Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-03-14

aid's eyes wander for an Instant 10 my
ring, and that meant that h. dtinV b.
lieve me. must tell you that ve'vv>
made . treaty, a. be calls It. wAen he
asks me anything BY the Sign u the
ring I'm to answer the exact truth"
Goodness. how did be happen to
make such request A. thatY'
I'D nbbed about so many little
things. You see. love him % much
that ! cant help saying what think
will please him.
Mrs. lockwood laughed with great
enjoyment and then suddenly became
serious.
This matter Of the Hardy letter n
different business" said she Il guess
you'd better tell him the truth
But ! did. anrtie." Edith protested
Il haven't seen any suth letter.
In our dealings with the sterner
sex." responded Mrs Lockwood, I'VE
must always remember that the truth
In not necessarily Q statement OF the
fact: II Ii something that the man viii
believe. This philosophy should be
taught In every girls school: It ID more
important than cookery to the Ameri-
can home. But to return to our text.
I'm Of the opinion that Donald has rea-
son to believe that Nat Hardy has sent
you letter. II he goes over to zee Mr..
Hardy frequently he may have seen
the letter on that gentleman's desk"
"You don't mean to imply that DON
aid would
Read ~ OF course not unless
through some accident. But one sees
q name on an envelope at 4 single
| glance
III Donald saw q letter for me In Mr..
Hardy's once why didn't he tell me 40
straight out r said Edith. Its not like
him to make mystery Of such thing"
"He had . mans curiosity to know
whether you would admit receiving the
letter. The circumstance Is odd enough
| to arouse his interest. Why should Nat
Hardy be writing to you? I'm sure
can't guess. and I'd very much like to
| nnd out"
''Of course | asked him why he sup
posed that might get such a commu-
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aYou are going to ask Mr. Hardy
I'm .fr,Ia nopa,s wou,dn.t ike that !"
"Donald will never know anything
about II. nv dear" answered Ms
Iockwood
She was absent from the room abou,
ten minutes. and when she returned
her face disclosed the self complacency
Of justified pride,
II have tue whole affair at my fin
gers ends" said she. DO you remem
Der that little photograph OF yourself
taken ut the Interesting age Of three
years, You were greatly grieved by II,
loss. hea ri you tell Donald of the In
/ Ill
ance.'
well. what could I say? Donalt
wanted to see II. and I couldn't tell hin
that | SUSPECTED Sir. Hardy Of stea lins
II That would have made him angry.
"Your susrisIons. my dear. were en-
tireIy correct said Mrs lockwood
mfr Hardy has the picture. and Don
sid saw Il In his spartments on Mon
dav evening"
! Edith esye = little crv of suYp,ise nj
s1arm
"Auu,ie Won don't sunpose fr,st Inn
aid nscucbt I had given sfr Hard,
that bsture and had told = f.IseIoo'
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