The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-04
HIS NAME WAS .BOBS. !"
Troubled. TriAl1. Tribuationr. Love and Triumph of
 an Extra ordinary Young Man.
BY REGINALD LANG. Copyright, 1908, by the Author.).

| had been taught. and vet to my knowl. edge I never was. The fact that have | without conceit, can only account foI by the fact that the faculty is there, and only needs the chance to come out. ] seem to see the houses in my head. ] hope to be selected to make the drawing for your house. as I see the house as plainly as though 1t were built" | MT. Elliot was greatly interested. This l was something far removed from his pro- safe business life. He had heard of artis- ! tic enthusiasm but had never been m | contact with 1t before. Il shall make 1t a personal request on my part that you do make the drawings, and l shall also see that if it is satis- factory you go out to Chicago with me ana see the house so up." 'Ah, sir, do not know enough for that. | must study and work for some time yet on construction and all that. A special man does that" the artistic details then. Is that the righ. expression? You see that l am imbibing some Of your professional enthusiasm" !" CHAPTER XXI. wen. Bobs. 1t IS quite while since you have been here. What have you been doing with yourselfT' T have meant to come and see you. Anita, but each time that l have been here you have been out. and lately have
 
 ings for big house in Chicago for a MT. Elliot, winch l have had full charge of, that l have had no time to gu any where."
 You have had full charge of them Why, Bobs. is that not quite rise for you in year and half?' "A rise? l should say so. Mir. Elliot took sudden and unaccountable fancy .. to me the first time he saw me- How odd!' The girl gave a side glance out of her which Snnka rlafnlV h4,t her tone was mocking. She could under. stand Mir. Elliot's feelings perfectly.
 Yes, 1t was,' replied the matter-of- fact Bobs, who had not as yet arrived at the point of more than likng Anita. He was fond of her, everyone was, but as yet he had not received an awaken ing.
 '.He came to see Mir. vanbrugh about a house. I showed him the plans of several, and he was not satisfied and wanted special ones drawn in the Gothic style. A said. he took a fancy to me, asked me to dine that night at the hol- land house, and when 1 told him of my ambition and how l meant to ask Mir vanbrugh to allow me to assist in the drawing for his house. he immediately announced his intention of seeing MT. Vanbrugh and asking to him as a per- sonal favor to let me do 1t, and he did. The old man demurred for time. but finally agreed, and l have been hard at 1t ever since."
 with success, I hope?'
 "I think that l can say yes. I do not understand it. but this Gothic style seems to come out of the ends of my fingers. I see it all plainly. and all that have to do Is to put 1t down on paper" an?"
 'I cannot, unless there is some pre- vious experience which gives me the power. Of course l am too young to think much, and l do not know much about 1t, but l have heard of the theory that has 1t that we carry on our exis- tance from time to time. our former characteristics coming out in the new in- dividual."
 T did not know that. but then I do not read anything to speak of that Is worth reading"
 "I did not read this entirely myself. I was told of 1t and then read a little on the subject afterwards. It Is a very old idea, but l think that 1t is a very in- teresting one indeed"
 Well. what do you suppose that you were that all this ability should crop out as 1t has. There must be something that has brought out the architectural faculty and made Gothic designs pour out of you, so to speak, like water"
 T am sure that 1 do not know. I may have worked on cathedrals on the conti- nent or in England. may have been a monk or a choir boy hundreds of years ago, and lived in some Gothic atmos- 
 You are a strange boy"
 Strange why?"
 ITO think that your just running out and catching on the blackboard of my up yourself. should have destroyed your memory and brought out all this talent. It Is awfully queer. Do you know that ypu are very interestingly
 Bobs blushed and fidgeted. He was not used to this plain spoken young girl who threw remarks At him that ha lea st expected
 Why no. never thought of it at all to tell the truth.
 Evidently not but you are. just the same. It is just as well that you should know 1t. I am not one of those persons who think that you never should tell a person to their. face that they are in. teresting or the like. believe, of course that some people cannot stand it, but you can."
 Tt is awfully good of you to say so. but I fear that 1t will make me terribly conceited."
 70. no it will not and if l see any signs of that | will take means to cure you of 1t at once."
 q hope that you will.'
 70, never fear that I will not What you young men need more than anything else is some kind person to keep you from getting too conceited."
 Do you really think 50. or are you only making fun of me as usual?'
 
 you, but l did not refer to you in par ticular. but the sex at large when young
 Her feelings for ,Bobs were far in ad- vance of anything he knew or under stood; while she young as she was, was thoroughly conversant with woman's wiles. There are women who start in their cradle with the desire and ability to handle men, and Anita Van Nostrand was one of them.
 Then I feel relieved. I was afraid that 1 had already acquired the article and that you were going to begin to haul me over the coals I have tried not to be conceited. as I have nothing as yet to be conceited about"
 Most young men that I know that are suffering from the severest attacks of the malady have the least reason for It"
 ''Yes, I suppose that is very often the case. 1 must leave you now. Anita, as have bored you long enough, and have a great deal of work to do still on MT Elliotts plans"
 You never bore me. Bo5s, b1c 1 will not keep you from your work. Come again soon.''
 CHAPTER XxIII.
 What reward shall you ofer?"
 ''I think that we are justified ih cfrtr- ing $25 900 or even $50, 1000 The Hsir to