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essences

ty Jane Plielln eseffvneeaeseasse

Nni\A` Mlere s`ARns1-r_ °" _¢l,- ev_~n.>oi=.S= »

pi 'U-*l_*°\'*i."=

we wil; <luita»__l_l_ey.f~alter.tile»hi»u- .

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dm, we_ 'over,.___;_ ebad _tickets to dd, operg land \v_ent__onc_e-or twice

stodi uersnlnd receptions Us

"gli, ,dren `we had many invita-

. u-

l _ _ _

gill? followed by lksupper dance. Ha have listed them all. But I loved

Everett. ' _._ I

Everett sent froln thc club, my dill-

. _ _.would have asked one of the boys at

ho e. ~ This will make it perfect.

so' glad I 'didn't!

was your birthday. I should hav remerlrlibred you with some flowers I wdnted to as it was, but teal-e you might think me presumptuous."

'Z' 5 '-dnavrna xzirtil .

by all _, I__made 'no reply '.0 f Barrett Ed- _ and _monde when he' spoke _'about bring- i,

_ ipg fl wers'had hesknown it was my

9 _

_bir,thl)lp5_r._-_Suddenly it had crossed

ii ~ "rm l ll t ll' is t ld

-- l Y m “d i 3 De'-“Ds "mst “'°“

lluut'l>!9l1_ f°1' I G dancin: 1 should - "inet like it that ue had culled. lt,

to i . made mo feel awkward and almost I

daiw6.BUli 5993"” i ‘i““°°'i “'°ii»a“ii aught have made Evereits mhisal embarrassed for a moment But a

he l1iH0 iw" 3 3°°d daiwer- I had arder to bear' , soon as he had placed some musi some really B°°'i "mes dancing Wiiil Thanks to Mrs Guy mid the liold, on tho piano and I had conlulcncell

' trying it, `l forgot everything but 5El

HB “Brit ‘mowed me to 8° 0" U10 ners wero potli i ll ll the picnsur of having hi with in floor whezrwe dined in a public rcs- I had had to dau :;xcc°€§‘en?°”ag “to and the mufdc m -

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urant ut at private dinners and lligi-ed-Wm, the menduigverett ‘dvecidedi We sang logolliei- for about an alone toilnish dressing, . ° unon; and to help the uorist with the hour- . Trying ll verse of one son

all 1 wanted~»t0.f-5.-_Tllat is, if I only lable decorations, .. Eyerogl; even ue. then of anotllcr. I felt quite ashamed I's‘aid, ruisi-ng my face for zinotll lectsd the place cards, and decided all of my little almost uncultivatc

in -' il 'receptions he allowed me to danc

had as partners men of whom l

l1PDY0V°¢.i~‘Biii' U it W” H10 dll`l\0iI1K the details without consulting me. voice when I first heard him, b

H ,the er d d ii’ . ' . he was so killd, and said sucll nic

lltllilly _ Y W 9 800 HDCBTB- BARRETT EDMONDS CALLS UPON holiest-sounding things to llle, t

lcared for, and not the mell, I w

That was all that' interested me. fact I preferred Everett as a partn

1° “"Y°“° 1 i“1"“'- 'i`i“‘i il- i ‘iid “mil _ CHAPTER xxxl tor and or thu home boys.

l met Barrett Edmonds. _

It was at a supper dance following - I was glad to be"1‘elieve¢1 of thc re- Bald when wo lloll stopped and ll

il formal dinner; I had as usual lbocu sponsibilitles of dinner giving, etc. 'W-_,ls g°lng_ _'--yodslng ,is mltlmilly dm mom doclyli-lid; 1 Should llovl, bored to death at the dlnnor, _and But I couldn't help feeling a little as li llii-il, if you will lol mo nom '

was delighted when I saw quite a few hurt when I wasli't even consulted. and jolli you occasionally I shall ll

“Your voice is delicious,” Barre

young people come in for the dance. I was the mistress of tho house, yet (ell med

Not quite as you” as I wa” perimiii' in ali WW” iron'-°<i by Eiicmii i“°i`9 I “go slllall I!” was nl! answ

E I

but around twenty-‘tive or thirty.

