New-York tribune., 1901-09-09
HISS ELWYN AND HER IDEAL.
BY NJ. W. CONNOLLY.
Copyright, 1901. by Authors syndicats0


sweet and charming woman IN % spite r O. 3sr fsr
ravens wing. face alive and vtvacious aid Reset
with pair OF bewitching dimples
phraseologv Of one Of her admirers. learned edi-
te,cy % go .s-e~is Nv vrFe1 are con-
verted her dimpes into catapults and hred bareed
enmeshed the mind in the warp and woof Of what
sne was saying while arousing tne sGoGonse'o 5
made captive the heart without challenge rom
Another male victim To her many, charms said
There was flavor and tang to II that raised y
above hackneyed cOnventionalism; and gave y
autonomy, life and being" For she always said
just what she really thought and felt.
II was but natural that a woman 80 gifted should
SLIPPED 6y stealthiy but quickly people bssan 70
attach some sUitor for life.
One summers evening when the air was imPrsg-
stars hung large and low and clear in the heavens
with something Of human tenderness In their
lambent regard Miss Elwyn was seen walking in
the starlight with tan. broad shoudered man
As they passed the light of street lamp the
young ideutihed by a curious female
neighbor 10 be none other than Philip Maber. A
teous bearing. In business circles ne was known
up-tO-date hustler. and a reward for his
colossal dimensions diner ions vas vas Ioohng Gp before him
Miss Elwyn leaned rather ciingingiy upon the
arm Of the tall cavalier, and seemed as contented
as the birds chirping IN the trees overhead
and when seated there among hundreds OF Other
music deadened somewhat by The clatJer or dis5ess
the gayety Of laughter and talk and the hurrytng
After a half hour Philip. who had tried to SUM
r9n GouTage loT Win q sqpTene s9rI y 1y gLerFS F % o
cession and had consumed both m Mt Of absent
mindedness said tremulously: Il am thinking OF
spending the summer months among the mountains
Of Colorado i shall ride up the mountain paths on
adore horseback riding so. how should you Ike 10
At first Miss Elwyn looked startled. then turned
suddenly pale and seemed downcast While he was
1ecloeS @ % spT % pl iS }o had % aigav meant
I an
perched on sood stetd Pranclng thTogsn me
expanded Her intellectual and emotional nature
ers kissed into life by the warm sunshine
Ua5I IT from her IDEAL 5oiour1 10 Drofrered
her hs.rD5i dizzy. anu '''9 ''---'''- -
She wished decidedly that he was but testing.
that they might Just drift along little longer as
good friends for that closer tie was offered
utter fmpossibity.
For TO Miss EIwyn life was serious affair. a
pr9gress to a inner and ioftier goal and marriage
either a handicap or a help TO the desired END:
And in truth. though our heroine was possessed os
much common sense. and otherwise had none OF
the frivolous foibes Of latter day feminine Great
of fiction, she did undeniably entertain Visions
PhiIin Maber had certain characteristics which
were cherished in her mental picture OF what =
man should be-physicaIly and morally he was
4mosI aim 1entaly? t Was he her superior in mental
/ vigor, nay, even her equal?
she felt it all in quick intutlye woman rasn9n-
| and he was watching her wstfully and hanging
upon the expected ahSTer. T,Ile .;,p vs. 81 a.
love love the mountains and horseback and trips. and
set pqo6TtV 9aET fRa' In R fac II it VII be an IDEAL jour
ney. for there will be no rude aWakenngs or dis.
4 agreea bic actuaities to it. ON the wings OF
| fancy we can above all obstacles
& hg s6e5 SdTfT dFs 2t fond ns8T haae G pre-
tended that there one iota OF the poetic OF the
| We'll balanced brain which reasoned things out
/ with mathematical accuracy. he considered philos
opbv poetry and imagination as extraneous 'stuff
to be rooted out Of a well tended neld Of tne mind:
of Miss Elwyn's words. and said. low and passion
I Marion. Tor only woman like you could enjoy
| anything so entirely void OF substance RealLy:
s9t 1199 You T i eb III and blood not in maeina ton to
/ take this trip with me. and thus give tone and
! color to my otherwise prosaic existence. -,
! Marion Elwyn felt sac at this sudden trend o
events, for coquetry vas foreign To- her nature and
she had Simply encourage InIlIp NOT
/ So she said simply and frankly: No did NOT
/ as yet-for it would be impossible for me TO
( say truthfully 7 love YOU as / have wished
| He seemed stunned and hurt and she hurried on
! love some one else better-that is, some one I
| know; for the only man who thus far holds su-
whom you might feel contempt He is a creature
OF my InIlu-peI ~. an ali % Is -
| some day develop into his likeness But now. to
splendid friend to have and she added, trying to
| be merry. TO hold
Philip Maber, however. was just the man ~ all
men who refused to be held by any such unsatis-
factory and undattering chains the bonds OF cold
friendship What he wanted I'm every day terninOl-
/ Ogy wife. attractive. clever wife per-
! haps. but palpitatng with warmth and affection
/ What he never dreamed Of wanting however. was
| a pOetical chmeTa of a with himSy. I'M
| practicable notions at bottom, and liable to sud-
| den overflow.
I Thus II developed that these two people driftsd
/ apart Miss Elwyn's girl friends mildly SYM
I pathetic. thinking il too bad that after Philip
/ Naher's marked attentions more interesting de-
/ nOuement had transpired.
| A few wears passed and Miss EIwyn was again
! seated in the Bismarck Garden this time IN the
society of OF the most promising physicians in
! Chicago.
/ Neither her wiusome smile nor her personal
| charm had attracted him He the worshipper
! Of her mind. and the humber slave. who did
| homage the hriIliancv % her wit So eleYated