The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-18

at all, but just as said, IAN Interest,"
such as ono feels in group ono meets In
railroad car or in an afternoons walk.
There were three of thcm-two boys,
lads of about II and 1.-the jolliest, heart
lest boys have ever met. Handsome fell
lows, too-porhaps bit too fair, but with
such glorious compilations, and such clear,
frank, blue eyes, and forms that were
sturdy and strong. There was every in.
dication of wealth in their dress. 1t was
OF fine material, tho latest cut, and with
out stint They were brothers, 1 know at
n glance.
"Tho other ono of tho group was
young man, thor senior by 10 or 12 years.
Eo, too, was handsome, but of quite an
other type. His hair and eyes wore dark
and his complexion inclined to be swarthy.
Ho certainly was not brother to tho boys
Besides, his clothes told story very diff.
ferent from theirs. His linen was i'm
maculato, his clothes we'll pressed, but Ii
was evidently many moons since they had
left tho hands Of the tailor, and hard sery.
leo had made them too familiar with the
severity of the whisk.
"One day learned that no was tutor to
tho boys, and was struggling to pay his
way through college, and-well, 1t was
just like mo to feel n deeper interest than
Don't imagine that was romantic enough
to fall in love with the poor tutor then
and there. Nothing Of tho sort. Wo merely
exchanged commonplaces when we met,
and although once or twice I caught him
looking at me across tho dinner table
there was nothing in the expression of his
grave, dark eyes that caused any unusual
1iutterings in my heart.
"a decided friendship, however, had
sprung up between the younger of the two
boys and me- One day, whilo we were
talking together our conversation fell
upon his studies. He spoke French fluent
ly, and regretfully confessed that 1 wai
not so thorough in 1t as should like to bo
Oh, why don't you como to our class
esp he said. i know that Mr. Morri,
would BIO pleased to have you And
don't know just how 1t came about, but
ono morning the boys tutor invited me to
the class in French I went. I went
ngain the noxt morning. l became q rec.
ular attendant at French and Latin and
literature. / became thoroughly fasci-
mated with my studies. loved to read and
to write with new love and new zeal.
All went gloriously for awhile; then sud-
denly it became evidont to mo that some
thing was wrong, something was the mat
ter. I didn't hear half that was said,
and tho 'Amo, Amas, Ainat' seemed to
send great pain through my heart, and
well, decided to give up the classes
MIR. Morris said that he was sorry, and
that was the end of it ALL"
jess paused moment, and Thought
that she had finished her story. "But
Ned. We were speaking of Ned, you
know" suggested.
Yes" she continued, II know. l had
not forgotten But up to that TIM had
never thought Of him as Ned. He was
only the boys tutor, who had helped mo
very much.
THAT afternoon papa received tele-
gram which made 1t necessary for him to
return to New York within q few hours,
and as the time of our intended stay was
almost at an end mamma and decided TO
accompany him.
''It was just after lunch. Ned and the
boys had gone skating and would not re-
turn before dark. We left the hotel at
o'clock, and so / did not even say goodby
to Ned. expected never to SEQ him again.
'At home was once more in the midst
Of tho social whirl-life was just as full of
happy events, friends were Just as kind
but something was different. 1t was my
self. 1 had no heart in anything that
did Alas, l realized it fully now; had
left my heart at Lakewood tried to
bury my secret and strove to enter into the
life that was mino and to be happy In the
attentions that had once pleased me.
81 devoted two hours each morning to
my studies. Ned had told me that had
literary talent, and that ought to write.
determined to try. did try But, oh,
dear me, what failure made Of It'll If