The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-10
tie saw Mary MacLane.

Is enamoured Of the devil Garland Fer
rel. who since his graduation at Har-
ward has a staff position on the Boston
Herald writes 70 his old friends OF meet
Ing the wierd wizardness from thc west
Yes for one galvanic moment, our
eyes met. and in her naughty; naughty.
glance. read TO the depths Of her young.
struggling soul. so crazy TO assert Itself
n the freedom Of the werld- With a
rude shift Of Browning's lines on Shelly
can now exclaim. Yes. I saw Mary
once; indeed. I marked her well She
gave me OF her precious smiles. as TO the
lord OF -; well you need not finish
the rhyme. with whom she held those
pa ssionate conversations recorded in
her book
when she arrived IN Cambridge. the
newspapers made a wild stampede to
write her up Artists. camera experts and
reporters galore were assigned 70 all OF
the stations; but shrewd Mary outwitted
then. all She got in during the night
unknown and once under the wings of
her ''anenome lady Miss Corbin. her
former English teacher. she would not
see anybody. All the papers could Go
was TO write about the exterior Of the
44DActr anu % TIE gtl 4dAN VINO guarded
the door But Thought Of a scheme.
which I thought could get me under the
coveted roof. Cambridge land-ladies viii
do anything 10 rent their musty old rooms
70 students. who pay enough 10 buy their
old traps. so got q college friend to 90
ro0m-hunting with me. When We ueared
the old house on Broadway near Har-
ward, we saw a reporter already on the
vine-covered porch expostulating with
the old lady Of the forbidden door.
When he came away cursing at his
rundown" we sauntered up the steps.
The old lady came TO give US a quick
5 fnish. holding her lips tight and her
fingers locked before her; but II made
Eer laugh when I asked about rooms
because it spoiled her ready answer. but
she had dreadfuIly provoking way n
saying that the rooms were all filed. I
told her that friend OF mine had lived
there, and recommended me to get his
room She thawed some in her manner
and acknowledged that she was engaged
Fl the house merely 10 answer the door
md keep reporters out. she succeeded in
her Immediate object; but luck was with
me. and I saw Mary without getting in.
Here she is now. said my chum. and
turning. whom should I see but the much
sought Mary. entering the gate with her
-anemoRe lady" Tt was only a minutes
view hut a precious one. She seemed de-
lighted and was laughing az US; oh how
glad to see us turned down She does
not like the members Of the press. so she
says. those poor scribblers except for
whose daily drip" she would still be a
schoolgirl spelling writing paper amid
the sand and barrenness Of Butte" But
that one silent laughing visit that we
had was enough. Her glance was so ex-
pressive as she smiled under her sailor
hat rim that we knew her. and her story.
To see her makes clear what she has
attempted 70 put in words She is young.
and though a master Of her own included
experiences. she has yet a big world ahead
or her. but they have been happenings
IN her mind: some day all those hap
penings VIII come true IN the common
experiences OF her latter years. and then
she win be merely a woman. who is
bold and who can write Of the results
Of her boldness. If it has not been FOR the
seowling Fat lady with her feel sure she
woud have told US about herself She
had that inviting fire in her eyes. like
any western high school girl whose ex-
periences have been thought out but not
completed the anxious, hungry look OF
one who thinks she understands herself
That was all Of ny visit. but got even
with her for laughing a me when It was
found that she was not ready TO enter
Radcliffe. I perpetrated this little out
rage:
Mary was no little lamb,
When she penued her little story;
She filled II fun Of devils and damn.
And * brought her in much glory
But these words. they followed her
70 school.
When she sought the town OF knowI-
edge;
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