Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, April 18, 1913, Image 14
Advice to the
Lovelorn
A RAMBLE WITH EULOGIA A Loce Story of the Old Spanish Missions By Gertrude Atherton
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
I THINK HE DOES.
D ear mips Fairfax:
1 am In love. I met a young
-tin some five yearn ago, who
^ald attention to me. but T did
not give him much encourage
ment, as I am a little backward.
1 strayed front him. and every
time he knew' I wus around he
would make his appearance, but I
a-.lll never gave him any hope It
came, to me one day that 1 loved
him. I wrote him and explained
all, and told him I would be In
the same city he was In. He came
to sod me and said 1 did no harm
In writing him. On account of
my backwardness, I can not show
fji-a my love. Do you not think
this man loves me and that when
he sees It he will show his love?
a. p. a. o.
He tried to be attentive to you for
five years, and you discouraged him.
Under thft circumstances, I think his
J erslstende proves he thinks a great
oal of you
f)on't write him again. The next
step is up to him.
GO TO HER FATHER.
TV EAR MISS FAIRFAX:
S-' I have been going with a
young girl for about two years
Her father objects to my going
with her under any circumstances
and wishes her to go with another
young man whom she dislikes
very much. I have always loved
her and always will For a while
I thought she cared for me a lit
tle, but they have moved Into . n-
other town, and it seems as if she
has forgotten me and is going
with other young men (I think
against her will). I have not been
with other girls since 1 rnet her,
and It seems as if I can't forget
her. I don’t intend trying to love
any other girl on earth If her love
proves untrue. What would you
do under the circumstances?
BROKEN ARROW.
Her father’s objections must be
overcome, and you can't overcome
them until you know what they are.
Go to him like a man, and tell him
what you have told me. If you can
win him, it will be easy to win the
girl.
PERHAPS SHE FLIRTS.
D ear miss Fairfax:
I’m in love with a girl. She
doesn't seem to reciprocate my
regard for her. My brother and 1
go to see this girl. By vomo
strange fate we have kept -on
friendly terms. How Jong this
will last, I can't say.
This girl went away recently,
and sent us a card. She told hint
how much she missed hint and
specified the time of her return
as “to-morrow afternoon." She
Informed me of the fact that she
Jtad received my card and “sup-
potnC she'd get home "to-mor-
r.-v,.'' Difference, Isn't there?
LOVELORN.
Her cards sound as if she wants to
ktep noth of you on her waiting list.
Stand aside and give your brother a
chance. If that doesn’t suit her she
will soon let you know. But. don't, I
beg. let love for this girl come be
tween you and him.
DON’T MARRY WITHOUT LOVE.
D ear miss Fairfax: i
I am nineteen and crazy in
love with a man twenty-three.
For four months he was devoted
to me, showing by Ills manner he
loved me, but never mentioning
a word.
He then went away and we
corresponded. He said he would
be ready to be marired in three
years and asked me my future In
tentions. At last he quit writing.
Lately I met a wealthy mah who
wants me to marry him, but I do
not love him. I love the other
man, who Is poor.
BROWN EYES.
The first man may be waiting till
he Is financially able to care for
you. You are only nineteen. Walt a
little longer, and don’t make the
tragic mistake of marrying a man you
do not love.
NOT THE WAY TO BEHAVE.
D ear miss Fairfax:
I ain twenty-five years of
age and engaged to a young lady-
one year my Junior. Before our
engagement she had kept com
pany with a young man for al- .
most one year, but forsook him
for me. Now that he Is paying
attention to her again, not know
ing that we are engaged, do you
think it proper for her to allow
him to kiss her as before? Do
you think she is treating either
one of us right? She always tells
me what transpires between her
and her old friend. J. J. J.
No, she should not allow him to
kiss her; and If you are wise you
will insist on announcing your en
gagement, or at least letting him
know It. The girl Is not treating
either of you fairly.
• DON'T TRY.
D ear miss Fairfax:
I am a young lady of seven
teen summers, and 1 have been
keeping company with a young
man of twenty-two summers. I
had learned to love him very-
much, but he has turned his back
upon me and has been keeping
company with a young lady of the
same place and I would like to
know how I can win him,
TROUBLED.
To win him back would require
energy and time that could he bet
ter invested in your books. Do you
not know, my dear, ttiat a lover who
needs winning “hack” is not worth
winning?
A MATTER OF TASTE.
