Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1916-08-02

permitted any other boy TO be devoted
to her Roger was seized Nj onre with
the sulka
Rosa appeared to reciprocate his At.
tachment Why. no one could uuder
stand. because Of the marked differ
ence In them But We are apt to for
get that opposifes attract each other.
Many a hoyden has married a stiff
rocked clergyman who was never
known to smila
Roger grew older. while Rosa re-
NAMED chit When he was eighteen
and beginning TO think of a career
Rosa was still fitting about In mad.
cap style. while her girl friends were
beginning to consider themselves
young ladies' When Roger was nine
teen and removing growth of hair on
bis face twice week Rosa was stili
absorbed in trihes. Then he went
! away TO be educated In bis profession.
and Rosa did not see him for several
years.
When Mt twenty-five Roger returned
to his native place he found bis boyfsh
fDft N&sC c6A1C haAA NBflu- LdtI Wuuluu
as when he had paired with her In the
days Of the bunch" with which they
had both trained A man Of twenty to
twenty-five Is likely to covet the So
ciety Of woman older than himself
Roger found bis little sweetheart still
his little sweetheart, but nothing more.
Her prattie seemed altogether too
childish for a man Of his age. On one
| occasion upon calling upon her he
found her jumping rope. On another
occasion she was playing tag with boy
Of her own age. While Roger was dis
appointed. he could only set down the
attraction he had felt for her as one of
those 6rst loves which are considered
Inter to have been ridiculous. He grad
ually came to look upon Rosa as one
who had failed to develop and In time
withdrew from her.
Twenty years after Rosa had begun
to take the antitoxin she still used IL
But there were times when she regret
ted having ever begun Il She was con-
scious Of being queer mixture On a
body appearing to be but fifteen she
put clothing appropriate for q woman
Of from twenty to thirty. The friends
Of her youth were married. and their
daughters were now about the age that
she had been when she ceased to grow
Older. In some respects she was fitted
to associate with misses and In other
respects she was not Her body and
her mind. the latter being an emana-
ton from the physical brain. had re-
NAMED the same as they had been
twenty years before. But she had lived
thirty-6ve years. aud while physically
she did not become wearied with hav-
ing lived that period. the ennui that u
to he expected In such a case had set
tied upon her, She had neither lover.
husband. children nor Intimate friends
Experience prevented her enjoyment OF
those things that pleased her when If
teen While she retained her freshness.
things had not retained their freshness
for her She now understood that they
were not IN themselves delightful. but
had been made so By their novelty.
Nevertheless. she was still young.
She lad not seen Roger Ashurst since
she was twenty-five. She remembered
him ~ growing into manhood and
pined for him as he was then Not only
had b. retained his place In her heart
but she was deprived OF other men to
take his place Young men attracted
TO her through her maidenly beauty
! S,s.a grew iised III her. .,lIs.s.s,r.i M. isv-
| iislpld-
Co evening she was iuirn'ln.,'d 10 a
---... ~. .~s.. % lAcIc.. bouts lie w.
DOT remember ever having seen her be-
fore. Her face was familiar to hun.
but be could not place her. He was u
man OF intellect. and prominent He
seemed pleased with her prattIe. After
| a man lasses middle life he Is attract
ed By women much younger than him
self. This Is In obedience to the law
Like Is antitoxin for like. Physically be
found In her girl Just budding into
womanhood Had she talked Ike u
woman Of his own age he would have
tired of her; as II was she was re
| freshing to him When he was en-
had no use for her: when he threw of
care size was like a sparkling wine. a
pretty play. soothing music.
They met several times in company
without either having heard the 9th
er's name. Then she learned that he
was Roger Ashurst
She was at first Mortified at the
| change In her youthful lover. but there
was something about him that from
| the moment she met him In middle age
reminded her Of him as L boy. She re
| Trained from telling him who she was;
she could not bear TO let him know that
his old love had remained a chit while
he had developed. But she sought ev'
cry opportunity TO be with him and
was pleased that she seemed to rest
him
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