The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-09-09
Ice cream freezers and jun
kets at Glenn's.
Turnip seed, barley and rye
in season at Glenn's.
FOR MARGUERITE

6oArGf Inc WOfds "eFe low uuu Ph0ao~
ing, the voice very tender and true, but
the girl on whose dainty eers they fan
threw the beautiful head o kttle farther
back and laughed out her half vexeA, half
defiant answer
"Wben you are OF the road 10 success,
Gerard, I'll marry you at once, II 10 be
soon, for I can't wait forever, but as you
don't apparently wish for success. then"-
with q lovely, willful smile and the pretu.
est Of petulant moues-"goodbyI"
The man listened, his handsome face
turning white, as If tarved in stone.
Success with you Is only aaother name
for
Money" the girl interrupted, with
that lovely light laugh again. "1knoW
It, Gerard, and despise me for 1t II you
will. II you had been brought up In pow
erty, II you had wanted frocks and pretty
shoes and dances and pleasures Of every
kind-and, oh, thousands Of things that
you couldn't get-then you, too, would
spell success with an Ma very big NJ
and call 1t money! You would, I know
you would" she ended bitterly.
The man sighed heavily. Fate was In
deed against him now, and bis career,
hight and hopeful az 1t looked a short time
ago, seemed sadly dull and sember now,
and whyp Because Of that lovely face that
was turned away from him so petulAntly,
because of the hooking words that fell
like little strokes Of q whip across his low.
Ing heart. And while he thought the
music In tho distance ceased It's soft throb.
bing, the dance was over, and he had had
bis answer, he supposed.
He would say one more thing before
they parted, he determined suddenly. BE
would lave at n rate clear understand
Ing with the woman he loved 50 madly.
And after thu then the yenture-to the
right Or to the leftl
he put out his hand to stay her as Bhe
would have risen. II want to ask you
one thing more" he said, so gently that
her wandering attention was fixed on him
onoe again.
If I went into the business, my "a
theirs business, which, as you know, /
hate-if I gave up my dreams Of the bar
and O life which I should loFe-a life
which would be poor perhaps, but full OF
promise-if I had the prospect Of success
In the business Of which you speak 80 high.
ly, what them"
She turned to him with q new light
sparkling in her beautiful eyes. Had she
conquered at last-everything, every hepa
every ambition at her feetp
"Then," she said, her voice tender with
feeling and her soft eyelids dropping abovs
the brilliant eyes, "then I should say no
more" And her tones trembled into 81.
lenoe, and her white hands played nerV.
ously with tho violets at the bosom OF hss
delicate gown
The snow fell outside very softly, wrap.
ping the sordid city in tenderest white
coverings and Transforming it into a king.
dom of crystal and pearl. Inside one OF
the greatest of its many fair houses there
were revelry and the ripple Of silvery
voices and the ring Of tuneful laughter.
One of the lands richest men entertain.
cd his guests and feasted them right roy.
ally, 80 that they spoke increasingly well
of him and Of his entertainment and OF
the beauty of his peerless wife.
She stood in the great drawing room IN
purest white, with diamonds on her snowy
neck and beautiful stars In her golden
hair, and around her q little company OF
the gayest and wittiest and cleverest Kept
her court and pleased her with their sal
lies until her clear laugh rang out above
all the gentle badinage around.
The husband heard the silver ripple OF
laughter, and it awoke some OF the old
thoughts, the old memories that he had
striven to lay by, as a child lays by It's
dear old toys when playing days are over
and done with.
And all Of a sudden he felt very weary
and tired-tired Of the lights and the scent
of the great banks of roses that his wife
had ordered the skillful florist to arrange
tired Of the music and the faces and
the crowd, and he slipped away unnoticed
TO his quiet study and sat there awhile TO
dream.
He had gone into the business that he
had heartily disliked-for Marguerite
and it had proved a success In his hands.
They spoke Of him for a knighthood this
year. It did not elate him much, but his
wife was delighted, and he was not tired
Of pleasing her yet. Only he had pleased
her 30 much once, he had given up 80
much for her sake, that every sense had
been ~ouriously deadened to him since, and
30 the worlds wear and tear came and
went, and he felt but little Of 1t.
And his idealsf They were laid away
very safely and secretly-the steps he
would have climbed with 30 much Vigor
and perseverance, were moss grown now
and Hay with molding age. There was
not much to work for now-so much had
come to him, ne supposed by his own en-
deavors as well as by good luck-and he
had no child to leave 1t to. And his wife!
How tenderly she had oaressed him at
tho time Of the sacrihce-how gently her
pretty fingers had snoothe the wayl che
was 80 much accustomed to 1t all now, n
he had "lived 1t down." as she once said
playfully to him. She was always sweet
and always beautiful, and every one said
he was the luokiest man In London. Per
haps 1t was tru4
he got up and sauntered back to the
drawing room. His lovely wife was chat.
ting with o young barrister as he passed.
"My husband would have been just like
YOU today" he heard her soy IN that ex.
ouisite voice Of hers, "if be had not taken
my advice. He took 1t, and you see the
result"
The younger man looked round. he
saw the beautiful rooms. the brilliant
crowd, the flashing Of countless gems, the
peerless beauty of the woman who spoke,
he heard the music rising and falling u
the distance and breathed the delicate
scents of rarest blossoms.
Again he saw the word Success" writ
ton ACCOMPLISHMENTS that he, a begin"
ner, a novice, could never hope to emulate.
Suddenly the worn face Of the master met
his eyes. II see the result" he said quiet.
ly.-Augusta Hancock In London Lady.
n->oo Helm the Eye.