1 had noticed Barrett Edmonds be- urally the servants took their cue lie looked Dlodld-,l_

cause of his height. I-Ie was six feet from lllill and even Mrs Gr'ly gr'ill- 1 mtlml- dmdrlgd rollin

_ » ~ A < ' ' - g Evore

iw" i“°i‘°“ i“ii- “iid Weii D‘°°l’°"li°“°<1-- “filly st°l>D@l1 tfllklns llilnss over that ilu had culled. Not that l lui

d “iiih me U5 “iw had *li iifsi, llllii Wimi tho slightest fcclillg that I had doll

The hostess .presented him to me an he asked me _to dance. I felt as if had wings. He' dancedso wonderful

1 fllwlld as if the house were her own;

anything wrollg. but because I ll

ly “mi i"`°babiy as She iiali dime i)0f0l'€ not kllow Evcrett’s wishes ill th

that we scarcely seemed to touch the Everett married me. ma'dd,._ ~I almost wished I had to

floor so light was he oil his feet. was heavenly, and I-told him so,

it was pardolluble. Everett kn6_w him and came up t

us when we ‘had finished. He slloo hands ami spoke so nicely to him could hliye hugged hilll. Someway wanted this strapping young follow iu think _well of my husband and-~of mc. '

I lltld-_asked-ilinl how old he wa

and wbe_n__ he_.-r\opl_ie_d-_ge said: “Six feet twd, twent -five years old,

free. mite- and at your service fail' ludy Bnever you will deign to fav- or lllo.", _ ' _ ltll0l!i!hl2 that the loveliest speech I limi cvor héard. He did not say it in u patronizlng way; but just as if

he iikaii 111°' and "“i°i'”‘i being Wiiill I had lllet Barrett Edmonds sev-

me -

On the wayhome I started to tel

Everett how nice 1 thought him, bu something held me back. So all said was in reply to Evcrett’s ques- tion as to how 'I enjoyed myself.

I two old negroes who had delle every

mother herself did.

It felt that I had quite all establish-

meilt,~unll while, asf have said. I had not the slightest desire to have the responsibility of running it-I knew very well I was not capable--l should have llkeli tllcnl to_ask my opinion occesiollally. I said nothing of this to Everett, but as tllc weeks passed it became another grievance one which I also laid to the fact of my youth.

Would light up and he would' appear so .interested tllut I felt flattered.

Iii _vggvefig had lmtred F i;“g_ei' beigfi; ,him that Barrett had naked to ca __ col encel o en era , sot __ 1 l IB _ hi _

expect I gushed" a little, but lil did now we hall' five servnlltsu-Mrs, Grzily reitf-I-iimillvilglliiioiildhillggulhligwasto ti-il mado me very ‘Wy

- llnd Hetty, Richard and, the butler, llim 'lie cooldlyt cnme iigiild No 0 Peter the chauffeur, and li lauudrese. me slightest lllon of going ogrllli k Ai iioiiifi We HGV" iiiiii ililli bill U10 iii llusbnnd’s commands had oc- (-HAPTER wrxxlll

rurred to me lil this as ill ever

\voulll"llavc to. ‘

But ‘Everett had been so killd the nlorllillg and it was -my birt

cause of that. I dressed careful before he clinic Ilc liked lilo lilwa

were going to ,tho play or the opo

sapplliro one. _When he came

_ eral times since that SIIDDCY 1131160 *lie celllplimclltcd me, and kissed inc. _ “nd “Mil time i iikeii ilim belief. H0 I told lllm I should have worli til X ilfld 3- ffimk i1Q_‘.ViSil 'WHY U18! WHS bond plnilcll oil my dress had I ilo

very attractive. His fine dark eyes been ilfrolil 1 would lose lt,

“I have had such tl nice day,”

said following him up stairs.

"I had u very “iw time' I had When`I was with ,him I forgot to_ fret “what have you been doing?"

scverlll nice partners.» Mr. Edmond is a this dancer."

“I noticed that. But don't danc

with the sa-me man more than twle hereafter. I_t lsl_l’t good forlll."

"l had to dance with hiln or else

dance with tllht awful Mr. Lcvcradge. I danced with him once, and he step- ped all over- me. He hurt ine so thought I sjlouid have to go hollle. Ile camo down so hard on lily toe.

