Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24
! MADaE MARBURYs MESSAGE


bound electric car as he spoke, leaving
the man to whom he had announced
his plans in n speculative mood.
I'm bet" murmured Ralph Ralston,
as he hailed the next south-bound car,
shut Storrow's had ~ row with Madge
Marbury."
Since the date, just four years ago,
when they had left Harvard, neither
Sam Storrow nor Ralph Ralston had
settled down to amy serious occupa-
ton, They had devoted themselves
TO the somewhat indefinite pnstime OF
Stocking around"
IL had been the kind Of looking
around usual with idle men of private
means; moderate dissipation and love
making or the pretcnse of lovemak-
ing with women who were as well
of and ms idle Ms themselves.
But 1t must be admitted Of the two
Sorrows life had been much the more
I'M cent, and his affair with Miss
Madge Mnrbury might have resulted
In mOtrimony ere before this were 1t
not for the frequency Of their petty
quarrels, none, of which might ever
occurred II they had not had 80 much
idle time TO quarrel In
The excitement OF these little tffs
had begun TO pail upon him, and when
the last one occurred he decided that
he would stay in town when Madge
went away. In fact, he was hard up
for new sensation.
The electric ear whired him rapidly
up Madison avenue. He looked at
the monotonous array OF drawn
shades In the house fronts-inevitable
symptoms Of summer senson--nnd the
thought came TO him OF the darkened,
silent reception rooms, so gay with
beauty and fashion In winter time,
But the butterflies had fed 10 shore
and mountain, leaving Madison avenue
t. CONSOLE itself until their return,
Miss Madge Marbury had gone to Bar
Harbor.
"Good-by, Mr.. Storrow," she had
said TO him just before they parted,
81 hope you'll find some romance In
the city to compensate you for your
self-imposcd and solitary martyr
dom"
These words came back to him now,
and the recollection made him feel
more than ever resolved to find his ro-
nance during his summer in town. He
would not ,have Madge Murphy chaff
him on her return.
Polph po1ctn,, tbnpnnnh1,y Iicn nraaJ
with Sam Storrow as to the relative
charms of city and seaside in summer.
This was natural, for the two men
had never agreed upon any question
since the day they first met, and
neither bore much love toward the
other.
So n few days after the meeting
with Storrow, Ralston was in the vor-
tex Of Bar Harbor's gay life, troubling
himself very little about romance, and
content with agreeable realities.
There was no more agreeable reality
than his present proximity to Miss
Madge Marbury, on the veranda Of
cottnre that nestled picturesquely up
among The pines,
They were enjoying the beauty Of
the cool Maine night. The intense
blue of the heavens gave that sugges-
ton OF illimitable vastness which
though the suggestion may be always
there, is only borne in on us under
the spell OF certain moods; the song
of the pines kept time with the more
distant music Of the incoming tide,
and the breeze came laden with a
mingled fragrance of balsam and odor
Of ocean brine.
"Can you imagine, Miss Marbury, +,
more fantastic notion than his. staying
in i"'vn in search Of n romance when
he might he here?"
Ralston had been expatiating upon
the eccentricities of Sam Storrow.
IT don't know" she said: tive NAV
find our romance in the most unex-
pected places"
1T rather imagine that Storrow
somehow is not without some definite
idea of where to find his romance"
She began to think; IL that were so
why should he not find it near her?
Her vanity was piqued, and Ralston,
being good tactician, tried to follow
up his advantage.
"Of course, Miss Marbury, am not
ir m Sorrows nfidence."
But it takes very wise man to head
off the sudden turns of a feminine
train of thought, and his words had
Just the opposite effect to that he had
intended
She said impulsively; "No; If YOU
had his confidence you would probab
,ly tell me more"
The next moment she regretted her
impulsveness, for It was no part of
her policy openly to untagonize him
until she had more fully made up her
mind as to which of these men
Well, the thing was to repair her
mistake.
~ take me 90 seriously, Mr.
RaIston. You know women must not
be interpreted too literally"
Ralston was far from being inclined
to take the sex too seriously, but II
was as well that women. for their own
peace of mind, should think other
wise. He took his cue from her and
answered, with another laugh.
ut would upset any ones serious
ness to think Of Sam Storrow INSTALL
cd over on the east side in tenement
and going to TomlinS square ON band
nights in search of the romance Of