The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-09-29
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lie IeHdTueu HE duleUllNelN, ana 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, land so easily tired"
The boy WINGED. liked him better
for the protest.
I'll make him as stout as n bull-if,"
l added, "he will sign articles of part
Eership. We must work together"
IL hope" said his mother, few min
utes later, when the boy had left the
room, 81 hope, Mr.. Livingston, you will
be able to make a man of him."
"lle doesn't like me. I'm handicapped
at the start"
"lIe is hard to please and somewhat
spoiled. fear" she continued, smiling,
"that you will find us very dun people"
As she spoke a peal of laughter echoed
through the house, a silvcry laugh, care
dcfying. / started and lifted my eye
bruWs.
MY daughter" said Mrs. Gerard,
faint blush dycing her checks; my
daughter Nancy
A month passe G-a month containing
81 enchanting days,which distilled an
essence SO subtle, a perfume so sweet,
that no mortal may profanely analyze
its elements; Llt my memory, like an
empty phai of altar of rose, attests its
surprising fragrance. OF course |
was in love. Ihad looked into the glori
Gus eyes Of Nancy Gerard and knew
that my hour had come. Being a wise
fool, | capitulated at once, an uncondi-
tional surrender.
IL is always the unexpected which
battles cur calculations. | had plunged,
as | 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
child and the knowledge of a woman,
q combination which brought me to my
knees in n 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.
/ 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.
Gerard, n prudent mother, kept her
daughter under her own eye; but after
dinner the dear lady most considerably
dozed, and then our tongues were
loosened. My advent spurred Nancy's
| curiosity into a gallop.
''Mother tells me you are an author"
she said, on the evening of the second
day.
q write little for the papers and
magazines"
"Ilow delightful! 1t seems such a
| satisfactory way of making AN income.
/ You iot down your ideas-l'm sure, Mr..
Livingston, you carry a full cargo Of
ideas-and then you send them to am
editor. lie writes a hattering letter
& and iucloses check"
Docs Ae?"
Doesn't he?"
mot 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, ! suppose, is
your god
81 have no particular god, Miss Ge-
rard, but have a goddess"
She laughed,
"Have you really a goddess?" she
asked, in a tone of the keenest interest
REALLY and truly?"
"Really and truly"
Tell me about her"
81 will, some day"
"How nice of you TO confide in me
I'm so glad to know it, because" She
blushed, rosy as Aurora.
"A fellow-feeling? | suggested.
Not at all. How absurd! Wen, Il
you must know, because it viii be 81
mucn pleasanter for me-"
81 don't quite"
"Yes, you do, too"
"On my honor ! do not"
CHAPTER ".
Sne fled homeward, seeking sanctr
airy like some hunted creature. My frs
impulse was to follow and console, I'm
duty and curiosity nailed me to the
spot. From the shadow OF the cypress
fence / could see Burlington, mysel
unseen. He strobe pnst. looking