Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-04-12
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CHATTER XVII.
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had o winning
post toreach. and
the whole bent oi
I" his energies wa,
In that direction. Whatever he did In
ths line Of his profession be did with en-
thusiasm. not only because u was the
profession ol his choice. but because sue
ccs, meant Helen. and Helen meant all In
life that was worth having. IIeknew that
his chances " winning her "a success
ful man were better than his chances ~
an unsuccessful man. and then ho had
M patience with men who did not gc,
along In the world. Some % his friends
thought this indicated q slight touch OF
harSincs. In his nature, but II did moth
Ing Of the sort. lie believed that man
with health AMI strength and q fair
amount of intelligence ought TO 10 able
90 make his way as well a. the nett
With such an ingraincd belief as this
be was pretty certain % get along; for.
a. heard wise old fellow once express
u. your cock SURE man IL bound %
suoccsi.- n u hal not bcsn for this
trait In his disposition Rush would have
retired from the contest for Helen
Knowlton's hand brfor. be hal entered
upon H. Iis was not such fool a. %
think that he only had Ia tell his love %
Helen % have her COMES. a reciprocal
passion. lie knew that II he was to sue
,.,l In his pursuit of her IL would bs
after long Siege.
IIo knew hi. youth 30 H. seriou. oil
sacle In hi. path. lie was at least i've
fears younger than Helen. though To
n casual observer he SEEMED quite as
III a. she did. for she hal b~sn kept
tcry Young. and be had always seemed
Dldcr than ha was
On this point % disparity ~ years he
had been gathering statistics ~ late, and
ho was surprised Ia ilnL how many mar.
iagrs we're made where the husband
was younger than the wife. and he was
delighted 20 find that tho great majority
" such marriages we're happy. His
Grandfather llurlstone was ten years
younger than his grandmother, AMI 10
the cnd of their days they wero loving
couple AZ IS she appearcd quite as
Young NJ b. did at CS. and. although she
died iirst, ho did not survive her many
months. Rush intended 90 use this "
lus,raiion with fine effect when the
time came. bui Just now be was busy
pr,Iaring himself for his new depart
ment. lie entered upon his duties as
foreign editor with real. and. as the for
sigu department of the PAPER was the
one In which It's proprietor felt the
greatest interest, his work was brought
oonspicuously to that great mans aiten-
ton. Riish knew enough French 10
rad the French papers, and be could
make out fairly well with the Italian en.
changes
why don't you study German said
Helen, when Rush told her u his new
position and his plans. "You viii find
Il a great help In your profession"
Rush. delighted 90 think that che took
enough interest In his affairs to make q
practical suggestion. secured n German
teacher the very next day and went 10
work with will. Some of the older
men on Tho Dawn smiled a, his enihu'
si.,sm-
why. my dear fellow, you may be put
at police reporting to-morow-you can't
tell frOm one day 10 the next what your
position will te on this fapcr-and then
what god will your languages do your
quite as much good as at the foreign
desk, replied Rush, with q smile; for
you know the mincl nationali,les of our
criminal classes but. SERIOUSLY. no
not consider that tho study of languages
Is ever thrown away; and. again, as long
a. hold position on The Dawn ] want
a. learn all that appertains To IT,"
80 lie went on with his German and
Italian. which, u not absolutely Necessary
% his position, were % very great assist
ancc. Helen highly approved Of his
thoroughness, and was genuinely pleased
at his promotion. Aunt I.ebecca, for her
part. said tha, she was ''prouder Of him
Than of any of her boys" Rush would
have been In very happy frame Of mind
II IL had not ben for lielen's impending
Ietarture. The evening before she sailed
D.. srent at her house. and, while u VA
always an ecstatic delight to him TO bs
In tho same rom with her. he would
have enjoyed It morc II there had MOI
been No large q party-Bcssie Archer,
Archie Tllinghast. Uncle Lghtfco,
Myers. Mary Dick Griswold. West Hast
ings, and half dozen more whom Rush
did not know as well.
lie saw very little of Helen; che VA
monopolired first by one and then by
the other, ~ that he had no chance oi
seeing her alone. West Hastings VA
very devoted; and Uncle Lghtfoo, told
him IL was "deuced selfish" 81 him when
hc was going to cross over In the steamei
with Helen. while the ret Of them ~ers
going no farther than the gang plank
~ Hastings retired from the field with q
smile which said as plainly as words
could say IL, "You see could have hei
all the evening 10 I would. but wont
10 too hard on the rest Of you" Prom
Helen he turned with the easy grace ol
society man TO Bessie Archer, who
though she did not care much Tor thai
style Of man. found this particular sPeci
men rather amusing.
This last evening at IIelen's New Yorh
home was very pleasant one. for Helen
was u charming hostess As it drew u
Close they had some music. and Heller
insisted upon Rush singing n song. liz
refused 20 fatty at hpt as 20 appeal
almost rude. but Helen knew this TO b
embarrassment. She wanted her guest
10 hear what . fine barytone voice h'
had; 20 she at down at the piano ant
began playing the accompaniment of ON
Of Rubinsteins songs
"You will not refuse mo the last 70
quest shall make of you for months
possibly the last shall ever make. fo'
the ocean IL very wide. end even th'
largest ships aro frail." she said thi'
with sinile. bat moro seriously thar