Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-08-02
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place exclaimed; why, Isabel How
did you get in?"
u ran right in" exclaimed the new
cont r, sinking into a chair, because
was sure i smelled something burn
ing 1 supposed the house was on
6re. The maid was scrubbing the
front steps and she must have thought
me crazy. What on earth are you
builc ing a fire for on hot day like
this.''
The girl at the fireplace threw q
hanGful of letters on the little flame
which she had kindled ooh, this isn't
n fir !" she said, TITS funeral"
$50 that's III" laughed Isabel. We'll,
who Is the MANI And Edith, why
couldn't you have told me of your en-
gagement In some other manner than
thiAgletting me run into the house
as though were thief or a maniac,
Just because you are having one of
thoae bonfires which we always have
on Sitch occasions7"
Ebh're wrong on the first guess"
SAID Edith as she threw the last letter
on the Are and turned to face her
caller, I've half mind to tell you
hbhit It," she unused, "for 1t is an in
teSssting story. If you'll promise
never to tell"
Z promise"
Well then Isabel, do you remem-
Der Anything about Jack Wheeler ana
meW
What kind Of memory do you think
i hgYe7" laughed Isabel do l remem-
bery Have ] recovered yet from the
nervous strain of trying to console
jock when you finally made him I'M
Ilefstand that you wouldn't marry him?
Aud didn't l absolutely refuse to be-
HeTe that he was engaged to some
one else, until the wedding cards were
on? It's two years ago, of course,
Bit he was so madly in love with you
MAt-"
a#It happened yesterday afternoon"
said Edith, interrupting the remarks
III her friend. II dropped in at Amy's
IND who should be there but Jacks
Wife! 1t was positively her first ap-
pearance In Chicago 1t seems that
her mother and Amy's mother were
little girls together, or something like
that Anyway, there she was. Amy
acted as if she wanted to laugh, or as
~ she were waiting for something
very dramatic to happen Jacks wife,
however, seemed unconscious that
WAS anybody in particular"
''What is she like?" asked Isabel.
"She's a nice little thing" said
Edith with the manner of one de-
termined to be just But she isn't
the kind of girl you would think Jack
would admire"
'Mm-m," said Isabel as she bent
down, ostensibly to fasten her shoe,
but really TO hide a smile.
mo, she isn't the kind of girl you
would think Jack would like. But
she is very well bred and rather pref
ty in a quiet, demure way. We talked
about the things that every one al
SHays talks about. Then in some way
khe conversation turned to names. !
made my stock remark about the con-
sentences of having name as odd
hs mine. Jacks wife then made her
longest speech.
IOu huON udlAlt WtlS oAAlNhi
she said and for that reason any
name of more than two syllables al
ways seems strange to me. And you
know your name is enough to surprise
nearly any one on the first hearing.
4 agreed with her. Then she said,
i've had a lurking fear that l didn't
spell it right on the announcement
list out for me, but simply told NE
the names
"She seemed so earnest about IL
that ] assured hey the name was
spelled correctly. AS a matter Of
fact, It was Then laughed and said
1t was my first name, which e~rtainly
is common enough, that had been her
undoing-she had changed my name
10 Edna.
well, what do you suppose she
Eeplfad7 That is a joke on Jack she
said, tor asked him what your first
name was and he said 1t was either
Edna or Edith, he couldn't remember
which. Then he thought minute and
said It was Edna"
She must be little cat" declared
NJ ISABEL.
II wonder" said Edith. still, she
seemed so unconscious and so demure
that can hardly believe it. The
chances are that Jack really did say
that TO her"
-"' well, where do the letters come
In?" demanded Isabel
"Ob," said Edith, they haven't
much to do with It. You see, the way
she said IT was so perfect that /
came away telling myself that it must
all be mistake about Jacks having
been fond Of me; that time had exag-
gerated to me the Importance of that
affair. So this morning / went down
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