The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-02-15

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SNNEFN "N/ self comfortably at
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TX NS& fl N d it unoccu-
Z NSgfW - Pied" she said,
:. %~fssIYmlSS2& especially at one
kSY%n, HSa~ of Mrs. Gurdon's
HV' garden parties. She
will be pleased. I don't believe there
is q square inch of the lawn to be
SEEN"
''The whole world is here know,
Miss Lindsay; have shaken hands with
it."
cit is one of the penalties of being
~agreat author"
"Or Of being notorious?"
''You are too modest, Mr. Holland.
Have you not shared the honors of the
afternoon with the Prince and the lat
est liop--iust imported from South
Africa, was it not?"
And felt like martyr all the time.
But there you have the proof, Miss
Lindsay. Don't think 7 am complain
! ing. Fame and notoriety mean the
same-in London. And in this"-he
indicated the screen of shrubbery
which cut off the little nook from the
rest of the garden. but did not shut
out the strains of the Blue Hungarians
or the hum of many voices-''in this
have my reward. I forgive the lion
hunters"
''It is relief to be out of it." she
admitted. 'Do You know, Mr.. Hol-
land, that these books-yes, there are
more of them-are pet idea OF Mrs.
Gurdon's?"
81 must thank her She is a woman
of genius"
She laughed merrily. ooh, no, she
is only an ineorrigible match maker
and finds them useful"
so she, at least, believes in lover"
he asked, picking up the thread Of
former conversation.
"Or in marriage. 1t is not always
the same thing, is it?"
1T should be, he replied, with IN
Dir of the deepest conviction. He was
looking up into her eyes.
what does somebody sayP-that
In woman love is disease; in man it
is an episode.
Il seem to recollect that" ne said.
But it is nonsense; love cannot be
summed up in an epigram.
Again she laughed. IT am afraid
you have a very bad memory, Mr..
Holland. The sentiment appears in
brilliant study of society, entitled
Providence and Mrs. Grundy,' for
which, if the title page is to be trust
cd"
"Ah! I remember now. Please
spare me, Miss Lindsay. You don't
know the evil effects Of phrase making
it saps a mans morals until he has
not even nodding acquaintance with
the truth. And you have taken your
Fevenge."
'But, really, Mr.. Holland, trusted
your-your knowledge of human
nature, shall L Say? was glad, for
my own sake
''For what, if L may ask?"
THAT, in man it was an episode. ;
makes life so much easier to believe
o."
3 You will let me retract in sackcloth
and ashes. Miss Lindsay? Honestly.
~ have somo reason to do so. It is
hree years since / wrote that miser-
bic book. Can you guess my ex-
,use?"
ut seems to infer q compliment
omewhere," she said, rather doubt
ully.
81 nm very much in earnest" he
~ |aid, getting up and standing above
er; and he looked it. 1T didn't knc !,
on then. RI had, the thinp-call n
IN epigram il you like-wouid never
ave been written. How could IL.
khen--?"
Here The bushes we're parted, aud a
ace-a tanned, handsome, open face
was, although just now the expires.
ION was not too pleasant-showed in
ne interstices. Miss Lindsay nodded
rightly
Come in, Ralph" she said.
VERY sorry, I'm sure" said the
ew-comer 81 didn't know, Nell"
hen he disappeared.
Miss Lindsay smiled.
Captain Havelock seems-out of
Prts, remarked her companion. sit.
ng down again.
Probably he is looking for my
other," said she. "I told him to
tend 10 her"
He is q capital fellow" he said
differently. "Done something in
1dia, hasn't hep
A small affair Of outposts, " she re-
led, ia the same tone Only, per.
BPS, it was as well that he was not
udying her eyes very intontly at that
omeni He held fort somewhere
the frontier for a fortnight against
couple of thousand tribestnen, with
ply European sergeant and fifty
khs under him; and he was reduced
thirty rounds Of ammunition and
provisions before be was relieved
- quite common thing out there
told me 50 himself
He is modest AS we'll rs lucky, &"