Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-29
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ONE W0MAN's WAY, 1


W. HlNAl De'HllA fHNt ~ ANihIHf HN llln
trienLli s@ld They added, to, thot he
had lNoI u d'GlppJip.men N rove IN
his cary y0uGh, Or that he was alto
gether hnSerNous 10 che daIts Of
Cup.d. Fond mnmmns w,,h marriage
abe GlugnWrs mJGe HIM very wed.
came at ,ntir homes and signed en-
NJusly when they thought Of MS bank
account
They would have laughed had they
known that under thut cold, calm eN'
terror Philips heart was burning wth
love for u unln,y lr,tle maud wan eyes
Hike the summer sky anlhar Hike spun
gold, and Lhat when he approached
nus deity his heart flutteNd like u
bu'hing schoolgirls. But such re-
manned the tact,
And The llttie goddess who regned
supreme I'm his thoughts WIS pretty
Leslie Stuart, lie had known her when
rhe wore short froeks and climbed
trees. Then came an absence OF five
years spent at college and In travelling
IN iar-1N countries. lie remembered
her ~ he had first seen her after her
return. II WAS at her Coming out"
party, The rooms were crowded, and
az one end beside her mother, re'plend.
ent N blnck velvet and diamonds,
rcood LesIieStwrt looking very sweet
and simple, clad in her snowy frock
ana surrounded by banks and banks
of flowers,
81 am almost frightened, Philip
she had whispered US she gave him
her hand, laDking up into his eyes,
and II was then that the brotherly
liking had changed TO u deep, true
love, the love Cf u maturcd man.
Hut Miss Stuart knew nothing Of
this feeling and cOnilded TO him her
cOnQucits and doubts alike, always
feeling sure Of his sympathy and gen.
lie counsel, never gucssingkhow hard
Philip ,Drove 10 keep his tone imper.
sanal. rut that WIS almarc a year
ago, and Mtcy Philip had no.ed q
change his llEie friend, ~ be SURE
she was rs merry and lighl-heartcd
ah before, yet thcic seemed 20 have
been q unN lIrrler erected between
chem, and, try as hcmight, Philip
cDul, ~ nr,lN !, a. Wn,
lGr.,, night al the assembly, wheI
all the world hay balhed in simmer
ing moonlight, Philip and Leslie had
left the dancers and slrolled through
The scented darkness to a little tlnk'
ling fountain. \ plain woman Is pref.
~ in the moonlight, but a prCttS girl
like lIrslie Stuart looked almost bNu-
urul. Moved by sudden Impulse
Philip caught her hand and b~athed
Leslie Then he stopped the rush OF
words that woull have followed. For
AN instant the girl had rat quite still
aud then she spoke lightly Of acominR
tennis party,
What d.d she mean? Did shcunder.
s.and what he started TO FAY? Did
she mGln thus 80 iWm him away from
wha. would he sOrrJw to him. She
r,plrd II ham H. douL, "a an old mpn
lie mus. 90 away. The strain on him
was toe much, These wrehi, Thoughts
crowdIng through hl> brain rs he
walked through th grounds surround
ing the home Of I.eS,ie STUART lie
MAS !, ing - ca.| ON her father in re
lu,ion TO 4 p.litl,Jl Quqt'ti3n, but he
fore he, went inio The house he t0
u short deiour through the grounds
to ,.dve the problem wh'rh btNei him
lie went on until he reached the
nodding roses, IL was IN this cool III
tie summer house, all screened with
arbor, lhlt Lt,ie STUART, jhen u child
Of ~. had told him ihat She was going
away for five years. lie remembered
how the clytaI tears had hung upon
her nshes az she aid; 81 wish vO'
were coming, zoo, Phil.' And yet .lasj
night
He was Snrt,cd To hear his namr
spoken "Nl | could never haze Phllil
Leslie Stuart and her Cousin Frances
were sitting upu, the S,cps net five
feet away. The r'S2s screened h.n
from their views til, was his only
means of eNir. e would Jet them
know Of his presr'ce. lie gave II hl'
tie. apologrticJl cough, hut The girls
dm MOI hear him androntlnupd:
II wish knew what has changed
PHI ip" said Leslie, "lIr used to he
iu, uNe brother TO me, and now
she sighed, 81 used to think he liked
me. she added. II little lowcf,
81 know he bikes you, Leslie; and
phink it is more than liking"
"rhen why doesn't he sprak?" re-
,I,a1 .r.li, uNn Es,pa,g Inn pf
wrong There wis II tme whrn
hoped so, but it VAS II vain hope. ~
hooks upon me Us IA little, silly butter
fly of fashion and li,tcn, 20 what
tell him about my dances ana pnrliss
only wth sltlrancc.' There followed
"a Silence, during which Philip knew
he ought iD speak, yet he lunged II
hear more. Finances, ! snail he an
old maid,"
you'll do nothing Of The kind
dear" said thNt knowing IiO,r souI
"Why don't you accept Terry lIa'
worth?"
II hate him." with force
"Well, then Mr. Macombcr?'
II hate him, noO"
NOW, Charley
81 hate everybody" broke out Leslie
Stuart iiercely.
you don't hate Philip Sturgess, dc
you. Leslie"
"Ah, Philip" The li,Nncr fell
strange thrills run through him at the
cnresslng tonc In which his name was
spoken. "NO. could never hate PM