The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
4 A CUPID UP-TO-DATE X


!, Everything in Enid Graham's drawing
room was so picturesque so unusual
Ends dark, brilliant face expressed such
keen sense of the joy of living, hel
laughter over Annes recital rang so true
Anne's spirit rose visibly-
Yet you have done what Janetta did
; what r.
Are you Anne-are you honestly.
Then welcome a thousand times into
our ranks. Only let me warn you not Il
class me with that limp creature Janetts
in making your estimates of results. Tom
and i think We live in world of oul
own, where nobody else is fit TO be, fear
We are so fundamentally unable to see
things except in our own way. and We
tget such primitive satisfaction nut of life
in general OF course work has some
thing to do with it, / paint when / car
and draw Illustrations by the hour. keep
ing house in between times. Now. you
say what everybody says that if we had
a child there would be no end of the ideal
element in ours. But we haven't a child
and each of us has calling that brings
in cash and we're simply ridiculously
| happy as We are,"
| No, Enid Is not a type. She Is just
Enid Anne reflected as she went home
far more cheerful, however than when
| she set out.
| All that night she lay awake cudgelling
| her brains out about wisdom and philos-
ophy of her projected move. In the az
ternon Walter came. and she forgot wis
dom and philosophy. Their young hearts
| melted togethr ana the world was flooded
| with new light. Il
| But as soon as he went out Of the
house and her mothers precepts began
anew to re-echo in her ear the old I'M
| certainty resumed its sway. Finally. Mrs.
Sherbourne played her trump card by
! asking if Anne had forgotten that in
marrying Walter she would be spelling
his career? That a wife older than him.
self. bred in virtual luxury, fastidious
to her finger tips. would soon become to
a man absorbed in his ambitions and
limited in purse. critical and expectant
of perfection in woman. a continual bur-
den of anxiety
"Oh. mothes" exclaimed poor Anne.
lis 1t true, true true. Or else he will
simply drop down and carry you with
him."
.
That day Walter was informed by the
firm into which he had been admitted as
junior partner that he must set sail
as once for London. to return almost
Immediately.
In London he received a pitiful letter
from Anne. posted on the vessel that car
ried him over, bidding him goodby. She
had been convinced. she said. that she
would be serving his best interests in
freeing him from their bond AS II was
obvious they'd better not meet again her
mother had decided upon taking her
abroad in the week in which Walter was
scheduled to sail for home. 1t was prob
able that the Sherbournes might not re-
turn TO America for year or more.
1T is over" Anne said, lying in her
berth near midnight with almost no mo-
ton under the starshine OF mid-Atlantic.
A midsummer voyage IL might have been,
instead of one through clustering winter
seas. If only he will read between the
lines of my letter that / have done this
proud to answer 1t. oh, to think that
am never never SoiHS 10 near from
him again.
There was a tap at her door. Anne, In
establishment to answer il. There out
side stood the captains own steward.
a man whom her graciousness had cap
tured. as well as his master, at whose
left side sat table.
The captains compliments miss said
the steward. smiling broadly. And as
long as you told him you weren't Sleep
ing much this voyage he thought you'd
rather have this delivered at once. A
telegram just arrived aboard for you
"A telegram? Nonsense. Sewell. It's
some joke. of course"
"A telegram. miss" he persisted. hand
ing her the regulation envelope. addressed
to her Just transmitted by Marconi
system from the Lucania. now, passing
us about thirty miles off. With the cap
tain's compliments, miss and he was
gone.
Anne's fingers burned as she tore open |
her message from the deep. 1t was duly !
thus:
other principal positively declines re- |
lease from contract. Letter Liverpool |
Well and happy. WALTER BOWIE"
A great wonder and a greater peace /
passed into her troubled spirit 1t never 4
to her to resist one who had 1
the greatest wizard on earth and the /
powers of the air for backers-Nrs. Bur-
ton Harrison IN the New York Herald.