The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-12-13
ME- WAY OF A MAID.

va taI upper Up mlsefaoiy ahu, ulct
ga indecision yenturcd yet anoth.
5S'' ir boy, don't make those
Il ~ utested Mrs. Neralour.
VI w. This description OF the elo-
~ d.. his souls anguish reused him
X a nasru gloom TO iiery indignation
Ii ,n expect sympathy he cried,
15l the same time YOU needn't laugh
4" net laughing" said Mrs. Neralour,
lt,U .ry il YOU make IA sound like
' 1'1, What has happened!'
y%,mns. only think my heart is
9 r. r.. .seted on his critical condition
y q '.S"oalIn't wonder if died" he men
a .p', wnyyp demanded Mrs. Veralour,
..rVN4, rXasperated.,
s N.Y. ,.' man gazed at her in surprise
An, am mean to say you haven't no
Il ,,.r bingg' he asked.
~ ~ " rralour surveyed him search
yo she said. ,,,,
~, flat I've shaved my moustaehe!
an nurse" she said, yes. And you
,,sbt il cold without IT,. ..,
TIa young man eyed her suspleiously,
saw nothing but commiseratlon eN-
- on her countenance' -.
ArInJ you ever so much as notice my
.1.taei,y' he inquired, wounded
IsnE yrs" he was assured, several
was "a" she paused undecided,
nr.s mnment-"a nice one, WASH ll'
4 TSs ,ouug man smiled complaeently'
Il i' .Eopldn't say quite that, he re-
i .-,asl not myself, you know But IL
,--.nf too awful, anyhow.
~ Evan weren't ashamed of it, suggested
W. W., ,s' Se admitted. 81 wasn't alto,
.,icr ashamed of it." lie irowhea
-o IG" ' know Grace-Miss Hawkins, he
IA ,f length, "she did it." -,
1 .G oc heavens!" gasped Mrs, Neralour'
.naas her mother know" ,.
D " sv I( she's told her." was the reply.
.tr CNt Of all people," went on the
,I U' ,n bopror such a nice girl as. a
re. What agony it must nave oeeh III
gS'i't WAS pretty awful" he assented. An
rnras,ion of panied amazemeht aV MS
~ni.p crept into his eyes. -. ,.-.,,,
M course it was" agreed his hostess
alphabetically. Il know wheh '''N
NJ, ' 10 a new barber II .l,o5
Fl don't mean that she actually sha'eu
De-not herself" -, r .,,;of
Mrs Veralour gave a sigh oil reIlel.I
~But YOU said So" she eXpostulateu III
anantly. 81, -, +ba vounr
man, That is, l don't thinE, | cou la
Ivp meant | shaved 1t OIL peeause
he wanted me to. Took me months u
'1 yBut Wv whv?" inquired Mrs. Veralou,5J
,an. 81 do wish you'd explain lhofe'
Me- became almost querulous' .ono.
I've told you" he answered. SOM SUM,
What annoyed at her denseness' because
he wanted me to" ,, vo.o,our in
IVES but" began Mrs. Neralour III
'S 1WeII YOU see. You know that telloW
Carter don't you-Bob carter, h .aiI
Yes, well, we weIe ooLn
well YOU know. Grace couldh ! nr"H
m her. mind which of us it was, though ugh
7 tajd her myself, privately, but as Gar ,t
Ter did the same, it didn't heip he' W
u1 " snnpose not" said Mrs. Veral93ur. :,
oNo. So then she suggested we snou hr
7roye our-our feelings, you Know low W
TTsg;ng some sacrifice for her. sugegsV
a Carter's proof should be to p cnue On >.
chuck up the sponge, so to say; pu' She
ts nr thought not. So did, Grace 81.
t6ourbt we should both make SONIC SAUL
Yes" said Mrs. Veralour' hisn'
'| Wien she suggested that we sh4 9u1J
neither of us see her for. month. : hnt
her that let her into. 1t some5wias, Ike
,be didn't seem to mind: 1llls az hat
that. YOU MISUNDERSTANDING anu ~
sort Of thing" ,rns veralour. with
'1 @W : i" / went away for month"; month ds
Ned some cousins, and had an t avn
rent time. When / got back h snUus swav
imrd that idiot Carter hadn pe Jar Of
n ali. been seeing her every Jay corte,
curse I got ratty, but she tq1u ot me feeble
had d' explained everything. freI;y i
,ort Of explanation, it struck me, d clared
The Young man broke OH anu
,ayapelv at the fire. -, bic hostess
What was it," inquired Ills
DO tell me-" .ho Young man with
An effort. ''he said it was lmPo pos seeinl
him to live for month wiln for me
her. Well. it was just as pau iGi nv
might have said the same. mysen, ,+ Mrs
5But YOU didn't" pointed ,,e ouv il
veralour. There was some Ni'
y' N to Of course not he g TRnt s6e tot
behaved honorably, and tl,r wt ta d Sn
me- me-" It was the proper thing 10 w.
@H'm" said Mrs. Veralour. .;5n,+ l;k,
Then she decided that she u,l,n Jn
said they were unA'
and that sort of thing" ob;oot;on tc
"Sbe couldn't have much o n3Dnr "
vorrs surely" said Mrs. eraiou no;d th,
Il shouldn't have thought So % ' insisted
young man innocently; ,9ut sue nf al yo,
on our shaving them: First If % cbuckiin.
the Whole blessed thing up ineAe
limits you know" .1 Mrs Veralour
"But | didn't. | lay AWAKE IKE W. worked
night, and in the morning l wa ont O
up to such pitch that, Juihpeu
bed. got out my razor ora a stifec
"O6" Mrs. Veralourr gave on s s
shrek, and then laughed. l am conldn'
have ue or you wouldn't be here "0u''
'09 But did," insisted the bewilders'
young man. ,u.,,s "but I didn'
mean that quite. You lookeuv ~
tragic. | thought-but go on. ,oa unaware
and shaved it" he coh'ii'o'
" "Weli?" said the woman, as he PAUSE
desoIately. - 70 fell her,
a en Gsed And he hadn't os shav es III
or anything. l don I can
cricket myself" uu veralour. "Bu
~" agreed M pisyin gsre cricket
yoa Do voa know, She suggested af s6
a momentary silence. ;, 81 don't 'iii'A 81
could have loved you, ,,,o man eager
You don't?' said the young man e"