The Lambertville record., 1902-07-23

bHE NEtAhDED HIM FOR
AWHILE.
| tic career" In Thurstons case repre-.
| sented by II fifteen dollar n week Job
as reporter on one of the minor pa
| pers. She ran childrens page for q
patent inside" for twelve.
Both had decided to become bohc
mians, and as all the newspaper nrti
cles they had ever rcnd located Bobe
mia In the cheap table d'hotes they
| had picked out the Terrier which just
ut that moment was affording free
| food To the space writer's who gave
| their attention to establishing reputu-
| tons for tenth rate cafes. This was
located on the east side and was sufli-
| ciently d,rty to commend II to the
| seeker after the unreal
Her name, she told him, was Mabel
Evaline Manton but she signed NJ r..
Manton In a mannish hand to the tales
she submitted to the magazines and
sought TO be mannish as all bachelor
girls should be.
She fairly hungercd for companion
ship, and each evening CThurston
worked on an evening paper and was
off the early shift at 4 o'clock found
them at the same table In the Terrier
Here she brought her manuscript for
revision, here he told his hopes and
fears When the influx of novelty seek
ing society grew oppressive. they
moved on TO the Blue Ostrich, In
Thompson street, conducted by nn old
black nanny, who gave them Mary
land chicken instead of goulash and
corn pone instead of bread sticks.
They were going home one night
about six months after their first meet
ing when Thurston proposed. Ills sal
ary had been raised So week. and III
the pride Of wealth he told her that he
thought that with economy he could
undertake the support of a family, If
only she would consent. He was a
manly, straightforward fellow, and his
avowal of love was the sort that would
appeal to any good woman. They had
been walking uptown and were resting
on one of the benches In Washington
square.
She regarded him wstfully for
| awhile. Her face went first white,
then red. Thurston, eagerly studying
| her expression, was torn between ex-
ultatIon and fear. A tremendous up
heaval was going on within. Love was
struggling with some intruder, and the
conflict was sharp.
When at last she spoke, there were
tenrs In her eyes I'm 80 sorry, Jack"
| she said softly. II do love you; real
| ly do but 1t would XIII my career l
| have come here to work and win. Mar
| rlagc would spoil all my chances
| Thurston mentally consigned careers
to II place whore they would be very
apt to shriycl up and gave voice to
many arguments, but all In vain. Ma
| bcl's head was filled with all the non
sense written about Bohemia and the
necessity for being bachelor girl II
sne would succeed in literature. Her
| mind was set upon success, ana she
never realized that she was starving
ioul and brain by living In makeshift
apartment aud eating with the bohe-
mlans, where the feast of reason was
supposed to atone for a lack Of food.
Against this fixed Idea even the ar
gumcnt of her own heart was unayail-
| Ing, and when they resumed their
stroll homeward tho best promise
Thurston could get from her was that
when fortune came to both she would
marry him.
Beyond warmer hnndclasp when
they met and parted no allusion was
made to the incident for several weeks
Jack was polite and saw that cam.
| paign was necessary. A coup would
not avail The forces were too evenly
matched According to military STRAIT
egy, Siege was necessary.
He induced her to change their res
taurant The society people and those
who constitute the under crust had fol
! lowed the space writer's to the Ostrich