The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-22

" tAtb SkhANAp iLht lCNb lIlNc tlIlN
better nor you, Tom. See 'ow cunnir
'es nuruin' 'is 'orse.n
"Number Three'll DO of the limbo
next JOLT" was the answer.
"No o won't. See low Us foot
braced against the iron? 'e's all right.
Dick watched Maisie's face and swell
cd with ioy-flne, rank, vulgar triumph
She was moro interested In the It'll
crowd than in the picture. That wa
something that Bhe could understand.
And wanted 1t 30! Oh, | did want |
sol" she said, ut last, under her. breath
"Me-all me-" said Dick, p!acidly
Look at their faces. II hits EN-. The,
don't know what makes their eyes m,
mouths open; but | know. Aud !
know my works right"
"ies. | see. Oh, what u thing |,
have come to one!"
''To come to one, indeedl l had t.
20 out and look for It. What do yol
think?"
II call it success. Tell me how 20,
got It,"
They returned to tho Park, and Dicl
delivered himself OF the Saga OF his owl
dOings, with all thearrosance OF q yount
man speaking to a woman. From The
beginning he told the tale, the I-I-l's
flashing through the records as tele,
graph poles fly past the traveller. Maisie
listened and nodded her head. Tho his,
tories Of strife and priyation did not
novel her q hairs breadth. At the end
OF each canto he would conclude, "And
TIA. gave me some notion OF handling
color" or light, or whateveri 1t might be
that he had set out TO pursue and under.
stand. He led her breathless ncross
half tho world, s~peakingas he had never
spoken Ia his life before. And In the
flood tide OF his cxallation there came
upon him a great desire TO pick up this
maiden who nodded her head and said,
vi understand. Go on,"-to- pick her
up and to carry her away with him, be.
CAUSE she was Maisie, aud because she
Understood, and because she wns his
right, and q woman 10 be desired above
all women.
Then he checked himself abruptly.
"And 80 I took nil l wanted" he said,
'and l had to fight for it. Now you
tell"
Ma:sie's tale was almost as gray as her
dress. 1t covered years Of patient toll
backed by savage pride that would not
he broken though dealers laughed, aud
fogs delayed work, and Kaini was un.
kind and even sarcastic, and girls ir
otle. studios were painfully polite. 1t
hsd a few bright spots-pictures accept.
ed at provincial exhibitions-but it
wound up with the oft.repeated wall,
"And so you see, Dick, | had no success,
though I worked 50 hard"
Then pity filled Dick. Even thus had
Maisie spoken when she could not lit
the break water, half an.hpur before she
had kissed him. And that had happen
ed yesterday.
"Never mind" said he, "rll tell you
something, If you'll helieve,n The
words were shaping themselves OF their
own accord. "rhe whole thing, lock,
stock, and barrel. isn't worth one big
yellow sea.poppy below Fort Keeling"
Maisie flushed q little, Sits all very
well for you 10 talk, but you've had the
SUCCESS and I haven't"
Let me talk, then. ! know you'll
understand. Maisie, desr, 1t sounds a
bit absurd, but those ten years never
existed, and l've CONT back again. 1t
really is just tho same. Can't you ses?
You're alone now and I'm alone.
What'G the nSe Of worrying? Come to
me instead, darling.R
Maizie poked the gravel with her par.
asol. They were sitting on the bench.
| understand" she aaid, slowly. "But
I've got my work to DO, and must do
tn
"Do it with me, ther dear. I won't
interrupt
"No. | couldn't. Its my work,-mine,
mine,-mine! I've been alone all my
life in myself, and Pm not going to be-
long 10 anybody except myself. I re-
member things as well as you do, but
that doesn't count. We were babies
then, aud we didn't know what was be.
lore Us. Dick, don't be selfish. Ithint
1 see my way to q little SUCCESS next
year. Don't take it away from me-"
II beg your pardon, darling. It's my
fault for speaking i%dioticaiiy. l can't
expect you to throw up all your life Just
because Pm back. II! 60 to my own
place and wait o little,
"Brt, Dick, ] don't want you togo
ont of-my. life, now that you've just
come back"
I'm at your orders. forgive me-"
Dick devoured The troubled little face
with his eyes. Therc-was q triumph in
them, because he could not conceive
bow Naisie cog!l rDfrse sooner or later
to love him, ainre he loved her:
10 -'.nng Of me-" said Maisie, mere
slowly than before, i'its wrong sud
selfish byt-oh, I've been SO lonely !
No, you misunderstood. Row l!ye seen
you ngain--iL's absurd, but l want 10
keep you in my life"
Naturally. We belong"
"Wedon't; but you always understood
me, and there is 90 much in my work
that you could help me in. You know
things aud the way OF doing things. You
must"
N do, 7 fancy, or else I don't know
myself. Then l suppose you won't care
to lose sight OF me altogether, and you
want me to help you in your workP"
"Ycg, but remember, Dick, nothing
will ever come OF it. That's why l feel
SO selfish. Lot things Etay rs they are.
l do want yonr help"
"You shall have it. Butlet's consider.
| must see your pics FIRST, and overhaul
your sketches. and find out about your
~;endcncica, You should see what the
papers Say about my tendencies. Then
III give you good Gdrice, and yoH shall
paint according. Isn't that it, Alaisie7 ~
Again there wac unholy triumph ip
Dicks eye.
"It's too good OF you-much too good.
Because you are consoling yourself with
what will never happen, and I know
that, and yet ! wish to keep you. Don't
blame me later, pleass.a
"Im going into tho matter With my
eyes open. Moreover, the queen car
do wrong. It isn't your seliishness thai
imprcsscs me. It's your aIdaSity IN pro
posing to make use OF NO."
pooh! You're only Dick-and O
print.shop."
"Very good. That's all I am. But
Maisie, you believe, don't you, that
loYe you? Idon't want you to have any
falsc notions ebort brothers and sis
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