The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-07-29
CHAPTER V.

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eliminate sentiment from their infereo,,rss
and meet each other on the haejs os ,nentoI
| affinity II ia true that .John Arnold bod
fallen in love with Alca Inf ba voc 1,ot
too egotistic to see clearly that bia nassior
was homeless He had detar,,,,,aa p, tbona
| fore TO cherish what ba had WV ny her
friendship and not rick that n,ae,o,,s ,ss..
session by a useless avowal that, MIGHT
! ieopardize their intimacy.
Arnold was moi 0enerollv non,,lar ,,,;+b
women. Ashas been said he was far from,
handsome and his convarsationoI norso,a
were not hriIliant Navartbalaas tba,a no., =,
In his manner y manly eals.no;Se s,,s,,,as
ton of reserved strength Tint annasiad "a
| Alice Inmon - $50 'ffo'-'S1 w
She was trnlv Glad 10 coo hin, to-n;oh+
and smiled cordially "a sha pava hin, har
hand 49,
"You have hoa, vvorl,;n, h.rd ), 40
marked. as he drew chair toward har
"You look tired
"Yes . he answered. 81 fear nm, varv
dull. am obliged ~ study txvica 40 io,,s,
as most men TO accomplish The same "a.
sults Nv cb,, ,-,,,,
than can learn $500 -'SA 20 Nv
This roFercnea IN HarJin otis ,yas -,
! fortunate. Arnold noticed that AlIca,a
hands twltehed neryouslv and 4 ratber
awkward silence ensned
s.perhans in the lone nm - sba sa;d 90
lenrtll liz fs better Ia roaaeas vc,,,
tenno,,n,ent than, tha Other WI,
hard to me in school T remanaber hattar
now than studies that took Int IItfIa alysrt
on nv part" 80 go
AZ can readily undarstans, thar sph.ra
ls in,aad low -
not hayin ~'w \, LII Nalule'
tons indv snhStItnte st Hu psaSsp
Perhans I should NOT con,rlai,, 3 '40'"oy'
"Whv should uosS W., va,i co. ~
tho haad ~ ,,c,,,. la g. Aaoa.
ratio ,,o,,, ,nontol ,,,,,.,o,. ;, -
GrpoId saldnno Sy,iiad a,,oa,,.. ...
thjs instance l.; Sus ~
his face N''i' o''o'o'' :. o'seA
"And the etvnidast ,no,, l., 49, .,,,a =
tta head dnr,t haI,a.a n1is our ssass - az
man, ran IN coa,e n'',sta si' sn.' s,lss
no a ,r,,,hatI, ,ndioat;n, - IL ~ nl'toL
fainre In AFTER lisa Iast ua voc sa,,s,, o1
torian ia NOW taacbi,,-, oi'i
year The man WIN, -st,,d III, ~ 800 ySoo a.,
foot IN tha sa,,,., 49, -, iaoan ono
e,o oa IN wall stSsos 't 10 si,'
atad b 1855 - "''
"And "a ,,o,,o,,- c,ott,.,,. 49,, a.
and ard ~ a,i,,-at,a 2 ~ "s' sHo' sno aiin
"parhans not - ha ,ss.,,.ad a.. A..
world tn.da,, ,,,,,,,, .s,,,,s,, Sn,, s..o
and cents II IL = crime ~ ge ,a ~ o'A0As
Ve snoka hitterl,s to ,s M ~ l't -, ,a..
nrovidsd 1rth this ,varid,s D,,Sn nos ~
that hc might have bad lace s hssse.t ~ io.s
consccsno ~ M hatra.s l,,s ls. ~
love Tor hsr mi no hsd ~ ,,,n,, MI nus
his fortune n earn and th5s sn ny ~ .aa,
rrltb ,a,ss,,, .t, ~ salis aaeu, eonp,nou
M si Ien' ''on''onou norceotore, kept
~ ahn,,It rot mrs ), .a,,a,,,
saw }, sbo sa,d n,sinoIv lint a. M" ,,aav ~ ~
trne Istt 10 n tatos I'll ~, ,,,,',.,,,c -
az lise non,t vo,, thinL en9s, ~ o1s
"Not at ali Monte CyiSt, ,yos a ,o,,.
tic figure. but there ore countless NOV, =,
this country who arc Ton t,naas &c , MI, ~
was Dumas hero. IL there no romance =,
owning aigbt ~. Ton ,oilrnads e.. Ia
and siyer mines two or three nala e@ s end
a steam vaeht2 No don't halieva TINT iii
the poetry OF life has denarted because -
the modern greed for wealth To INV mind
Tho richer the few hecoma and tbe ,a,ras
the many. the more striltino will he tha
contracts In o,,r ,JviIiTatian pas,,a,ao sl 10
founded on contrast If ~ for that ,aaso ~
that writer's of fiction in the co,,ntries
where caste IL reeoonized have aISvaSs,
possessed an advant9re over onr own
authors. Now that we have !. ,nono,,ad
arfstocracv. or. rather n timocracv = o,'aot
opportunifv Il nresented 10 soma A1aar;s
can Balzac who can orasn The salient saa-
) . You have thrown a new light ON tba
subject remarked Alice, rather absentlv
Was sba thinkinp ~ tba ,,n,,tb W. 49,,
sessed the faculty Of Guessing T ""I ,ia pb
"Perhans Won will some dav essay tha role
yourself"
"What role2n
"That OF the American Balzac."
Arnold laughed aloud
aNo " he said ar sbali naver 10 = ,o,,o,-
let nor d poet.5 '-''S' = : ''o''A
His remark was rather unl,ind, and Al,c.
flushed slightly as he uttered tha Inst
word. For be Il known Harlan Otia had
already proved himself a versifier az much
promise. The venerable Professor Of Enn-
fish had asserted IN public that Otis If Ia
lived. would some dav And q hlph nlnca In
the realm OF American letters lie Ind
already had n humber ~ noe,ns nnhlished
In the Atlantic and Harners and had besn
nick named Lord Byron bv the iealm,s
Rogers.
/" have niece Of news for vou . "a
marked Alice. Changing the tonic abr,ntlv.
at am going to Europe.'
A look of mingled astonishmert and min
came into John Arnold's face, = - f'''--
"Wheng He managed to ask.
AZ don't know. Right away. T s,,nnosa
When papa makes up his mind TO do thing
he generally does it in hurry
" How long will you be gomez" Arnold
less way.
AGAIN, I DON'T Know Perhaps six
"eeks; perhaps q year,
AN, Ana you want 10 gof
Alics looAeu nim sqnareiy IN the eyes,
.nougn ner lace hau grown signify paier
tnau US "ou1'
~, res.