The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-25
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THE PENALTY or
PRIDE.

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siilt WAS during the early days OF MY
sstpdy In vocal art, that i met Hildai
i5Montclair, AT that time ONE 81. s;the3
chers ot,pianoS al one Of the largest
nsersaiories ia sews fork, where.
u was xorbingt as iit my lie depended
on IT, To- fnishlithe course; i had chos.,
EN-, IN the shortest possible time. \ Hill.
da was my friend from the moment
she met me, although She often RE-
marked. not boastingly but with 4
certain c6nsictlon In her words, that;
she was never cellaneously:s hastyl
In her choice Of friendsj she Swas, lin
fact, the opposite, and sometimes took
IN snnwarranted dislike TO persons i
whicl, she seldom. oyercame. 9 II was
prone TO respect her prejudices. al
though ! must confess they, were al;
ways mine. III ( q.
One evening, we were sitting In
the almost deserted s;parloras OF my
dsclass boarding house, chatting
for asfew moments. before going out
to q rehearsal. we were wont toi attend
together. when a tall and awl,.
wardsyoung mao was shown Into the
room and told to .;waft.'' There was
an embarrassing silence, las the awi-.
ward youth shambled to a seat. There
was something Yin the situation that
struck VS. both as quite ridiculous. and
y exerted+ all my will power to avoid
Laughing. Hilda, at this moment, made
o mmonplace&remark which might
excuse q: laugh; and when the young
man Topped down uponsa ,diyan;much.
too low for him, andshis feet shot out
in front of 6ims causing him ito turn
sridiculously sred, Improved too much
Hada,stllttie Joke suddenly became the
funniest thing II had ever heard. and
we both burst into laughter. We were
unable to, restrain ourselves, and hurr-
.riedly left the room. Il. I Z, ssS;.s
4 Z ,,, y; G. =, x -
ne poor lelloW, i was va there still.
wnell y rose, anu when we mad pass
Gu uae = teeifaBi OF contrtttonb came.
ose ;.'i n.y. Is
OBJ sHilda. chow very rude ;'of u.s.,
] said, as we aacended the stairs,
"Rude?y she answered! .why. It's
rich! 1Sneyer IN my life saw anything
as funny as he is Il Il, IA. N
4 But Remembered stilIsthe teachings
Of my mother, who would have Ibeenij
grieyed, indeed: Rto know could,. Ia,
gniltysof such an act Of discourtesy.,
Knowing this, and wishing "a make
amends, !, often.Fwent out Of nv, way.
thereafter ito make life pleasantt;for
{. the awkward young, man, Who proved
to be "a new boarder. But, Hilda. true.
To- her prejudices, ignored him.
n Several months - Il "a ana nj: ~ =
know him I5yerv, ,wells .The,, ~ - =
Ming II wish I'd to az, Z nict;,rs !, :. j
.terplece. an 5exhibiiioif nEtbsS ctty |, II
I asked MI I WoDoSd,ora y5Iourl q ! swa 3
Young man man. $tot take n IS { Ilse,dnm wont
out. but I:particularl ! wished M 81 I
and Il did mot IN the least m,nd ,sre.
.questing him to accomlnanTfv me = =
I We went !, and az we lalightedc from
a car, met Hilda. tfashionabiy Sdrssaed.
with an escort equally a. fash Iona hle'
She looked at naesis SSii,rI6usIv 4 conld
feel her surprise thafI1 haI ! 4 Z Ma
as an escort the awkward iyo,,n : ma
at whom we had .1anehed "a marri,v -
some. months before b, .S!,ss &: !, d
when she and I met arajn an. ala
not try to conceal her disnisa awe a.
my action, which she .deern ga = . T,,s
taken kindness she, co,,ld not .nrdar.
stand. she 7sa,d whv Il ,sha,,id, shs,y
favor to s,,ch. 4 homelv snna,trs tive;
and .untalented. yonnrr NM; swben thara;
were SO MANY others IA cboos : t si,Sr
And 1 thought }"perha Nd she 4 r,aht"
II was a wear later that Ihada hon,
all, farewell bannyStbat nv Z N h,.;ons
were beginning 10 he rea,Izad1 ma that,
/ was to 20 70 E,,rone - comnleta :, !.
studies and later attamnt - 90 e :.
mace among 5tho cot s,n.a sen ss =
Woodfori was there 10 ~ mo n,,y