Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-24
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The Scutpubrr SIM .traying tbrpu,rh tia,
vine covered corner of a Newuort uiozzo
ilickered over two figures IA mans and d
girls 4 pretty enough picture they uadp
She in her hmv laces. i'm the wide arm
chair. and he in velvet Jacket and kpicker
bockers. stretched lazily at her feet Will.
beyond Law the broad horizontal bands of
white sand. purple ocean and turauois,
sky.
The girl SLOWLY closed the hlue and ,,old
volume of Teuny.ou from which she bod
been reading and dreamilv repeated. half
aloud .-
..A n,., ,,r.. tl,. ,,.,.,,, mat, draw, fine s..
IN" clouds may stoop from heaven, AMI taht
a.. l'r ,hal|'
Bnt q, t,, f,,J, ,,h,, ha,,. ,,,,s,,,.,,.l fl,..
ASH me- up more
"Do Won think he ought To have nskpd
her again after that z" she continued
The Young man tossed a pebble ont over
the water, and waited 10 see the last ripllo
vanish before he. reulied 81 have mo- Jn1bt
that he iiI ask her again. and hive mo
doubt that she would have been awrullv
disappointed if he hadn't"
IIida Grey looked down at the sneaker
with smile. half veNed half amused She
was a Boston girl. and Eustace PAYNE
was "a New York man. and therefore. as
| she told herself. it was a case of imperfert
svmpathie- The Old battl. Of realism YER
sus idealism was perpetually wagmg be.
tween them Pavne ridiculed the Concord
philosophers. and hurlesIued their philoso.
| uhy il. huldly declared mot that he ,.nul,l
| NOT understand Harris. which would have
| been received a, a trilnite. but that Harris
! did mot know what be meant himself FIN
| er,on. La said v.n. sawed hy "A sens. nr Inn
mon. which made. him half "A New Yorker.
! The mind cure he called Eostou ,,itrhrrnft
and prof..,pd to think A, dau.,eroll, rs tbe
/ Salem delu.iun of old Vet the AGGRESSIVE
/ campaign wa, not all on his side When
| hr mlll-ned the mind cure. my lady re-.
| turted with ruutcmptuouS references to
| Irving Bishop; when he bclittcd Boston
/ dlviuitlee. she rhaileged bin to produce
/ their peers IN Manhattan and when he
sneerrd at Concord She jeered at Chautau-
| qua. The "tirove' she called 0 hoc,s oJ,oH
h,cudo The Chautauuua method summed
up. 81 she said the New York idea Of cul
ture-prile questions in English literature,
historical tahleaux and Scripture conun
drums with blackboard illustrations the
! whole crowned 10y a diploma certifying that
the holder wa, able to compete with any
university giant, like David with Goliath.
armed simply hut sufficiently with the Chau
tauqua sling SO the war of words had
been carried ON through the long summer
days and the moonlit summer evenings
! floating on the bay. driving ON the avenue.
and ,troling on the bluffs, often. uudrr
| nag Of truce, other SUBJECTS had been dis.
cus~ed on friendly terms. aud yet each
evening left Ililda with IL senoe of di,cun-
tent in herself and her companion. Suue-
times they seemed to draw very near each
other in spiritual sympathy, and then all at
once a discurdant note would he struck
which set her oversenSttive nerves luiver.
Ing.
These dis"ords often came when as now,
she was led ON to speak ont her psychologi
cal qnr~tlonlnss. In Eustace Payne mn'H
to produce ones serious thoughts and deep
convictions IN ordinary conversation was
like woman wearing diamond ear rings
To- market, lu-ufylnS suspicion that they
were paste, and branding the owner H. new
+" the world of culture. To tillda Grey, On
the other hand. 1t seemed that all talk, To
he good for any thing, must dig down INTO
the veritleS and 1t was with shade OF i'm
patience in her tone that she took up the
threat of the conversation.
IL am not discussing the herolnes feel
lnSS. The question Is, should you think II
man would care to marry woman who
wanted not To love HIM
Certainly not, unless her unwlllngneSS
could be overcome.
~ lawyers qubble. Let me, II posi-
hle' make my idea clear enough Tor your
comprehension. mean would woman 5
determination not to care for You be an in
ceutiye to You to strive to win her love |
say YOU, meaning the average man.
Payne slowly drew himself NJ to his fun
six feet of height, and with his cap waved
IA mock salute As he answered -
.., 'ris an old maxim of tin, schools
That lirttrry the food of fools
I,ut if van, really think me- comnetent 10
sreal. for the average man. | should say.
! Nas i'm "A certain way. do NOT care for
nigaon shooting nref,r sbver came . and
/ can understand that pioIe that last in
trinity of Noble minds might lend an
/ added zest to courtship but after ALL the
/ motive of her aversion to marrying me
/ might make all the difference in the world
| If. for instance. it were disparity of rank
and fortune. / confess | have no fancy for
| PLAYING Bertram to any Lady Geraldine
Excellent! Here we have the gauge of
/ the average man, and behold it is vanity.
| Affection may 20 to the wall, but his prec-
ious self esteem must not be wounded So
| long as your pride would he gratifed by
] cOuuuerlng her indifference, you would
! strive for her regard like politician for of
ice. but if winning her implied any humil
alton. as. for example. in the acceptance Of
her fortune YOU prefer 10 button up your
coat over your bursting heart. and, as YOU
would magnifcently call it, conquer your
un,sion.1 as / should say. sacrifice Yourself
and her on the altar Of vanity"
PAYNE mclasped the knee which he had
I hreu holdiuir as he leaned back arainst the
pillar. and he stretched himself out as if 10
make his position as comfortable as possible
for a long argument. His face called to its
aid the superior smile which Hilda always
found specially aggravating, as he made the
somewhat irrelevant reply f.
woman is generally brilliant, sometimes
inspired, seldom consecutive, and never
logical"
"S.nt.ntious sn,,e :"
she bInles mn and ,ops our ike the cleo.
trir G,bts ON Fifth avenue. the flashes of
Lsr ill5str,tinn only illuminntin,, tbe dark
nos. ,f b,.,. rass,,in,, Nnyy thot van Lova
GnisbaJ vnur sntnmar,, nf the AVERAGE man
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situation oC tbn unam iun,,irin5 m. tbq
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samaritan rivility) the heroine
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