}lc's too fatfand old to dance any-

waydl -_ _ _

"Neither age nor fat make any dif-

ference if _a` man ie light on his feet. Unfortunately Leveredge is not. I all sorry he butt you, yet as wo are coll

nected often in big business deals should not like you to offend him b refusing to-dance if he asks you."

“Ile‘s such a bore! He calls nl

ceived no sympathy frolli Everett Ile simply- refused to consider it grievance. _

W h ,_ _ _ 0"

0 ad given one dinner’ a sU“_ want him to. It was so nice to have ellis l_mle_ out 1wollod_ 1 pod lllil

formal- affail-_ .just like those we at funded. And we 'were to glvo another I asked Everett _-if I might ask one o two ung 'pee le I had met at th

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slipper dance. A Miss Dagmar Stew-

art and Barrett Edmonds, abd a .\'0\Ing married couple. Mr. and Mrs. Duance Sloane, her name was Alice.

"gyily should we ask them?" ` _ “ he are. so nic I liked them

y er ,

so much. It would make our- dinner iiliii M5595 iliill i0 lake "W i0 il Dia'-V However it was, he .said nothing

instead. FUI' Once he agreed £0 <10 U9 nlore, but proceeded to dress. lt was

rl little more lively perhaps than th last one. That 'was awfully stupid."

"To you. perhaps, *because you are

110i yet capable of joining intelligent- ly in the conversation. lt was no stupid to me." ' ‘

This was One of the idiosyncrasles

of Everett's treatment of me. He would insist up0n.kscping me young in all outward ways; then almost. ilnd

fault because I was not alble to under'

stand and appreciate lnen and woinen twice and three times my age. _

“May 1 tllem"" I persisted "You may and Mrs Sloane 'Phat will the This dinner is io repay our to tlloso who iluvo shown attention, not to have a

I did

but I lowed

also

,A Inst plumm-

‘ddhihl

ments he asked if hc might coiilc in

of his favorite songs.

had a woildcrflll baritone voice

cull. He llligllt forget llll about

think be lliight forgot-I knew he wouldn-'tt I ‘aleo'kncw I did not

ously. No one soellicd to think me

having ano_tIle`r dinner party; but I

I wished-but I thlilkt ho had not

day present-a bond for ll thousand

what 'muy happen in business.

from homo--ll relnembrlincc from

books from' Father and the boys, lt was nice to be so remembered. _ After Everett went Isllowcd

Hptly.

albhb I paid

tllelll

‘IMI Everett

dvi' M in my mime. But .I_ Ieavo it with lne"foi°`

he had

"You

coins

Bil»f6tY

_#very for mY

‘lofi _an__ All v:

up and an

S because I was not older; lllld just "l wrote letters ull thc morning e lllllghcd and clla.'ted as I had delle 'You see if I don't write both boy e With the boys Ht home. __ separately tllcy are jealous. Thou

Barrett was very folld of music-_ had my luliclleoll, and started ono o

one would know that lf they ever lny new hooks. Then about 3 o'ciol-.l ¢l\ll'\C0d wltli lilln.>Wllcn he found I Mr. Edllloilds called. I almost nlisscl S8115, Bild Dillyed l\'|Y 0Wll i1CC0lllDl1lli- him. I was just thinking I would g

out for li ride Anil"-

I .

some afternoon aild bring me some “You had not known he was coni-

ing ?"

"I make a bis noise myself at "Nu," I answers truthfully, “hu

liIll€S." WHS U10 WHY he will D10 ill! he said something about bringing ll SilIl'~ Afi0l‘W2lI‘d Il0ill‘hCil tilflt he lllusi at Mrs. Mor un's dinner las

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week. I llllppcllcll to suy I sang

_ which had been highly cultivatell. little. IIe_sulll he made a “big noise' _ I WIIB dclilllltcd to tell lllnl that he oclhsiolllilly-Ile slugs wolilicrfuil I nllgllt call. Then afterward Iwas a|_;md asked lf ho might drop lu y bit frllilltilllfbil- I’0I`lll1IPS El/0l`0ii some afternoon with his mllsic. I

W0\1iii 0i>i<=Cl_ At first I tllollizllt I had almost forgoitcll it when he ap- woulll tell llilll. Tlicn I rec:-lllcll that pea,-ed t(,dlly_ pill; wo li-loll oyo

