The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-05-12
Fiction
After Five Years.

~We7l have Tea. think. = she said n
meditative manner. leaning be,
cheek against two fingers Of Der left
hand, and perhaps some of those ne.
Gle cakes. the ones that are % tempt.
ing on the outside and all emptiness
On the inside"
Prom her tone Lorrimer understood
that she meant TO intimate that the
artistic unities demanded cakes Of thls
description. lie Translated the order
into man talk FOR the benefit IL the
obseQuious waiter and then asked with
the air u one who was used 70 being
made q conndant Of.
Whats the troublef Because i've
soticed that when you order tea Il Is
sn infaIlible gign OF disturbed con-
science.N
There was a fash Of mirth in her
eyes as they met bis. and she clasped
her hands On the edge OF the table and
leaned toward him. saying ia q whee-
ding way;
You're the greatest comfort to me.
You're the only man know. ever have
known, save one. who always under
standsl with you Il isn't necessary 70
dot one's ~ and cross ones ra."
Having paid him this handsome com
piiment, she beamed ct him across the
narrow table and opportunity awaited
the question which she knew was sure
70 follow.
"And the other fellow be laughed.
~the one who shares with me the proud
Distinction
Hes the troubleF came the answer
"a a pathetic voice. Then, with sudden
vivacfty: did ron ever notice that
there's something about the move
nents of the average waiter that re-
minds enc Of spencerian wrltingf
There's . flowing grace IN the way
that he removes = dish cover, -four
iah in the war that he sets down q
pIats, which marks him &c 6 human
exponent a. the spencerfan theory"
Their order had arrived. and Il was
net until she had poured the tea that
she spoke again. Then she burst out
Indignantly:
'sfSobody but 4 dreamer would think
Of such a thing a. continuing ro-
nance from the point where ho left Il
Eve years before it's absurd. you
know" she continued candidly. "A
PERSONS feelings change from year 70
Year,
ssFrom season to season would seem
to me q more accurate statement" put
IN her companion, with q suave smile,
unless indeed my experience has been
unusual"
you do understand she smiled.
'sYou certainly dol Now you would
know, wouldn't you. that II a woman
we're fond Of you. gay when leg q
mutton sleeves were ia fashion. she
might probably would-feei very dir
ferent By the time that the coat sleeves |
were de rigueur9''
Her face wore the hopeful express 1
Mion Of person who has At last found |
perfectly rational human being who
will see thing as they are Lorrimer
drained his cup and set It down DELHI
erateIy before he replied Then he
said:
Don't you think you would better
begin at the begInningf You're 4 trife
incoherent. you know
That's Just itl There wasn't any
beginningl And evidently he thinks
that there hasn't been any end. II was
all 20 elusive and intangible and 20
sad! lie left 20 much to the imaglna-
ton. / think that was part Of his
fascination for me. There was \ look
N his eyes at times that wrung my
heart, and from pity drifted by de-
grees into something more.
when we parted knew that we
were sworn to an eternal friendship
sort Oh ashes OF roses affair. you know
land IN my own heart | Was fully de-
termined never to marry. was going
TO be one Of those sweet, sad, strong
women that you read about"
she screwed her forehead into knot
and looked at him deprecatingly.
'What happenedT he inquired IN a
sympathetic tone "You haven't mar
riNd. II IL true, but have never con-
nected you In my thoughts with hid
den sorrow"
The occupants Of an adjoining table
rose 10 10. and her attention WAS en-
crossed for moment By 4 love Of