Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
back to the beginning again, murmuring
his pleasure, and read aloud:


| II had expected to write earlier, asking
| you to stay with us during the meetings
Of the conference, but. in Mrs. Broderick' s
absence. l was afraid to assume the re-
sponsibilities of host. She WILL however,
! be at home tomorrow. SO l am asking
YOU and Senator Tarleton of Virginia to
accept our shelter. | am very anxious
/ Tor you TO know Tarleton, as he wieldS
great influence in the south and this is
the first time he has lent his countenance
! 10 our work. Mrs. Broderck will allow
| the three of US full liberty TO sit up all
night and pass final judgment on all the
| things that have so long been dear to you
and me. / hope your annual address is
good and salty: the attitude of this adj
mnistration toward the civil service has
| been a keen disappointment and / look
! to YOU 20 launch vigorous and effective
protest
| THAI really is a very great compliment,
Addie. Col. Frederick is one of the lead
ing citiZens-if not, indeed, the first citi-
zen of Boston. / have always been a lit
| tie afraid that he looked on my relations
with him as purely official and not quite
mot wholly social. You see, your Bos-
/ toniaus have their notions of such things.
and they are entitled to what they would
/ themselves call their point of view. Mrs.
Broderick is. even more than he, the
! New England aristocrat, very cultivated
woman, and she was enormously rich. 1t
| is the greatest possible honor to be asked
! to stay there / won't conceal it from
you, Addie. that I've rather feared once
or twice, when I've been in Boston. that
Frederick avoided asking me to the
| house,
| why should he?" asked Mrs. Craighill,
| coldly.
We'll. after all, I'm a western man,
and our city has seemed-I would confess
| ii TO no one but you-to have lost its
early social dignity
TO u
other Boston any more than you could
| make Paris of it,
But now that the invitation has come
! in this perfectly cordial way, it's too bad
/ they still look on me as widower. They
certainly had cards.
! Maybe you We're not expected to under
stand it's merely matter Of fact Her
words were accompanied by smile so
slight to be almost impercepttble. and
ii narrowing of the lids as she watched
and studied him.
'Of course they didn't know of my mar
riage; you may be sure it was not by in
tention.'
Il should say that the invitation leaves
room for that doubt. The Brodericks We're
icettainiy on the list of people to whom
cards We're sent; i noticed the name the
other day when l was looking over my
calling book.
| But my dear Addie, What motive
would they have for ignoring the fact, as
Stunning that they knew of my MARRIAGE"
| ''Ihen. of course, If it an error. they
would be grateful to have IL corrected"
| She started to speak further, but bit
her lip upon a remuneration of the trip.
She had resolved to see what solution of
the matter he would himself suggest. He
pondered moment.
| Il hope you won't misunderstood me,
Addie, but really don't quite see how
could suggest their asking you. In fact
il is clearly by intention that Tarleton
and | are being brought together there
quietly. and while it's a bit awkward to
be asked in this way SO shortly after our
marriage, / hardly feel-the Brodericks
being what they are and all that-that /
ought TO-
He broke off with light laugh and a