
the antagonisms followed me about
and was dreadfully insistent."
"A male or female ,antagonfsm
asked the man jealousy.
Female, you silly! Mrs. Cryder.
Do you know her well?"
Rather" he said. indistinctfy.
II beg your pardon"
"Yes. l believe do"
The man was silent He waited
while the bijou mantei ciock struc.
six. He looked at the girls white
gown, and fidgeted with the ganze
ribbon that had fallen across the arm
Of the tete-a.tete.
Tho otrlto olaor ..uae I<xnlxaa hn- c...
prise and demanded an answer.
II know her husband. ] was their
guest at Southampton at several
house parties. That was several years
ago."
"How manyf"
Perhaps four. met them long be-
fore your time. dear" He looked into
her steady eyes with affection and
with slight depreciation. Z
"Mrs. Cryder was particularly anx-
ions to know when we met. She pnr.
red loud in her anxiety" the girl
continued. II told her It was In the
summer Of '9s, at Newport. inst after
left school. She seemed little tah.
en- back. and ] saw she was making
some sort Of calculation. Then she
asked II We had been engaged long
before the announcement was made.
was going to say nearly year. Moth
er did not want II announced till our
mourning for papa was over But she
was In such O fiutter over II that d,
said instead. I didn't. know you wer.
In the employ Of the newspapers. Mira.
Cryder.'"