The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-12-13
ytlle Shuttle
SElY 1-.>--l O. -.
Train
BY NixOLA :GREELEY-sMlTH
C,opyrfpht. 1pC5 by Mcclure pbil,,vs 4. r.,
Copyright, 1905, by McC Clure, Phillips g. Co

Varied and multiple rs the summe,
sands are the means which the futes
presidingl over love affairs employ tc
bring the one man and the one woman
together. Ta
1t was the shuttle train that has It's
terminus ut the Fifty-eighth street Gle
va!o1 stu tion, where Sixth avenue ends
its devious Journey past wholesale
warehouses and small shops and de
parrment stores, with o brief dip, into
the gayeties OF theaters and dance
halls in the frivolous Thirties, and Cen.
tral park begins Its spreading progress
through the city's heart, tkas brought
about the determining moment in the
lives Of Madge Rowan aud John clev.
erley. -.. : '5,,s,.. -. .:.. 81.
The interference os this particular
agent was &he more. remarkable. be.
cause the lives Of the two persons most
concerned with 1t had till few months
before been lived more than 1000
miles away. e.. p .tt%. =
1t was In February that the pretty
daughter Of the most prosperous phys.-
clan in a thriving Colorado town had
bidden a tearfuI farewell to the fond fa.
ther and mother: who had at last &C
quiesced in her desire to go east to de-
yelop her artistic talent. - T.. =: ~.
The talent found It's chief expression
in fluffy impossibilities masqueradine
as Easter chickens and other seasona.
bic novelties, with which she decorated
menu cards, to the infinite admiration
of her many friends. -! =. ~
Her art, therefore. had brought her
to New York. And 1t was art likewise
hers, that had brought John Cleverley,
For, though the two had been boy and
girl sweethearts together, the sudden
Development Of Miss Rowan.s artistic
genius had apparently absorbed all her
sentimental impulses, and before Ieay.
ing Colorado she had told CIeyerley
that she could never marry him.
She had not been q month in town
before the young mnn made his ap-
pearance ut her Fifty-eighth street
studio with a more or less plausible
story Of having been sent east by his
firm to lock M IN important case.
Art had langs:sshed during that first
month, when visits to nnsympathetic
dealers had convinced Miss Rowan Of
the dearth Of the demand for dinner
cards, and the cordiaIity Of the auburn
haired, paint bespattered vision that
greeted Cleverley when he climbed the
five flights to her studio augured well
for his hope Of taking her back with
him to Colorado. But the day after his
arrival she had actually succeeded In
selling dozen menu cards, and again.
Cupid dro0pei ;fnis diminished head un.
der Arts overshadawing wing. ',s. 'zsss: /, =
So furiously did, Miss Rowan apply
herself to her profession under the I'm
petus that 1t was only. after much
persuasion TINT she consented to spend
an afternoon at the beach the Satur-
day after ,CleYerley's arrival. = = / ,;. ! !
You know, Jack,""N she had sniti,
you haven't the; responsibility that
have. It's natural for. yon to want
to 60 about and sseek things, but i've
Just started a new pond lily, menu
SERIES and I must have 1T finished to-,
morrow night: And the studio must lie.
cleaned tonnorroW; Afternoon anyway,
But as Cleyerley looked unconvtnced
and rueful she added contri itely We'll;
LII go this once But don't you come
here, for everything viii be- in: such
4 mess. 5IlI meet you: at the Fifty.
eighth street elevated: station at ! s
O'clock" Ss;{ 40 3
And to; this arrangemen aofter some; some;
argument Cleyerley was forced to 5spt.s 5ac-s
q auiesce. 5 4
On Saturday the fact that she q, knew;
q she would have sto refuse JSckE fYlnv;a;r;,.,