The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-01-07
APOLLO IN BRONZE.

4NlIlcIlC DloNA was q youh6 away Va
decidedly romantic tendencies.
She had been named Nancy, but as
she entered upon her sweet sixteenth
year she decided to call herself Nam
nette, and finally abbreviated it to Nj
nette.
Her mother called her Ninette when
she could remember to do SO, but her
father insisted upon plain Nancy.
Her father also favored George Smith,
a young farmer, as one of Ninette's
~suitors. George was a tall, strong,
industrious fellow, with plenty of COM
mon sense and not a particle of romance
about him. Because of his lack of the
latter Ninette treated him in a way
which sometimes made his heartache.
II shall never marry George Smith. l
look higher than a farmer" she said to
her father one evening when he was ex-
tolling Georges good qualities.
"Then | guess you will look higher
than you will ever be able to tilt your
little nose!' replied her father angrily.
81 see what you are after. You have
read so many O them trashy novels /
s'pose You expect to get one o them ERE
city chaps-all shirt buzzom an perfum-
cry! But | warn We now, Nancy, I'm
agin it from the fust! You'd better take
George, with his decent ways and good
farm"
Ninette did not think so. She began
to get disconnected and to wish she
could get away from home. She want
ed to go to the city.
She confided this desire by letter to
Mrs. Elkins, who had nce boarded for
the summer zeal them. Mrs. Elkins in
reply wrote: "We are going to a sea-
shore resort very If you will go
with us and take charge of little Sadie
we may be able to find a situation for
you after the summer season if you still
desire 1t.
Ninette at last gained her fathers
consent to go. He said he chad been
pestered long enough"
The journey was made. The ElkinS
family were established in a suite al
1.-The Golden" situated on a way down
coast of Maine.
Ninette would have been quite lonely
but for the company of Mary Duncan
the young woman who was Mrs. Elkins
maid.
Mary was romantic also, with a dasl
of something worse about her, ant
quite Mortified Ninette by relating SOM
of her escapades. Ninette vas thor
oughly good, but silly.
MARY" said Ninette one morning
= when they were alone, 81 have not we
- l.A Al.-1vJ .e l-.-
him!'
"Why, how is that?"
"Well, last night i was sitting b
Miss Sadie while Mrs. Elkins was enjoy
i ing herself at the dance, and | heard
. piano in the mex room, and oh, sue
glorious singing! don't know what
was, but it was grand! 1 have hear
him once before, and | am sure he mus
DO splendid to sing like that!'
GLOW do you know but he is alread
marriedy" asked Mary, who was seldol
practical.
81 don't believe he is. | watched t
\ try and see who came from the room
But you know Mrs. Elkins does not a
low US to keep Il doors open, so don
have a very good chance"
''If you hear him again just let II
know, will you? will come to listen
I have time"
That night no melodious sounds issue
T from the room, but on the followin
evening the grand voice broke forth an
Ninette and Mary listened with breatl
less attention.
81 Just wish | knew who has tn,
room,'' exclaimed Mary, "but ! don
dare ask anybody. 1t would cost II
my place if Mrs. Elkins knew that | W;
prying around anything or anybody"
1--WE must watch all the time. / fe
sure he is my hero!" and foolish Ninet
thought of the unknown singer viii
she basted Miss Sadie's ruffles. d.
= after day passed, and Ninette fed her r
nance upon the snatches of song whit
came from the room of her hero.
nix One morning Ninette was passil
through the corridor. The door of h
hero's room opened and she saw a for
pass out. She could not see his fac
but he was tall, admirably proportion
and carried himself gracefully. Ninet
caught her breath in suppressed admir-
ton.
ooh, I've seen him! I've seen hin
she whispered excitedly to Mary.
"What does he look like" asked Ma
c%uriously.
ooh, | didn't see his face, but he
er. very tall and dark. He is splendid!
perfect Apollo!" and Ninette a ba
to her duties and to think about /
"Apollo," as she continued to call hin
-. Meanwhile George Smith was gro
ing heart hungry. He wanted to s
Ninette. He suddenly decided "to
down the coast a spell"
His old mother looked astonished. S
knew George did not need sea breez
1t was "that Nancy Brown he was afte
George arrayed himself in his best a
went to the hotel where the Elkint
were staying. There was more of aft
tionate demonstration in his greet
than Ninette cared to see. She respond
II very coolly, 'How are you, Georg
and tilted her nose a little higher.
George followed Ninetts down on
beach, where che had gone with M
Sadie.
,ur "Ninette," he said, and his face '
very white, "give me my answer tod
You have always put me off on II l
text or another, but l can't be put
any longer. You know you are the o.