The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-12
| REALIZED IDEAL.

. 4 REALIZED IDEAL.
q Miss Rossiter sat alone in the Ii
sbrary, gazing rather pensively into
ibe fire. When the servant came
tEith the lights, she had sent him
Away, saying that she preferred sit
sbug By the freight, and now she
s eaued back luxuriously in her great
Sasy chair, preparatory to the rath-
:5r unusual indulgence Of an intro
I5pctive mood.
# She could not be called introspec-
ssaye as general thing, for she was
ar too busy with charities, flower
aissions, Tolstoi clubs, church and
bdety in all their fullness, to allow
gself the popular fad Of self anal
isis and then there was Tom Len
s 'eld. She had been engaged to Tom
br nearly year.
IS He was a dear good fellow and
las succeeding 30 well in his bust
ess, and yet-well, she was vague
conscious that she had not been
- deeply disappointed as an en-
Rgd girl should be when she had
sAceiyed his note that day telling
kr he had been called out Of town
be1pectedly and might not be able
81 return in time to be with her
bat evening, as he had planned.
&e wondered if, after all, she did
4 I've him as she should.
aShe sighed q little and determined
allow herself the pleasure Of feel
g rather miserable upon this sub
h
Tom was q dear, she thought,
4 i Il he only had a little more love
ID appreciation for the things she
Fed forl
Not that he was not all love and
preciation for her, she admitted
herself, for she knew that he con-
|ered her the very loveliest and
8yerest girl in the world; still
ere was no denying that Tom was
fher slow sometimes, and so prac-
al She remembered how at the
exhibition they had stopped be-
ea picture Of the impressionist
:aeol =: that it was the thing TO ad-
re 10 be quite honest, she was
i entirely sure whether she real
understood and admired it her.
~ but she had heard so much talk
Out it from people whose judg-
m she held to be entirely above
aaclsm that she had at last per-
- ===9oed herse!!s that that 10 ner,5 too, It
/ replete with life and meaning.
At any rate it was annoying to
Te Tom look at her in undisguised
s sazement as she praised it's viz
sand to hear him exclaim: That
lol You surely don't admire
1T But then he was 90 pe,aiteht
3A she had explained it to him,
s '8.s even if he did not understand
@ pleasant to, hear him say:
pu are the cleverest girl, Nan. I
:, wonder how you can care for
sliow whose only pretense to
W taste is his love for you" She
$ 4snoered how. a few weeks ago,
a symphony concert, she had
ffa into Toms face to seq If in
Ee degree he did not feel the Joy
s ne music that flooded her soul.
sWas fond Of music, in his way,
aewas candid enough to confess
bright, pleasing bit Of light
s q brought far more pleasurable
loas to him than the most soul
melodies Of the great matters.
tn's particular occasion Miss
S'er remembered that he had
aaeo :. her rapt expression with
4Ui anxiety and had murmured
sily; What is it, darlinge Are
n'nng in drafts'
GEAR, it was always drafts,
O%Sefhing S equally annoying to
one wondered, If she could
se tor herself, what her ideal
would be like.
pictured to herself several
ol her own creation, finally
L. ssag between a dreamy Burne-
ngure and a hero of the Chew
,s,a ayard type, 80 dear to most
~. somehow or other Toms
vas personality would persist
aug itself up with her brain
a! al's until they were such a sad
oslte that in despair she gave
PERSONAL appearances of her