D ear miss Fairfax:
When you take a girl to the
theater is it proper to buy her
flowers? If so. what flower
would be suitable? J. W.
If man can afford them, flowers are
a thoughtful and pretty remembrance.
In making a selection he should con
sider her taste.
What’s Gone Before
1'ndcr the influence of the romances
of DumaH, Eulogia Is in love with
Juan. The match, however, doeH not
receive the approval of Dona 1'om-
posa, who, while Juan is serenading
her daughter, pours hot ashes upon
his head. This drives him away and
Kulogia promises that she will have
no more sweethearts until she is six
teen years of age.
When her sixteenth birthday ar
rives Eulogia is taken to a party by
her mother and there meets Don
Pablo Ignestria, who she at first dis
dains but later asks to return to her
city after he has been called away.
While she awaits anxiously his ar
rival she hears that he has been mar
ried to a former sweetheart. Her
mother then urges her to marry Don
Hudson, the rich American, but Eulo
gia demurs, saying that nothing is
known of him and that she does not
like him. She has gathered much
wisdom from the reading of Dumas,
and as she applies this to Don Hud
son, her mother is angry.
Now Go on With the Story.
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT.
“Dost thou never intend to marry?"
demanded Dona Pomposa one day as she
stood over the kitchen stove stirring red
peppers into a saucepan full of lard.
Kulogia was sitting on the table,
swinging her small feet.
“Why do you wish me to marry? I
am well enough as I am. Was Elena
Cnstanares so happy with the man who
was made for her that I should hasten
to be a neglected wife? Poor my
Elena! Four years, and then consump
tion and death. Three children and an
indifferent husband, who was dying of
love when he could not get her!"
“Thou thlnkest of unhappy mar
riages because thou hast just heard of
Elena's death. But there are many
others.”
“Did you hear of the present she
left her mother?”
“No.” Dona Pomposa dropped her
spoon; she dearly loved a bit of gossip.
"What was it?”
“You know that a year ago Elena went
home to Dos Quervoa and begged of
Roberto and Dona Jacoba on her knees
to forgive her, and*they did, and were
glad to do it. Dona Jacoba was with
her when she was so ill at the last,
and just before she died Elena said,
'Mother, In that chest you will find a
legacy from me. It is all of my own that
I have In the world, and I leave it to
you. Do not take it until I am dead.'
And what do you think It was? The
green hide reata!”
“But Jacoba must have felt as if she
were already in Purgatory?”
"It is said that she grew ten years
older in that night.”
Marry an American.
"May the saints be praised, my child
can leave me no such gift. But all men
are not like Carlo Castanares I would
have thee marry an American. They
are smart and know how to keep the
gold. Remember, I have little now, and
thou canst not be young forever.”
“I have seen no American I would
marry.”
"There is Don Abel Hudson."
“I do not trust that man. His tongue
and his face are handsome, but always
when I meet him I feel a little afraid.
Although It goes away In a minute. The
Senor Dumas says that's a woman’s
Instincts”
"To perdition with Senor Dumas! Does
he say that a child’s instincts are bet
ter than her monther’s? Don Abel
throws away the money like the rocks.
He has the best horses at the races. He
tells me he has a house in Yerba
Buena"
“San Francisco. And I would not live
In that bleak and sandy waste. Did you
notice how he limped at the ball last
night?*’
“No. What of that? But I am not In
love with Don Hudson If thou art so set
against him. It is true that no one
knows just who he is, now I think of it
I had not made up my mind that he was
the husband for thee. But let it be an
American, My Kulogia. Even when they
have no money they will work for it, and
that is what no Californian will do"
Will Be an Old Maid.
UT Eulogia had run out of the room;
she rarely listened to her mother's
harangues. She draped a rebesa
about her head and went over to the
house of Graclosa la Cruz. Her friend
w«a sitting by her bedroom window
trimming a yellow satin bedspread with
lace, and Kulogia took up a half finished
sheet and began fastening the drawn
threads into an Intricate pattern
“Only ten days more, my Graclosa.
she said, mischievously. Art thou going
to run back to thy mother in thy night
gown, like Joseflta Olvera?”
“Never will I be such a fool, Eulogia,
I have a husband for thee.”
“To the tunnel of the mission with
husbands! I shall be an old maid like
Aunt Anastacla, with black whiskers
Graclosa laughed. “Thou wilt marry
and have ten children.”