.umo gm, a_nd.luuzhs at med. 1 N; Mr. Elllllolllls lllill set no time for a me musld lil, llrouglll for about tl

turued_to my 'old griovnncc. But re-

hour. tlluu he went away.” Then

_ lt- I_ W01liIl Whit- ‘ camo right upstairs al`ld dressed. S 3 BU! I bi\i9il9d HS' i Pi`°i°“ii°‘i i0 you see I have had li busy :lull lt vcr;

nice day." _

“Yes-I' sce." `I llidn`t,- like Ev

_ someone to talk to; solneoilc who rind tl"-migll me sro,-y of the any ll-y i- U09-iefl YOU lik0 ll illlmlln bolus. Mill ing to avoid laying special cilipllasi Q did not oithor patronize or make fun on Ba,-md Ellmolills' call_ I did

Of F011- I W“"i0fl ii’ be iiiiiim B@i`i~ quite unconsciously at tho time. Bu

it lnust -have shown Everett that

W0I`li\ Wiliie- had not planned to do anything with ' ~MY iliflildal’ Wa? iiif* Sevfmiii °f out telling llinl+-or perhaps it wolll February. Everett had spoken of lie belief to say, ‘asking his per-

`,lllission.’

not until I heard li' cryptic renlul

'l'8l\ii¥ mliliv “P ilifl mimi iiiiii im he made long afterward that I wa Wllllied ll diIll19l' Party. S0 he fiiliifi able to understllild his uttlhulle on

t L"»ll'0- lily eighteelltll birthday colleerllin

At bI‘f3i\kfl1Si he SWB m9. my bifiii' Barrett Edmonds’ call. I overheard

llilli say:

fi0ili\'S “Hd ll lii‘i“iY iiexiiiie imicc' “Often by lllukillg a tiling take oil let. -- prominence, youput thoughts illto

"i Bililii fl‘Y.t0 Bi`V0 You ll boiili 0" thc heads of iminature people which

Weil iJil`ii\ii“Y~ 0"” "ev" k“‘“"'§_ never would have otherwise come

to them." - _

Tiwll |10 .Sil0V/ed me aimiii 'ciiiiing Ho nlust have tllougllt that lfllc the coul10n_B- said I shouldll't receive Barrett Ed-

I Wil-°l li0ii§i\i0d~ ii m°ii‘3`m0 mei lnonlis, li mlm whom his frlclills

fl\Ii¢0 imP0\‘if\lli- llllli i i~°iIi iiim 5"- knew nlid rcccivl-ill, llc, would- lllllko Ile scenled pleased that I like my me “sk q“,.,dim,_,_ ,md porhdps M. Simi- Beiom he ieii- '~‘ package °“““”| tclch iuoro iiliportallcc tg__I_3‘l_lrrett’s

call than it really lleserv ll. ‘

everyone, oven from Buster._ There 1 was gmddudy_16“_nma._”__¢_°_,kd°p was nvthl e»lvev».iva--»-»lwt.~- PM-Y»»ttlll»wiie1i svuretl-wrt ludlnwu-'relive

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embrofdercillf napkins from lviigther, &r_miouB_ not to worry hh? by t,dk_

"So am I. I wish had known it

sANpnA_ _HAS A HAPPY slR1'l-l-

l'_._,__.,..»__¢___ _tl

_'Thigh I told- him of my gifts, and __

th%2__-I fwas going to a play in the '

ev ing." ~ ‘“l lied- almost decided to go somewhere this afternoon. I am .

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ha . _ .

ii' SANDRA . Iforgot all about my enlbarrqsatllent crushed _me in ills arms and ga

er - and sang just as I would have, don

da-y. Perhaps he would be nice' be-

: Y

to fire:-is for dillller, and when wc if I Wm have as nice u binhdu

B i (5. ' ` "__ _ -

G' ing or questions. So now 1 left hi

g “I will read until you are ready,

t ished I couldn’t speak when ll

c me lnliny more thrill 16 I am sllre."

