Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-12-14

MY dear fellow, suddenly saw |
MI that she loved me. saw It in |
4 4 her eyes, as the saying IL.
Imagine my CONSERVATION. I am by no
means insenslble Of the great good luck
Of man who Is loved by good sort
OF woman, though quite capable Of pre-
tending not to envy him. But this
wouldn't do Mt all. She was the pref
tiest girl there. and had gravitated
toward her beauty as matter or
course. I always pick out the prettiest
face. and 60 straight for 1t mechanical
~. or course. l don't often arrive;
there may be obstacles. and am quite
content to make my bow to the next
Venus. 1t would be a real shock to
discover that there was a degree, pos
sibility between what had achieved
and what had abandoned, that was
paying my homage to star OF lesser
brilliancy than necessary. The fact Is,
I have quite enough Of reason ard Ideas
and intellect generally when l am at
work. and We are all Of us externally ap.
plying some principle. and that's phil.
osophy. When Join the ladies, all I
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agreeably stimulated. not because they
are not capable Of making me think.
though I don't say they are, but he.
cause at those times want amusement.
not instruction. That's why I am so
severely logical about feminine charms
ofperson. and feel personal loss when
I worship at shrine Of ninety beauty
power instead Of 100. However, I am
not often In this dilemma, a. nature
doesn't cut things 30 fine.
Well, what was to do? As I said,
1t wouldn't do; she had no Ideas; there
was nothing for me to cling to. We
might have gone like that the rest Of our
lives. l admiring her beauty and she
existing beautifully. don't think was
to blame; faced the question fully.
and hor orably acquitted myself. I
never sought her society. but when we
met I certainly did enjoy her musical
small talk: she had charming voice.
I don't know what we talked about. I
can't remember her saying anything
worth remembering, and l certainly
didn't attempt to converse. There was
Q string Of questions and answers, Just
like royal commission, and about a.
romantic. But the whole thing, her face,
her voice. her easy chat. the fr0u frou.
was q perfect holiday for me. and I
felt some of the acQuiescence of sleep
without any Of Its inconsistencies.
am n unitarian person. but I never
reckoned the time wasted. The sun.
shine warmed my fallow mind and
made It stronger to bear more drastic
impressions. 1t strikes me now that
the disengagcment which I displayed
may have looked like patience to her
ingcnuousness, and that there may
have been a trace Of gratitude for the
implied compliment. though all the
thanks were certainly on my side. How.
ever II came about, 1t did come about
OF course. I might be wrong: In that
-case 1t wouldn't matter what did,
but I knew I was not wrong. At any
rate ! elected to assume was right,
and had to do something.
Clearly, l couldn't run away. In the
FIRST place. this was practically incOn
venicnt. Like other people. am tcth'
cred In the shadows OF circumstance
Aud. secondly. It smacked Of the heroic
of which, of course. ] have horror.
was afraid, too. that she would take a
feminine pleasure In feeding senti
anent for the absent. and my obvious
policy was to discourage. not inhame
her Imagination. Externally had Il
maintain the old attitude, but 1t woult
have been false pretense to do 10 with
the old nonchalance. I took the firs
opportunity OF denying myself.
"Have you been to see the plctures''
she said.
"Not l." replied.
"What do you mean? Don't you lik'
beautiful things3"
''Only when I am looking at them
and even then am haunted by the fea
that ! am wasting time and might b.
more probably employed"
"More proftablyY"
Eyes; storing up sources that will las
facts. thoughts. goods. money. any
thing but fancies."
"You are coming out In a now light.
che said,
"a new darkness. you mean." re
piled.
II suppose you are what II called
dark horse" she rejoined.
We both laughed and she went ava
puzzled.
Next time ! managed to startle he
We were talking of the latest novel.
"Romance," said, "is all very we'll, bu
II mustn't be contemporary. Put 1t int
bygone days In as large quantities a
You like. but the tale of to-day. whic
deals with us and our friends. 0ugll
only to encourage sober business prir
ciples."
She ought to have retorted "Such a
answering a fool according to his TO
~" or by referring to the fact that mos
fiction was designed to stave off banl
ruptcy, quite in accordance with IN
Theory. But she only said:
Don't you think VIC want chana
from our everyday life?"
II don't" said, "because my chile
amusement consists In watching Othe
peoples"
~ didn't know you were such criti
! hope You haven't reckoned me up"
1.-THE critic" ! said, ''shuts one ey
In order to get q better view; the Gym
purposely puts on glasses that don't
him; the philosopher sees one thlu
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