The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-08-30
nj to the seminary than course IN
S,c,nres and books"

I,ent. According to the terms or the
(cbolarship. the only condition Is
Fear spent abroad in some regular
kourse Of study, with report Of 1t to
10 made within six months to the SEM
mary"
So Kirk was happy in his thought Of
,be years work, and when the treas
prer had given him the check for the
Zoo and he had gone to Boston and en-.
aged his passage in the intermediate
tabin he felt as II he had a very inter.
bsting years life before him.
He had come back to his room and
made his final preparations for leaving.
rbey were very simple necessarily. He
Tas going light handed to live In the
most frugal. economical manner possi-
Rle. 1t was now Tuesday evening. His
vessel sailed Thursday afternoon. He
Kas all ready to so. and yet he had an
irresistible longing to see Dorothy Gil
Rert before he went.
He fought against the inclination un.
M 5 o'clock and then did what he knew
he would do all along-he dressed In
lhe most careful manner he knew how
md walked straight across the campus
70 her house.
As he went up the steps he heard the
,ano. Dorothy was playing. When
e was In the hall. he glanced into the
arlor and saw Francis Raleigh stand
bg there.
Then a tit Of timidity seized him.
omethng in Raleigh's face and man
er made him feel that it was impossi-
Die TO see Dorothy Gilbert with the
lifted artist. He asked the servant il
lr. Gilbert was at home and said he
Eanted to see him few moments.
1t was the nearest to Il lie that NAL
Om Kirk ever approached. However,
khen the servant ushered him into Mr..
Ebert's library he was not sorry to
ave a talk with the publisher.
Mr.. Gilbert had been abroad. Kirk
sked him several questions about cit
rs and people on the continent. He
rev every moment more interested
nd staid for more than an hour. NJ.
Gilbert insisted on presenting him with
wo or three copies of Baedeker and
ollowed him out into the hall when he
nally rose to so, wishing him a sue
essfu year of study.
The piano had stopped. and the door
bto the parlor was closed. but Kirk
build hear voices. and it seemed to him
bat they were unusually earnest. He
,agincd he could detect tone Of
heading in one of them.
He went out into the night and walk.
d the seminary campus under tie
rave elms for two or three hours. He
bit disappointed. He went over his
respects. He viewed from all sides
iS position as a man with a career,
ld before he let himself into his dngy
| pom he had gone down into depth of
klf depreciation that measured q val.
y Of humiliation for him.
But when he awoke the next day he
termiAd, within .-.. OBJ. :. lacy that
hs part Of his character, that he
puld see Dorothy Gilbert before he
fnt away. And when evening came he
hlked over to the house again.
She was playing the piano again. but
Is time alone. She turned around
Kirk entered and smiled as If she
ERE glad to see him. and before he
d time to think Of any possible shy
fss he was talking about his pros
cts, the places he expected to visit,
e methods he was planning to use.
AS the talk went on Dorothy Gilbert
ew more Interested. Kinks voice had
netnIng TO 40 with It But aside
pm that he was at his best while
king about his life work. Dorothy
sot that he was theologuc. Sew
II times she was startled ut her re-
pnse to his enthusiasm. He had
lnned an original trip abroad, and
details of what he intended to do
used her native intensity to see re-
its.
put right In the midst Of his explana-
of what he expected to do in Lon.
p Kirk paused.
heard you playing the Traume-
when came in, Miss Gilbert Will
please play it againY
Dorothy looked surprised at the ab-
pt change, but without word went
the piano and began. Kirk knew
ough about music to know that she
yed well, better than any one he
ever heard.
men she finished, she turned about
said: You will hear some good
Sic while you are abroad, Mr.. Kirk.
Germans, especially. furnish the
pie with the very best music in the
rkS and gardens at very small
lce"
ne suddenly cOlored deeply as she
'usht he might imply that she was
nNIps of his poverty, OF his inability
near expensive music In expensive
yes III he thought Of It, he made
sish that she noticed. But he said:
Shall never hear any better music
VI have heard tonight"
ne minute he had said 1t he felt the
ne timidity seize him that came over
y ule evening before. But 1t passed
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