The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-10-29
STUDYING BOTANY

Tie reading room so tGc British Iuu'
scum D.. was SO weighed down Win
thought o. liz own iusi4nilcance and
the pundegous amount Of books that
were already in tie world that Ae al
uost gave up the idea Of writing at all.
For It was not as struggling author
yearulng 10 earn bis bread that he
came to consult some Of the million
odd volumes bui because, icing an
authority on the botany of his Own
country he had been asked to write
paper on that subject
The suldued voices Of the officials
tie deadcned footballs ul the soft
flooring. reluked his en- huslasm.
Then the tangie Of catalogues on that
center table.
II was through one OF those lists that
Gleuheid first lunde the acquaintance
OF Ursula Ho!yroyd.
She was trying TO pull about se7enty
pounds weight Of morocco bound cuta-
Iocue from It's place, and standing at
the next space. he went TO the assist
aace Of beauty in distress
After that they met frequently, and
Glrutlon BEGAN 10 find that his subject
REQUIRED constant Attendance m the
library and wrote 10 his mother. at
GlruHrld manor that the books Of ref
cgcace at the museum were Invaluable.
ana ne could no. tel! when he would
ba homc-Gt any rate. NOT until tb,
phcasants required his attention.
Aauy oui.t tank they had together
us they wand, rel about tho great gal
lorios, exchanging theories ana ideas.
for Ursula was a delightfully."- reHn4I
AMI educated woman, and. though
spending hnlr her life working ED
wcarlsona statistics Tor firm of pub
fishers thereby earning the money
which was necessary 10 exc ont the
small pension possessed bv her mother.
she was az bright and hapny as If en-
gagged in the most congcnial employ.
uJcut.
In her fathers lifetime she had spent
many a pleasant season at Malta or
Gibraltar or wherever the sauadron
a
the navy, could make Il temporary
home for his wife and daughter.
Glcnncld bad persuaded her to come
into the Egyptian gallery one day, and
a passing smile seemed 10 illuminc the
stony frrce of pharaoh as he sat,
hands on knees, looking down on the
love drama going on at his feet, which
was enacted much the same in his day.
How | should love 10 see the land
where all these wonders came from
said Ursula. II know L.save been
lucky in seeing so much Of the world.
but I always lonrcd for father to be
stationed a, Alexandria. fear I am
morbid but mu.ntnIes have a faAclua.
,icn for mo,
II should Ike TO take Won 10 Eyyot."
said c,en6o,d watching tho bright face
at hi. slide
word,
"you forget STRUGGLING authors like
ydi, and I canno, do such tblnqs Ore
cannot 20 10 Cairo for few rounds"
He had nsyer told her he was noor
She hed slnnIv ,a.cn tho fsct for
y~n ntad saoinr thot ho norea over fhs
.,rs+v yol,n,cs DO, oftar dor until tna
onnor-r,n,.v p, mn ro- r.-, ard n stro,f
with bo-
",t,v .o,,s and coll unor vorr
ro,hor ., no ao,a rrosontIv ~ Should
n,ch ,,rs 70 moo, ber nd hear of vonr
hroth.- v.h, r,ee -, ho,r1 tho Noo,.
s,oro ,s y,,r,or,, ,;or,o,opt u,hor ro,I-
t,thcr wos coptei, "
Tho foI,ou,,r,, ,,,o-,,,,,- hn -ooa,rod
. Iot,o- fr,,r, ,,fs r,o,ho,. rar,,I,di,,,, hi,,
a, tho grestz h. had already ,nvf,ed fo-
tho nho,so,, ,hootin., con,ne,e,po y,
tha foI,ouing dov
:, p,s civ weess hafora no oo,,a
.,ot, oous mn % ,o,rn
"rrsuI," no s,id as h. ,,ros,ed .ne
u,,ro bana ehe hold an, r. him ".,m1
tou M. WIN, Ia tho ,,ot,e- WIT ha,
h,,ro,el?n
sho oorld not ,-,,s. h.r voice o,,v
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