The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-11-01

had experienced some mishap to give
her this dread Of the water and was
curious to know the Incident But he
was too well bred to ask direct ques-
ton. Moreover. it occurred to him that
possibly it might have given her a
mental as well as physical shock
from which she had never recovered.
II have had" she went on. what
you call scare. 1t gave me an incur
able dread of water. but in itself it
gradually passed into comparative I'M
Importance. There was that connected
with 1t which has affected my whole
Iife.'
"Indeedr'
The word indeed" is an extremely
well bred expression and means moth
ing. 1t doesn't trespass on any ones
feelings. asks no questions. invites con-
hdence only If the confider is minded
to give it and leaves him or her to
proceed or turn the subject at will 1t
Is one of the most useful words in the
English dictionary.
when ! was a girl was sitting one
evening on rock viewing a scene like
this. so enraptured that was uncon-
scious Of the tide rising behind me.
was already cut or when young man
not only warned me. but saved me.
Only fortunate circumstance enabled
US to get to the Shore"
She shuddered and continued:
mot for the world would | dwell on
that occurrence. 1t Is of what followed
that am going to speak In novels
when young man saves a girl from a
catastrophe they love and marry. In
my case romance was started that
was continuous, leaving me with old
age before me without a single COM
panion. | could never forget my res
cuer, but MY rescuer apparently never
considered me In any other light than
as one he had rescued. At any rate,
he never sought me out. never came
near me. ! had number of excellent
offers. but my mind had become alb
sorbed with one person. and | would
yield to none other. And here | am at
nearly fifty years of age. desolate be-
cause man saved me from drowning.
| would prefer that he had left me to
have been engulfed."
After this burst Of confidence the
lady suddenly remembered that she
was giving it to u stranger. There
was momentary silence, at the end
OF which Warrington was about to
speak. when she forestalled him.
Il dare say" she said, that you are
surprised at my revealing to one |
have never met before so sacred an ex-
perience. Perhaps you will not be-
lieve me when tell you that till this
moment have kept the secret in my
own bosom from every living soul.
When l came upon you just now this
scene brought back the incident Of my
youth. and certain kindness l saw
in your eye invited me for once to
open the floodgates and permit the
long pent up waters to flow forth"
Madam" said Warrington. II am
aware of that propensity engrafted In
humanity to contide. In this case you
could not have confided in person
better calculated to console you. 1t is
said that misery loves company. You
and l. having been made miserable by
the same incident. should love each
others company for the rest Of our
lives"
Indeed" said the lady, in her turn
using that convenient word.
Thirty years ago l saved a girl
from drowning. Unfortunately l was
80 cursed sensitive that feared to
make any advance whatever lest she
should think | was presuming upon
my service at having saved her. / did
not see her again for some time after
we left the water. and when met her
on her face was scowl."
He paused. and the two regarded
each other intently. Suddenly the
lady burst forth reproachfully:
"Why shouldn't she have scowled
Hadn't you ignored her?"
And so 1t was that a lady, not recog.
MIXING the man who had condemned
Ter to spinsterhood. told him frankly
the story of her life. 1t was the be-
ginning of the end for both Of them
A romance that had endured for thirty
years was at last ended in realism
that is to say, marriage.