Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-18
Her
resentment
py F.
copyright. 1877. western Newspaper Union.)

telle harrington to her friend, Belle
Stanford:
=. I have not before this found an
opportunity to write you since leaving
you last September, though l have had
something especially important to tell
you. You will remember that when I
left you 1 said 81 have a presentiment
that 1 will meet my fate" I have since
made up my mind that presentiments,
like dreams, foretell the opposite. I
met a man, the very day I parted from
you, but instead of being a lover he
treated me abominably. He accused
me of stealing his fscarfpin.
When the train reached Beverly 1t
was quite dark. The station was bad
ly lighted, and you know my eyesight
is not of the best. The oculist says l
must wear glasses, but glasses are not
becoming to me and I will not. When
I left the car l saw a young man evil
IDENTIFY looking for some one he expect
ed to arrive on the train. I was abso-
lutely sure he was Will. l fastened to,
him and threw my arms about his
neck. He disengaged them and looked
at me like a thunder cloud.
"Pardon me-excuse me-" I stam-
mered. II thought you were my BROTH
err"
He lifted his hat politely and all
would have been well If l had not
looked down to avoid his gaze and seen
something glisten ON the floor. l picked
1t up and was looking to see what it
was when the man said in d freezing
tone:
'Ill trouble you for my scarfpin."
"Your s%carfpin," / replied. Ill
thought it was something I dropped"
"It's my ~scarfpin and l would advise
you to return 1t Immediately. There
is a policeman over there"
I stood feeling like a snow image.
To think that the fellow should have
mistaken me for a thief. Then, hand
ing him the pin, l said: IF you do not
know a lady when you see n l GER
tainly know a gentleman. | would not
advise you ever to pose for one."
This brought him to his senses. He
began an apology, but | turned away
from him and, seeing VIII coming to-
ward me, joined him. But l didn't kiss
him till I was sure he was my brother.
We left the station together, got into
the car and went home. l hope it will
be tiny fate" to meet this man again.
Won't I give him a piece of my mind
Mr.. Arthur Troop to his chum, Alec
Harding:
-. BY the by, / was at the station
the other evening looking for my sis
ter, Cornelia. When the train came in
a strange girl alighred and, making
straight for me, threw her arms about
my neck and kissed me. My scarfpin
fell on the fool and l thought she had
put up q job on me. She said she
thought l was her brother. / made an
ass of myself, threatening to call a po-
Hceman.
A few evenings after this I went to
a dinner and dance at Mrs. Van Win
kles. Who should be seated at the din
ner opposite me but the girl / had in
suited. She looked at me as though
she considered me only to be touched
with q pair of tongs.
After dinner I inquired who she was,
and learned that she was living with
Mrs. Van Wrinkle, at least temporarily,
and the affair was given for her.
Wasn't it odd, though, that she had
given me a bid, not knowing that l was
the fellow who had insulted her? AS
soon as l knew that she was in her
own home, so to speak, l laid my plan.
When the dancing commenced l
marched up to her and asked her to
dance with me.
AS I expected, she turned her back
on me. Since then 1 have stopped wor-
rying about her. I'll tell you some more
bye-and-bye. .
Miss Harrington to Miss Stanford:
-. When 1 last wrote you I said
1 would like to meet again the man
who accused me of being a thief. Well,
/ have met him and he proved himself
a better diplomat than /. Indeed, In
stead of crushing him, he crushed me.
Aunt Sarah gave a dinner and dance
for me, and who should be one of the
guests but this young man. His name
is Troop. After dinner, while we were
dancing, he had the assurance to ask
me to dance with him. l turned my
back on him and walked away with all
the dignity I could muster. Everybody
in the room saw me do it.
This lady called me to her and asked
me what it all meant. When 1 told her
she said that / must apologize to Mr..
Troop for refusing to dance with him,
he being one of my own guests. This
upset me completely, for my adviser
was a thoroughbred and well versed
in social requirements. / simply could
not do it. But l did as well. I went
to Mr.. Troop and asked him to dance
with me. We sailed away, neither of
us referring to what had gone before.
I had thought that 1 could not do such
a thing and survive; but after 1t was