The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1897-08-27


surpassing fragrance. OF couGse
was in love. / had looked into the giori-
ous eyes of Nancy Gerard and knew
that my hour had come. Being wise
fool, | capituIuted at once, an uncondi-
tiuual surrender.
II is always the unexpected which
baiies our calculations. / had plunged,
as / thought, into a naelstrom Of hate;
| found myself IN the whirlpool OF love.
Miss Nancy graciously accepted my
homage ard twangei my heart strings
con brio, eynlsing surprising harmonies
and discords. She had n pretty trick of
manifesiinG at once the innocence OF n
child and the knowledge of a woman,
u combination which brought me to my
knees in spirit of humility and adora-
tiou. George Eliot, describing Catha-
rinc Arrowpoipt, says that she was one
of those satisfactory creatures whose
intercourse has the charm of d;sco' cry.
/ gratefully borrow this sentence and
apply it TO Nancy Gerard. The social
inS,irCt in her was amazingly mature.
Certain hours were devoted TO music
and looks, and the rest OF the day 10
the exercise of her nimble tongue. We
were thrown together from the begin
ming. of course | spent the greater por-
tior of my time with my pupil, and Mrs.
Gerard. prudent mother, kept her
daughter under her own eye; but after
dinner the dear lady most CONSIDERABLY
dozsd, and then our tongues were
loosened. My advent spurred Nancy's
curiosity into galiop.
Mother tells me you are an author"
she said, on the evening of the second
day.
Il write little for the papers and
magazines"
"IIow delightful! 1t seems such
satisfactory way of making an income.
You iot down your ideas-Im sure. Mr..
Livingston. you carry full carSo of
ideas-and then you send them to an
editor. He writes q fattering letter
and incloses n check"
"Does hep" ..,--zs,,,R
doesn't he?"
"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, l don't ac-
cuse you of writing only for money.
You don't look AS If you caredabout the
Almighty Dollar. Art 1 suppose, is
your god"
II have no particular god. Miss Ge-
rard, but have a goddess"
She laughed.
Have you really goddess?" she
asked. in n tone of the keenest interest,
"Really and truly?"
Really and truly" $780,.
Tell me about her"
81 will, some day."
'.Iow nice Of you to confide in me.
I'm so glad to know it, because" She
blushed. rosy as Adrora.
"a fellow-feelipg l suggested.
Not at all. How absurd! Well, IL
you must know, because 1t will be SO
much plcasanter for me-"
81 don't quite
"Yes, you do, too"
"On my honor do nots
She pouted; such mutinous red lips:
such dimples-nests of laughing Gu
p!ds.
Il hate to make explanations; but
but the very few young men have met
have all
iou need not hnish the sentence
said 1. 81 don't blame the young men.
auh IN sure you dldht ike IL we
shall be great friends, see"
put out my hand, which she
clasped warmly and unnffectedly.
I'm so surprised" she said, after n
oecent interval that you shoulu give
up your "r',ihe 70 uach Mark-wha'
90 you call them! an yes-the three
Ms mere you are alone Wlth two
women ana hobbledehoy. htwlse
answer mat question "hen 'eii
you ABOUT the goddess. AT present
doI Know.
MARX ana signed our articles OF part
nerShip, the former under protest. lie