The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-09-29

: / 40 love you IN {SlSterly way, but
| cannot do what you ask ms. I am
sorry" ~. ! ~
Never mind" said = poor Jim
Broughton. i.
4
Il He met her once, fortnight after
ward at cotillion. The Br1erleys. OF
course, were asked. 1t was a. crowded
affair. Broughton hardly saw Maude
at all: but from the little he did see
Of her it seemed to him that she was
not talking as much as she usually
did.
An afternoon soon after Maude was
waiting for her mother in shop;
looking rather dreamily out on the
street, She saw Broughton pass along
| the pavement; he seemed to her to be
thinner than when she last saw him,
and he had rather worn and worried
look. A little child OF five*or six
years was lettering along as we'll, with
her head turned the opposite way from
which she was going, in the annoying
way that children will walk in the.
street; she bumped into, bustling
commercial traveller, with the result
that she sat down rather hurriedly on
the pavement and began to- cry bit
terly; the commercial traveller took no
notice OF her whatever, but Broughton
stopped over her, put her on her feet,
and gave her coin.
Mrs. Briefly just then rose from her
chair In the shop. She was woman
with sharp manner.
What's the matter, Maude? You
have got tears In your eyes!"
T. Have I, mother?. didn't know
it"
/. And the worst: of 1t was, wherever
she went she heard his praises sung.
!. One night she, with her father and
mother, dined at the Murdochs. 1t
was a large party. AS they stood and
sat about previous to dinner being an
,nounced, Mrs. Brierley glanced with
very. just1fable pride at; Maude; she,
faz Fearl-gray, looked, In the subdued
light of the standard lamps. chhr1le
ing picture. Of graceful refinement:
Maude was talking to a commonplace
old lady about the ravages of influ-
enza. There were two young fellows
near her; suddenly she heard one of
them make remark which seemed to
stun her and stop the beating of her
heart
Poor Jim Broughton got a bad
folI."
$50 I hear. His horse threw him In
the park, believe"
''Yes; served him right. He had no
business to ride such a fdgety mare"
Maude found herself praying that she
might not faint or make a scene; for
this news hurt her terribly. Poor man!
Poor dear man!
. After he had got his answer that
w1ntry afternoon he had systematically
KEEP: away from her; she never met
him now at peoples houses, and she
never thought she would have missed
him SO. And, now, perhaps, he was
going to- die. The young man who
had spoken of Jims fall took her In
tc dinner.
rs Mr.. Broughton badly hurt?" she
asked him. in voice she tried to keep
steady. =.
''They don't know yet; he was half
stunned when picked up; the doctor
said probably his collar bone was
broken and some ribs, but all that
won't matter, as long as his back isn't
injured"
do you think his back may be in
jured?"t ~ :.
There was little catch in her voice,
which for the life OF her she could not
help. The young fellow glanced quick
,ly at her. Was this girl in love with
Jim Broughton? He knew Jim was a
general favorite with man, woman and
child, but he could not conceive the
idea of anybody being in love with
him. = -
:.'I don't know, Miss Br1erley; he
may have only wrenched some sinews
YOU can never tell; he has been rid
iIg, like: madman the last few weeks,
I can't think what has come into
hini.'' - - :. .#s #,a<-.
4 Maude felt she must do something
or burst out crying, SO she talked hard
and fast about the Merediths' dance,
talked the subject to death. Discussed
hcors, and how to make them slippery;
she complained that the music h had
been too far away, and then said she
liked It far away; said Mrs Meredith
was the best hostess in the world, and
then found herself agreeing heartily
with her neighbor. when he saids she
never tlntrodu a soul; ins fact, her:
conversation was 50 " odd, that the
young man told the other young man
that he thought she was rather
t,,dotty. no s: ss.s
.s Next morning her father went ia to-
inquire for him; he drove Maude in
with him. Maude never betorszor att
erwards prayed with such fervor as
she did that morning
hen her father came ont and made
.bis report her heaft vas hooded With