Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-07
The LETTERS
WERE MIXED
Queer Happening That Set
tied a Lovers Quarrel.

a DTODOSdl VI budll IL AlC an
invitation for a proposer to call, lnti-
mating that he would be accepted. Adj
dressing two envelopes, one to Hamil-
ton ellis, No. - East Forty-eighth
street; the other to George B. Hilliars,
Union club, city, she laid both notes
Then she darkened the room so that
she could not see any Of them, mixed
them, took up n of the notes, put it
In n Of the envelopes, sealed and
stamped 1t, tore up the other note and
envelope, threw the pieces into a
w~astebasket 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-
scented himself.
This was a dangerous thing to do,
for the reason that Miss Buckingham
an illegible hand.
The next evening q card was handed
to her bearing the name Of G.. B. Hill
lier. She glanced at 1t, gave a slight
shrug, fingered her back hair before a
glass and descended the stairs. On en-
tering the drawing room she found a
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 nailed to George B. Hilliars, and
1t 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.
"Marian!' he said, advancing, but
stopped, repealed by her expression.
MARIAN" he began again, what
does this mean? Have you led me to
believe that you b l seen your glaring
injustice only to give me additional
painT
"How did you happen toto GET
"Your letter? I returned today"
"No, no; / didn't know you were
away. I 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 I told
you that I could not brook
"Brookl 1t was I who could not"
"You? The Objectionable words were
spoken to- me-"
what wordsT
"What words2 Why, in reference to
that note / wrote you to which you
deigned no reply. I sent another ask
ing for the cause Of your silence. You
replied that you would not address q
note to a man at his club because a
friend Of yours had done sc and her
note had been shown to Others"
"And do you mean to tell me that 8
trivial thing like that caused you to
refrain from favoring me at the next
cotillionT
"a trivial thing like that"
Eyes. Shouldn't I have profted by
my friends experienced"
He stood looking at her in astonish'
ment.
'Then the next time" she added, II
met you on the street you didn't speak
GLOW could l when you walked by
me with your-without looking at
mel"
Judging from your previous treat
ment Of me. 1 supposed you intended
to cut me-"
"Dtd you expect me to bow to your
shadow? Could 1 speak to a girl who
would not wen look ut met"
"You men are 3d.
$50 what2"
Irritating"
Anything else"
Stupid"
There was a long silence, which was
broken by the man. II believe you
are right. I've been stupid. There
IL something about the feminine make
I'D that renders a woman obltvfous TO
the frightful imputations she casts
upon a man. You argued that, be-
cause some contemplate cad bad be-
trayed a confidence, under the same
circumstances an onora BILE man
would do the same"
Miss Buckingham was silent. A
faint glimmer of the fallacy OF the
syllogism began to dawn upon her.
~ suppose l ought to apologize she
said, "but I'm not going to do 1t after
the way you treated me-"
my apology would be In order att
er, not before, yours"
II prefer 1t should come first n
mine shouldn't come at all"
"If I will agree to do all the apollo
gizing viii this nonsense that has been
30 long between US be obliteratedT
II suppose So"
~And our former status will be re
nevedY'
III you promise not to do SO any
more"
Every well. I apologize for both.
But what in the world did you mean
by sending for me with no idea of a
reconcile ton"
81 didn't. Not caring whom l mar
ried so long as you had treated me so
badly, I sent the note to George Hill
liars. You got It."
"Great heavensl What a close
shaver
Noporoo Mistake