Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-02-28
.nAPTER VII
mar AER VII
AN OBJECT OF ADMIRATION.

( toxication of popularity. He was the
biggest man in New Haven for an hour
at least, and he thoroughly enjoyed
the sensation. The route of his tri-
umphal procession CHANGED to take
! him by the house where Florence
| lived and she was standing on the
/ steps, surrounded by a dozen other
girls, when he passed.
There was a shrill chorus Of APP
/ plause, and all the girls waved hand
! kerchiefs. Florence was 50 proud Of
1 him that the tears came into her eyes.
( She felt very small and unimportant
/ to be the sweetheart of 50 distin-
/ guished man. 1t seemed to her that
many Of the other girls looked more
worthy of the honor. They were tall
and queenly, while she was only five
feet four in high-heeled shoes And
then She remembered that her per-
suasion had made Lawrence what he
was. But for her he might never have
been famous. And with that thought
she became so tall that she could look
over the heads of all the other girls
and see what was going on as we'll as
if they hadn't been there.
Lawrence was forced to leave his adj
mirers soon and go to the training ia
BILE for dinner. 1t is well known that
the athletes at the principal colleges
eat food especially prepared for them
and prescribed by the highest medical
authority. In spite of this fact many
of them are quite well, but Lawrence
was not of that number. Perhaps his
digestive machinery was not naturally
strong enough to stand the strain OF
eating, as one might say, under the
eye of a physician. At any rate, he had
not been well since his first encounter
with scientifically regulated diet
1t may have been twinge of dyspep.
STA which turned his thoughts out OF
the pleasant channel in which they had
been running and made him feel dis.
satisfied with the world as he arose
from the table. TO him, just then.
Florence was the world. so he became
dissatisfied with her. lie had seen the
light in her eyes, the glow on her
cheeks, the ecstasy of pride when he
went by. All this came back to him,
and hot pleasantly.
'.She is in love With Paddy O'Toole,"
said Lawrence, in his heart 1T is dis
graceful"
Now everybody will readily admit
that if such was the truth, Paddy had
a great deal more right 30 complain
than Lawrence had. Yet is very hard
to satisfy young man when he is in
love, and Lawrence became wildly
jealous of Paddy, who had never met
Florence, and in the natural course of
events never would However, there
was some justification for Lawrence's
feeling, for he had not been able in the
course of his acquaintance with Flor
ence to make her take deep and abid-
ing interest in anything which had
really been achieved by himself She
knew every curve in Paddy's remark
ably extensive repertory, but she could
not remember from one day to the
next so much as the names of the
studies in which Lawrence most nota-
bly, exeelled his competitors
He resolved that she should love him |
for his intellect, for those commanding I
mental powers which made easy grist |
of comic sections and such hard things. !
I'VE viii not discuss baseball this i
evening " said he to himself, very firm
~. We Will converse upon more seri-
Gus topics"
He was by this time. on his way to
call upon Florence. There was a kiss
due him. as the reader may remember,
for the Harvard game had been won
by Paddy O'Toole
Lawrence resolved not to take the
kiss nor even mention il. He would Law
before her the treasures of his mind,
and captivate her with his knowledge
TO this plan he scrupulously adhered;
aud Florence had never thought him
dull before
She had looked forward to the inter-
view with feelings of the liveliest joy,
and the result was bitter disappoint-
ment. She was offended that he did
not claim his reward at once. But he
scorned to do it, for he felt that the
prize had been won by his hated rival.
He would not approach the subject.
Instead he opened out to her the
treasure house Of his mind, which was
really not had for a freshman. The re-
suit was that by half-past eight o'clock
she was not only angry but bored; by
half-past nine they had quarreled: and
at ten, Lawrence took his leave, with
out having mended matters at I'll in
the last half hour, and without having
secured his own kiss or the one that
belonged to Paddy.
This was only the beginning of Bit
te. ness. There was another game of
ball few days later, and Paddy again
distinguished himself He shut out
Amherst without hit, and Amherst
was supposed to have a strong batting
nine that year. But Paddy was too
good for anybody's nine that day, and
the visitors merely famed the air one
after another. Paddy's work was
justly regarded as the very finest arti-
Gle of bali playing that had ever been
seen in New Haven, and the vast /
crowd simply went wild over him.
Florence, who had considered herself I
estranged from him shed tears of peni |
tenee. She wanted to be forgiven /
right So with a great company OF |
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