Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-02
LEVISON AND co.

things. | can only conjecture. / do
not think | should forget. l should
wait and wait, and say to myself.
Perhaps he will get over it, and come
back. Perhaps"
"Don't!" the Major entreated.
II should say. Perhaps he won't
get over it; but it wouldn't matter II
only he would come back; and should
wait and wait. Suppose she is wait
ing like that?"
The Major rose sharply from his
chair.
God bless you!" he cried. Il
will go tonight"
He went; and Miss Mellor sat very
still looking into the fire till she heard
the first of the returning boarders in
| the hall. Then she retired to her
room. She knelt down beside the bed
and prayed for the men and women
who had nothing to remember-and
the people who did not forget.
She had not forgotten--the girl
whom the Major loved, and who loved
the Major; and since life is only to
|
and face poverty together. The girl
called and told Miss Mellor about it,
and put her arms round her neck
| You knew" she whispered. you
knew! We women are not the people
to forget"
ut is memory that keeps the world
sweet" said Miss Mellor. 1--WE have
no right to forget"
The Majors sweetheart agreed with
her then; but being women, they
changed their minds afterwards.
Miss Mellor's change of opinion is
shown in letter which came to the
Majors wife just after her marriage
1t enclosed a cancelled / o U:
my dear child:
God prosper you both.
II am writing to you rather than to
my old friend, the Major, because he
would deny my right to forget, and
/ you will not.
i There are two kinds of things in
memory, dear. There are the claims
that others have upon us, which we
must never forget. There are the
claims that we have upon others; and
these we may forget, If we choose. l
should never be happy while l remem-
bered the enclosed to the hurt of your
self and your husband. Accept it and
I let me be numbered among the people
whom he reckoned lucky-the people
who forget what they should forget
Your affectionate friend,
MARY MELLOR,
| Otherwise, Levison & Coz"
The Majors wife also confessed a
change of opinion when Miss Mellor
came to stay with them some months
| later.
You mustn't stop" she said when
you once begin forgetting. You must
forget and forget and forget! You
must forget the loneliness that made
| you seem solemn and reserved You
must forget to wear frumpish old
things, and dress prettily, and look
the nice creature that you are. You
must even forget that there is any
thing to forget! When you've forgot
ten enough, you'll find some nice
things to remember. Dear, you've two
memories to begin with; the memory
of two people whom you've made very
happy"
| The other pleasant memories soon
came; and in the curious way of men,
| cries, some of the smallest push them
selves to the front whenever Miss Mel
lor looks smilingly back. There is a
memory of new gown trimmed with
lace; and a memory of Prof. Brown
putting up his eyeglasses three times
| during dinner to admire it; and a
memory of little child who called
her pretty LADY," and a memory Of
blushing and smiling and feeling quite
young, when the professor turned from
the child to her.
1t is rather a shame-faced little
memory which comes next memory
of the first time that Miss Mellor de.
scended to the wiles that women, from
the time of Mother Eve, have prac-
ticed. "But-but you might forget
me-" she said, Professor" And the
Professor said she was the one being
that nothing could ever teach him to
| forget!
So she and the Professor entered
! upon partnership of forgetting and
remembering; and the partnership
was happy one, because the third
partner was love; love that picks out
the good in others for the people who
remember; love that blots out the
failings of others from the memory of
the people who forget.