The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-07

copyrishl. $50. ey n. n. oannlnsh.n
The seriosr- business of settling VI
her brothers estate was about finish
ed. Miss ! 9rson leaned weariIy bael
in her inv. : chair and sighed. Aft
or all. she y as sorry. Doubtless \
would mean a cessation of her law
yer's freGcent and periodic visits
.And-weII. lie had been something new
under her sun.
Il Ieave for Bar Hartor tomorrow,
to lie gone week. ON my return III
send you a telegram and arrange for
our final Interview" Howell Or
chard's crisp. staccata sentences punc-
tired her reverie. He was picking up
his gloves. y high cart had Just drtv-
en- under the porte-cochere, and Miss
AIorton's I!veried groom was busy
quieting the antics Of pair Of brown
cobs.
Miss Morton CROPPED for a pretext to
spin ont the call OF her lawyer-h ONLY
for I'VE minutes. It was stupid Of Pc
ter to have driven up 30 early-and 50
bourgeois: Her eye fell on the near
est object-a bowl Of orchids.
Exquisite are they nOt2" she said.
with a slight Indicating motion Of her
patrician, bIue ve'ned hand. Orchards
keen glance neted them. at the same
time ranging the extravaEant refine
ment Of the room.
''In keeping with their surroundings.
Miss Norton he reJoIned. pulling on
his left hand glove. "Artisticaily cor
rect
She made no further Pretext. It was
fatuous, but 1t answered her purpose.
what is your favorite hOTer?' she
asked.
1t was an snane question. and she bit
her lip. But. to her relieved surprise.
Orchard gave her inquiry his consider
alton.
..The closed gentian," he said after
slight pause.
wyncheIl. Miss Morton's country
home. with it's ancestral acres. was
n bout far enough from Jersey City to
leave time on the suburban train for
perusal of the paper and
yawn or two besides.
orchard spread out his sheet mccha"-
icaIIy. But even the stock market news
didn't seem to interest him. and he
lOOhGNl OLNl HIS lulFGA- AAA'at '''''
only natural. He was looking back
through several seasons of blossoms
and snow, this man. who, young as he
was. had already begun to be called
a woman hnter. The whizzinG tele
graph wires and poles passed unseen
The noise OF the engine. the rumble Of
the wheels. dwindled into silence. In |
their stead came the low. exquisite |
oF ssIrI
Its such beautiful little flower In
side. Howell
The day had been full OF late Sep |
tember elixir. then as now. The tread
or loneliness had been on the fields OF
grass and fodder ripencd by August
suns and tanned by early frosts to an
lutumnal bronze Somewhere from
among the hedges of sumac had come
he call of Il quail Then presently the
girl had stopped near a Silvery stream
md plucked a plain enough lookin:
lark blue flower and pinned It on his
,Ont.
ITS a closed gcntinn. ycu know
lear" she had explained. while tn
loft tendrils Of her hair had uncon
;ciousIy brushed his strong chin. You
iee." she went on STOPPING to pluck an
,rher. they're not so very handsom
outside. but nsJIe-IoOk" Delicntell
IS Il spring zephyr she had pricked the
,ortaIs open. 1T puts the fiT1nin
:oIdenrod and all the sturinE purpl
Iaisies here to shame. doesn't it," s.
lifted her face to him-the face of
,irI not particularly beautiful. but Glc
lied by dazzling smile,
He had left her at the gate of hei
title western home and, leaning ove'
lie rustic fence in the privacy of the
road oak. bad bid her gopdEy. for he
rns going 10 the big eastern metropc
is for Il wear or TO to win fame an
ortilne for them both. He went AWAY
With the sweetness of her kiss upon hi
ips. her tear upon his cheek. her flow
r in his coat
Later there had come miSunde!
landing. of the slight. insignificant
ort that most young lovers have: but
las. in this case before the gentle
ealing wind of the real truth ha
,lown tragedy had visited the girl
ONE, and when the man sought hei
he was not to be found Out in hel
title western village people told
ale of her fathers long illness and
she bad nursed him nigii
nd day with untirinE tenderness: how
heir slight Income being exhausted
he had taken up water color W."
nd oiled orders for dinner cards an
title pictures; how finally. upon hi
cath. she had gone TO Sew York cit
D earn her living in such fashion rs
he could.
That was all Orchard had been abb"
0 learn. and that had been two !',''''
go. To, fad girl who does wl'1
dior work on dinner cards in $50
'ork city Is not an easy matter. T.