The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-16
AStOryyWOrn SEnlnity


nave the iaciltIleS TOT uOluE 80. was
at that age member OF a large fam.
nv, anu my fathers home was In the
country. In summer and during the
winter holidays we children. growing up
into manhood ana womanhood, always
had a house fun Of our young friends.
When l came home from college In
my senior year for the winter holidays
my sister told lne that she had invited
her especial friend, Mary Lockwood,
for my particular benefit. Sisters at
that age wish to be, but are not,
matchmakers Nothing could be de-
vised so well calculated TO drive two
young people OF opposite sex apart as
to tell them that they are intended for
each other Mary Lockwood and
quarreled from the first. She soon be-
gan to say sharp things to me, and |
retorted by inditferently drawing out
compliments that were palpably iron
zeal. In our games would choose her
on my side, then snecr at her play.
She was very bright and poured out
number Of witty sayings that tended
to make me a laughingstock. But the
most yengeful thing she did during her
stay was to step deliberately under the
mistletoe when / was nearest to her,
| thus daring me to kiss her. Egged on
BY the others, who were all well aware
Of our feud stepped up to her, took
/ her In my arms. and In the scutne that
ensued she bit my cheek.
| / got my revenge in this wise: When
| the furniture was cleared for a dance
/ stepped up 10 her and asked her to
dance with me. / believed she would
refuse, and she did, before the assem-
bled company Here was something
/ that l could notice. From that time
forward paid no attention to her
/ whatever. This cast camper on our
/ festivities, and my sister begged me
/ to apologize to Mary but when | asked
1 for what should ask pardon che had
4 no reply Matters went on from bad to
worse till we dispersed. When Mary
Lockwood departed she left me note
4 apaIpgizlng for having refused to dance
\ with me III my own home III she had
4 EiNEA llE tAlAN nIANAE ESE NNhA WE
might have parted friends.
After graduation / studied my pro-
/ fession- lin the city In the
/ neighborhood OF which we lived and
from which our friends had come TO
visit u.s. A very select set of young
people got together for semiweekly
dances. and Mary Lockwood was
among them. was delighted when a
/ friend OF mine asked me TO join the
Rug Resters." as they called them
selves, and consented. / heard nothing
more Of the matter till spring, then
learned that Mary Lockwood had
"blackballed" me.
began to feel what 1t is to have the
enmity Of a woman. Till learned OF
this serious overt act did not con-
slider our quarrel Of any Importance,
! but now | did not dare to make any
move where she could stab me. Ny
most intimate friends were members
OF the "I,ug Beaters. and would not
join any other club, SO my winters
amusement YES spoiled
I One day while was listening to
lecture at the medical school on nerve
4 structures the professor said Women
are especially subject to nerve tension.
4 Men fight each other for many differ
ent causes; women quarrel from nsry-
GUS strain and are more apt to have
1 paroxysns of anger with those they
like than those TO whom they are in
different was surprised that a
physician should not know what
knew by actual experience
\ One evening Mt a ball / saw my
enemy smong the throng. had never
seen her before in a ball dress and
was surprised at her quecnly appear
ance, noticed, however, that there
was sad look In her eyes. Itquite dis
armed my Just indignation at her hay
ling injured me. I could not conceive
OF man thus doing 50. and the wo-
mans act seemed to me all the baser
that she had been my sisters guest
Nevertheless pitled her. While was
studying her face she turned toward
me- She looked away at once and with
an expression much the same as l had
been used to when we were together
determined TO tell her what thought
Of her keeping me out of the rug
Beaters" and, going up to her, babe her
good evening was received about as
/ had expected and, giving her my arm,
took her ont Of the throng. Seated in
4 coy nook unobserved, spoke to
her Of my sisters introducing as and
her good intentions IN doing 50. Then
/ | pictured how the matter might have
turned out had we not begun a useless
and harmful quarrel spoke regret
fully Of my own shortcomings and was
about to enter upon informing her that
! knew she had turned an enemy in
my path to injure me when--her head
/ was turned from me SO | could not
see her facet felt her hand laid on
mine, Bending forward, l saw tears
In her eyes.
could not now repeat the steps by
which VIC were In a few moments-if
we were not instantly converted from
enemies to lovers But in this must
speak for myself, for she confessed
that abe had loved me from even be-
fore she had seen me, when my sister
had sent her my picture-a picture
That she had treasured eyer since.
Finding that acts which / had sup
posed sprang from hate really had
s3ung from love caused ME mar
Yelous revulsion. II was as IL a heavy
laden, dank wind had suddenly chang.
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