Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-02
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bcsu kzlsEa zenlr FegaEgiing es 8 gravel
walk. ~ FBn zreons % tns Learned ones
o{ tie earth tfcse snlaii Esollslszs May
teach y0n t1at you are near the shores
OF fha Cali q Asx1co. szld, for sughs
that l-r.1,sg q such matters, may fnf0Fm
ycu that yoa are On the eoess Of tho
state e Missszsippi.
Nov, II yea aid mo pursuit Of lifsra-
tnre % that a ss<rnce. lcok well around
you; t1r here Tat most Valuable literary
raw material, local eoior Of the southern
tspe. las been most lasishiy poured oct.
Hare are magnolias. o1eanders and al
other soaftsrn trees aud shruh4 There,
IA thax srehof confederate jasmine. two
hooking birds have their habitat. They
hsvs been Fighting since daybreak with
every living thing that has approached
them; but yoa used not put that in your
sxtlcle.
Behznd you - broad galieried. deep
poofed mAn<son Of the most approved
ansebsltum architecture. and before You
y tho btklest wafer IN tho world-creds
Ne expssto who have seen the Adriatic
and tls Caribbean seas. It's beauty is
marsed By long dilapitated piers. bat
You Will not complain OF them when tho
mosquitoes swarm In from the Louisiana
marshes and drive you out into the sea
breeze
From where you staad you can SEQ
through tho great han Of the house,
quice through 20 where the pine forest
sSands out against the sky. IL was not
many months ago that a party Of three
to me- az that time q most interesting
party-made that hall their assembly
room and temple for their household
gods. Indeed. is was often their battle
ground. for IN tho long leisure Of sum-
mer days the coating Of eonventionality
IN talk wears rather thin, and behind
thu coating are often concealed the
mo5E startling beliefs IN persons Of the
most unirn sached respectability. At
such times the sole male member Of tho
trio vas apt 70 begin the discussion with
smooth appeals 10 experience. policy and
knowledge of tho world. which hap
pened 10 be his particular divinities,
and Ike other priests Of Baal. hs some
times appealed long. loudly and in vain
Il was afSer one OF the longest and
warrnssr OF these debates that all three
sat ostensibly deep in their mornings
mail. John Dunn. the lone champion Of
the commonplace, tore through small
pile OF letters with an air Of mysterious
importance. which he had been early
taught II was neoessary to assume in or
der 10 attain business success As he
had attained that great and noble desid-
sraSum. and IN no small degree, he
might be- fairly credited with . knowl-
edge Of tho necessary methods One Of
his far antagonists, Constance Aston,
who had played heated, enthusiastic
and altogether minor part in the discus
non, bad forgotten the whole matter in
bulky letter addressed IN . broad mas
Ouline hand.
Presently she looked up. whats to-
day-she day Of the month mean?" she
asked And then. without waiting for
sn answer: Fifteenth, sixteenth, seven
tesnth. They win be here today. He
writes that he will be here tomorrow
that Is today Of course: and he Is going
10 bring . friend with him" She buried
herself again in the letter and emerged
with further intelligence: His friends
name--f am not sure how to pronounce
II. Alice" she said, turning to her cous-
In. the last Of the trio, with . mischiev-
Gus look. "how do you pronounce
BeallT
II her object was TO creste either sur
Prise or confusion on the part Of her
cousin the attempt was q fatfailure, for
that young lady answered imperturb-
ably:
ssBsll Of course. You know the name
well enough You can hardly have for
gotten him since last winter"
Was he Johns Hopkins man-s fell
low asked Dunn with interest.
"Yes. ve knew him at Baltimore"
answered Alice.
"Wedl. he's stopped all that said
Dunn. presumably referring to the pur-
suit Of knowledge by means Of fellow
ships. ''One Of his rich relatives died
this spring, and he's pretty veil fixed"
III suppose we know all about him
now said Alice, a trife YEARLY. and
risfnx she strolled ont to the edge Of the
wide gallery. where sho stood pensively
locking ont, clear cat figure against
tho blaze Of Light from without
.sTha.'s graceful picture" said Con-
stance warmly.
sfYes. dos very pretty young girl.
answered Duan indifersntiy. He proved
the gen,sinssess Of bis indifference by
carrying on very distracted converse
ton with Constance for q few moments,
and Then wandering ont with careful
ipds+initensss 20 where Alice stood. To
q sensitive man the manner in which be
was recsiyed would have been equiva-
lent 10 verbal asnuncistion as an I'M
pleasant interruption. but Mr.. Dunns
uany snenaiss attributed much Of his
success to bis seldom making such dis
coverias.
Half day later and Constance and
her correspondent had resolved them
selves into FAINT splash OF oars and .
mur1nur Of voices scarcely srdibie from
the PIER where Alice was nardened with
an embarrassing wealth Of companion
ship. The wniium learned fellow was
not obtrssivsiy apparent in quiet
yuun9 man leisurely half reclining in
the fcw OF q small skiff Of which Alice
hsi.i the ears Dunn stood upon the
<ssrs leading down to the water. look
Ing ,isspondsntsy AZ dark gap between
hsn;s~n ami the boat
II cant bring NE boat any closer on
account q shess posts said Alice.