“By every station In the mission I will
not! Why bring more women into the
world to suffer?
“Ay, Eulogia! Thou art always say-
B
A man had crawled out of the bush near them. His face was black with powder, one arm
hung limp at his side. j
I cannot understand that
ing things I cannot undci
thou shouldst not think anout marry
ing. But I have a husband for three.
He came from Dos Angeles this morn
ing and is a friend of my Carlos. His
name is not so pretty—Thomas Garfias
—no. There he rides now.”
Eulogia looked out of the windo# with
little curiosity. A small young man was
riding down the street on a superb
horse, colored like golden bronze with
silver mane and tall His saddle was
heavily mounted with silver, and his
spurs were Inlaid with gold and sil
ver. The straps of the latter were w-ork-
ed with gleaming metal threads.
He wore a light red serape heavily
embroidered and fringed. His boots, of
soft deerskin dyed a rich green and
stamped with Aztec eagles, were tied
at the knee by a white silk cord wound
about the leg, finished with heavy sil
ver 'tassels. His short breeches were
trimmed with gold lace. As he caught
Graciosa's eye, he raised his sombrero,
then rode through the open door of the
neighboring saloon and tossed off an
American drink without dismounting
from his horse.
Eulogia lifted her shoulders. “I like
his saddle und his horse. But he is too
small. Still, a new man is not disa
greeable. When shall I meet him?"
"To-night, my Eulogia. He goes with
us to Miramar."
The Night of the Ball.
PARTY of youn& people started
that night for a hall at Miramar,
the home of Don Polycarp Quijas.
Many a calbellero had asked the laxly of
his choice to ride on his saddle while hi
rode the less comfortable auquera be
hind, and guided his horse with his arm
as near her w'aist as he dared. Dona
Pomposa with a small brood under her
wdng, started last of all in tlie American
wagon. The night was calm, the moon
was high, the party very gay.
Abel Hudson and the new-comer, Don
Thomas Garfias, sat on either side of
Eulogia. and she amused herself at the
expense of each.
“Don Thoma* says that he Is hand
somer than the men of San Buis,” she
said to Hudson. “Do not you think he
is right? See what a beautiful curl his
mustachios have, and what a droop his
eyelids! And—Holy Mary! how that yel
low ribbon becomes his hair! Ay, senor!
Why have yoi^ come to dazzle the eyes
of the poor girls of Pan Duls Obispo?”
"Ah, 8enorita,“ said the little dandy,
"It will do their eyes good to see an
elegant young man from the city. And
they should see my sister! She would
teach them how to dress and arrange
their hair."
"Bring her to teach us, senor. and
for reward we will find her a tall and
modest husband, such as the girls of
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THE UNIVERSAL ROUTE
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P we journey along, with a laugh and a song,
We see on youth’s flower-decked slope.
Lfike a beacon of light, shining fair on the sight,
The beautiful Station of Hope.
But the wheels of old Time roll along as we climb.
And our youth speeds away on the years;
And with hearts that are numb with life's sorrows. we come
To the mist-covered Station of Tears.
Still onward we pass, where the milestones, alas!
Are the tombs of our dead, to the West,
Where glitters and gleams, la the dying sunbeams.
The aweet, silent Station of Rest.
All rest Is but change, and no grave can estrange
The soul from Its Parent above: •
And. scorning its rod. it soars back to its God.
To the limitless City of Dove.
San Duis Obispo admire. Don Abel,
why do you not boast of your sisters?
Have you none—nor mother, nor father,
nor brother? J never heard you speak
of them. Maybe you grew alone out of
the earth.”
Hudson’s gaze wandered to the canon
they weer approaching. "I am alone,
senorita, a lonely man in a strange
land.”
“It Is Kind of You.”
“Is that the reason why you are such
a traveler, senor? Are you never afraid
fn your long, lonely rides over the
mountains, of that dreadful bandit—
John Powers, who murders whole fam
ilies for the sack of gold they have
under the floor. I hope you always carry
plenty of pistols, senor.”
The muscles In the American’s hand
some face seemed to swell out for an
Instant.
"True dear senorita,” he exclaimed.
"It Is kind of you to put me on my
guard. I had never thought of this man.”
“This devil, you mean. When last
night I saw you come limping into the
room” *
“Ay yi, yi, Dios!” “Marie!” “Dios de
ml alma!” “Dios di ml vida!” “Cleo
Sant©!”
