The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-08-04

,es from her, In which she prosessed
humb,y TO believe that her western ways
were but a burden 10 such an exalted
being as | had become-and wrote no
more. Her letters were so fresh and IN
aiyidual that | missed them, but was
fatuous enough to accept her silence as
q SIMPLE hearted tribute TO my worth
say, Sawyer, when u man Is a fool how
many different WAYS he finds 10 show II.
OR when he is in Lover added Saw
yer rueiully.
That stage was to come soon
enough Along the last months OF the
year had caught winged words here
and there regarding some not impos-
sible she, spending year in Boston,
who had become q CREATOR Of contention
between various givers Of college
spreads You were in - and of
course not interested. Would this she
accept one or all Of the invitations show
cred upon her? Would she like Van
Rensselaer's rooms best, hlled As they
were with old colonial furniture and
silver, or would she prefer 10 linger al
Tarrey's, in a purely Bohemian atmos-
phere, with boxing gloves and burrings:
The affair promised 10 he Interesting,
and | WAS bent upon being a witness
possibly myself not wholly unnoticed.
Il was therefore with very bad grace
that read IN letter from my mother
THAI Margaret Burton Was IN Boston,
and asking me 10 see that she was SUIT
ably initiated into the precioasness OF
things Harvardlan- And Yet was
piqued enough when IN answer 10 my
formal rote-l had dispensed with the
needful call received closely worried
hIrle note saying that she had already
accepted Tor spreads al Weeds and
HAlworthy. ! had OF course supposed
that she knew nobody, and had been by
70 means averse 10 act the modern
mentor 10 a fair Trlrmacha OF course
you've guessed the end Even an expert
detective would have cl-w by this.
But was As unsusplcious a. only a
foresone conclusion can make one, and
when saunterrd INTO W hii1s rooms AZ
HAlwortny and saw Margaret sur
rounded by The superlanyes, as We
call them, smiling, gracious, witty and
wholly al ease, | was dumtOundvd
overcome, ecrase Whether II was that
my nativity spoke for me, or As think
now, from pure womAnly kindness, Mar
garet neither scornei me, as deserved,
nor froze NE. as she well knew how
She gave inc her hand IN ITS long yellow
glove, made place beside her. and then
med nEf1r,4 F1rU.-r
I've made a lengthy preamb bic. bu.
the denouement Is az hand Suffice u
that the next Year | was her slayisn
shallow. | climbed awkwardly down
OUT Of the rarehed air Of my superiority
content 70 t- IN the same world with
her. She perhaps suspected the truth
OF one OF my own epigrans-tha, II l.
only an unrequited love that makes i
man good and keeps him humble. oh.
was swee. and frank and charming, bu;
she had no bushes 10 hide from me.
There were no quarrels 10 make up, and
while got As many smiles as the rest
and the rest were many and Ardent
was never gwen confidence nor made
trembling witness u a tear.
usually ON later train, a. | was always
forbidden II | stated my intentions
Now comes the crisis, modestiy dra
matte! Margaret had gone to Nara
sansett for week. After two days !
found the town unexpectedly hot, AM
getting of late arrived at the hote
about II o'clock. There was dancing
In the ballroom, and as registered i,
the desk through the wide doors could
see the lights and the moving figures
As | hesltated there, making up my
2ind, as there was no chance Of a dance
with her, 10 grumble Grossly Of TO bed
and lovers dreams, child, almost
baby, dashed suddenly out Of the side
corridor and ran, screaming shrI!ly
through the doors and down the aisle
male By the dancers, VINO were begin
nlng the !ancers.
Behind the child came an enormous