Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-02-09
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eoon' suit case III nanu, appeared at
the railway station. A pale faced child
poked a bunch Of violets under nv
hose and looked an appeal TO buy them.
did SO. and putting them In the but
tonhole OF my coat strolled tow3rd
the door through which passengers
were going to the trains. 1,uai4.els.la.
Are you WHIP, sliS if4af5s|
The voice came from u very pretty
girl who was looking into my face In
quiringly. My lame Is William. and
1t Is SO common for men that l was
not especially surprised at being asked
the question by a stranger, thinking
her to have made mistake in the per.
son. My reply was: a g5aIds
1T is" Atsfa mffa.65 tg,t
Il supposed 10 by the violets. Come;
let Us get on to the train. l have my
ticket"5;a q tsni.s sf Eheg
She slipped her arm through mine AZ
confdingly as II belonged to her. Not
knowing what to do did nothing, but
fully intended to make her aware Of
her error at once. 81 4a Is al
That imst letter Of Clara's." she said
as we walked to the train. decided
me-" i3a oB9 9sBr graSilT
Curiosity here stepped In to take
hand. q wondered what Clara had
said In the letter. b,.ea aaiaa03 I'd
"Um." said by way Of "a ying moth.
Ing. But by this time we reached the
car steps. and handed the young lady
In. She took q seat, and sat down
beside her. had thus far taken no
advantage of her mistake. would let
her go onia little further before head.
Ing her OF. l have noticed that IL
woman has anything to say she will
usually say 1t without encouragement,
Clara Is just too lovely for any.
thing" said the girl. li8i 4laet4ff a
"Um!' arasrsg f ,,A i
"She has been very kind to me.
When she wrote me TINT you had
grown tired of your lonely life, that a
big city like New York is of all places
In the world the most desolate, that
You wished she would introduce you
to some girl who would make you q
good wife and without the bother of a
courtship, realized that 1t was the
same for men as for women, and, while
! didn't like your words-'the bother
Of courting-I felt that in the main
you were right. Then received he1
letter making the arrangement for us
to spend the week end with her and
saying that you would meet me fol
this train and would wear a bouton.
Mere Of yiolets."
| had got the whole story In a mt.
shell. There was none of that SHOOTING
out In different directions like burst.
Ing rocket, but concise narration OF
facts. Just then the conductor came
along taking tickets. My companion
showed one for Dune. station not
quite so far as Seabright. Both tickets
were taken up, and she did not see
that mine was for different station
from hers. l began to explain:
II dare say you will blame me when
you have heard
CLARA told me all about your mar
rage and divorce" she interrupted
II may as well say right here that !
don't consider you In the least to
blame. Indeed I don't see how you
could have acted otherwise"
Why not make the break right here?
l concluded to plunge. M Ya .Ve
II am not divorced man." I said
II have never been married. I think
you must have made a mistake. Fol
whom have you taken me?" n9d3 9ml
She looked at me in establishment.
Clara gave me no name except Will.
She said your other name would come
later II the affair proceeded" cid 4
II am quite sure there has been q
mistake. / began to tell you few
minutes ago. when you interrupted
me-" tH YuUT ul hsr Liiu
"Oh. my goodness graciousw .t II
"Don't disturb yourself. Your secret
Is perfectly safe with me. But l re-
gret that you should have fallen into
the wrong hands. Is there anything
can do to right mattersY' yliivdI
mo. no. no!' fi ipa nijG sd d4A'l
How do we know that IL you have
made mistake Fate has not?,' gaGF
The young lady was apparently at
least Gained by this At any rate. she
seemed interested. l took out my card
case, drew card and, having PEN
ciled my address on it. handed 1t to
her. asking her to let me know how
her affair with VIII came out. A
few moments later the train slowed
up, the guard cried, "Dune." and
handed my new found friend out Of
the train. She gave me an embar-
raised smile at parting. saw her en-
ter carriage driven by coachman
in livery and roll away. rr FRA aa
l heard nothing more of the matter
till one day received note signed
by a name did not recognize as
among my acquaintance. As soon as
had read few lines knew it was
from the girl who made the mistake.
To keep her promise she Informed me
that the matter which had come to