The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
A ROMANCE in CITY LIFE.
Remarkable Carecr of an interchangeable
Writer end i!rr Lie Story.

Remarkable Carecr OF an interchangeable
Writer and Ter Life Story.
Not far outside Of New York City. in
one OF the suburbs whose shores are
sPlasEcd by the waters OF the hudson,
stands rs tidy end attractive house rs
it Ia possible to End. Its plate windows
Clistcn brightly in the sun, the we'll
kept lawns ere the comment OF every
one who rides by; in short, it is IN
ideal suburban tcuic. 1t is occupied,
says writer in Ladies' Homo Journal,
10y . woman now Il triiic over forty years
OF nc. with II face which still bears tho
marks Of its SINGULAR beauty il youth.
Larry in life she was one of the bellies
Of one OF our great Eastern citics She
became engaged TO 4 young rlan of brill
liant prospects and social standing: but
n lovers quarrel broke or the match
and almost shattered the intellect and
health Of the beautiful girl. She l.ft.
home and living nloac nud In poverty
she determined to begin a career for
herself
She had literary talent. and this She
developed by writing stories. At nrst
she met with but poor success, but faced
by starvation and too proud to return
scnsationa! stories for the cheap week
lies. Success began TO favor her. and
She soon found her stories in greater
demand than she could supply. Night
md day she worked with the Dcn. how.
ever. and for eight years she toilcd on.
denying herself every pleasure and com
fort. carrying ninety cents OF every dol
lar which she earned to the savings
bank. Her goal was " home OF her
own. nestled in some quic, place. some
where away from the thcatcr CT her
youthful career. where, NIL alone. she
might enjoy the peace and quiet for
which her rchnT soul pinned.
Al the end OF nine years she chose
the spot where she now lives and un-
der her own eye built the beautiful lit,
tie homo which to-day is her temple OF
rest During the process OF building
She kept on with her literary work,
writing more industriously than ever To
gain competency on which she nirht
live Two years after the time she hnd
purchased the ground she moved from
her humble city apartments to her
country home From that moment till
the present day She has never written a
line for publication. although for long
time her publishers offered her large
prices. She had accomplished the Oh
jcct for which she toilcd SO hard: and
now, with n homo OF her own and q
SNAIL. but comfortable income from her
invested literary earnings. she lives in
quiet and peace. her lot shared only by
young girl who runs her crrantls and
docs minor houscworli
Her ncighbors never see her except
when she Is working in her garden dur
ing the opcn season. Her home faces
the water and looks over to tho opposite
shore of the hudson. There. directly
opposite To her house, began to rise,
two years n.yo. palatial residence. now
completed. the upper windows of which
often throw the reflection Of the setting
sun into the open door or curtaincd
windows OF the tnorc modest dwelling
of the literary rcclusc. The hundsoinc
horlc on the eastern side Of the river Is,
that OF rich merchant. whose wife is
Il wch-inown society leader. and whose
children arc tho admiration Of their cir,
Gle. The merchant knows not who live
In the trim little house on the opposite
shore The Syvcct-faccd woman, whose
lie happiness now is within herself and
her homo, is ignorant of the occupant
OF the mansion or the ether shore
Only II few persons know the occupants
OF both houses, and they do not lit the
vail. for peace and contcntmcnt dwell.
in the houses on both shores, and WHY
disturb their tranuuillity2