The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-13
THE LETTERS
WERE MIXED
Queer Happening That Set
tied a Lovers Quarrel.

Miss Buckingham took up two notes
and read them with a bored expression
on her, beautiful and aristocratic coun-
tenance. Then she threw them down
and on her crest stamped paper wrote
two replies. One was declination TO
a proposal of marriage. the other an
invitation for a proposer to call. init +
mating that he would be accepted. Adj I
dressing two envelopes. one TO Hanlil-
ton ellis. No. East Forty eighth 4
street; the other to George 3. Hilliars.
Union club. city. she laid both notes
and envelopes on the desk before her |
Then she darkened the room so thst
she could not see any of them, mixed
them. took up one Of the notes. put 1t
in one of the envelopes. sealed and
stamped it. tore up the other note and
envelope, threw the pieces into Il
wastebasket and sent the other to the
mail without looking at the address.
Her intention was to remain ignorant
of the man she had chosen till he pre-
sented himself
This was a dangerous thing to do.
for the reason that Miss Buckingham
had a number of suitors. and she wrote
an illegible hand.
The next evening a card was handed
to her bearing the name of G.. b. Hill
lier. She glanced at it. gave slight
shrug, fingered her back hair before
glass and descended the stairs. On en-
tering the drawing room she found
very different man from either of the
two to whom she had written.
A great many things flashed through
her mind in an infinitely short space
of time. First. she had written one of
the notes evidently the one that had
been mailed) to George B. Hilliars. aud
it had fallen into the hands of Gus
tavus B. Hitler. This was not remark
able. since both men belonged to the
same club Second, how was she to
escape the results of her blunder? Mr.
| Hitler was one of her many suitors. a
| sutton she loved and by whom she had
supposed herself to have been Tilted
| ''Marianr' be said advancing. but
stopped. repealed by her expression.
Marian" he began again. what
| does this mean? Have you led me to
believe that you had seen your glaring
/ injustice only to give me additional
pain?'
How did you happen toto GET
Your letter? | returned today"
NO, no: didn't know you were
away. | mean-what right have you
to- She baked again.
"Marian" he exclaimed.
mo, no; didn't mean that"
There was a short pause, after which
he said, when we parted last l told
/ you that l could not brook
! Brook. 1t was who could not"
You? The Objectionable words were
spoken to me-
What wOrds?"
What words? Why. in reference to
that note | wrote you to which you
deigned no reply. | sent another ask
ing for the cause of your silence. You
replied that you would not address a
note to man at his club because a
friend of yours had done so and her
note had been shown to others"
And do you mean to tell me that
trivial thing like that caused you to
refrain from favoring me at the next
cotillion?"
"A trivial thing like THAR
Yes Shouldn't have profted ny
my friends experience"
He stood looking at her in astonish-
ment.
.oTben the next time" she added. II
met Won on the street Won didn't sneak ."
How could I when YOU walked by
me with your-without looking at
me?"
Judging from your previous treat
ment of me. | supposed YOU intended
to cut me-"
Did you expect me to bow to your
shadow? Could l speak to a girl who
would not even look at me?'
You men are so"-
80 what?"
Irritating"
Anything else?"
Stupid"
There was a long silence, which was