I felt awiflllly lzllillarl-asselil

tt was almost as if some stranger bl e kissed me so fiercely. 1 run froi

e rearlwiilge my _toilet instead of real

When we sat down at the tab

_ _ cr. halt an hour later 'I ulldorstood tll “B his ‘i““i5hi°i' iiiim his Wii'0~ NM' given so llelirtily tllat I blushed all

d mysterious looks which had posse between Mrs. Gray and Betty.

d candles graced the ceiitcr of 0 table. Alld they hull tririlnlcd th ill cloth with snlilax, milking it loo e just like a party. So I told them, t ill their delight, and I~2vcl'ott’s amtls il ment. But it`was'illcc ill tllclll; an

t MA‘rcl-llvlAl<lNo ‘ il

_ _ ._ y, .

I thing for us-that is, ull save wllatltbing I should do as he said-I The _,my ‘vhs delldldl-d|_ and d

iii Everett and told him _,how illllcll i“ liod olijoyod lily lllrtlllluy, und ilo

llapr/y_I hall been.

ii’ “lll just u year I will bo 19,"- S said as we lloarell llolllc, “I woiillc

3 then.”

id “I'novcr saw anyone so anxious t “"ho old as you are," -he said s

smiling. Then sohcrly, “I doll’t lik

I young. --

I 'was glad wc wore at liolllc. '

speech I ll-fld,nladc at Mrs. Garry

cstlng and attractive to men.

t t-llem.’ ‘ ` ‘

t tllly c-aku before we went to bell. All

ii more like his wife than I.cvor lui

girl.

I wrote Motllol' :lilotlll-r letter i

the molililll; tclliug her of lily llir

0 nly llolne, .lull in Mrs Gray Sh _ had said _she `tllo_ugllt_,,rll¢i,__,)\'<llltlc

fully fortunate to._llilvc' li. wolllall o

_ experie ce os _lt lieu:-1015 ‘P»°.i'. _I wan ;_ i ed ‘Motlilcu to feel icoilfgdfrttlillo abou _» nic, You soo sho had objected to ill

I self.

_ The next da-y li thought clllllc t

d lilo ,that lillule lilo so excited

collld scarcely w-uit until I tol somo one. lt was to have Ilose Grail- don and Barrett. 'Edmonds marry. Then I coulll have Rose near mc.

k and Barrett too. lt would be all .5 ideal llrrlillgeilielit. It would soon

be Spring. Everett said l might

5 have Itosc llllrillg the summer for

a visit. I would introduce her to Barrett right. away. and perhaps they would get llllirrlell ill tho fall. ltose would be luost llliletccil till-li, And she would be through school. Shu ilnisholl ill June. i

I run up stairs and fuullll thc

very prettiest picture I had of ltosc, ordered ai cur, lllld took it down to be framed. I would havo nothing but one of tho hundllolllo new stand- ing franlcs. I would put the lilc- t.llrc oil tho piano, than when Barrett

ii the way you keep thillklug of thu

_sllbjcct. Ile tllllllliflll that you are Daginllr, I thought after they

5 war-li‘t so a, bi-t,. but lil- Kilt .C-TOS

every time ilu said an-ything -abou lt. ‘I must learn not to say sucl things' Ithougllt, ‘cvcn if I icc

V llolic, und loss like li llliugllty littl

Annum ‘,. -

` likely as\_: who it was. _ . 1 would tell him how lovely Rose _ was and -praise her to the skies. She -’-was my best friend, even if we did _ quarrel at little hechuse I was going _ to"marry _a mall older than Iwas.

And when- Rose saw my lovely home, and_all tho beautiful things Everett had given rule, she would not feel so

` hudly about lt. ‘ ».

I pald_-a l-id_icuious price *for the

frame. Brit nothing seemed toct Sood to set off Rose’s picture, eo'as to further my scheme. I wrot_e,he_r s.. long lctt-sr telling her, to plan to come the minute her school closed.. and hiiltIng‘ that I had a _wonderfull surprise ill store for her. - . f `

Then I posted the letter. at once.

When' it was safely in, the box'-at the 'corn er I felt that I had taken the first step in keeping my _promise to -Itose to furnish her with a _husband in the onlne towll where I lived.

