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Brunetta Roth burst unceremonious
ly into her friends room
Mary she cried is it possible
you haye refused Christopher Patton
Mary Vane a tall pretty girl who
was adjusting her fur collarette be
fore the mirror turned quickly her
soft cheeks flushing scarlet
Why Brunetta she exclaimed
how can you expect me to answer
such a question
Brunetta who was small and stout
and attired in the height of the pre
vailing mode sank down in a chair
and laughed
I didnt expect you to answer it
There is no necessity you should do so
Mr Patton told Tom last night that
you had thrown him over I dont see
how your conscience allowed you to
act so He is such a catch young and
good looking Best of all he is enor
mously wealthy
Mary smiled as she speared a crown
of her demure little turban with a long
pin She was thinking of a man who
was no longer young near forty per
haps who was handsomec in her eyes
than all other men and who was by no
means wealthy
I really believewent on Miss Roth
that you have an absurd fancy for
Charlie Everett I do indeed
Marys smile became quizzical
I Really she said
Oh I have no patience with you
declared Brunetta wrathfully Youve
known Charlie Everett three or four
years All this time he has been most
devoted to you but not one of your
friends knows to this day whether you
are engaged or not
The smile faded from Marys lips
We are not she answered and the
gay little cousin fancied her tone was
sad
- And yet you have been more gra
cious to him than to any of the others
pursued Miss Roth relentlessly
Mary are you in love with him
Isnt that counter questioned
Mary evasively what the lawyers
would call a leading question I dont
wish to seem rude or to hurry you
Brunetta but I have an engagement to
sign some papers this afternoon at the
office of Deal Burrit Cant you
come with me
Yes I must see Mme Mireau about
my Easter hat One must arrange with
her in time as she is always rushed
with carders Are those papers con
maetsd with your uncles will
He left you everything What a
lucky girl you are I suppose now you
feel you can afford to marry whom you
please
The conversation again turned on
Charlie Everett as the girls rode down
town together on the Metropolitan Ele
vated
He is a mysterious fellow Bru
netta remarked
I Mysterious Mary sent her a sud
den look Qt inquiry What do you
mean
vveil there reaily is reason why he
should be considered a good deal of an
enigma While not wealthy like Chris
topher Patton Tom tells me he has a
good salary and adds to this by writ-
lngs But you know he does not spend
money as other men in our class do
He is not liberal in the matter of thea
ters or flowers He lives quietly He
has no expensive habits Where then
does his money go
Mary Vane was silent
There is one house in the suburbs
where he is known to frequently vis
it the other went on Brunetta as
will be observed was not above enjoy
ing a gossip Two women live there
One is apparently a superior sort of
a servant The other is a pretty delicate-looking
little creature of about
twenty five or thereabouts Occasion
ally Mr Everett takes her driving
through the parks Has he ever men
tioned her to you
Mary forced herself to answer
No
Nor to anyone else But I have
seen him out with her Who is she
A feeling of unrest an undefinable
fear thrilled the heart of Mary
Vane She recalled the night Charlie
Everett had told her of his love I
cannot now ask you to be my wife
he had said I will some day God
willing The time may not be far
off but I love you too well to bind
you by a promise you might later
find burdensome And yet dear you
will trust me and wait
I will wait for you till I die she
had replied and had questioned him
not at all
Then he had protested that this
was not an engagement that she was
free quite free Only he was bound
Very well sh had agreed We
are not engaged
But the understanding that existed
between them was sweet to both
That was a year ago
And now she had to acknowledge
to herself that she knew little more
of his private life or of his personal af
fairs than she knew then She was
unusually silent as she and Brunetta
descended the steps and walked to
gether to the lawyers office Her er
rand there attended to Mary Vane
went with Brunetta to see about the
latters Easter hat Then the two
walked down State street just as the
matinee goers were flocking from the
theaters
Brunetta paused suddenly before a
florists window
0 I had almost forgotten Mamma
told me to order some flowers for to
morrow Will you come in with me
They stood a few minutes admiring
TWENTY EIGHT LILIES HE SAID
the display in the window the golden
daffodils and shy blue crocuses pure
lilies of the valley flaunting tulips
starry jasmine and cool green ferns
forming a tender background for them
all The attendants were busy when
they entered The girls stood back of
a high rubber tree admiring some rare
chrysanthemums when the door was
flung open and a gentleman came in
He was of medium height and had a
kind brown bearded thoughtful face
Not noticing any one in the store he
went directly to the counter To a
man at that instant disengaged he
gave his order
Twenty eight lilies he said Yes
