The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-09-28
Not Like Other
Cirls
b. CLARA DELAF1ELO

wonder. ! wonder 50 much And
there's nobody eau tell except Elsie
Diyis Middleton now--and she won't
Not that I've ever asked her. ]
wouldn't dare to 10 that. No one
could take liberties with Elsie. You
s.c. she never was like other girls.
There's sort of free masSrry among
girls. Just rs ther. l. among married
women. and amon- men. % course.
hut Elsie always ran by herself
That's what rather put the girls
against her.
I remember when she left college
she adopted n sort Of highbrow atti.
tude toward life Instead ~ going
about with the young fellows, she'd
be- OF 10 n nook with n shady book
h",k. potry usually And there she'd
sit. wrapped In meditation fancy free,
aud listening to the other girls hsv.
Ing good tim. with NE boys.
wonder. ! wonder IL Elsie really
liked a. She never wanted anything
TO do with the men. She said love
was sacred thing. and came once
only In n lifetime. and N you didn't
ind your love returned you just kept
quiet shout II. and went ON holding
yourself In Ms long ms you lived. I'M
III you either died or pined away.
remember young Row-li lie was
queer poeticnl sort ~ chap. with
PARKWAY look In his eyes. and when
he was staying her. one summer--it
must have been i've years ago-he and
Elsie Jus, naturally gravitated toward
each other. They'd saun,er OF to
s.ther into the shade OF the old apple
tree and sit there. with their books In
their hands First young Rowell
would rad biz and then Elsle'd
read a blt-and all the time III. other
young folks wer. enjoying themselves
Ia hesithful. natural way In ham.
mocks. and walking on In pairs. and
buggy driving.
Well. what naturally happ-nedl
Florence Keith came down for the
week She was nuYy little thing.
full Of spirits. and she hadn't been
here n day before she fixed young
Rov.ll with her basilican stare. Next
day. when Elsie wandered OF with her
book. young Rowell didn't turn M.
He'd taken Florence OF 10 see the
hermit IN his caye-Joe Briggs, who
works winters IN the boiler factory.
And all that week Elsie was left alone
and NJ the week end young Eowell
saw Miss Keith IN the train rs far
ms Philadelphia. and then went an his
own way
Marry No. nothing hut u summer
filtration. ~ course Ma,h. Elsi.
wasn't mad She didn't eat hardly
anything the rst 81 her stag here AMI
she used 10 NOPE more than ever,
and read her love poems to herself
under the apple tree.
You know. the same crowd comes
down here pretty regular year after
year Next year Elsie was Just the
sane only liil. more su. She
wouldn't have thing 10 DO With the
Young men. and Florence had things
Nll iff bNN WY tNhl@ iN'NfNt
oh he'd gone West Yes. he married
raucher's daughter out In Utah lie
doesn't appear agaIn In the story.
For the lords sake. Elsie, why
don't YOU make up to some ~ the
Young fellows" ! asked her. think
q, was the year after that. "Nou're
good-looking. and you can be bright
when you want 10. What d'you want
20 scsr 'em on for, They don't
want a highbrow. Why. the sight -
those hooks ~ yours puts the Id on
YOUR chances"
III never forget how Elsie looked
~ m. aud answered. IT'S better To
have loved aud lost than never 10 have
loved ~ all"
hadn't thing To say 10 that. and
I let her keep on loving next wear,
and the next The NTH year little
Florence Keith met her fate. Shed
played With the hays' hearts So long.
" was high time sh" got caught her.
self Young Middleton was the son
~ the banker ~ Bnston-evsr hear az
hlmr Worth a few cool millions. hut
nothing lii. what some Of those bank.
ors have got. Stli he was n good
catch. and IN. odd thing was. Flor.
cnce really MAS crazy over him.
And there was Elsie with her shady
book mean her book and her shady
nook. and-next thing that happened
was when Florence and Middleton
had had little tiN Was walking
along the creek. and who should ! see
hut Middleton and Elsie. sitting siSs
by side staring into the pool.
II shall never love again" I heard
Elsie say In her wisuul way. "on-
llfe-on. love. Al m. Ills better TO
have loved and lost than never 10 have
loved at all"
I turned and raced back. FLORENCE.
for the love of Mike get your hooks
into him" gasp.d Elsie Davis IL
out for battle"
II was too late. Well. what could
YOU eNIecti They we're engaged by
supper time. eloped that night. and
WAR. mafrlal naxt ulorninc over the