Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-31
GAWKT GARNETT'S LOVE.
ItI.akint q Claais Me,notta 90.

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TN tne u'rI's eys-ttat's the cva-deaI; yes,
al ia ms y 'Lis iHeaiI7. 49, no.
~Nat1y Natty Barton, what are you laugh
- srconsy Document; the usual thing, you
know. Uuce James. man vEJ SAWS I'm the
teal OF Ms dreams. A l've-letters AMI from my
Cawkv GarEettl"
Trc5e Jane looked grave. ''Nualis, = said
ne. VII yo1 weren'; ~I,h fjIt-'
''Eut az sv- fan, uuC'- dear
'lt's n kind OF fun you'll pay Tor dearly one
of these Gays marx my words There never
was a bitter W. wasn't bit ,H az last
but only think Of mT dear G4wky, uncle
ard don't e"e'1- Hes s. green as co1ntty
girls neck tie-a hCrrif thing, HIS foot looks
Ike p hears f-et. and he wears q flaming red
crayat- ar. SIS With his paws in his IocAets,
and tip bis chair back aERiua- the wall. oh,
uncle. paw r r7y wUrt, its too J-s-p9Ster-
or..'' laughed Nattv. with that queer young
latyi L atEsrtat on ct drOw'iuEOI' aut euphs
sizing certain svIlao'es o. her words. l never
heard srvbO;y but young ladies' tax so, and
..Natfv.'' said I-ncis James. s.I-i recommend
yen fH take something ~ yodr SIZE. George
Garnet, D. hardly worth S7EufiCE your valuable
time on a poor lad, with a drunken father, a
vixen tor A steP-u0ther, ana dirt and poverty
for The inspiring surroundings OF his bIyhOOt.
Won choose 70 fool away some CT your precious
hours visiting the country academy where he IA
the three - through his skull. He sees Won
and is quite persuaded that you're an angel; he
Doesn't know you a vel as do, III be bound.
Nat, II hat boys mother had lived, and he'd
had a decent father, and ever known anything
but dirt and beating In his childhood, have
sort OF impression thst he wouldn't be the man
whom you'd be snuo6ing to-day. You oaghtto
be ashamed OF yourself
''DTt AMI beating are not the most favorable
conditions for the evelnVmert OF human intel
leet, said Natty, with much gravity.
"AEd lis mother died when he was year
old. He never lad mother, YOI might say
eyes, SIR, it's very bad" replied the young
lady, drawing ont her face very long. "BUt
dcn't want to 90 and be mother to him, DO -
rrv fHai 1-r-~- : r.-r- s -
nOTant boy, With ar eager. mag native sOul,
and = feIy, un'iiSciP'ined heart. He haj been
agsunt, ragged little boy, with wild black
eyes, tne-cUt mouth, thOagh, and an intense
hungry child f3ce-hG1gTy f.. love as well as
bread notwithstanding and yearUinZ tor al
that i good and pleasant ia life. Even with
the schooling Of that dirty, f9rlorn, cruel child
hood OF his, he TeT0- could learn the art, dear
20 the heart &C boyho5i- 81 bearing pain and
pleasure With stJllt, wooden face. he never
could concea, biz emoEULs as tEr other boys
could II anything hurt hlm physically, he
cried When Re was little. SD CrOauci when
be grew oder. II anything pleased him, X
seemed as tlCCFG every nerve IT. bis body
laughed. HIS o.; a ays II-yeTej when he was
ayitated, and though the other bows laughed ~
hIIa for Il. and Re yr-ed desperately 20 c9nsrO!
ms teatuTe-, the troublesome lip would always
tell when anything gave the cL'f pain. And
IN the boys ignorant passionate soul. inherited
DOUBTLESS from bis unhappy mother, there lay
an intense UEc0L S'l0u5 worship Of beauty, mJ-
sc, elCITence- Cf things sublime, heroic, won
derful, great, or sweet AMI gsUt,o, and al this
SO this III starred passionate bog saw Natalie
Barton, the dreamy worship OF tbs beautiful
stiTreC IN his soul, snd Gawky GarDett fell in
love with Nattv. Natty laughed At him 70 his
face. y stuHg the hOy's PASSIONATE soul TO the
quick bat h sad notLing-nots word.
II.
Sly wears later N1;ty Barton, - years old,
beautiful, brilliant. ~it-y young LADY, muol all
mlTef, bot stlll unmarried. AMI SI0ilcd,-great
guns. how she Was spJiel said 10 Uncle
james one DAY.
