The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-11-15

name Of Tormentilla Ind she so richly
deserved it as she did now A tor
ment to myself and every one e1sel"
she cried, but in spite Of that she
knew it wasn't fair She had done
her very best to make two apparently
broken-hearted lovers happy by every
means in her power, and they had
themselves overthrown her scheme.
How was she to know that they no
longer loved? Even Michael had
gone cheerfully off to his new post,
of which he was quite underserving
and which he was totally untitled to
fill, and although he had returned
John Edwards check, with the ex-
ception of twenty pounds which he
had already melted, and hoped to re-
turn to him almost Immediately, he
had behaved throughout in the most
disappointing way.
You don't expect Tilted lover on
the bridal day to remark with cheer.
full philosophy that perhaps it's all
for the best, and hadn't they better
all try to put it out of their minds
and order lunch?
John Edward had explained it all
by saying that he'd known the man
was mad from the first moment he
set eyes on him, but Tormentilla
found no comfort in that. Neither
Audrey nor Michael looked upon her
as benefactress, or anything but a
meddlesome little girl.
Then Lise--Lise, whom she really
liked and admired tremendously
what had she done for her? In a
foolish attempt to smooth matters
between her and her husband, she
had only made them far worse, and
been the cause of most tremendous
row; perhaps widened the rift in
their already cracked Lutte forever.
Lise didn't seem to bear malice, it
was true, but TormentilIa didn't sup
pose things would ever be quite the
same again. In which she was I'M
doubtedly correct. And then, when
she got in that afternoon she had
found a little round-hand letter on
pink. gilt-edged paper. with a Green
rose poStmark on the latter, which
had seemed the last straw, and made
her want to take Minnie by the shout
ders and shake her.
"Dear Miss Tormilla:
This is to hopeit finds you as we'll
as it leaves me at present, and please
Miss wish you hadn't never got me
this place. The work is too heavy.
and there's no pleasing some people,
and William has changed something
cruel since we came here. He is
walking out with another young wo-
man called Ruth Heap, and when l
ask him yesterday why he has
changed so cruel, he said it was on
account of her smiling face, and he
preferred smiles to tears any day OF
the week.
please Miss Tormilla, I should
like to come back to Malinder soon.
There was young man in the gar.
den as was true friend to me before
walked out with William.
"Yours respectfully,
Minnie"
Tormentilla could have laughed
over this letter, if it hadn't sent her
into such red-hot rage.
She stood at the window for few
minutes with wet eyes and an aching
heart, then turned desperately to
gaze at the pale-faced, red-eyed Great.
ure with untidy hair and a shabby
dress who stared at her from the
looking-glass. The old blue pinafore
dresses had grown horribly shabby,
and she wondered what her mother
and sisters would say if they knew
how she still chung to garments they
had always condemned. She looked
at herself steadily for a long time.
and at last the doleful apparition
filled her with disgust, and she pulled
herself together with a little shake.
"You aren't pretty" she said fierce
ly. "but you needn't be coward
White-faced thing!"
Even as she stared at the woe-be.
gone, looking-glass Tormentilla, a
little pink color crept into it's pale
cheeks.
HE fell in love with you because
you were such good sport. Do the
sporting, them"
The color in it's cheeks changed
from pink to red.
To be Continued.