Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-23
The Story of a
Story
BY CONSTANCE CAMERON

/ Ai'i Ilif tll1N%Ni tliN pity lnF Tue
sun had been doing las level bcst-n,t
unsucccssiuliy-t discover msuspoc,.
ed tlnts In her gold brown hair but. of
course he said nothing. and shifted the
garden chair within the shadow of a
big acacia.
The gIrl toycd Tor a few momcuis
with the two lung pins In her lingerie
hat. Then she leaned slightly forward
and pressed the euds OF her fingers To-
geiber, a pretty little way she had when
\ she was seriously Interested.
What were you writing awhile ago.
Tom. when interrupted and asked YOU
to play tenuist I'm afraid you weren't
giving your story a happy ending. you
looked 80 tremendously blue and sal
DO you know. was thinking Of that
look Of yours all through the game
and
You made some mighty good hack
handed strokes across the court. I,cl-
rn, said he. bit lrreleyantly. picking
up her discarded hat aud tanning her
with IL.
Come. now" the girl said softly.
touching him never so lightly on ihr
coat sleeve. tell me about II, won't
your
We'll. You see" he answered with
genial smile. Il was a bit perpleXci
Just then when you found me. I've
presented my characters Il problem
and they can't solve it,
Ethical questioned Helen. polnt'ng
copper colorrd tennis shoe and
ing at 1t dcmurcly
III ethics is the philosophy 81 con
duet. yes. decidedly IL ethical" r"
turned he promptly "l;ut don't ic,'
talk shop. please I'm sire Il VIII boz"
you"
What are they like, YOUR character. 3.
Aud what l. II you've given them .
solver she said chrcril. rs 90 80
very diftcultf"
The man Ia the story" hc began De
hatingly fishing his eyes slr' glli uH
the top OF "a tail pine tree. "is a prru
decent sort ~ chap lie has a giHl
namc-lhe descendant uf long .'n'
running back u number of grneruti Iu
without getting out 81 alignment. sos
know lie has fair ability. energy. ann
bltion and nll that, with position that
secures him Just about enough money
10 live on. Aud the girl In the story
Melville cleared his throat
"And the girly" demanded Helen.
Well when they were children the
girl and he had played together with
mud pies aud seesaws In their back
gardens Their mothers had been col
lege chums. you see. but the father Of
the child In kits died and left his sou
nothing but his unblcmishcd name
while the father of the little girl kept
on growing daily more and more liz,
CrOcsus"
when they grew mp lid they still
care for each other. your boy aud your
girlg" asked Helen in a low voice. She
was giving his recital her keenest az
tentl0n
THE man loved the girl" he au
swered In voice that seemed lnap
propriately grave lie loved her -
much-but It's enough for our purpose
TO say that he loved her"
Helen shot q furtlye glance OF Ia
quiry az him from under her thick
lashes. and her eyes looked like pur
pie black cloud that has in It's heart IA
forkcd lightning, but he was gazing
down the vista ~ trees. 80 she said
merely:
And the girl loved the mann" II
started.
"He-he wasn't sure" said Melville.
HE was sure she liked hun; otherwise
otherwise she wouldn't have spared
him 40 much OF her time and been So
sweet to him in lota OF ways. but"
But he didn't know whether she
loved him. cried Helen. "If ne wis
made Of big. manly stun. as some
how fancied from your description he
was. couldn't he have found out easily
enough"
You see" began Melville. here was
the girls money. People would thing
But Helen interrupted him with fine
scoru:
80 your worthy hero was afraid of
what people would think And ~ hc
kept the door OF his heart locked tight
and all the time the girl might have
been there starving just outside Slr
might have been, oh. 80 hungry for him
10 open TO her and bid her TO come lu
But what people would think Tor
sOoth. had more weight with him than
the girls possible hunger Pshaw
Tom. \ beautiful hero you've made
The little wave Of color that surgrl
over the delicate. proud purity Of Ilcl
ems face eat Melville like n knife. 80
lovely. 81 near. 81 far She had her
vclvety purple eyes on the distant hills
She seemed fathoms away from him
and he wanted her ~ keenly.
lie looked 40 her for fully hall
minute finding her good 10 look ui.
then thrush burst ont into an cXpui
site trlll Just over their heads aud hop
ped from one branch 10 another ~ u
hoped 10 moved the acacia leaves
opening chasm In the dome ~ green
"Oh. look. Tom Too late now shc
cried with animation You did not
look mp in time. hut Il was there q scr
ond ago. the sunbeam straight like %
finger You see having 10 give YOU
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