At flnst I thought I would te Ev~

orctt. Then I decided to keep it to myself. It should be my secret, I would tall no one) not l>,yon Mother. Bub bcfolrc that-day ended I had, in my thoughts, already mllrried

m Itosc null Barrett, had them buy the

,, house next to us, and had arranged

everything for their future.

‘° Fatllt-r's often quoted: “Man pro-

__‘i_i‘vi__S_i;__ "§‘_’_‘:_ 3:2” ___‘;”iy___i‘:_":?_‘_f‘_:,,““" poses but God disposes," ‘never once

t . .

e, said lziugllingly, tlicn was so aston-

I occurred to me; I could see no _ woilk polllt in ‘my plan. Of course ‘Z 'Barrett and Rose would "fall in L love with each other as soon as they

met. Barrett was handsome and

_1_i' fascillatillg and Rose, was so sweet

1 and lovely. It was too bad she did ii not sing. She used to say she i) ‘crooked like a frog when 'she lat- ` tempted to' sing.” but she could play

i’ ing' iii”-`”~“’5“ he h“‘i “‘“““"‘i me 5"' nicely so would play his accompani-

_ , .

if lliclits. for Ilim. 5 _ it was ill a fever of impatience un-

til mv picture was sent' home. Sup-

A 'af »tthll -l -l ll-

ii ifiveiy iiiiiiiiiiiy ciikc with cigiiiiian ixgrsciz it xlzxiiillcis lotu \(»vou.i?t‘i`lbl;"3l?onmuc(ii

0 time wasted. He could’llt fllll lil love

E with a girl if he never had sccu even'

il picture of her. __

° Of course I showed it to Everett

C' when it came. I-ic would have to seo

il _it on the piano anyway. Ho admired

it lllllllolisely, also my taste in the selection of' ii frame. lle was so ~v_ery liicc about it, not scolding me li bit when I tolli him’ what l had paid, that 1 was tempted to tell _him -how Rose would marry Barrett and collle

S to Hendon, to live. But I restraillcd

\vc drove llolllc I snuggled close to m._yde1f_ I would have d big Sur.

i prise for ill-in soille day. `

W I placed the picture ill the most

littractivo w-ay, then waited tor Bur-

I rctt to appear and fall in love with 1' the original. ' ,But it was over two

Y weeks before he came, again, then

llc brought Dagmar Stewart with

X alivuys iirwsod ‘hir ii” evmmiii Everett threw his llclid back null lil-nl,

before wo dined. _1 wore adress he hughcd so hcmmy I laughed Wd

particularly liked and my new mm

bracelet, as well as the dialilollli all

li She was the one who called his

attention to Itosc’s picture. and she

0 was the one who said she was a

till “lovely girl." Barrett never said a

e word. Perhaps he thought lic t wouldn't because he had brought

hull gone. Ilut I was , disap-

I" pointed. Now I should llllvo to wait

sort of klicw that llc'llad lliy foolish ulltil he came again. Yet he might

's have taken nlore notice than he

;_ dinner pllrty ill his lllilld. llc had appeared to; ho might have been _too I spoken df it several times, alwliy I sneering y. `I-Io scemcll to tiiillk tllzl

I only wantcll to be old to bo inter- _ i _ ( ' ' ' It SANDRA HEARS OF THE FIRST

s careful of Dliglllar’s feelings to t. praise another girl before her.

1; lvl-Rs. GRAHAM

l' cllllllrlolt xxxiv - 1 ..

That night when Everett came in

is We had ullotliur -piece of lily _birtll- I‘told liinl at once of my callers of

d the afternoon.

ho was still so klllll that I tclt rclllly "I lloar a rulnor they are to be

ll lllarricd soon," llc said, evidently un- e impressed by my oxcitonlcllt.

Do\vll_ fell lily llollse of cards. That

ll is, it started to full. bllt I caught

them just bcforc ~it was _too late.

