Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-11-07

love u swset
He did net dnd her. Nobody fpunA
her. ban her trask and ~ pewrissx wsna
away ey THAI evenings boat
4 year later John Alien wss agokn
on for his vocation. but he carefully
avoided Nantucket He went 60 the
aoantssiAs. tAsre 70 rest and 70 try -
s-forgsA" He wss graver and sssrnsr
than he had sssa . year before; sp-
parsnsly he needed rest more badly.
He was Astsrninsd TO put his 'saonses
romaacs forever out of mind AsA
lived without . lang and did much
good wsrk. too; why shouldn't he Try
the sxpsrirnsn Of living ninss heart
yet accomplishing dns sAingsS OF
oourse there was 20 why.
On the evening when be arrived ~
the hotel where he intended 70 rocrs-
ate, he noticed the servants "Ah! this
IL one Of those houses where college
students are mattresses aud waiterA
I'll look into il and 80 II Il won't make
a column for the Sunday edition. That
II. IL can manage TO put tia thing n
. new light"
A guest sitting near him called;
'sMaggie?"
Allen started 1t was . foolish habls
he had acquired during tho past year;
when any change rung upon the nALae
of Margaret il reused his interest But
he did not look around. He nantally
slapped the vacuum which his lost
heart had left and went ON eating hap
l. -
blamed White noantaia Dap jacks
arc famouA
Maggie, another plato Of them,
please. About twenty-four. ! never
ate such pan-cakes." said the other
diner.
Neither he'd John Allen. But twen-
ty-four! That order would give . real
istic flavor to the prospective column
and the journals. looked up. Though
no didn't $40 the hungry guest He
saw. instead. little figure in . print
gown s,d white apron, moving away
down the dining-roorn with On alert
briskness native to only two people on
this planet-ssmother" and mothers"
daughter. He rushed after the figure.
and caught it before IL vonisAed kitchen
words Ths student-wai.resses stared.
conprehendcd and looked away.
Aliens hand fell on Margaret's
shoulder with such an eager clutch
that she screamed and dropped the
plate aha was carrying. Then she
turned pale. but her assailant did not
allow her to faint He tucked her arm
into his and marched her out Of the
house and down into the "Glen-" She
was forced to 60 or make . scene"
IN the "Glen" he Released her. or
placed her on . rock and stood guard
over her.
snow, little girl. I've captured You.
Therell be no more time lost Meg
Margaret-Masgis. will you marry
ne?"
NO, air"
81. 4 don't-ouee I ives . literary
woman You told me that you didn't
Hike that kind"
81 don't But you were never liter
sry."
az was. I wrote . book"
eyes. The ''Sconsct Romance wsl.
II punished yon for that. I-no matter.
You'll never write ahother."
81 will II / like"
"You won't like"
"Pooh! Humph!''
"How did you happen 70 start on
such distressing career?"
''Oh, could always writa WANTED
money"
Il thought 80. You had no special
laundering for fame?"
"Bcsh! for famo. never thought Of
fame, even in nv 'authoress' days.
had to do something to help. and that
carnc easiest"
"Rsvenons . nos moutona Maggie
-Margarct- Meg, will you marry nc7"
"Why?"
II love yea For your retaliation.
For my exp;ation. 1t was I who killed
/ your book--whcn I reviewed It In tho
! Clarion"
"You-you mean thingi II nearly
killed mo, too"
"Crticisn doesn't kill people III
! did shouldn't % hcre to ask you the
third time to marry me. know. I'm
In literature mysolf."
"Yon? oh. joint"
After awhile, between kisses, he
paused to say: But l su-litersry;
and-reallstic. Tho genuine 'Sconset
romance beats tho sham one by long
shot believe I'll write it up"
But he didn't
I did.-Evclyn Raymond. in Lealie's