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Show An Incident of Independence Day Br EUNICE BLAKE Alice MncOregor waa an Amerlcnu girl with Bcolch ancprtry. How mnii) tullom thero were for Ml" Mac Oregor band only MUa MacOregor knew, for ahe nerer spoke of her offers of-fers lo anj one. Certain It H that there were two whoie attention were so marked as to be wpecbilly notice able. These were John Kcrshnw, au Englishman, who had recently come lo America, and Mkhael O'Connor MIm MacOregor, tlng n bit of a coquettewhat co-quettewhat girl Is uot7-mny bare accepted the attention of one of these men aa n full for the other, but If this were true k m Impossible for any one to tell which was tho foil and which the roan foiled. There were those who declared that tbo lad lis lened to lioth these suitors for tho pur pose of worrying them A crisis came In thU triangular lore affair on Hie Fotjrth of July. Mr. O'Connor O'Con-nor wrote Ml Mactiregor a note iu Vltlng herb ncccul n seat Iu window above the store where be waa employ rd to witness the lourth of July pa rade. MIm MacOregor replied that ahe hid ntready mado n partial engagement engage-ment for the day Hhc was not sure. Hhe would know by the evening before the Fourth and would ndrlso htm. Hhc had already rvctlvtd an Invitation from Sir, Keratin w to the same effect and had written him the samo answer she had sent O'Connor Now, cacti of the rivals knew very well that the partial engagement men tluned referred to the other. Sir. Kr-ahaw, Kr-ahaw, on the afternoon beforo lode-iwndcuce lode-iwndcuce day, cnllcd on Miss Mac flregor for n wore definite reply to his invitation. She received him kindly, but declared that ahe did not think It would he appropriate for an American girl, especially one of Scotch descent, to celebrat Imlcendenco day with an Kngllshmau. Thero had been n hereditary he-reditary feud between the English, and Hootch race until tho crowns were united In one king, tnd thero had been a long tight between the Kngllsh and American. Why should she, a Mao tlrrgor Imrn In America, celebrate tbo Fourth of July with an KuglUhtnanT "Hut all that hat passed and gone," protested Kershaw, falling to detect that the young lady wa chaffing him. "It's the Impropriety of tbo thing," ibo pcntUlcd Mr. Kershaw left her without tiering tier-ing sciured n coutcut, nnd later Sir. O'Connor called "I don't think, Sir. O'Connor," said Mis MacOrecor, "that It would bo In order for me to view tho Fourth of July procfulou In jour company" "Why not" ntked tho young man, astonished. "Ilecause the day celebrates tho winning win-ning of American Independence from (Irciit llritum" "Hut I'm Irish, not Ilrltlsh at nil." "Ireland wn u jwirt of the mother country that oppressed the colonic, llcsldes, I had n great grcatttncle who fought under the Hcotch Irish banner nt the battle of the Iloyne. Your au centum were on Ibo other aide" "Hang iu) nucrsturst What do 1 rare for u light that occurred mora than two ceuturlc ago" "Nevertheless, tlio Fourth of July I a day that I, or should lie, near to tho heart of every American It would t hurtful to tuy feelings to celebrate It In company with ono whose ancestor were on the other sldo In tho tight ror Independence " "Hut we're all or the samo blood -KnglUb, Scutch, Irish and American." "Family feuds aro the most bitter." Mr. O'Connor was obliged to depart with uo morn comfort than hi rival hid received. During tho evening Mis Mai flregor cnlted up each of the rivals by tele-phono tele-phono ami told him that ahe would occupy oc-cupy n seat on the stand from which the luirude would bo reviewed by the governor ami she would bo happy to hcu him thero. Hho regretted that for the rcasou given It wna not appropriate appropri-ate that she should accept hi kind Invitation, In-vitation, but a bit or n chat would Ixi In unit r. At llrst each of tho gentlemen was bo ' dligruntleil at this disposition of bis Invitation that ho vowed ho would not go near tho reviewing stand. Hut curiosity curi-osity got tho better of both SI! Sine- Oregor would undoubtedly have nn escort. es-cort. Who would that ewort be j Not only curloslt). but rivalry, turned tho KUlC. !ndciendenro day opened bright, and n multitude of slum and atrlpc tint trred lu tbo autdlght. Doth of tho suit. oni took iosltlon whore they could look upon the reviewing stand, and as soon as they saw MIm MacOregor take her seat they started simultaneously from different potut to go to speak to her, reaching her at tho same time. Ilesldo her sat a. gentttmnn with blacU hair and ey-s, who, seilng the others an-proach an-proach to sieuk with Silas MacOregor nroso nud lifted III hat with, extreme iollteness. "Permit me to lutroduco to you. gen tlrroetC said the lady. "Mr, Slarhnud Sir. Siarivand is a descendant of the Marquis do Lafnjitte, who came over from France during our struggle for lu dependence with an array to help n aud rendered u valuable asuhtaueo" Mr. Slarlrand towed very low In MV!!!c,.rKor,, '" w "PnrUle whkh the Irlsliuiiiu perceived, but in which the Kiullsbmati was obtu.e However, both the Ultlng gmtlemen after a fevv remarks upon the beautiful day, withdrew, leaving the field to Ihe descendant of Ufayette, Mis MacOregor has not yet settled ujsjn a husband ' """ Carbon ahetU at The Bun Advt. |
