Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-10-07
copyright. 1896. by J. B. LIppIncou Col

He regarded me attentively, and l re-
turned his glance with interest.
What are you going to do with me,
Mr.. Livingstone"
| That depends upon yourself. I'm
under contract to cultivate in you the
three m's-mind, muscles, morals.
| We will begin tomorrow with the mus
cles. You have, l see, capital legs, but
your arms'-I pinched his biceps-"are
still undeveloped. We must spar to-
gether, and buy a horizontal bar"
His eye frightened.
He is very delicate" said Mrs.
Gerard, "and so easily tired"
ThH boy WINGED. 1 liked him hAtfAr
| Tor TIM. Iara4aGa-
"I'Il make him as stout as a bull-if,"
! I added, "he will sign articles of part
| rership We must work together"
81 hope" said his mother, few min
utes later, when the boy had left the
room, 'I hope, Mr.. Livingston, you will
| be able to make a man of him."
He doesn't like me. I'm handicapped
ut the start"
HE is hard to please and somewhat
spoiled. l fear" she continued, smiling,
that you will find us very dull people" ="
AS she spoke peal of laughter echoed
| through the house, a silvery laugh, care
| defying 1 started and lifted my eye
| brows.
my daughter" said Mrs. Gerard, u
faint blush dyeing her cheeks; my
daughter Nancy"
A month passed. month containing
| ., -binh lic{illa1 a
! essence so subtitle, perfume so sweet,
J that no mortal may profanely analyze
/ its elements; but my memory, like an
| empty phial of altar of rose, attests its
| surprising fragrance. OF course l
| was in love- Ihad looked into the glori-
Gus eyes of Nancy Gerard and knew
| that nv hour had come. Being a wise
| fool, capitulated at once, an uncondl-
| tional surrender.
| 1t Is always the unexpected whlcn
battles our calculations. 1 had plunged,
as 1 thought, into maelstrom of hate;
| found myself in the whirlpool of love.
| Miss Nancy graciously accepted my
homage and twanged my heart strings
con brio, evoking surprising harmonies
and discords. She had a pretty trick of
| manifesting at once the innocence OF a
child and the knowledge of a woman,
| a combination which brought me to my
knees in q spirit of humility and adora-
| ton. George Eliot, describing Catha-
rine Arrowpoint, says that she was one
of those satisfactory creatures whose
intercourse has the charm of discovery.
| 7 gratefully borrow this sentence and
apply it to Nancy Gerard. The social
| instinct in her was amazingly mature.
| Certain hours were devoted to music
| and books, and the rest of the day to
| the exercise of her nimble tongue. We
were thrown together from the begin
| ming. OF course / spent the greater por-
ton of my time with my pupil, and Mrs.
| daughter UNDER lf.r os2tfeyo ,}seut her
dinner the dear lady most considerably
| dozed, and then our tongues were
loosened. My advent spurred Nancy's
| curiosity into a gallob.
Mother tells me you are an author"
| she said, on the evening OF the second
day.
"I write a little for the papers and
magazines"
l HOW ~ SSNAA%' SNNNN -
satisfactory way of making an income
You jot down your ideas-I'm sure, Mr..
Livingston, you carry full cargo OF
ideas-and then you send them to an
editor. He writes fiattering letter
and incloses a check"
"Does hep"
! Doesn't hep"
Not always"
"Of course one can't always please
everyone, but sooner or later you get
the check; and it seems such an easy
way of making money. oh, don't ac-
cuse you of writing only for money.
You don't look as if you cared about the
Almighty Dollar. Art, I suppose, is
your god"
II have no particular god, Miss Ge-
rard, but have a goddess"
She laughed.
Have you really a goddess?" she
asked. in tone of the keenest interest,
Really and truly?"
Really and truly"
Tell me about her"
"I will, some day"
"How nice of you to confde in me.
| I'm so glaQ 10 KNOW III Dccd ONO
blushed, rosy as Aurora.
"a fellow-feeling% suggested.
"Not at oil. How absurd Well, II
you must know, because IL will be so
much pleasanter for me-"
81 don't quite"
"Yes, you do, too"
"On my honor I do not"
She pouted; such mutinous red lips;
such dimples-nests of laughing Gu
pids!
"I hate to make explanations; but
but the very few young men have met
have all"
"You need not finish the sentence"
said I. 81 don't blame the young men,
and I'm sure you didn't like it. We
shall be great friends, l see"
/ put out my hand, which she
clasped warmly and unaffectedly.
I'm so surprised" she said, after a
decent interval, "that you should give
up your writing to teach Mark-what
do you call them2 ah, yes-the three
Ms. Here you are alone with two
women and a ahobbledehoy. Is itwise ?''
L "I'll answer that question when tell
YOU about the BOuueSS' AZ pI
don't know"
Mark and signed our articles of part
nership, the former under protest. He
didn't like me; but, recalling my own
|. youthful antipathies to schoolmasters
and those in authority, easily forgavt
!, him; and, besides, he had a sister. The
, Greek, Demetrius, exercised n most po
tent influence upon the lad, an infu
! ence, so far as could judge, for good
, Perhaps it was prejudice on my part
! but fancied that he avoided me. Ger
tainly he evaded my questions.
"Why," said I, "has Mr.. Gerard TO
!, cussed all his anxiety upon his SON
: lie has a daughter"
The Greek replied. slowly, weighing
I his words:
! "Mr. Gerard is not alarmed on Mis-
Gerard's account"
7 Strange, he never even mentioned
p her name TO me-"
Demetrius bowed; his sphinx-lik'
features betrayed neither surprise no
annoyance. ! could not help admirin.
the fellow. Never had met bette
servant nor one less servile. His dig
| nifty was quite impressive. After all
4 1 reflected. If he wished to emphasiz