New-York tribune., 1892-12-18

your time. Of course which is valuable Leu Us
settle the terms. ! want you TO get mere az niue
every morning except "Wednesday ana SATURDAY
On those days | give myself 10 society. mats
what l call IT, But | hate society. really. l
want YOU TO stay until after lunch. You VIII
lunch with me in my own rooms here. don't
go down for that meal. 1t worries me. VIII
pay you ten dollars a week Does that suit yol ?
Salomc laid her pen down She was going 70
clasp her hands. but il occurred 20 her that that
gesture might seem theatrical
She turned toward Mrs Darrah. who could not
help murmuring:
Certainly. you are suggestive. | have never
seen a girl like you. And thought had seen
them all
Will it sut me ," exclaimed the girl &" 1t is
too much I'm afraid shall not earn IL Lut
will learn shorthand as soon as possible
Very well. But it is not bu>lacssike to say
that any sum is too much. Write few sentences
and JET mo 500 your handwriting.
Slomc eagerly obcvcd Then she carried the
sheet Of paper 70 Mrs. Darrah The girl wrote
an upright, clear hand with no flourish
"I have one accomplishment. She said shyly,
or, rather, it is almost gift can initiate any
hand with very little effort"
"Ah," indncrcntly.
Mrs. Darrah absently put her pen TO the paper
and wrote one of her favorite quotations. II was
that sentence in which ST. Augustine saws TO God
"Thou hast counseed better course than
Thou hast permitted"
Saomcs eyes sndlcd. She bent forward.
"Who said that >" she asked quickly. That is
true. have fc't that. Yes have felt that.
Dut did no: know any ono else was go wicked
as T. feel it about God Who it, Mrs.
Darrah ~
1T was St. Augustine" with amused regard
upon the girl.
And know that s. Augustine was 40 good,
sighng as she spoke.
YES certainly. You sec you are not alone IN
vour wickcdncss. Miss Gerry. However wicket
Won are, or however good you are you will find
that somebody else has been Just as good and just
rs wicked There is 70 originality left Sin is
no longer original"
Salome listened Then she took the sheet OF
paper to her desk, and in moment she carried II
again % Mrs Darrah. Under that lady's writing
she had placed copy.
"In my next attempt you could not tell which
was your own. she said " And I'm often tempted
TO copy hands It's no good. though. Only "
sometimes amuscs me ! often write 70 father 50
that he doesn't know whether the letter Is from
mother or me- Oh" forgetting her resolve 20 be
very proper. how glad father will he that yon
LET me work for You. But. Mrs. Darrnh, really
YOU must that earn my money
"You are earning 1t now
"Now9 ! am only talking now
Miss Gerry. do you object 10 being used as ma
tcrial -
Plainly the girl did not understand III" ques-
tion. BIT Mrs Darrah would not explain. In
stead, she leaned back and closed her eyes again
She wished TO shut IN an idea that had just come
= Lin f.l fhas
were so rare that one was justified in doing almost
anvthiGc for the sake Of capturing one
Salome sat in her chair 10y the desk.
She sat in pcrfcc, quiet lest she might disturb
fer employer She had never, 70 her knowledge"
seen an anthorc-s before and she hardly knew
what TO expect Of one
She silently examined the specimen OF author
craft before her now. Did they all have such little
dried-up faces, with such lines about th" mouth
and eyes? And did their eyes have way OF
diving into one? And what was II 10 be " ma
terial"?
Could il he pos,ihle-hcrc Salome start"1 somc
what No. Of course it could not be possible that
Mira Darrah had meant that she wished II make
use Of her. Saomc Gerry, in a novel That would
be quite ridiculous.
The silence and the quiet lasted 80 long that the
girl suspected that Mrs Darrah had gone 70 sleep
and she was becoming sleepy herself, when thc
lady. without the slightest warming opened h'r
eyes a. if they had only been closed for an Instant
and said
We will begin now, if you please
And again Sdlomc put her pen IN the lhN' anu
This time the dictaton really began
To the Girls great surprise she found sho was m
torcstcd in the words she was writing She f"lt
SIRE that il was the beginning OF a novel; ana II
must be here in ST. Augustine. And She wondered
If she were going 20 care for that man who was de
scribcL ~ having n face which seemed 10 he al
profile
She hurried on and on. Her pen flew over me
napcr And underneath all her thoughts was uac
resolve that she would b"en tha' very u"' , w.
study shorthand. All that was ha'n ''i'' WV
dicfation were the words:
~Iavse you that
Two bours later. Salomc. having lunchcd alone
with Mrs Darrah on vIands who's" names she did
nnt know. but whose substanc" she enjoyed; was
going along one of the galleries OF IN" ho'cl pre-
paratory TO descending 70 the mann "ni.t'rp ira,
She thought she had never ielt 80 cNhii2,ar,a Nhi -,
and happy in her life And this building WIN l,s
Spanish sugco+tvcnc,s and rich decor i,l9h. & n"w
she could enjoy life which gave h'r Su'Il .; 'in-
She was dimlv conscious of something awak'IihI !"
her which called for these suronndine-. Hoi," nt
thing more than the mere superficial iH.nI oi,i ~
girl who for the first time becomes acluah'' VII"
the sumptuOnS IN tins world 3, , ,,c,oro
Life should not be- bare. an rigid ana a"Slrfe
Life should bc full Of color ana cnpym'm, ham, "I.
vas that mysterious and "ln-iv" thlng cal'u n"P
nincss? pleasure. AZ least. might b" atianaoi"
She waS feeling this rather 'iil 'lnNiIiiE n,iiii -.
aware Of many hitherto 1ndrcamca"l pC bmman
that might enter into the experience Il i'i''. III
| beings. when some ono touched her soltN on wv
II was Portia Nunally, who was now Just gong
| down 70 her lunch. ,;,r. ~ tbc
We'll" she said. and wha; do you THINK o' '''
| authores.?7 Salome he-itatcd.
| "Shc has been very kind. II. ,.o,, orc
THAT of coursc-sinre YOU are wha' ~ N"t ,t,;nI
But tell me- drawing still nearer does sIi' '"'""
| you material :?
| Salomcs eyes drocpcd quickly . - h
| she said she thought she conld "S' Nv ''
| answered. in a .rTy Ow tone. -, co,o,oo
| moycd a step away and av"rtcd her face L.
| 81 predicted To Mr. Moore. just now. tha' ~ pr
i .,l do tlImN W, wv