The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-27
WINNIE AND
FRANK
BY F. A. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press Asso-'
ciatioh. 1911.
By F. A. mitchell

love you better than any other per-
son in the world excepting one. That
person. confess, do not approve
of--one whose intellect is not by any
means of the highest and whose good
intentions are often not carried out. =
How singular" l exclaimed. "You
have spoken my case as well as your
own. There is one whom ! prefer to
you. But, gracious, how faultyi / CON
TESS / am often put to the blush on
account of Franks shortcomings"
"EelfshT'
Selfish at times beyond measure"
~That's just the way with my Win
ME"
slow is It, then, that we prefer
these unworthy persons to each
otherf" / asked.
There was a brief silence, at the
end of which be asked:
How long have you known this
person.
MANY years"
"I have noticed that the longer l
have known Frank the greater selfish.
ness / find"
Same here. We have been compan.
ions since we were wee little things.
My theory is that 1t is propinquity. l
have known my Winnie and you have
known your Frank so long that asso-
citation has begotten love-
''But love is blind. II this is love we
feer for those persons how is 1t that
we see their faults so plainlyF
"Are what we see in them really
faultsT"
what do you mean by that?'
81 win explain snatched a kiss
from you. You are angry and blame
me In other words, you consider that
i have committed fault, whereas
have simply been following a natural
instinct Now, your Frank may place
you in an embarrassing position with.
out any intention to do so. yet you
consider him at fault"
'sThat may apply to your Winnie
but not to my Frank l confess you
are much more worthy of my love
than Frank. My love for Frank ad-
NIT is lnexcusabe, and yet | can't
help it."
"And | will admit that my Winnies
thoughts and acts are gross in com
parison with yours"
"How can you love such a person.
81 would rather call it preference
than love-"
"There again we agree; 1t is prefer
ence in my case too"
While we were talking a cloud had
been gathering behind us. Our backs
being turned toward 1t, we did not see
H. We were sitting in the stern Of the
boat, while held the main sheet in my
hand Suddenly a squall struck US
and capsized the boat, which sank.
Three of us were In the water to
gether, Mr.. Scarborough, / and one life
preserver. Mr.. Scarborough could not
swim at all, very little. A few
strokes took me to the corks. Mr..
Scarborough could not reach them.
though they were not a mans length
from him. He went down, and when
he came up, by desperate effort,
reached him with the life preserver.
Take hold Of It," cried.
"No; it will bear but one of u.s.
81 can swim"
mot enough to save yourself"
He went down n second time. When
he came up I fought TO get the pre-
server around him. He WAS uncon-
scioua, and | partly succeeded. Then
a boats nose poked itself against us.
The rain and the wind beating up the
waves had concealed 1t from us. A
hand grasped each one Of US and
dragged us into the boat.
| hung over him anxiously until we
got him to shore. where we applied the
usual restoratiyes in such cases. Aft.
err awhile he showed signs Of life and
finally came to himself.
The same evening, after having been
revived, We resumed the talk that had
been interrupted by the squat. But
we now chatted under very different
conditions. We had been dumped in
the water with-so far as we knew at
the time-a chance for but one to be
saved. Each had preferred that the
other have that chance. We sat lock.
ed in each others arms.
1T has been proved conclusively to
day" he said, that these other lovers
Of ours must take back seat.
would not have done for Winnie what
! did for you"
Nor | for Frank
IT'S an I'll wind that blows nobody
any good! The squall blew US into
the water. but II blew away at the
same time our indecision between each
other and these two other lovers"
Thank heaven for that ! was aw.
fully tired of It. But tell me who IS
This Winifred that has been my riyalf"
"Who Is Frank7r
"Tell me and IN tell you"
"My name, as you know, Is Edward
W. Scarborough Winnie Is not Wlni.
fred. as you suppose. but Winslaw
I thought | loved myself better than
you"
"And I am Evelyn Frances Boyn-
ton. I thought loved myself better