Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-16
QUIET MISS LANE.

Martins. mono ,of the p .oplc knew any.
thing about her; She hac4a quict,waytos
slipping In and out'of tho dinfnC,rouu.
and ut the table scarcely evur,ventnrc1
more than polite remark on,thocondi.
ton of the weather uniess\ nrss'addrossed
by sumo one.
IL was n merry company \thas gathered
around Mrs. Martins table.thrcc' dimes a
day. The clocttion strdon;sNalgir nr ,ica.
bic battles over tho merits o> tiu,irrsspec-
tive schools; the tcchnoloyysboc cracked
jokes or propountled conundrums., Mr.
Herbert had always some int costing story
to tell.
How DO you like herr" tho I,lacs hair
Cd clocutior student asked the Iecb noloey
boy ono day not long after IsabclS sGrrival.
"Oh, she's no goodi 1 don't ta.ke any
this nstuto youth.
Which serves TO show that Isat I'll Lane
with her reserved, reticcnt man ncr,. was
not popular at the boarding hou &c. She
had acquired u habit Of silence. NJ 4 caring
for the girlish pleasures u her ste ,sjsters,
she had lived In an inner worlt vuf her
own, growing To woman's cstats1 under
home influences that rcprcssed her fperson.
expression in writing, first In vol, uninous
journals, then In more am bilious stempts
at fiction. She submitted some s,f these
tales TO the csiticism Of literary bureau
and WINS encouraged Ia Keep on. IHor de-
pendent life reused within her ST rong de-
sire 20 carn her own livelihood with her
pen work; but, handicapped by lack Of
physical strength, she did not mike head
way.
Isabel wns q, vcars old She had. pcver
received an offer Of marriage. Her sisters
wcru settled in homes Of tis,ir ow n. but the
commonplace young men they chose for
husbands could not satisfy Is,b,,rs needs
and ideals. In their arm. they thought
her cold aud intolcrant of ,ncn. and Isabel
herself began by this tiJn,gto hold rather
possimistic views rcgnrdiu q theiwisdom Of
woman's natural destiny.
"what do you make ofSher. Herbert,,
nsLcd Frank Brewer, thcN young doctor
taking po-t.radunt, wurHI who shnr.d
Mr.. Herbert. bachelor apa,tmepts.
lie yr,s n ,an5s,,n. ,',,i,.,. ,a,,.
his friend, with an n,hlctid figure. nlett
expressive features, vohicnI Brown mns.
tacho and hair. Herbert was reading. He
turned tho magazine face slownw.rd ON
the table and claspcd his b,,r.is rcfs,ctiv,,v
behind his head
"IIcr face acknowledgements and INTELLECT
like u. hut sA.xloesn't,tak, n, healthy
interest In her locssS want no Get n
chance 90 talk TO herr
"Shc won't saw npys hing IN xon."
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