The Newtown bee., 1899-12-01


artist went on to speak Of wages and the
usual Saturday afternoon"
The candidate asked for an hour to con-
slider the matter. She walked up to the
park and sat do IN On one of the wooden
benches near the Fifty-ninth-street en-.
trance. A flock Of spsrrows and portly
policeman were the only living creatures
in sight. Honora thought how she hi d
come to the city only four months age,
fred. with dreams OF larger life, and Ut
terly ignorant of it's difficulties, disap.
pointmentshnd perils. She thought Of the
courage and high hopes, and the succeed-
ing bitter discouragements, repulses and
failures. Peliqusgamss, Me-. was the
melodious name Of her birthplace; she
shut her eyes and saw the prim village
street, her old sunt's prim, neat cottage,
ana herself restless, impetuous girl,
growing up under the good spinster's |
wing like an enterprising hawk under the
wing Of well-disposed hen. She had al
ways been first in her classes, her school
essays were printed with laudatory re-
marks in the feliquagamas Bee, and even
there which gays her the reputation Of q
budding genius among the towcspeople.
Six months ago she had offered tale to
q city newspaper, and all her troubles
dated from that day, for 1t was promptly
accepted, and the check which came back
seemed to open out dazzling prospect of
wealth, fame and "career." One or
t 70 later ventures were equally FORUM
ate, and then nothing would do but to 20
to New York and try her fortune amid
it's manifold opportunities. Ofcourse her
elders demonstrated, but Honors's strong
will and abundant relish for adventure
carried the day. An interested ''city
boarder" offered to Escort her down and
find ner suitable boarding place, and
vague promises to "look after her"
| which were never kept, soothed the
fears of the anxious but inexperienced
aunt. Finally Dick caught wind of the
plan, stormed, protested, and implored
her instead-but what was a six-room
cottage, even with Dick, to & girl stsge
struck for the triumphs Of world theater {?
| OF the succeeding moHths Honora did
not like to think-their pitiless lessons
we're still gall to her spirit. Enough to
say that abe had left the expensive board
ing house, and, too proud to confess her
straits or ask help from home, taken the
poorest of lodgings on the respectable
outskirts of bohemia. Even so, and with
q needle instead Of pen In her hand, the
struggle was too hard, the battle was 60
isg against her.
At this point in our meditations Hon.
ora jumped up, glanced at the burly po
liceman, and said to herself resolutely
"I'l do it It's better than starving, bet
ter than posing, and better than destroy
ing my eyes and running my temper by
sewing IA hours a day. You've tried
your experiment." she continued. ad.
dressing herself sterr ly; land you know
yes you know that you haven't the gen
ius that would compensate one for any
thing. You know now that your magi,
torch IL Only tallow-dip latter all, ius
fit to light up tcottage sitting room il
PeliQuagmas. III let them call me Nort
and think its me sOirish nsme," she de
clared under her breath, land I'll Civ,
them some Arst-rate Yankee cooking
and 90 to free lectures and concerts snC
the splendid museums so that my TINT
won't be sll wasted. Til take up my
despised diary sgain, and when L ge
/ homs in June I'll make q clean breast II
D-dick," and beautiful blush suffuset
Honora's cheek as she started WESTWARD
against the crisp winters breeze.
Another four months passed, bringing
decorous Lenten festivities and sprinf
! art exhibitions, Easter costumes upon thu
, streets, sunshine and bloom in the park
: and reign of peace to the Inve rness Is
dies, fifth door, Section B.
"NUra," said Mrs Tremaine one May
morning, shaking out the esthetic fold,
of her gown. 81 expect q gentleman
from Philadelphia to dinner tonight, &C
lay an additional plate, and haye some
: thing little extra, will you, and pretty
fiowers-"f for "Elizabeth's protege" wa.
trusted now even to choose the bouquets
"He's the editor of Pettingill's, "she said
turning to Grace-"Such fee critical
judgment 9 remarkable man !" Honera's
heart gave . little 6utter, but 1t died out
Immediately.
4 The gentleman duly appeared, and be-
tween the ice and coffee he observed to
his hostess: "Coasin Laura, came to
town to-day partly to see one of our
contributors. Last winte a manuscript
reached the ef1ce which struck us all az
something quite extraordinary. 1t was
in the form Of diary, purporting to have
been found In the room of an unknown
girl who lost her reason fr I'm sheer star.
walton In respectable, well-to-do quar-
ter Of Gotham, She is down East girl,
with literary ambitions, and in her lone
liness keeps one of these voluminous jour-
mails that no one really writes nowadays,
giving Impressions, exper iences and ideas
with wonderful freshness, country wit
and verisimilitude. It might have been
written for her mothers eyes,
or lover'ss perhaps, 1t reveals her
follies and virtues both with such per.
feet spontaneousness. When literature
fails her abe tries sewing, and even
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