Ellsworth American., 1909-06-09
pAFFOD|Ls IN TOWN,
phey Brought Back Memories Of
/ Home and True Love.
BY HENRIETTA CRAWFORD.

BY HENRIETTA CRAWFORD.
hCopyright. 1909. by Associated Literary
Everybody was slipping tea and nib
bling cakes save Mildred. For her tea
hnd cakes had no charm, perhaps be-
kause SIZE had poured the one and dis
hensed the other steadily for the past
hour.
/. She leaned back in her chair behind
the tea table absently watching the
hittle crowd of fashionably dressed
men and women that were moving
hbout the parlors, yet conscious never
kheless that the man beside her was
bbs .rving her and enjoying her expe-
kience from his own standpoint. which
WAS so different from her own that
she often wondered how he could find
anything in her to interest him.
In a low voice he was telling her
nbout the people before her eyes-how
The woman in gray velvet had recently
kome into a fortune. how another wo-
man in rather shabby silk with won
herful silver fox furs had lost hers.
how Mrs. Poynter had been Mrs.
Eomebody-else before divorce released
her and how the girl in blue was sad
" puzzled as to whether she would be
happier with an American because she
bowed him or with an English eld-
est son because he was heir to
little.
,She listened carelessly. scarcely re-
Dying. In reality her mind was busy
with its own affairs. What did she
rare about these people, most of whom
ehe had not seen before and might not
eee again? And what did they care
hbout her?
! She was merely their hostess coun-
kry cousin who poured tea and to
Whom Hills Hubbard was somewhat
attentive. Cousin Nell had seen that
her frock was appropriate, and she
herself had been long enough in the
nay world to learn that the majority
Nudges one by ones raiment mainly.
Yet Hills Hubbard seemed to judge
her In different wise.
You must be very nice to him."
Cousin Nell had advised the first day
mildred was in the house.
u "And why?" the girl had inquired.
Because he is good match. as good
hs there is to be had. That counts
very much In my world, Mildred. 1t
may be that you will charm him, be-
ing a type that he is unacquainted
with"
Certainly it seemed that she had
charmed him. Since the first day she
met him he had been attentive to her,
sending her flowers, taking her to ride
In his motor and to lunch at the best
places. Cousin Nell was delighted.
And Mildred thought it fascinating
business to be thus sought after by a
imam whom so many girls had tried un-
successfully to capture.
!. She had been quite frank with him
hrom the first in spite Of Cousin Nell,
telling him that her father was only
poor country doctor and this was the
first time she had been asked to visit
her cousin. He had seemed not to
mind. Perhaps he had SO much money
himself that he did not care whether
the woman he married had a dowry
or not.
A. she leaned back In her chair she
was wondering how it would seem to
always have plenty Of money, to buy
lons's frocks at the best shops. to live
IN q house where the work was done
as by magic. to go about In blue and
gold motor and be able to hear all the
best music.
Just that afternoon Cousin Nell had
baid when she came In to inspect her
koflet:
you understand. Mildred, that Mr..
Hubbard will have something to say to
Rou before you go home. There is but
bne answer for you to make. and am
sure he expects that one"
"But-but Pm not certain care for
him enough" Mildred had stammered.
Nell had stared at her.
my dear child! Do you think that
my one in these days marries for love
hloneY'
Il didn't know" the girl said hum
bly,. Then she thought of her cousins
klderly husband. who was seldom Wis
nble save at breakfast time, and the
hitherto concealed reason for Nel's
btrange marriage was suddenly reveal
I'd to her.
Mildred had indeed exnersencoa
much since coming into her cousins
house. None Of the golden rules which
her parents had taught her were ap-
plicable here. Other ideals were cher
pshed, other aims kept in sight. At
nrst it had been very mystifying to the
girl to find that the teachings Of her
whole lifetime were Of no account. 1t
WAS as If she had taken great pains to
bcquire Latin only to find that French