Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-03-28
The Quest
Of Helen - -


Gre-loving ana worldly person, and .
had ne sl.spectcd the heart burning .
and misery Is would cause ne
never xoald have done A. But, 1
being wholly cisy-bred and know
ing only The life Of the me-
sropolis where the women are even
wiser than the men. how was he 70
suspect the absolute simplicity ana
trust Of the country maiden. where
girls are girls until they rSach ma
furity and not Young women before
they attain their teens. he had gone
70 the country on an enforced vaca-
tion bv ms physicians orders accom-
panied by the warning that unless
he give cd immediately and fer
considerable season the strenuous
business responsibility. supplement-
ed bv the feverish pleasure which
combined had put the gray into his
black hair al the age OF :. the emo
was not three years ahead Always
clcar-heaied and not Al al ready yet
10 relinouish his hold on the life out
Of which be had absorbed 80 much
pleasure and IN which he held SO
much hope ne had adjusted his busi-
ness Affairs with = ierk anc Red far
from the cares and Careties OF city
life. finding a refuge In q honely
farmhouse in the far west. miles from
r. railroad and as remote from
pleasure resort as from the grind 81
she city. II promised 20 be very duh
for him until ne became interested
81 Helen. the daughter OF the house.
Helen was 16. but acted and felt
nearer - She had grown mp with
out youthful society and had never
viewed the opposite sex rs IN any
avav different from her own than IA
1he matter OF strength and the ma
1ure % the duties pertaining thereto
She was faTox ground indeed for the
s.,zpersenced beau who had expert
enced affair in the capitals ~ two
continents. Nor WIS she the less
charming because 81 her Ignorance.
Nature had done much for her-he
saw that plainly the first time he SCI
ewes on her. Her skin. despite her
careless ouf-of-door life was a. fair
and peachy as the dream OF painter.
and into Il the sun and the fresh air
in which she had lived 50 much. had
tainted q bloom that would have
been the despair Of my lady With
an the ros~~ aud massage Perfect
DEL|Tn
frE and disnruriuE dress 81 conven-
zionaIixn had rounded her maiceE
form into the allurinE lines a ply
steal perfection. and the effect VA
none the less effective because q ths
loose and simple garments she wore
How II happened Scsnlal never eouis
figure out. but this daughter OF Ties
rough and hard-worling farmers ha'
somehow inherited fpossihly from
some patricizu ancestor many Eener
atSunE removed features a. perfec
as = Greek goddess and her eve
were flashed with the fires 81 abuu
can't vitality and natural intelligence
seaman WA not an inmate OF IN
Hudson home for many Gays befor
lie found himself making violent lOv
70 this simple Maud Muller q II
prairie farm Al GrEt they were onl
good comrades. and he helped be
nfIk the coWs and feed The horse
and drive the cattle and churn n
butter and do ali the other chors
winch fen 10 her lot on q farm. wheI
everybody was working their har1e.
70 lift the mortgage and keep n
family Ted and clothed But she ~
80 new = specimen 20 him and alt
rerher So inviting and charming az
sinuSe that be soon fell 20 tezchir
her the Dangerous game Of love
he meant no harm How was
20 know the Tremendous power % 4
slurnbering passions he was awake
inre lie had never known a woms
who was not altogether compete
20 take abundant care Of herself
= Irritation or q love affair, and
had generally been the man who -
the victim in the afairk which IL
fallen under his observation
To Helen the summer WAS Ike
chapter from Fairyland. and Z
handsome and de5onaire man q z
world saas the veriest hero q al Z
knights q chivalry- Not that :
knew anything about the knights
chivalry. even from books. but
evoke All the flumberiag roman
and passion in her starved nafu
She gave him al the burning lCse
= newly -awakened passion and az I
rnonths RAISED the man began 10
alize that IN was somewhat differs
from any affair IN which he had !
been hitherto involved.
OF course. the end had 70 cor
As II does 70 al dreams. and Q
fne day IN the early late fall
kissed her fond gOod-by. sEore
be true 20 her and went hack 70
excitement and gzyety Of tbe cit.
and forgot her