The Prescott daily news., 1907-11-15

swered Jack, frankly. T ho,,o,a Everley crams for days before connie here"
 He is wonderfully brilliant and fascinating" rejoined Edith "tIo keeps up in a marvellous degree with the progress of the age, considerino now hard he works at his profession.
 Oh, he is smart enough-nohodv denies that" said Jack, but no nea. cock ever was half as vain as he ia He has an idea that all the women adore him"
 Edith stiffened a little
 don't like to hear one man dis. parage another" she said. coldly.
 oh, everyone says he's vain. Edith why, his walk is enough to tell you that. But don't let us waste time talking about him. darling; let's talk about ourselves"
 10 you think that will be more in. teresting? Edith's lip curled a little.
 Decidedly. How different you are rom most women, Edith" he said.
 am not at all the sort of wom. an you should have fallen in love with Jack. rejoined Edith quickly. yet wlth an air of reluctance. Your wife shouid be dear plump little crea- ture, full of kittenish ways. ready to iaugh or cry as suited the occasion ana given over to the yanities and iriVoiities of this mundane world. Sometimes-very often, in fact-I doubt my ability to make you happy"
 I'll risk that" said Jack, kissing her. of course I know who you were describing. don't agree with you that that sort of a woman would suit me- Rose Thorp is pretty as picture. but she is silly little doll. All the men say so,"
 He met the silly little doll on the street the next day. She was attired in the latest fashion. and a diminu. tive spaniel, wearing velvet blanket edged with fur, followed her at tho end of a gold chain.
 what bright. gay little creature she was! Jack thought, as he turned away after parting from her. And she was certainly amusing. But how utterly different from Edith Starr!
 The next morning Jack received by special messenger a note from Edith asking him If he would like to escort her aunt and herself to lecture to be delivered that evening in one of the large churches.
 If you think 1t will bore you, don't come" she wrote, and added in a postscript that the lecturer, an emi nent scholar, had been asked to take supper with them after the lecture.
 Of course Jack decided to run the risk of being bored, and appeared promptly at the hour Edith had named In her note. The subject of the leo ture was "Nationalism and Home Rule in Greece in the Fourth Century B. C."
 Jack endeavored to listen and un- derstand it. but became hopelessly be- logged within ten minutes.
 Charles Everley was one of the guests at the supper. and carried all before him. Never had he shown to greater advantage. Everything he said had an air of cleverness. His bril- liant wit. his easy. confident man. ner. his yelled compliments, put every one-except Jack-in a good humor He was listened to with attention by all; his ideas were lucid and he ex- pressed himself to the point.
 Poor Jack sat silent throughout the meal. and told himself that he had thorough contempt for man who monopolized the conversation. Ever lev. confound him. gave no one elsa chance to get in word.
 "I fear you have spent anything but a pleasant evening"" Edith said, as her lover, who fingered until all the ether guests had gone, was pulling on his new spring overcoat in the wide hall
 "Oh. no. it was delightful, perfectly deliehtfull" answered Jack. with heavy sarcasm. "Everley surpassed my widest expectations. l wonder he doesn't enter the lecture held him- self
 Good night" said Edith, coldly. and ascended the stairs to the sec ond floor without giving even a glance backward.
 I'm always putting my foot into if somehow" thought poor Jack, as he went ont into the sweet spring night.
 When he arrived at his office the next morning he received a painrul surprise in the shape of note rom Edith asking to be released from her engagement to him.