A wheel had given way and the par
ty was scattered about the road.
No one was hurt, but loud were the
lamentations. No Californian had ever
walked six miles, and the w'heel was
past repair. But Abel Hudson came to
the rescue.
"Beave it to me," he said. “I pledge
myself to get you there,” and lie went
off in the direction of a ranch house.
“Ay! The good American, the good
American!” cried the girls. “Eulogia!
How canst thou be so cold to him—the
handsome stranger with the kind
heart?”
Abel Was Standing.
IS heart is like the Sacramento
Valley, veined with gold instead
of blood. What 1? he bringing?
The wagon of the country!”
Abel Hudson was standing erect on
the low’ floor of the wagon behind two
strong black mules. The wagon was
a clumsy affair, a large wooden frame
covered with raw hide and set upon a
heavy axle. The wheels were made of
solid stumps of trees, and the harness
of green hide. An Indian boy sat astride
one of the mules. On either side rode a
vasquero with his reata fastened to the
axle tree.
"This is the best I can do,” said Hud
son. “There is probably not another
American wagon between San Duis and
Miramar. Do you think you can stand
it?"
The girls shrugged their pretty shoul
ders. The men swore into their mus
tachios. Dona Pomposa groaned at the
prospect of a long ride in a springless
wagon. But no one was willing to re
turn and when Eulogia jumped lightly
In they all followed, and Hudson placed
them as comfortably as possible, al
though they -were obliged to sit on the
I floor.
The wagon jolted down the canon, the
Hunting a Husband
By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER.
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mules plunging, the vaqueros shouting;
but the moon glittered like a silvered
snow-peak, the wild, green forest was
about them, and even Eulogia grew sen
timental, as Abel Hudson’s blue eyes
bent over her’s and his curly head cut
off Dona Pomposa’s view.
Used to Pretty Speeches.
"Dear senorita,” he said, “thy tongue
is very sharp, but thou hast a kind
heart. Hast thou no place in it for Abel
Hudson?”
"In the sala, senor, where many oth
ers are received with mamma and Aunt
Anastacla sitting in the corner.”
He laughed. “Thou wilt always jest,
but I will take all the rooms and turn
everyone out, even to Dona Pomposa
and Dona Anastacla!”
“And leave me alone with thee! How
I should yawn!” •
“Oh, yes, Dona Coquetta, I am used
to such pretty little speeches. When
thou wouldst begin to yawn I would ride
away, and thu wouldst be glad to see
me when I returned.”
“What wouldst thou bring me from the
mountains, senor?”
He looked at her steadily. “Gold, sen
orita. I know of many rich veins. I have
a little canyon suspected by no one else
where I pick out a sackful of gold every
day. Gold makes the life of a beloved
wife very sweet, senorita."
All Were Wet.
"In truth, I should like the gold bet
ter than myself, senor,” said Eulogia
frankly. “For, if thou wilt have the
truth—ay! Holy Heaven! this is worse
than the other!”
A lurch, splash and the party with
shrill cries sprang to their feet; the
low cart was filling with water. They
had left the canyon and were crossing
a slough; no one had remembered it
would be high tide.
The girls, without an instant’s hesi
tation, whipped their gowns up, but their
feet were wet, and their skirts were
draggled. They made light of it, how
ever, as they did of everything, and
drove up to Miramar amid high laugh
ter and rattling Jests.
Dona Duisa Quijas,- a handsome,
shrewd-looking woman, magiiittcentl.\
gowned in yellow satin, the glare and
sparkle of jewels on her neck, tame
out upon the corridor to meet them.
“What is this? In a wagon of the
country! An accident? Come in, quick!
quick! 1 will give you clean dottier.
Trust these girls to take care of their
gowns. Mary! What wet feet. Quick!
Quick! This way, or you will have red
noses to-morrow,” anti she led the; .
down the corridor, past the windows,
through which they could see the
dancers in the sala, and opened the
door of her new bedroom.
"There, my children, help your
selves.” And she pulled out the ca
pacious drawers of her chest. “All is
at your service.” She lifted out an
armful of dry under clothing, then went
to the door of an adjoining room anti
listened with her hand uplifted.
"Didst thou have to lock him up?”
asted Dona Pomposa. as she drew on
a pair of Dona Luisa’s silk stockings.
