Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-07-05

real shock had been to find that she
had been married.!
The fault of the situation was real.
ly mine." said magnanimously; 81
quite blame myself. Only, you must
believe one thing. You never fur.
nished us any amusement" looked
at him sidewis-. The discovery that
Bella and Jim were once married
must have been a great shock
1t was a surprise" he replied even
ly. His voice and his eyes were In
scrutable. He returned my glance
steadily. II was infuriating to have
gone halfway to meet him, as / had.
and then TO find him intrenched in his
self-suficiency again. got up.
1T is unfortunate that our acquain-
lance has begun so unfavorably." re-
marked, preparing to pass him. I'm
der other circumstances we might
| have been friends"
There is only one solace." he said.
| When we do not have friends. we
can not lose them
He opened the door to let me pass
out, and as our eyes met, all the cold.
ness died out OF his. He held out his
hand. but | was hurt. | refused to
see II.
Kit" he said unsteadily Tin
an obstinate. pig-hearted brute. l am
sorry. Can't we be friends. after
all?"
When we do not have friends we
can not lose them" | replied with
cool malice. And the next instant the
door closed behind me.
II was that night that the really
serious event Of the quarantine 90
Cured.
We were gathered in the library,
and everybody was deadly dull. Aunt
Selma said she had been reared TO
strict observance of the Sabbath. and
she refused TO go to bed early. The
cards and card-tables were put away
and every one sat around and quar-
relied and was generally nasty, except
Bella and Jim, who had gone into the
den just after dinner and firmly closed
the door.
think It was just after Max pro
posed to me. Yes, he proposed to me
again that night. He said that .Jim's
illness had decided him; that any OF
us might take sick and die, shut in
that contaminated atmosphere. and
that l. he did he wanted it all settled
And whether I took him or not he
wanted me to remember him kindly II
anything happened | really hated to
refuse him-he was I'm such deadly
earnest. But 1t was quite unnecessary
Tor him TO have blamed his refusal.
as he did. on Mr.. HARRISON. am
sure had refused him plenty of times
before / had ever heard of the man.
Yes, 1t was just after he proposed to
me that Flanagan came to the door
and called Mr.. HARRISON out into the
hall
Mr.. HARRISON went out. muttering
something about n storm coming I'D
and seeing that the tent was secure
Betty Mercer went with him. She had
been at his heels all evening. and
called HIM Tom" on every possible
occasion. Indeed, she made no secret
OF 1t: she said that she was mad about
him. and that she would love to 1--we
in South America.
So Betty went with him. She were
pale yellow dinner gown. with just
a sophisticated touch of black heye
and there, and cut m9destly square
in the neck. Her shoulders are
scrawny And after they were gone,
not her shoulders: Mr.. HARRISON ard
she-Aunt Selma announced that the
next day was Monday that she had
only a weeks supply OF clothing
with her, and that no policeman who
ever swung a mace should wash her
undefgarments for her
She paused moment but nobody
offered TO do It. Anne was reading
De Maupassant under cover OF
table. and the rest pretended not to
hear After pause, Aunt Selma got
up heavily and went upstairs, coming
down soon after with a bundle GOV.
cred with green shawl. and with a
white balbriggan stocking trailing
from an opening in IT, She paused at
the library door, surveyed the in.
mates, caught my unlucky eye and
beokoned to me with a relentless fore
finger
we can put them TO soak tonight"
she confided to me, and tomorrow
they will be quite simple to do. There
is no lace 20 speak of''-Dal raised his
eyebrows-"and very little houncing."
Aunt Selma and wen. TO the laun
dry.
It ia strange what big things do
velop from little ones. In this case II
was bar Of soap Nnd If Flanagan
had used as much soap as he should
have instead Of washing up the Hitch.
en- floor with cold dish water, +
would have developed sooner Tie
! two most unexpected events OF the
whole quarantine occurred that night
| at tho same time. one on the roof and
one in the cellar. The cellar one. al
though curious. was not so serious as
! the other. go IT. comes FIRST
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