The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-07-19
Cesting
Prudence
.B, n. J. PHILLIPS

remarks 10 tie eal~huht Nuith h"NS
on the wall aud from which stared
baeg az him the face of supposedly
beautiful soung woman with hAed
ana sutary smile. your left ear Is con
foapdedly 90, of drawing. ! beg your
pardon. I'm not an artist Tan ciSh
engineer or will be neat June And
that isn't what ! started out 10 re-
mark.
10 reeapsiulate. ] have peddied
nirus over three states. and The net
profits of these adventures are S''Jl .o-
have steady Job during the college
year waiting on table al three per ana
found. Furthermore. hay" dress
sun aud clothes and ties and things
Further yet. | have an Invitation from
my cousin. Torrence Marshall. 10 spend
a week with him at sylvan Cove. the
swellcs, resort on this little old ocean,
II is now Saturday night, Sept ID. and
COLLEGE opens up the 25th.
'slhe question seems TO he shall 20
ON peddlng maps and accumulating
more filthy luere. which may possibly
need. shall go home, which Is Soo
miles away; TO college, which Is 40. or
10 sylvan Cove. which is under nun
dred aud where pretty young women
IL is presumed. aboundY'
/ Ia due parliamentary form the syl,
van Cove question was put and carried
unanimously. whereupon the Doy--he
/ was little nore-bowed grayely 10 the
calendar lady and thanked her for her
4 kindness in voting with bin. Theh he
ran down tie stairs OF the country no
tol 10 consult the time table, Tor he
was In hurry 10 be OF.
Marshall found sylvan Cove In the
elaborate simplicity stage OF summer
resort development. Everything was
costly. but very plain, for the Cove
was inhabited each season mainly by
wealthy people who had become ac'
eusiomed 10 their money
On the first day of his stay Marshall
naiyely eontided to his cousin that he
believed Prudence Fairchild TO be inc
prcttiest girl at the Cove, whereupon
Terrence liinned aud replied, "Stung
are your on the second day he learn
cd that she could swim like a seal and
rolf like a Scot. That evening, by vlr
the of four dances which she generous
ly gave him ut the pavilion party. hi'
stock OF knowledge was augmented "
the fact that Miss Prudence danced
Ike fairy,
His approval Of the tanned, red ZIP
ped and wholesome young woman deep
eued during long sail tho next morn
ing when he discovered that her tast
I'm books and tennis rackets was ideh
tical with his own. When florence In
formed him later. however. that her IA
ther. Rufus Fairchlld, was credite'
with more millions than there wer
letters to bis name the young man eS
perlenced a novel and entirely unpleas
, ant sinking OF the heart
His own financial situation did nc
trouble Magshall-in fact, he FOUND ht
NOR in his poverty. Marshalfs fathe
had been rich until an industrial hurr
had left him broken and pennies
Berkeley himself, natural engihee
and In love with the profession he ma
chosen, felt the president stir OF geniu
, within him. vague but real. His teaci
ers predicted great things Of him, an
with the knowledge Of his own power
and his burning desire TO achieve, ran
and wealth were merely around u
next corner.
\ Yet the fact of Miss Fairchild
\ wealth depressed him. "Tve nimo
monopolizcd her since I've been here
nj he told himself, "and she'll think II
, the blooming money. ] suppose hn
thls bunch that's hanging around n
wonld marry Digger Indian for u
old mans pile. wish she were poor
The Iatsr aggrieved and sincere J
mark revealed 10 Marshall that ne w
- dangerously near being In love,
A certain sensitive pride. for ne ID
n morbid fear that his attitude mig
be mIsconstrned. kept Marshall out
the girls presence most OF the 'l
thereafter. Maybe she UNDERSTOOD
the possession OF much money oiu
brings a woman bitter wisdom; may
II was a feminine desire TO repay h
for his alopfness; at any rate, Nj
Fairchiid eontriyed to give Marshaii
Glance at parting. as he held her GO
little hand. that thrilled his every pun
n was Ike the song Of nightlngi
or the scent OF June roses. Ana
memory moved him again ana ng'
, that winter as he built theoreti'
l bridges in the class room or deliver
: vegetable soup In the hotel dinl
room.
Now. n look such as that from
who IL not a firt dwells In her meme
too. Miss ralrehIld's cheeks were
some,llnes when she thought OF II
c Of the answering glance OF bewiide
II 10Y that flashed from Marshaifs D
ewes. "He might take advantage OF
she said TO herself In brief, deiiei
' manic when the invitation OF CHI
d Nell Burrows, TO come for the Janu
hop Of the seniors at MarshaiIs
,ere reached her. But she went ne'
theless.
The assurance with which be cor
:. Gated five Of the dances on her card
the BAN showed that Marshall rem
tcred. They sat out two which
o. delightful but dangerous. There
~ iuls said. ard the silence bstw
them was intimate and significant
Removed from the glamour OF
I'd lights ard ,he music, from the
shielded PROMISE o' Der eyes ana
ln,orleatlon Of her beauty, Mars
was no, satisfied. III she were
roors" lie repeated to himself y
ne can .he know that It's she want
:. no, The money, Suppose that
-, ,hlnks I'm fortune huntcrf An
!, ne moaer makes any difference
her. theg, she doesn't care for INC
wish 1 knew. II you oniy could
ife me a sign. sweetheart, that you
faith In my love-
II was lunehiime and Marshall
rr AZ his accustomed table 10 me ?
- raj. musings we're broken ~ the (
$40 4...xr Miss Ia.rghlb1