Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-08-18

tencrs in the room above. Tborndyke
turned to the old mountaineer. You
see, row. Mr.. kilgrow, what these men
viii do. Your safety lies in keeping
out of their reach. Come with me and
III let YOU out the back way"
When Kilgrow had gone, Thorndyke
went down TO the sitting-room. but
neither there. nor afterwards at supper.
did Duncan or Protheroe refer 10 the
unwolcom visitors; and Thorndyke
knew that the wary Scot had succeeded
in satisfying Protheroe's curiosity
without duplicating Kilgrow.
The young engineer brought letters
for Philip. one of which was reserved TO
lee read i'm the privacy of the attic bed
| room. II was from Helen. and Philips
conscience bit him when he tore il open.
Then he smiled at his misgivings is he
read through the closely-writtcn pages.
The Mortons were here 10 dinner last
night" she wrote. and they wanted to
| know all about you: where YOU were ana
what you were doing. You know best how
. little we could tell them, but they thought
. II odd that you should prefer the wilds OF
/ Alabama in summer 20 LonoN or Newport.
I They have taken a cottage just below us
for the season and Derrick Morton has
. brought his yacht around from Mount
/ Desert won't say Bar Iiarbor. That IS
/ gossip Of the time and place. and / could
/ FIJI pages with IL. but / suppose you care for
/ none OF these things now. And really
don't know Just what you do care for. YOU
seem farther away in Alabama than you
would II you were I'm Europe but | fancy
that is because We are so utterly unfamiliar
with your present surroundings
one thing / must tell you. however \
few of us herc-DerriCk Morton. the Var
Ruyter girls Arthur HaStcll and his
brother Tom. Dorothy and John Berkeley.
and one mOrc-have undertaken TO redeem
/ the frivolti"s OF our corner OF Newport hy
B forming reading circle. We read none
/ but new authors. and then We pick them 20
J pieces with refinement OF criticism that
| would humble the most Conccitod beginner
! II he could only hear MS | think it's a pity
. that some OF them can't. don't YOU? |
. wish YOU could he here o holp ms. l believe
/ you would make "A distrcssiurly acute In
. quisitor. and the fact that YOU once tried
. your hand at authorship would lend pc
,uliar cost TO your CcnSUro. If 10 bc true thI'
the best critics are the unsuccessful
. writer's. Nprupcs what ever became Of
/ your much-rcjcctcd manuscript ! should
. like to submit it as the effort Of one OF tn,
. submerged
Il suppose YOU have no present thought
OF coming back TO civilization. From what
. YOU say in your letters infer that YOU are
. enjoying yourself, after some primitive
I fashion. and. better than all else. that your
the latter. / can continue to spare You
while the need exists and since the scpara-
ton has TO be. it is better that we should
/ bear II contentcdly. / should be sorry &C.
have the good effect OF DR.. Perevin's pre-
scription married by any ropning Of mine.
d ana so long YOU feel that the out-Of-door
life is helping YOU. l hope you will not let
any strained sense Of your duty 10 your
mother or To- me make YOU abridEe II. We
/ shall get along famously without our pTcuN
J ChcValicr. and you are not to suppose that
we are Obliged To 20 about uncared for he
/ cause you happen to be buried in the forests
I OF Alabama.
Write often. II you feel like II. but don't
let II become a bore. There is nothing more
| dreadful than having to write to some one
when you want to do something else. At
| fectionately, as always. HELEN.
! ~. 81 have been invited TO join party
| on Derrick Morton's yacht. and If you don't
! hear from me again for two or three weeks.
| you'll know have accepted and that post
offices are not to be- had for the asking"
Philip put the letter down with
smile that was more than half sncer.
| When one sets out to make himself :he
advocate of an unworthy cause, mental
/ shorts ghtedneSs stands ready To dis
/ tort and confuse the Judgment; and in
/ the case of "a letter, the diSpasSionate
! Journalism of written language lends
itself easily TO infcrcutial misconstruc-
ton.
How could | ever have fancicd that
she had any warmth or depth apart
from the intellectual side Of her char
actor?" he asked himself. I'm sure
don't know, any more than know why
| always took il for granted that we
were diyinely appointed to be the com.
poncnt parts of administrations creation
l. lob . Ia.
h" one person. but which all experience.
says is still more than ever two. Could
Elsie Duncan write such letter as
that TO the man She loves? Would she
turn neat phrases and Bah, the
comparison is absurd. And vet. on the
other hand. il isn't fair TO blame Helen
because / don't happen TO bc the one
man in the universe who is capable of
calling out the best there * i'm her: and
| don't blame her. She may find the
right man yet; its barely possible this
cruise in Morton's yacht will turn out
10 be more nearly divine appointment
than am agreement made by our fathers
while We were in swaddling-clothcs."
Thus Philip. in q plausible attempt
70 Justify himself How should ne know
that the COO! and dispasSiouatc letter
was only part and parcel Of the hard
task IT. elem had set herself in the begin
ming? How was hc 10 guess that SIN"
/ had steadily resolved from the first a.
/ say uothu" that would tempt him 10
I turn back 80 his hurt? ~ what inner
/ urescicucr Should he have been enabled
| 90 read between the lines the passionate
/ yeoruiug that vaa so rcsolutcly ciTaccd
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