"Yes! Yes! And such a time, my
friend. Thou knowest he swore after
I fooled him the last time, that I should
never have another hall. I was never
meant to be bothered with a husband,
and have I not given him three chil
dren. twenty times handsomer than him
self? Is that not enough? By the soul
of St. Duis, the Bishop, I will continue
to promise, and then get absolution at
the mission, but I will not perform. Well,
he was furious, my friend; he had spent
a sack of gold on that ball, and he
swore I should never have another. So
this time I invited my guests and told
him nothing. At seven to-night I per
suaded him into his room and locked
the door. But Diego had forgotten to
screw down the window and he got out.
I could not get him back. Pomposa,
and his big nose was purple with rage.
He swore that he would turn every guest
away from the door, he swore that he
would be faking a bath on the corridor
when they came up, and throw insults
in their faces. Ay, Pomposa! I went
down on my knees. I thought I should
not have my ball—such cakes as I had
made and such salads, but Diego saven
me. He went Into Don Polycarpo’s room
and cried "Fire!” Of course the old
man ran there and then we locked him
in. Diego had screwed down the win
dows first. What have I done to be
punished with him?
"Thou art too handsome and too cruel,
my Duisa. But in truth he is an old
wild cat. The Saints be praised that
he is safe for the night! Did he swear?”
“Swear! He has cursed the skin off
his coat, and is quiet now. Come, my
little one, art thou ready? The Cabal
leros are dry in Diego’s clothes by this
time, and waiting for their waltzes,”
and she drove them through the door
into the salon with a triumphant smile
on her dark, sparkling face.
To Be Continued To-morrow.
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Humanisms
A misfit truth Is the worst of all lies.
The average woman is a good actress
off the stage.
A good neighbor Is as great a blessing
as a bad one Isn't.
The poorer a man Is the less likely he
Is to be called a grafter.
Men are reasonably certain about the
age of a woman of uncertain age.
For every patient that swears by a
doctor at least a dozen swears at him.
Occasionally a couple marry and live
happily ever after they are divorced.
A rose by any other name would smell
as sweet and cost as much when out
of season.
It’s awfully hard to be popular with
yourself and please your neighbors at
the same time.
When the average man fails to make
good he begins to look around for some
one to blame It on.
Just because a married man does the
things his wife wants him to do is no
sign that he is stuck on the job.
With the waning of the honeymoon
Cupid again gets busy and substitutes a
pair of green goggles for the rose-col
ored glasses.
™sHE ten days before Robert May
nard’s wedding passed dully and
monotonously for Beatrice Minor.
Helen Robbins had changed her plans
about coming to town, although she
would run in for the wedding, she ex
plained when the widow telephoned l»er.
Pleasanton was so lovely In its autumn
J'c!!”ge that she and John had decided
to stay on indefinitely. She appended
to this announcement an Invitation do
her friend, to run out for a few days
and enjoy the brilliant October weather.
nelcn netfer held resentment long, and
had evidently forgotten her recent tele
phonic snub. But Beatrice declined the
invitation hastily. She did not want to
visit Helen’s country house just now.
She had time to regret her precipi-
tatp refusal during the following days.
At the end of a week her loneliness
and isolation were telling on her nerves.
The children had returned to kinder
garten. and when school hours were over
they played out-of-doors with some
older children, with whom they were
safe.
Walked for Duty’s Sake.
Much of their mother’s time was spent
in the apartment with* only Mary for
company. Each afternoon she went out
for a walk from a sense of duty, and,
once, Dr. Haynes came by and took
her for a short spin into Westchester,
but he was busy and she saw him sel
dom.
She read until her eyes ached, and
sewed until they smarted again. She
listened to her children’s* prattle when
they were in the house, and, when they
were absent, to Mary’s gossip concern
ing the other families with whom she
had lived.
She rose in the morning with no thrill
of anticipation and went to bed at night
with gratitude that in sleep, at least,
she would have peace.
The monotonous life of a great city
where she seemed just now to have no
friends whom she cared to see, oppressed
her, and sometimes she longed for the
summer days in Pleasanton, where, at
least, something interesting had hap
pened.
Lacy Wrote Less Often.
Keith Dacy wrote her less often than
his role of an ardent lover would war
rant, but his bright letters were an
event in the woman's humdrum life
She answered them gladly, and with
more warmth than she might have used
had she been less idle and depressed.
She even mistook her loneliness for a
desire to see her absent suitor.
