Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-06-13
he Gentleman
rom Indiana
By BOOTH HARRINGTON
Irlsht. 1899. b. Dosblody Mcclure Co.
COSyrisht. 1902. By Mcclure. Phillips q Co.
CHAPTER VII

o they went back there.) She |
"a TO him with a little frown.
Inv have you never let Tom Mere
know you were living so near him !
than a hundred miles-when he |
always liked and admired you
@ all the rest of mankind? / know |
he has tried time and again to
Of you. but the other men wrote
they knew nothing, that it was
ght you had gone abroad. | had
"a Of you. and so has he seen your
Q in the ROuen papers-abOut the
te Caps and in politics-but he
Id never dream of connecting the
tville Mr.. Harkless with his Mr..
kless: though ! did, just a little, in
lgue way. | knew you, of course,
n you came into Mr.. .Halloway's
ure the other evening. But why
emit you written to my cousin"
Rouen seems rather far away TO
he answered quietly. GIVE been
re only once, half day on business.
.ept that, I've never been much far
than Amo-and then for a conven-
or to make q speech-since | came
e."
Wicked" she exclaimed, "to shut
rself up like this. | said it was fine
lrop out OF the world but why have
cut off your old friends from you?
by haven't you had 4 relapse now
h then and come over to hear Ysaye
V and Melba sing. or to see Mans
ID or Henry Irving, when we have
b them? And do you think you've
Pm quite fair to Tom? What right
h YOU to assume that he had forgot
you?"
ron. ] didn't exactly mean forgot
L." he said, pulling a blade of grass
4 and fro between his fingers and
ring at it ahsently. ITS only that
: have dropped out of the world, you
bow. They rather expected me to do
lot of things. and | haven't done
en-. Pcs,6bly it is becauss I am SEN
i tive that never let Tom know. They
Ipected me to amount to something,
lt l don't believe his welcome would
less hearty to failure-he is a
pod heart"
Failure" she cried and clapped her
sands and laughed.
I'm really not very tragic about it,
lough / must seem consumed with
3 Elf pity" he returned, smiling. 1T is
Inly that / have dropped out of the
|-orld while Tom is still in it,"
Dropped out of the world"" she
lchoed impatiently. Cant you see
ou've dropped into it? That YOU
Last night | was honored by your
braise of my graceful mode of quitting
IT,
"And so you wish me to be consist
Pnt," she retorted scornfully. "What
becomes of your gallantry when we
bbide by reasonT
True enough; equality is a denial OF
And privilege is a denial of equal
lily? | don't like that at all" She
burned a serious. suddenly illuminated
face upon him and spoke earnestly
Its my hobby. / should tell you, ant
I'm tired of that nonsense about WON
en- always sounding the personal note
1t should be sounded as we wOult
sound it. And | think we could bea
the loss of privilege -
He laughed and raised a protestin
hand. But we couldn't"
NO. you couldn't. It's the ribbon c
superiority in your buttonhole. kno7
several women who manage to liz
without men to open doors for then
and | think | could bear to let a ma
pass before me now and then or weI
his hat in an office where | happene
to be, and | could get my own ice at
dance. | think, possibly with even le
fuss and scramble than I've sometim
observed in the young men who ha7
done it for me. But you know "
would never let US do things for on
selves, no matter what legal equali
might be declared. even when we 6
representation for our taxation. "
will never be able to deny yourself
giving us our privileges! ! hate bel
waited on! I'd rather do things +
myself"
She was so earnest in her satire,
full of scorn and so serious in her mea
ing. and there was such a contrast
tween what she said and her person
she looked so pre-eminently the pref
marQuise, the little exquisite, so ess'
tally TO be waited on and helped,
have cloaks threwn over the dampn'
for her to tread upon, to be run abe
for-he could see half a dozen yout
rushing about for her ices, for her C
riage. for her chaperon, for her wr'
at dances-that to save his life
could not repress a chuckle. He mi
aged to make it inaudible, howev
and it was as we'll that he did.
81 understand your love of news
per work" she went on less veheme
ly. but not less earnestly. i nave
ways wanted to do it myself wan
TO immensely. can't think or M
fascinating way of earning ones
ing. And | know / could do it "
don't you make the Herald a daily
To hear her speak of earning OF
living" was too much for hlm.
gave the impression of riches