like those Have them tied with
broad white satin ribbon Send to this
address
And he laid a card and a bill on
the counter An instant later he had
received his change and walked out
The girls stared at each other
That gasped Brunetta was Char
lie Everett
Yes I know murmured Mary
Before she could put out her hand
to stop her meddlesome friend the
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Oh she cried She is dead
latter had stepped to the counter and
read the address on the card which lay
there
Just as I thought she remarked
a few minutes later when they were
out in the street together The ad
dress is 14 Forest Avenue Idlewild
That is the suburb in which his mys
terious acquaintance of whom I told
you lives
That number street place- burned in
Marys brain She parted from Bru
netta and went home A fierce fever
of jealousy possessed her Who was
this woman to whom he sent Lenten
lilies Idlewild was directly south of
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her own home A cable car ran out to
the pretty place She would go there
She would call at the house She would
ask the lady who dwelt therein What
is Charlie Everett to you When that
was answered she would know how
wqrthy of continued loyalty was her
confessed lover But not until the
morning She would not go until morn
ing
Shame to doubt him cried her
heart through all the sleepless night
that followed But her rigid will si
lenced that assailing protest So the
morning of the beautiful day that
followed found her at the gate of a
cosey cottage set back amid a group of
bare branched maples There were
drifts of snow in the little garden but
the air was warm with the effulgent
presence of spring So peaceful was
the place the hour her courage almost
failed her All the blinds were down
The entrance she chose brought her
to a side door She rang the bell A
maid appeared
May I Mary Vane began then
faltered For whom should she ask
Yes the girl replied Come in
Marveling Mary followed her She
led the way into a front room The
curtains were drawn Tapers burned
in the dimness At first Mary fancied
that
There was silence and nothing there
But silence and scents of eglanterre
And jasmine and roses and rose
mary
Then she saw that there was some
thing else A coffin and in it lying a
white robed form with folded hands
and lilies lying on the pulseless breast
Mary shrank back
Oh she cried She is dead
Yes Miss I thought you wished
to see her A good many of the neigh
bors were in last evening She had
many friends hereabout for all her
misfortunes Aint those lilie3 beauti
ful Mr Charlie sent them Twenty
eight for twenty eight years
Mary went nearer looked Sown on
the dead face a young face which had
once been lovely but bore he unmis
takable impress of sorrow and suffer
ing
Its not many men went on the
servant wiping her eyes who would
do what Mr Charlie did After his
brother was injured in that railroad
wreck four years ago he begged Mr
Charlie in dying to take care of his
young wife Mr Charlie promised
him He has supported her and given
her every comfort since She was al
ways weakly and when her mind gave
out from brooding over her husbands
death and she was such a charge Mr
Charlie was that gentle and patient
with her my She had spells of un
derstanding Then shed beg not to be
sent to an asylum not that Mr Char
lie would think of such a thing She
wouldnt hurt a bird poor dear
There That is Mr Charlie now
A step crossed the hall Looking
pale and worn Charlie Everett came
into the -room His face lighted up at
sight of his sweetheart
You Mary he cried
Hush she begged She broke
down crying bitterly Dont look at
me dont speak to me until I have
told you how it is that I am here
She brokenly whispered the truth
You can never trust me again she
said In conclusion
He took her in his arms
Perhaps I should have spoken to
you of her but I hated to cast so dark
a shadow over your young life I
could not keep up two households and
she was penniless She was my charge
before I learned to love you My first
duty was to her The doctors agreed
she could not live long As for trust
ing my dearest you must forgive me
for not having confided In you I you
for your doubt of me So we are equal
Is it not Whlttier who writes
Love scarce is love that never knows
The sweetness of forgiving
They passed out together into the
brilliance of the Sabbath morning
Occasion I Tricky
Fortune is like the market where
many times if you can stay a little the
price will fall and again Mt is some
times like Sibyllas offer which at first
offereth the commodity at full then
consumeth part and part and still
holdeth up the price for occasion as
it is in the common verse turneth a
bald noddle after she hath presented
her locks in front and no hold taken
or at least turneth the handle of the
bottle first to be received and after
the belly which is hard to clasp
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A woman is sick some disease peculiar to her sex is fast
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tated forgets what she wants to say and finally conceals
what she ought to hare told and this completely mystifies
the doctor
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