As for Paul Maynard, Beatrice knew
that he was improving slowly, and that
he would not be severely disfigured.
That was all. Twice when she called
up his nurse at the hospital Dr. Y’eager
had taken the attendant’s place at the
telephone, and, the second time, had
given such brusque replies to her fal
tered. queries that she hung the receiver
up, flushed and angry, with the deter
mination in her heart to forget Paul,
wholly and forever.
This she tried to persuade herself she
had done, yet she would sit motionless,
with her book or sewing lying idle In
her lap, for a half-hour at a time, a
wistful, abstracted look on her face, and
her thoughts on the man she was try
ing to forget.
Beatrice had thought at first that she
would not attend Robert Maynard’s
marriage, but as the days crawled by
and her life grew duller, she began to
think of the wedding, of the people
she would see there, and, still more,
of the dress she might wear upon that
occasion. She had a lltle money left
from her fire Insurance, and, though
she had resolved to put It away in
the bank, the thought of the new cos
tume she might purchase with it was
too much for her resolutlbn.
All Misgivings Fled.
The dress that she finally bought at
"a special sale” cost more than she
could afford, and she suffered qualms at
the recollection of her extravagance.
But when the costume came home, and
she tried it on before her mirror, all
misgivings fled as soon as she saw its
beauty.
She was doubly glad she had bought
it when Miss Damerel, Robert May
nard’s fiancee, called on her late one
rainy afternoon.
“I know you are surprised to see me,
and that my calling at this juncture Is
most unconventional,” Miss Damerel
said, after the preliminaries of greet
ing had been exchanged and visitor and
hostess were seated in the cozy living
room. "But Robert said that you were
all alone here In the city, and he asked
ty
me to see you and urge you t 0 com
our wedding.’’
Beatrice assured her that she im.
ed to he present at the ceremony °
"I have never had a chance ton,
you." prattled on the hrtde-elect «
your kindness to my dear boy j' n
past. He has spoken of you very 0 fti
“1 am sure that Mr. Maynard te !
me fully for whatever kindness i
ever able io show him," replied the
o\v, enigmatically.
"He is the dearest man in the world
declared Misa Pamerel, sentlmenu
"The best and *the truest."
“A woman should always feel
about the man she is going t„ m
my dear," replied Beatrice gentlv' 1
Sat Alone Thinking.
When the happy gi*| had gone
lonely woman sat for a time in the
thinking.
"After all," she muttered, "a B0 ,
can not be happy.—really happy—
she is married."
Her thoughts suddenly turned
Keith Lacy with more warmth than
had ever before felt for him.
little she arose and turned on the II
in " '
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the darkened room and spoke
leer decision.
Yes, it would be best," she i
softly. "I would be happier than I
now, at least.”
A letter lay on the table undent
the mellow glow of the lamp, she j
membered now that Mary had laid
trtere when she brought In the tea-sei
Ice. She picked It up, and saw |
sudden thrill that It was from Kel
"Dear Lady,” the letter ran, ",
ill be glad to learn that I was m
ried to-day to the dearest girl | n
world, and that I am very happy,
has been a case of love at first si
and I have written to you because
have been my dear friend and had
bounded patienpe with my futile ef
to make you care for me as I fool:
thought I wanted you to care. I k
that you will rejoice In my happin
You were so kind to me in my bo:
love that I am sure you will rejoice
me now that you know that real
has come to me. She Is the 'little
ter’ of my partner, and has been v
ing him.
Always your sincere friend,
“KEITH LAC!
eflfon
knot
w:*d
Pure English.
“TV/IY dear, I wish you would spa
ivl more carefully," said a sticklt
for pure English to his wife. "Y(
say that 'Henry Joru-s came to
town from Sunderland.’ Don't
see that it would be better to sayt!
he ‘came from Sunderland to tl
town’?"
"I don’t see any difference In
two expressions," rejoined the
"But there Is a difference In the
expressions—a rhetorical differei
You don't hear me make use of si
awkward expressions. By the
have a letter from your father
pocket."
“Oh, dear, Is my father In
pocket?” inquired the wife. "Yi
mean that you have in your pocket
letter from my father.”
"There you go with your little
bles! You take a delight In ha:
Ing me: you are always taking up
thread and representing It as a
"Representing it to be a rope,
mean, dear.”
And then he grinned a sickly
and wished he had never started tl
discussion.
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