The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-04-18
SRlett Sturp.
A HINT FROM FATE.

At Fifth Avenue and Twenty second
Street, the LEFT wheel of Remsen hanson
/ caught the right front wheel of another
cab. There was block which grew into
tangle, and for several minutes it resisted
the toll of three policemen, the ''lan-
guage Of half dozen cabbies and the
savage looks Of many coachmen and foot
men who did not dare utter their thoughts
Rem>en was practically face to face with
the occupants of the cab-an elderly wo-
man aud girl,
Now. She looks like the right sort,
thought he. as he examined her frank.
| self-reliant face She was plainly not q
New York girl-he saw it at the first
glance if bis New York eyes. Not because
she was not tastefully dressed, for she was ;
not because her expression was un>ophis
tieated, for it was not perhaps because il
was sophisticated without being subtle.
II should like to know her continued
Remsen to himself Il wonder who she
i. where she : from. where she going
The longer he l,aked, the more he was
attracted /, seemed to him that he had
never seen a woman with 50 much person
ality, who 81 patiently showed that what
she would think aud say and DO and feel
would be interesting
jus, a. the tangle Strengthened. a small
bag topplei from the pile Of trunks and
bags en- the roof cf the cab, struck the
dashboard Of the hanson, opened Tut
came 4 delicate oior-a freshness, rather
than perfume part Of some fetni
zine article made og ribbon and lace and
very thin. foe hnea. Remsen seiHed and
rcpackcj the bag, stood up and restored it
10 the roof # the cab lie bowed, lifted
bis hat. received and returned polite
,usile. Hls hansen whirlci on down the
avenue, the cab VA gone, the incident
was elussd. but h, o,u,iuuel 10 ,hiak Of
the gid
If could ouly meet her, and she did
na, know who was, she might Ike me
/ fpr myself, and might ike her, and---
y she door Il the hanson separated,
a card fell To the aoos lie piekeI j, ap,
and read Mis- Susanna Forester,
Monterey, Ohio the name engraved,
the address wriiten He pat it in b..
( pocket.
a .srrng bin, from Fate, he aid to
himself
He vas .gill romsneing when the stop
ia frOs, a has bankers 10 Broad Street
brough, him back to fact
+ The prSs,ieas f the bank boxed up
frusa a letter he was reading
GOOD morning. be saii Yoa doa :
hapgea To know bright, young fellow
who IS compstens to take charge Of the
slecsr,e light plant in ! 'oHn of 6ilcrn
/ Thousand ,nhAhii4n;. At twelve hundrrl a
rear
/ Rsu.cn iu,tiastiyrly eiansvi at she let
I ter he could 10, avoid s.oios the letter
/ head ~, Firs, Na,ional BAnk Of Mont
Grey
Mou,crcy. ohiog be asked
YES, cur eorresFoalen, there a,ks,l u
to reoo'asBsnd a uaan
shiak I've kas him, said Eea>ca.
Hold the place aula somorrow
Again, in the hausom. be begau mat
I ,sring To himself The taugle, the girl
the bas. the card, the bank the letser
the place the last SEEMED the mas,
ssgniseanI link in the chain Il Fate, fOr
thanks to his natural bent and his father ;
+ theory that every one should know trade
be was an ezperi electrician But the de-
+ ciding factor vas disgust vith the posture
/ Of his life.
Although be was rich, good booking,
intelligent young man, he was generally
I avoided. He was exae,ing 10 his demands
or expectations Of consideration from
( o.hers. He wAs uneasy lest his view OF
his own merits was peculiar to himself,
perhaps even there delusion. lie was
morbidly suspicious that consideration was
4 given. not to himself, but to his fortune
I Whatever theory of life aud human nature
a man adopts Is sure to be confirmed, and
Remsen theory had basis in the dis
position Of very many Of his fellow beings
TO think more Of what a man has than Of
what he s-what a man has is obvious,
I what he is must be searched for. Remsen
r, ,rnsed to accept these conditions at their
true Importance, or lack Of Importance,
Instead Of taking the gifts of the gods, he
| insisted upon scrutinizing them with pre-
JUDGED eye and refusing them. He got
the name Of being capricious, rude and
stingy. His circle of tolerators narrowed
to two classes those who felt honored by
being permitted to associate on any terms
with man of wealth; those whose hope of
/ favors was so hardy that no extremes OF
heat or cold could kill it.
Remsen was one of those men who,
when disaster befalls, aud they happen to
catch and arraign the true culFrit, self,
promptly acquit him after trial. At
twenty eight, he had made up his mind
that he was a lofty character condemned
| to choose loneliness or association with
snobs and syeophants. In the midst of
abundance and with a vigorous appetite,
he was starving for friendship, sympathy
and love, because he fancied poison into
everything.
He was ashamed of the scheme that
evolved in his brain round the 'hint from
Fate it suggested the sort of romance