New-York tribune., 1901-06-23
A SURPLUS MAGGIE.
BY Carolyn Wells.
Copyright; 1901: by Authors Syndieate)
A million surplus Maggies
Are willing 10 bear the yoke.
-(Rudyard kipiii

willing bear the yoke.
-(Fsudyard Kipiins.
Katherine Palmer was a tactfuI young worl-
an and consequently often deceived her friends
and aequaintanees, but she never deceived her
self,
And so when it occurred to her that she was
in love with Tom Radcliffe. she frankly admitted
it to her calm and well regulated heart. And
then strange thing happened This heart,
which for many years had been tractable and
mild. suddenly rose in rebellion, and refused TO
| beat evenly and quietly of yore- Instead of
this. 1T huttered like giddy young thing at
the most casual mention of Radcliffe's name.
| and in his actual presence it throbbed with joy
or became heavy with woe, according TO the
young mans demeanor.
Katherine observed all this. and with her usual
| ready acceptance of a situation began To con-
slider what could be done about it.
| Her mind was d little hampered by the fact
that her heart would persist in its riOtings and
would interrupt her logical trains of thought.
now with glad memories anticipations and
again with snatches of song or bits of senti-
mental verse. But the interruptions We're warm
| ly welcomed and thoroughly enjoyed and Miss
Palmer. after due reflection. concluded that her
life romance had dawned at last. and that, neg
iecting all else if necessary. she must give it her
undivided attention.
| Her philOsOphic attitude was due entirely to
| her methodical and systematic mind and in no
way marred the romantic beauty OF her love
ON the contrary, it strengthened her conviction
that no woman had ever been or would ever be
capable of such intensity Of loving as herself
/ She thought cOmpassionately OF the shallow
| affections of her butterfly acquaintance ara
! Knew that. as her mentality a superior
. plane, 5" her powers of Intelligent loving were
! prcportcnately greater. She even Thought nat
ronizingly of historic lovers smiling al Cleo
Patras attachment TO Antony and plying the
puny love os the BrOwnings
All her life she had been absolutely bear-
whole. never taking more than passing in
ierest IN any man; and now. without proyoca-
ton and without reason. in true orthodox
fashion she had flung all her great store Of
love at the feet of a man apparently no diff
ferent from all other men.
OF course. he seemed different 10 her IDEAL
lied and gorifed, everything he said or did
seemed The highest perfection of human speech
or action.
And when il occurred to her that. far as
she knew, her love was unrequiteG. the thought
gave her shCck.
In all probability his heart was as yet ur-
awakened but that only question of time.
Her love IF the kind thar only occurs
once in thousand years and when it dawned
upon him IN all its glory his heart would re-
spond eXultngly and With an equal passion
| Not that Katherine Palmer had any intention
| OF hinSing herself Tom RadcIiffes head.
| That would not be- required \ love such as
she felt for him would exert its Irresistible. but
subtle influence without any effort her part.
And so the world transformed for her. A
new dignity and sweetness might be seen in
her manner. and her soul tiled with great
and unspeakable happiness that manifested
itself in day dreams and night dreams which
showed giinpses of an enchanted fairyland
The young man himself seemed 70 be don2,
his part He called occasionally. IIe sent in
vttatiOnS and flowers with much frequency Il
was in keeping with The stage of their acqu;,int-
| ance. katherine had desire TO hurry mat
| ters: she was quite content 20 let his friend
| ship give way 70 dawniug love while she
| jcyeG I" the fun each proof of his increas-
ing interest.
I She was certain that love would at last
! For as she knew her passion unchange-
| able and everlasting. she felt that Rad
| cline's heart would respond with an affection
! equally deep and And of late he had
| begun TO show an especial desire for her con-
paniouship- He called oftener. He asked her
advice ON personal matters. and seemed in .