_ ' ._ _ til-

, day cuko, and of'how 'prrittily Mrs. They wcrcli't llllirrlcd yet. lloso was n Gray had trlllilllcd tho tliblc for mu I Motllerl' wus terrfbly`.-,-.inttoréstotl ill

_ . . _ __

_ mllcll prettier than Dagnlar. Surely

if I tricl I could keep lllln for Rose

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o I would telephone him to bring some

~ certain iilusic'thcll tell llilll about f Rose. But this plan I also kept to

t- myself. .

t 'Everett was very iilucli absorbed, y ill his business through the rest of

S inarryiill.; so old li lilall, so I wrote February and March. lheard llilll talk it her everything nice that llappcllcll, to some nluli occaslouall-y when we ,_ and kept tho other tllillgs to lily-

wcrc out together about stocks and bonds, bllt as I kliew absolutely notll-

o ing-dbout business I plid ilo atten- I tioil. But I was lonely, uneasy. I ll thought nlucll of Leola, and often

wished I could illlll out more about llcr. I made all sorts of plans to get into tho attic and sec what hall been put away up there t_llllt had belonged to her, but they all failed. Tile door was securely locked. and I knew of no way to get the key from Everett. ill fact. I dared not mention the at- tic to llinl. _

T_llcll one lilly Hetty was missing.

Whell Iqul-stoincll Mrs. Gray silo slllll hcl' oullt was very ill. and sllc had lot llctty go to her for tlle day. The ltullt lived ill li small hamlet about ilvo llliles ilway. -

Sllddollly I recalled that this aunt

had been with Everett wlgcll he and Lcoln wcro together. Silo would bc able to toll lun all about hcl' if I could pcrsllado llcr. But how? Fin-

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call been

tilne said

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condition. If she were well enoughv

to.see` me I would offer to take Hstty ‘ the next time she wanted to go to her, and would also take her some _jelly or something a sick person would relish. It would take only a few minutes in the automobile, and it took _Hetty a long time on the street cars. '

I-Ietty told me her aunt was very

ill, but that she was not suffering particularly, and could see anyone lille liked. She__was delighted when I told -her I would drive her over the next time" Mrs. Gray could spare her. In s couple of days sho-came ,to me, and said Mrs. Gray had given her the, afternoon off. So I ordered the car. Mrs. Gray Save us some `jeilics, alld

to thc sick woman.

I foulld her a 'ood deal the sam

ior wonlan for the position sho lla 0CCl1I>iGd as housekeeper. She wil

in a‘surpriscll tone when Iletty toi her who I was, “You sl-clll so vcr `yonnsl_"

"l‘m eighteen, I told her. “II_ow-" laho stopped. It W

_aggravating

llaili?” 'I conlpeilud nryselt to spell as indiitcreiltly as llossiiilc.

“Very well. I kept house for he

like her ill cololiing. But not

enemy.”

worst cneniy'?" I asked. _

coullln't endure rcstraillt. Sllelov

making him angry--often to test ll power over hilll. Then if llc co

worse. He was very patient for time,” the sick woman went oil ga

finding fault-poor man."

“Then she would carry on som

men, going out with tllcnl, and hll

fascinated them and he, Mr._Grlillalll knew it. lic was terribly jealous. anll used to` walk the floor ull night sonic nights wllcil she llggrzlvatcll him worse than usual. She would go lllln a perfect tantrum if hc saill lllrytllilll: about what' sliejdidf Sho would cry and gorilito regular hys- terlcs. Ho used to take hor in his arms like he would il baby all-I pct and coax hcr until she would bc- colnc quiet. I never saw--nllyollc love li lvoilliin as hc did her, llllil give in to her _ill everything.. lil: never crossed her, just ict her have ilcr owll wily."

“Word you with them when sh.

died?" I was learning most of til

things I lilill so wanted to know.

“No. Mr. Grnhulll hall taken he away for ti trip. It most killed him to lose her. He looked llk'c a corps hllllsclf for wcc-ks and weeks. ,I wil awful sorry for him. Ile loved he so hc just let Ilcr walk all over him; Ile used to act as it' it hurt hilll if she cricll u single tear. llc was too good to hcr. Not that I over thought she did allytlliilg wrong, because I didn’t. I don't l_luw._ But sho used to make llilll think she had, just to lliakc lliill jealous, and

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'waited nine years bcfore he got nla

rled again.

` “S-lic ilcvc? had any eliilllroll?"

vcnlurcll.

"0iic. Sllc wcllt off to ll big

yachting party and llullccd llll night. Then there come ll big storlli, :lull she was so friglltcllell sho had a sort of collvuisioli, and the baby was born dead the next dai. Mr. Gruhanl felt terribly. But llc ..--ver said it word of bloiilc to hcr. That was the way he loved hor."

