Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-11
SHE HAD
REASON

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NO, girls. Janet hasn't come yet"
answered Anne, as SIS greeted aer
guests from the steps OF the veranda.
we are going to stay out here and
wait for her and feast our eyes on my
new green wicker tea car, with the
furnishings that told father must go
with it. We can talk over this latest
freak OF Janet's. while We wait"
Whatever do you think?" demand
ed the girl with dropping eyes. If
anyone of US were engaged to that
stunning man. we'd cling to him,
through fire and food. and 10 think
that she deliberately broke"
1T is dreadful Of her TO do 1t, too.
for he was so devoted. and such a
dear. and it wasn't her money he want
ed, for he has so much of his own.
declared the girl with the Dresden
| parasol 1T seems a case Of straight
and simple idiocy. / had a bit of
talk with Janet by phone yesterday,
and she said. Yes, he's just as charm
| Ing as he ever was. And | wish we
could stay where We were just before
he gave me that wonderful hand
wrought ring. But we can't
But why? / asked her.
Some time III tell you why-after
tell him. said Janet. It's such
foolish silly simple sort of reason,
that people will smile. Maybe the
smile is what makes me hesitate. But
after tell him. I'll tell all you girls
Il always did feel that Janet was
| superficial" murmured the girl with
| dropping eyes. To smile about such
| thing and end a glorious epoch in
| ones life for some trivial reason is
something | cannot understand. We
always felt that she was a coquette.
When Mr.. Worthington began going
with her | was sure he had found his
match in sentiment, and the courtship
was so short and sudden"
Yes. but he is bit of flirt; we
all know that, DEAR" chimed In the
girl in the garden hat. with a SYM
pathetic glance at the girl with droop-
ing eyes. Arthur tells me that he
danced through college ON a path of
girls hearts. But 1t is really not his
fault that he was born a fiirt, you
know"
How could she end II. when the
conquest was so complete and so en-
viable?" Anne was pouring tea now.
Il do so want her to come. Jack said
today that Sinclair Worthington-
think OF that name, girls!-was as
much puzzled as any of us. He is not
SO hard hit Jack said. but that he
can say he's puzzled"
1T is a riddle TO him no longer"
broke in a voice from the steps. ''He
knows now. And so shall you"
Janet smiled at the sudden silence
which came when they saw her. I've
been here only a minute and didn't |
listen after l found what you were
talking about she assured them. Il
am so glad ! don't have to bring up
the subject, for | am crazy to talk it |
over. | can't quite understand why |
am not sorry. unless 1t is-but that |
comes later. know now it was silly
to get engaged when everybody had
tales to tell Of his conQUests. but the
person who should listen never does, |
and he is a dear-I still think that"
What reason did you give him?"
demanded the girl with dropping eyes.
why, | just mailed him a letter
last evening filled with . series OF ex.
hibits in the case
Exhibit A was drawing of love-
ly glrl-he draws beautifully-with
curly hair. Mine Is straight, you know.
He did that at my desk one evening
when he was telling me how much /
was to him.
Exhibit B was an envelope that had
been returned to me because of my
address in the corner. Sinclair had
addressed it to my grandfather at
Smith colIegei l asked him TO address
it one evening when he begged me to
write no more than a short note and
then to talk to him. But he was think
ing of some other girl all the time. as
the address he put on grandfather's
letter showed.
Exhibit C was bit of paper full OF
pinpricks. He had done it that last
evening while he begged me to under
stand him and his love for meas
sured me that he wanted my every
thought as his was mine. The trouble
was that | believed him that evening
for the first time. 1t was only after
he had gone that found the pin
pricked paper. In 1t | traced in very
beautiful old English letters the word
| Louise
NO, girls. we don't know Louise,
| do we?
so | put the proper dates on these
! exhibits and sent them in reply to his
| Wild appeal to know why our engage
| ment was ended. 1t is funny and you
can laugh all you please. I'm not real
| liz sorry, for have learned many
| things of late.
Mother and are going west next
week to visit the Gregorys on their
ranch. Billy is there for the summer,
YOU know. He's been writing me three
/ times week all through my engage
! ment. And, after all is said. Billy is
! splendid don't you think?"
/ Parting.
I Night. ana a cool, sweet air
| en- n velvet sky