Show MARYS ROMANCE She was neighborhood seamstress a small Palo girl ot quiet manners and Infinite In-finite patience Mary was her name and wo ell doomed It fitting Her eyes were us the Tillage gossips put It her only beauty They were large and blue gray There wan n wistful waviness In them that won the heArts of Inch 01 her ntrons ns oranttonnlly a thought minty train darts and hg o mutton mut-ton and rovers to th silent fashioner of the name Marys unobtrusive personality was routed ro-uted In the gray gowni and hats which the always wore Some of her eroployerA angular of I nee and figure y unlovely of character might have found muse for complaint com-plaint In their hirelings predilection for the sunshine and color and Joy ot life N Mary ndhcral to nunlllo shades and her murks were confined to Inquiries about the comfort giving qualities of the garments Gar-ments she manufactured She had come from the nearest city five years before She hod lived quietly In rooml and those who peddled sensations In their own 4stits found her humble little lit-tle affairm 01 IIU Concern Ono or two I would In gallants found slieliuda remarkable remark-able talent for aloofness It was the mine will the Cow young women who might here sought her society The wOmen whom she Fervid regarded her ns n cheep no < lUllful machine aDd there their Interest In-terest ended Hers was a lonely life oDd II was onto known influence that kept her so well poised and quietly cheerful Mary had a romance When asked about It oho responded with blushes and happy glances It was not very different from that of other girls its poor and patient ns Mary They had grown up together that phraft that embraces 00 much of youthful hope I and sympntliyl Their parents had llvwl Elite by tide Hers died flnt She had learned the trndo from n city dressmaker and had come to the village beatueo there were so ninny of her vocation In the big town That was all except that Prank too became nn orphan and his tank of getting get-ting through the law school had been doubly hard for that reason He had Just i completed the task anti wan going to locate In the capital of tho adjoining state She could not see him so often now but If all went well they would bo together In n your Then 11er little liter lived there with her aunt Frank had never seen her but they would soon bo friends because of her I Is your sister like you Mnryl asked the merchants wife an she hemmed a ruf ao overhand Oh not I said the little seamstress I have not seen her since she was a child but oho was beautiful then Frank cannot help liking her Mary told the rest of tho story a year laterwlth her head pillowed on her frled broad bosom and her slender gray figure shaken by the storm 01 0 wemno great arlefDont DoDt mind me Mrs Brown ho said when she felt big ware falling upon her hair It was probably for tho best She ll a more suitable wife for Frank I couldnt keep pace with him when I had to sew all diy and In tho evening too and site Is so young and bright and lovely Sho didnt know and he couldnt help loving lov-ing her Dont blame them The neighborhood seamstress worn from her close companionship with the bright slender needle that won for her her bread bad yielded to her aunt and sisters I sis-ters Invitation and gone to the capital for a fortnight Besides as site wrote Frank It was high time she did some shopping In the city for still needed some of the things for her modest little outfit Frank mode no reference ref-erence to this pretty llttlo pnungo In his reply She thought this wu duo to his absorption ab-sorption In his tares and tried not to be pained by the omission Her little sister grown Into a wou drously pretty young woman and Frank were at the station to meet her llubya greeting HIM warmly affectionate The proprlotloa did not admit of Franks being so she know and she scolded horwlf for the dull little pain at her heart because It was no She was glad to sve on what friendly friend-ly terms Frank and lluby were She was so glad they liked inch other But she had been sure they would found It out that evening she sobbed sob-bed It was only a little accident that told mo they loved each other But a womans heart Is I clever If 1 her brain lint I had a good excuse for going to bed early for I was tired from tho Journey I never slept at all Mrs Brown I could see how well Frank and Ituby looked together Tho picture of them standing under the gaslight drove me nearly crazy I knew she was a wife Frank could be proud of and I wasnt But my life was so empty without him My love for him and plans for a IIttl hm 01 our on wero the only bright things Inlt I knew why his letters had been so few and short when I saw him look at her that evening I thought I would go mad that night I believe I should have But toward morning peace came to me that kind of peace you know that comes after a storm on the ocean that leaves the shore strewn with wrecks Btlll It woo peace That came after I m < loup lo-up my mind to give him up Oh Mrs Brown It wan so easy for him He just said Im sorry Mary but he looked as though he would have said I am barred Maryland he didnt ask me why He knew I knew all about but she never did Done hcart I Im going go-ing to make tho white dress over to lit her and the other things too OhyeaIwUl You knew Mrs Brown Im not used to It yet and II breaks my heart to look at them They will bo married next month The wo Mary tho little loarriitrons still HV In the lllagc but she loa changed much Tho bluo of berbyeshns faded Into the gray aDd we think sometimes some-times her cheeks are taking on that eihen hue or Is I It a reflection of her gown She Is I as patient as ever but not BO strong Ioor little Mary IAdn Patterson la St Louis Republic |