Adorable uncle, let IA got Putin Bay this
summer. IL new place. The -'uCk-up snObs
daren't 90 near il for fear IL went be fashion
able; that's SET like Il. It's the only piacein
America where I sha'ut Re ashamed OF you for
being AT old foEy. Amt Ellen goes TO New
Port with her sister. You au1 l can take little
Cousin Rose and tramp 10 PUTIN bay. You
long; III let yen And 7 won't tell Aunt Ellen
when yOu 20 81 on LITTLE fishing parties with the
other young fellows. Come, my precious. Let
Us Depart
To Pg.-in Bay they went, then a new place.
thoroughly unfsshUuab.e. and, consequently.
thoroughly enjoyable. N4,ty were a calico
dress an iay long If he wanted 10. went to he'd
Al i" clock aud learned 80 row q boat equal to
s,Face u ariirg-cr Was I Ida Lewis, or Dr.
Mary walker 4 don't know. There are 81
20 many OF EN- nowadays that get en- mixed
up
About the same. time a wise. ray-hsired,
rich old lawyer said 10 the SLIM dark haired,
brilliant, avd E0verty-s-Ti- keu youEg man he
had Just taken into his Office a. WORKING part
Gwen 90 10 Putin Bay for a month. Ihsve
lot OF titles &c hunt Up cut there an over The
Islands. You can do the work, and I'll get the
money. Start to morrow
"Thank you, sir. Shall he only too glad 90
90, answered the young man. bEisk,y.
"1es, should think you would" dryly re-
marked the old bachelor lawyer soto cocs look
ing after the departing youth; ''and If you knew
was planning this trip on purpose, merely
from charitable wish To give you little rest,
you'd eat YOUR head on before YOU'D q. So
dashed proud that fellow isi He'll make h.s
mark, or am an idiot: he works Ike a steam
engine, and be has the ambition OF LCcifer
himself. Worked his way through college, AMI
nearly starved himself - death. came out Of
laW-schOOl looking like skeleton, and not Z
second coat 10 his back, but with his uncOn-
Gueraoie determination strong "a ever. his
ambition seems 70 be eating h m ~ alive. 1
must manage 70 make him get some new clothes
somehow. never saw any OC1y, high or low, -
devillsh proud a. that fellow i He won't
speak 70 his old a.sbOud OF 3 father. II looks
tough, bntI can't blame him"
At the little hotel at Put IN Bay -here wasn't
any splendid Put-.n BRv House in those DAYS.
Que morning Natalie Barton looked up from her
breskiast-plate aud encountered pair or IL
tensely- tTilEa1f!b'ack eyes fixed kser'y upon
The lovely face. Tie magnetic power OF the
brlliaEt eyes was 50 strange and strong tLsr 4
made Nstty look mp But she looked instantly
Own INTO her plate again after the fashion OF
al modest you- Z ladies
Rose, an irTeIEe--.ole OF l. yeas, midget her
arm
NAT: MAJ, who j. tia. b,ack-eyet man look
ing across TIL vsyg''
"oh, don't lslea:'' says Nat, gazing intentjy
sob my: what q wh1V, WHAT a hunbug g.
Il 10 be yO-nE adv l. young man l1Os- al
her she drops her eyes right or, AMI preeenJs
she dozen see living soul, and all the time
sle : PEE ping a. A-El Sideways cut 81 her ewes a.
hard a. s1e can. and can ten exactly what he's
got on. 1 wonder wEat Young ladies' 10 that
Iady"''
A lew Gays later. Nat Barton aad halfa dozen
Sther young ladies' sitting in the v arm July
afternoon on the long, low Versnda OF what IN
nose GAYS was The principal hotel" at PUTIN
bay. There were no gentleman there. and the
young ladies had their chairs ti1pst back
(yOung ladies will DO that when noOoiy's look
sng), and were tanning themselves, and taking
lie comfortably. Rose, the Irrepressible, came
bouncing across the versnda toward Natty.
"Oh! oh" saws the irrepress BILE, what awful
WhoPpers young ladies will tell Nat. what did
you tel me when 1 asked you whS that black.
eyed man was-thxt you didn't know? Mr. Gar
net doesn't care for young ladies, but he has
made my acquaintance. He 10 here, on bust
ness, he says, and has no time to anuse him
self. But he talks TO me, though he wont LOOK
Al yourg lady. Young ladies' are All spoiled