The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-17
CHAPTER XVI.
A NEW EI{iE ND

Margaret, think | shall bring Will
son to dinner tonight. | met him yes
terday and he asked about you. He has
heard BERTHE landing YOU to the skies,
and naturally he is anxious to see the
paragon.
Really, that is too bad of BERTHE.
don't pose as a paragon, Brian. and in
deed dom care to b. one. | 20 want
to meet Dr.. Wilson, though, and if YOU
will only correct his false imnres sion,
l wish you would bring him this even
ing:
correct or prove his impressions.
know you'll be equal to the emergency
in either case. You should really APP
preciate the compliment he pays YOU.
| don't believe | ever heard him ex-
press a desire to meet any one before. e
Really? Why, | feel quite vain.
hope he isn't cynic.
oh, no. 1t is rather Indifference, /
think. He isn't particularly sociablc;
that is, he doesn't care for visiting
People follow him up, though, like the
deuce, and he's considered quite catch
in the matrimonial pond Any number
of anglers would be glad to land him.
The power of money, you see. Well, /
must be off. l sha'nt be home TO lunch
Good-by. You won't be lonely"
NO"
Every day Brian left Margaret with
this question, and every day she an
swered NO" but always after he ha |
gone she felt she had answered untruth-
fully. She was lonely-yery lonely
She found so little 10 interest her-so
little to fill the long dull mornings
Brian sometimes came to lunch, but as
cften he did not Her afternoons were
spent in seeing the sights of New York,
shopping, or calling on her few friends,
and her evenings at the theater. when
Brian would take her: but more often
at home alone when he had some en-
gagement which he could not possibly
defer.
From these engagements he would
return late in the night, with the
heavy, stumbling steps which told
their own story, and which always
struck so heavily on Margaret's heart.
as she waited sleepless and anxious.
This was the record of the ten DAYS
she had spent in New York, and she
seemed as far away from the reward
the Colonel had promised her as when
she left Elmwood.
Under other circumstances she could
nave beeN, not precisely nappN, De-
cause she was too thoroughly child of
nature not to miss, with an intensity
few could understand, the restful,
peaceful influences Of her country
home. Yet she could have found con-
tentment in this charming little apart
ment, with its comforts and luxuries.
It's situation was convenient ard de-
lightful, in the heart of the city. sur
rounded by places OF interest and
amusement, and near the various clubs
where Brian was fond OF spending his
time.
She was III the center Of hustle and
activity. From her window she could
hear the throbbing pulse of a life that
was never still-the ever sounding
orchestra of busy city; the mighty
roar Of the elevated trains, with their
noisy, whizzing echoes; the sound of
the heavy drays passing over the
cobolestones; the lighter rumble of
carriages, and the long line OF ped,s-
TRANS, made up an ever moving, ever
changing panorama Of human life,
hope and ambition, upon which she
gazed with feelings that brought her
own loneliness and isolation more
keenly before her.
How was she To fill the long hours
that must pass before dinner: -he
asked herself. Should she 60 through
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