Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-26

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cbosen her when thare were IA MANY
sweat Girls ~ bis aeouaintance9 If
he haa ever Known her cousin Agatha.
for examnIe She was s,ire that Tom
would never have looked twice at her.
Aeatha Blaine was ave years older
than sylvia. Although She had been
horn IN Stapleton. SHE had NOT lived
there much during her checkered ex-
dsteilee. She had made an unhappy
marriage and was suing the man for
divorce. Agatha was a handsome
blonde 'dashing,' people called her
with any number OF moths iiuttering
round her. And the worst Of u was
that Agatha' WHO could never resist
making eonquests' was coming % STAY
WIFI Sylyia's mother
When Agatha did arrive, resplen-
dent being in a picture hat, with four
trunks and q pedlgreed dacllshnnd,
sue was more. lhhil eyer collNiiiceu
that her DAYS OF happiness were NUM-
befed
Agatha was so kind that the girl
hnlf minded 10 cenfes5 her trouble q
iier But Agatha seemed also a little
heartless.
"Whysmy dear auntie, she said to
Sylyia's mother, '.what funny, old
fashioned ideas You have about men.
Any woman can twist any man round
her little fnger, If she chooses.
~ wander IL sba viii chonsa ~ twist
To,n ropnd bar ittla fnoerr siyhcd
sylvia = herself whom Aratha con.
graduated her warmly
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,ng thsn, closaIy althonyh sba as.
syTnad IN ,nd,ffarent manner felt that
bar,worst fears were confirmed With.
i Z saw ,ninntas after tha introduce.
tion they were chatting together like
old friends
evan .I,ve sosn th,s wonasreri Cov.
" Acatba i so,d Ton = ! .bev nartad
aand che CAM Mold ! candle 10 Won
sweetheart.
Tba navt dav r,opsir a vatba plSad.
~ Y baadacbe when Svlvia hroached
Tho nronosition If ! walk sylvia had,
some shonnine to do and after n
stroll through the woods alone re
tprned throuph The village Suddenly
she s,opped dead: she felt as though
an lev hand had been laid upon hei
.cf,rt. FOR at a window on the second
st,.Yy. af son,e business Offices she saw
Agathas hat.
Ana the irony Of the situation lay
ii the fact that the hat was noddinp
AZ the window Of Toms once.
Ana 1 moment or I'VE later chs saw
Agatha's filmy lace handkerchief
messed 10 her ewes. saw Agstha's
head bowed mon her hands. ana saw
Tom's hand Mating her cousins Shout.
der consolingly.
she wrote a little note to Ton, that
evening
y Ana that T made / MISTAKE, she
sota ~ thorght loved Won Tom
but was wrong Please do not cali
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ernla,n.
she know Tom was too nroud moi
e. tate her at her word And the next
two weeks were miserable ones far.
she harsalr Was too nro,,d "a III Aga.
tha know how sba wss SUFFERING
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