Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-17
A SELF MADE MAN.

ana they SKA re, mamma, IKE III the tuU-
ture books. on rivers twice as big as
this and walk about on the paddle
shoes. Look, five got picture of
them Mr. Stewart drew me-" And he
produced rough sketch and exhibited
1t with rapture. "Oh, mamma, it must
/ be lovely to live where it's awful cold!
Wouldn't yo1l like TO go:"
Go where" asked Mary, smiling
Then Ran, the accurate. took no the
tale ITS New Brunswick" he said. Il
said 1t over to myself lots of times and
| remember it quite right, because of
the stew with loads of pepper in it that
Aunt Neelie likes. And Hec, Mr.. Stew
art didn't say twas winter there all the
time. Don't you know he told us about
the flowers II the woods and going after
berries with his sisters: That couldn't
be If there WIS snow all the time"
That's SO, acquiesced Hector, WELD
ing the point "but didn't mind about
the flowers. can get them here, and |
should so love to walk on paddles"
Mrs. Beverley herself was very favor
ably impressed when, the following
evening, Nei Anthony brought his
friend to call little proud of him and
vain of the intimacy, and anxious to
show her thai he had friends of his own
making who could bear comparison with
any i'll the land for birth and breeding
He sat very complacently and listened
TO their conversation, putting in a word
or so now and then, for he was no great
talker. and needed to be specially reused
and drawn ont. He wanted these two
TO like each other, and he seemed in a
fair way of having his wish gratifed
for Stewart and Mrs. Beverley had MANY
things i'll common.
Dams sunuiness of temperament and
vivacity, which was free and vet sur-
gested reserves of gracious rs-l0Sr. were
captivating to the woman who had had
so much of moods aud storms and sense
less domestic upheavals. He was charm
ing and sympathetic, and did not ex-
haust her by demands and exactions
that kept her at high pressure. There
was no necessity of partisanship, even
IN her own mind, or of self reproach or
self arraigument In regard to him. She
could like him without reservation, and
enjoy his society absolutely, restfully,
knowing that he would never CRATE on
her IN any way, or II or make a dis
cord. He understood at once sugges-
ton, Il word, almost thought, and was
instantly responsive
What impression size made on Stewart
shall be given in his own words to his
friend as they took their way home to-
gether in the moonlight after the first
visit
What do you think of herr" Anthony
asked. lowering his lids and speaking
calmly.
That she's altogether the most charm
ing woman | have met for many years"
replied Dan heartily. ''She's intelli-
gent, cultivated, sympathetic and has
the loveliest manners have ever seen.
If she is s. fair sample of an F. f. ",
and not noble exception, | doff my hat
and say, God grant that the race never
becomes extinct. Ned, is she little
Nary thought You said Mrs. Bever-
ley"
A shade crossed Anthony's face, for
he regretted the old dream STILL Lit
tie Mary lies I'll - he said, pointing
toward the dark crdars standing clear
and black against the moonlit sky.
You heard ne right That IS Hector's
widow"
Dan laid his hand quickly on his
friends broad shoulder. Such demon
STATIONS We're habitual with him, and
never seemed ELUSIVE or womanish. He
was sorry for The sad ending of sweet,
romantic dream, Srieved for the pain
Anthony must have felt in its dissolu-
ton, yet even now in his heart there
was satisfaction in the knowledge that
the lady from whom they had just part
cd was in no way connected with that
dream, and was simply "Hector's
widow"
He threw imself into the project of
the new house with enthusiasm. cri, e.
ally examined the site proposed, tod;
in all its capa bilitic- and even its l-.l-
bilities and set himself to work at once
on plans and estimates
He saw good deal of Mrs I.rcrlcy
and fell quite naturally into AuJhonys
way of frequenting her house. They
would take their plans over in the even
ings and spread them out on her parlor
table and discuss them and argue over
them, for Anthony had a good many no
tons which he was disposed to set up in
opposition to MS friends views. When
differences of opinion arose both men
would appeal to her and Mary, unless
the case involved fragrant breach of
taste, always decided in Anthony's ia
vor because she liked him the less and
wished to balance matters.
When she was forced to dissent from
him she would do so very gently, ex-
planning her grounds of difference
courteously and making quite sure that
he understood her. With Dan she took
no such pains, contradicting him often
for the mere pleasure of matching her
wit with his, and provoking merry argu-
ments in which she held her own with
skill and had trouble enough in securing