The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-12-07

Ann, That's Miss Apperihwsitef
Yes: was speaking directly "a her
Why shouldn't she have heard met
She talked % him herself little later
and NJ some length. too"
"she dId'" Ny cousin stopped rock.
Inc. and hsed me with her riit,erins
eye. well 81 Az"
is n so surprislngT~
The lady gave her boa, 10 the waves
again. Ann Arperthwaite thinks
about him stint" she said. with some.
thing like vindlcilvencss. 'T've always
suspected II. She thought you were
new To the place and didn't know any
thing about u all or anybody to men
ton u 10. That's iti'
"rm SIN new % the place" urged.
"nnd stiil don't know anything about
n all"
They used n be engaged" was her
succinct and emphatic answer.
7 found u hut too Illuminating. ooh.
OH" ] cried Il was an Innocent
wasn't ~"
I'm Glad she DOES think of him"
said my cousin. 1T serves her right
! only hope he won't find n out. be
cnrse he's n poor. faithful creature {;
he'd jump ~ the chance 70 take her
back --rnd she doesn't deserve him"
How hong has ~ been" asked
-slnce they used to be engagedT-
"oh. n good vhile--fve or sly years
aro. thlnk-mayhe morn time skips
along. Ann Apperthwsite's no chick
en-. you know" tsuch was the lady.
expressIon.l They rot engaged Just
after she came home from college. and
~ all the idionesily romantic girls"
"rut she's n teacher" ! interrupted
"of mathematics"
"yes" she nodded wisely. Il nj
romance Il reaction from the al.
zebra. never knew person con
nectei with mathematics or astronomy
or statistics. or rny Of those exact
things. who didn't have a crazy streak
In 'em somewhere They've got 90 blow
OF steam and he foolish 10 make M
for putting In 30 much % their time
az hard sense hut don't you think
that I dislike Ann Apperthwaite.. She's
always been one 81 my best friends
that's Why feel NJ liberty % abuse
her-and always viii abuse her
when Z thinh how she treated poor
David Beasley.-
How did she treat himr
Threw him over out of n clear sky
one night that's al. Just sent him
home and broke his h.arr: that - IL
would have been broken n he'd had
any kind % disposition except the one
the Lord blessed him wiih--just ail
optimism and cheerfnlnrss and make
thebesi Of -it.ness, Hes never cnred
for anybody else. and guess he never
VIII"
"what did she do ~ forv
"Nothingr" Ny cousin shot the In.
iignant word frurn her tips -Nchinr
IN the aide world'"
"But there mus, have BEEN
Listen To me" she interrupted.
and tell me " you ever heard any
thing queerer la your life. They'd
long-oy.r two years: probably nearer
threc-and always she kept putting II
OF: wouldn't begin 10 g-t ready,
wouldn't sst day for the wedding.
Then SIR. App-rthwaite died. and len
her and her mother stranded high and
dry with nothing 10 live On. David
had everything la ths world e. give
her-and still she wouldn't And then
one day. she came NJ here and told
me she'd broken Il of Said she
couldn't stand Il TO he engaged To
David Beasley another minute'-
"But whyr'
'iiecause"-my cousins tone was
shrill with her despair 81 expressing
the satire she would have put Into it
''hecnuss. she Said he wns n man Of
no imagination -
"she stili says r.- remarked
thoughtnlly.
Then u's time she got a little mag
nation herseif'- snapped my compan-
Ion. David Beasleys the quieiest
man God has made. bu, everybody
knows what he Is, There are some
rare people IN this world that aren't
all talk; there are some stlll rnrer
ones that scarcely ever talk NJ all
aud David Beasley's Que ~ them !
don't know whether it's because he
can't talk. or II he can and hates Ia +:
only thank the Lord he's put few
like that into this talky world David
Beasley's smile Ia better than acres
n other peoples talk. My Providence.
Wouldn't anybody. Just to look az him
know that he does better than talk
lie thinks. The trouble with Ann Ap- /
perthwaite was that she was too Z
young % see II. She was 81 fun 81
novels and poetry and dreaminess and /
hlghfalutin nonsense she couldn't see
anything as II really was. She'd study !
her mirror. and see such heroine ~ I
romance there that she just couldn't |
bear TO have fiance Who hadn't nny 1
chance ~ turning out 10 be the crown.
prince OF Kenoshn IN disguise AZ the 4
very least. % suit her he'd have had /
20 wear a 'well.trlmmed Nandyl;e' aud I
COO sonnets IN the cleaning. or read 4
On Balcony 10 her by red lamp. /,
"poor David Outside ~ hts luW. Il