Then. “ I lllusil't tulk llo lllore.

I'm tircd."--

Halifax Ladies’ College

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Conservatory of iiilsilr f

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Residential and Day' School -

for girls and young womeli.

Complete Academic 'Course lending to Matrl¢'ul'utlou~"t_n~' _ Dalhousie and McGill Univei*-" ' sities without further exfniilr ` ation. '

.The Conservatory oi!e`l‘s"1ln-‘= '

preserved flruifts, wt .stopped alld_ rivalled facilities for tl'le'study~` bought' some flowers, tllen went on* of all branches of Musicdegd-1'" `

IIS

"‘W,llat do you mean by ‘hor ow

‘IS/he was too lligll-spirited. Sh

Mr. Graham, yet she was lilwuys

rected her she would do somethin

rulously. "bilt dually he grew so jeal- ous of her tllat he could not hcl

tiling awful-flirting with othe

ing them colllc to the house. She

e the Diploma of Graduation-and”

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type as Mrs. Gray-rlitller a super- the Degree of Bachelor of Mus-»'

d lc from Dalhousie. _ s

very grateful for the jcllics and frllit, 'Re'°pe“5 lsih September* ' but the flowers brought tours to_hcr For Calendar and mformuuo

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eyes. . _ _ , ' “You are Mrs. Grallalli?" she said, gypmg to the bwretdry' Humax' _

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Courses leading to degrees in Arts, separate in the main' from' those for men, bllt under identical collditions; and to degrees in mus- ic. ‘ `

Applications 'for residence should

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9. For prospectus and information r apply to The Warden.

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Arts, Science, Engineering, ‘ - Music, Law, Pharmacy, i Medicine, Dentistry ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS: Three of $200 five of $100 each

Awarded oil results of matric-

ulatioli cxanlinations,Scptelnbcr

24-27, 1919.

One reserved for I-Ialifax

County, one for Cape Breton, one for New Brunswick, and one for

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to show her power over him. Ther are such wolliell ill thc world. in dear, lots of them who like to sec what they call do to a man. Bu never was it woman loved like li loved' her. I aill't surprised h

Prince Edward Island.

FIRST YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS:

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Awarded ou results of first yclir, ulld tenllblo duriflg sccolid' _ year ' ' Dormitory Accommodation

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is being provided for lnen stud- clit:-:_ Work on \’Vulllcil's Resid- ence has begun. Provision will bc lnllllv for wolllon students uu- til now building is ready. REC-ls1‘aA-rlon DAYS

and 30th. Illllifax studciltslllust register. on lilo 29th. __l_.,_ LECTURES seem '__.,_

October lst, 1919. -_ _ Fon FULL lllFoRMA1'.|dN fig*

write in l> fsidonts onset il*

_ lloii-professiolllll stlidcllts.

public.

Ednlolldll camo to try some more lilly I lictcrlilinoll to qucstioll lietty -dm” on mduo5l_ ' nluorc _ho would seo it_ lilid most upon hor return as to het' aunt's ,_ -

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A Well-cqllippcli ilcsillcllvc for Young Wollloll Students. ` " Flllrulty of lllilwlllltlolllll ropllt_:liiuil, __ _ Uurivulled opportllllitlcs for the thorough training of professional'

Thi, (_’.ollscrvutory's Loclil l-lxaiilliilltlous in Music, conducted nnml I}y_

tllrnllgliolit Cllllallli, collstitute the most progressive :llld vlllullbie sigiiilf l ards of efficiency of any lliusicai cxnllliililtions llow bl-fore _thc (lnnlliliiip .

Conservatory Your Book. Syllabus, \Vnnll\n's Iloslllcnco Iiallllllllefl

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ture, Intellectual Equipment. _

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w_E-STAND FOR-High -Ideals, Soul Cui-

WE i»l0SSi-ISS-'An' enviliblo reputation bt

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Ladies' Col-

Our Art lil/Illllcum is li feature where we con-

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Many Scholarships and ‘Prizes are offered, 'J " 1

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sENo~'"ron_ cALsNoAl-l 'rypuu-rlting, l»ununln§lnl». etc . .

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