Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1907-01-03
Two and Two.
By BETTE " Johnson

her oWu even Al. hep l..I-tri'l- ral-c-
AXE. and thi. way va. the perfect
one % sister Constance IL be sure
though Con,tauc, reasoning Tas
faulty it showed ,he deep lo'e that
dwelt within her and made every
sacrifice for her sister B.. deep delight
to her soul Constance reasoned thus
here "a, Anne a. beautiful. as the
morning. tweaty-one. with a love Tor
the pleasure and al. the beautiful
thing. that 20 % make up life. Con
stance va, twelve year. older than
Anne aud When she va her sister
age, she had. had everything she de-
sired, for that "a, before the terrible
calamity came that with one Gel. stroke
sWept away their entire fortune and
left the tWo-Coustance and her Ht-
tly sister, orphan, AID almost PeunI'
less. A. she herself had had every
thing dainty AMI beautiful when An
nie age. 30 oow desired 10 give these
things to Anne, aud 10 d. 80 -he
worked diligently. resolved d her life
had been someuhat Il failure An
ne : should not
ConstAnee-though she had passed
the milestone Of old-maidi,m. "a
very youthful lOosing She "a
bachelor girl not an ''old-naid, ,he
declared empathieAlly, and such Of
she intended 10 remain until the cad
the chapter Her broun hair sas
naturally saving. just enough 20
make II beautiful, aud her eyes look
out on the world uith smiling a.sur.
anee that Won trust from all she came
in contact with. Her complexion "a.
rather pale but each passing emotion
brought more Of colour that swept
over her face aud uss constant an
noyance 70 her-made her appear
NOR like a bashful school girl than
anything else a. she would say half
bitterly Add Anne va. very much
like her sister. yet more beautiful.
though a certain self-con- ciousne.s 10
her face marred Somewhat IT. regu-
larity Of features. The two sister,
after their father failure and death
ten year before had moved 70 a dis
tant city. Ia tiny Cat made marvel
oa,ly home ike aud neat by Cou.tan.
ces skilled hand. they had lived aud
thea Anne bad groun 20 be a woman.
Constance worked 10 q Newspaper Of
tce--.he had charge q department
devoted % all sorts u information
aud ,he "a often Eearled uith the
strange aud almost impossible CUES
tions asked BY her correspondents n
the city and vanou. parts Of the
United states for the paper had
vide circulation. Anne va no~
taking eourse 10 music. having
graduated in the city high school ADD
while taking music she also gave les
sons to half dozen pupils. Coz
stance Anne said one evening. look
ing up from a dainty battenbere col
lar she Wa making a. she sat 90 a
cory Lounge by she window from which
she could see a kaleidoscope vies Of
the people passing below. why IL
it you always turn 20 red and look 50
fearful when | mention that Mr. Has
tings that | met at his sisters, Mrs.
Arlihgtonsy
Constance was in a dreamy mood.
She sat in los rocking chair, her
hair unbound and falling over her
shoulders. She had been brushing
il. and il Clustered 10 the lamp light
like Furnished gold \ red wave
swept the creamy whiteness Of her
cheek. "a will tell you, Anne.
used TO know a Mr. Hastings long
ago. And the name always recalls
him aud our dear home life before
papa died
"Hs l. a nice gentleman, like
him 30 we'll aud | mean for you to
meet him soon, Constance, went on
Anne IN her soft baby voice. aud
smile rippled over her face as a pleas
ant thought came to her He VINO
so kind aud courteous, had walked
with 80 often from Mrs. Arlington