The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-05-04

of youth mind might be somewhere lurking.
They came in together, Felicia and Resale.
Rosalie blushing, with every evidence of con-
"You tell hint" She imp1ored Felicia
To yS s tell Ro said F saSasa like little
parrot. Hell be SO pleased.'
oh very we'll, said Felicia. he will with.
engaged the amazing piece of information
she gave ave, to m me- III n he.n rnoo.sa ma n ~
"Rosale's what?'' echoed stupidity
Engaged" dimpled Resale. Isn't it nice!o
Very" agreed. By this time had. got myself
segag an ana II MY ON own ea mRd
.'where?" didn't where she had made the
time what an Industrious girl Resale was
of course IL, went on with something of what
know, to gr1-it's being engaged that counts
that's the the grand affair but her friends like to
very much, of course. He's naturally incident
Rosalie's mouth formed itself into a round red
Why" she exclaimed K: + thought you'd guess
She spoke with the voice. of a girl who doesn't
world and who from the hour of her birth, has
known but one, and who has been potentially be-
Its Henry Standish of course she announced
man With hs expresaon Of va cea
door whose dances Rosalie had given me the night
Eve been proving him. she went on. 'And,
OH" she clasped her hands here with little girl
it had the day before-"you don't know how beau
tifully he's acted-beautifully! I thought at first
I'd tell you about it, so that you could help me out
but Felicia said you'd act more natural if you
on. her face falling into sad little expression
1--WE seen much grief and misery come into the
I told you, couldn't marry any man who didn't
give me implicit trust. no matter what did. no
She hesitated, to. choose her words-.'fo-to, be-
nice to you, she faltered. II thought he going
to be like all rest OF the men; but after that
he just sweet and patient! Instead of glom-
mering he took any dances any little thing
n i'm as
hateful references when he came to call There
lie did when she got wound up!."there
aren't many men who would see the girl they care
cross! And then asked Felicia if might, and she
said she didn't care
Here, am glad to say, is where acted nobly--.
rather acted SO that didn't need to blush for
hands in mine. and wished her Joy told her what
happy. the young man was, and touched lightly
small m ~ part in the drama Of her life new tome
a paternal tone-was present in my accent
listen to my kindly and well-chosen speeches. She
like little captive bird. uttering to be gone
to fly on rapid wings the spot where the young
man with the hard boiled-egg countenance was
On her departure picked up book. said some
thing pleasant to Fecia to ,nonds s her N the the
appeared on the page before me made no impress
had been put in my place once for all! Ny
one little friend had used the fact that was
married man to further her own ends It was the
to use a more fitting simile. who had slammed the
door of the cage upon me forever "a.,.s,r An 80
innocent wiles, that thought were for me. had
Sa Of depths
selfcontrol that it must have taken to keep her
the presence of her bIank-faced swain-what per-
severance she had shown!-what continuity OF pur-
oughness that was worthy Of better cause than
making poor young man uncomfortaDie Tor nc
Then. as looked over these unvarnished facts.
there
ish. Indeed found myself vofcing my thoughts 10
There's young woman who's going to rule her
house with iron hand!s
II couldn't have stood her around much longer.
oh. Bobby I'd forgotten that girls burbie the way
To listen to the woman, one would have thought
that she had been Leading long life Of asT
the impression of being immersed in my book
SFelicia!" said sternly. .tyou told him!-Tn
bet you ANYTHING you choose you told him!
To this Felicia answered virtuously:
''I'm not one of those criminals who sit back
and watch fools slap their own happiness in the
She walked the room, and turning sud-
Think of her having the impudence of asking
if 1 minded minded-her talking much with
She wagged her head as she gazed into the name
less depths of Rosa1e's lack of tact Then puzzled
wondering how on earth r had stood SO much of
what she called Rosalie's "burbng'; and real.
put there by Felicias fatal lack of imagination I
longed to cry:
-'Oh, Felicia can't you realize that as clever
who finds herself wallfower will dance
gratefully with sixteen year-olds sboy--
1 stopped. There more in cit than that.
There to vision of Rosaliese "a little gay,
glancing, laughing vision. The world of parties
suddenly seemed to be blank desolate 1 glanced
coverty at Felicia the edge of my book. Good
Heavensi Did the woman suppose that one wanted
intellectual conversation from girls like Resale;
wasn't youth, and pretty looks and gayety
enough? 1Ls.ss4l.
And now, it was all over. had been played
scandalousy. No would Resale chirrup at
my side. Then a vision of how she must have
bored Felicia came to I smiled cheerfu1ly to
myself for, after all. good deal of the joke was
Felicia