The San Francisco call., 1908-04-05
CHAPTER XIII

,ss r.pprr reaching in her country school,
NJ had had visions OF girl riding a thorough
! bred IN Central park with groom IN at
tendance: whereas the reality "es an
~, zen ,rto served both as coachIran and butler, IN
carefully kept livery. guiding two hoFses apt 10 suDi
from extreme age through the shopping dlstrl0l ~ -
pretty face OF girl looking out OF the WINDOWS u 60
ancient coupe which nevertheless had coat Oh arms
o, ,ts door Miss Farrell imagined Rose in oriilane
house party at Wiltmere. Mrs wilton's sno MISS
las country home; whereas in reality she was oi.e
about the fields brooks with an OLD oull terrier "
,-,s-d and COMPANION Pose generally carried oooh
= ..ss exreSitfons and generally not modern oook-
Her governess had OF modern books especiay
ot novels she had looked into few ana shuodeIeu'
Roses taste literature was almost Elizaoethan n
vas not allowed to glance at early bnghsh
s1e which her eoverness classed with late Engilsn
d American in point morality, but no poetry except
Byron was prohibited.
Rose loved to sit under tree with the dog IN
white coil beside her hold her book open on her lap
- asa q word now and then amuse herself with
fnces the rest time She grew In those days OF
her early girIhood have firm belief IN those 'hisS
which she never saw or heard ano ths Oenei ne'
,rs,oll-- deserted her She saw a wood nympn
,.,, ONT = white arm from tree, but she believed
in the possibility Of It the belief gave her curious
delight When returned to the house for ner scantS
eetI served dinner with the three elder ladies' ner
ewes would be misty these fancies and her mouth
would the inscrttaole snile 0L O"S' - ~
charm Of them.
when she first came to East westland she was pro-
who had only known wen Two
,sct tvpes Of irl-the purely provincial and the re-
verse Rose with mixture of the two. puzzled him.
While she was not IN shy she had reserve
which caused her TO remain secret to him for some
time Roses inner life TO her something sacred
not 10 be lightly At last through occasional
remarks opinions light began 10 shine through. he
had begun 10 her the Sunday when he had
followed her Lucy Ayres' He had also more than
begun TO love her Horace Allen would not have loved
her 50 soon had visible to her inner
sel1 Things plainly the surface rarely Interested
MIN very much. He had easily aroused tempera-
nent and veil which stipulated his imagination and
aroused his searching instinct really essential II he
we're to fall He had fallen in love before he
had supposed although had asked one of the
,ssr ones to marry him Sow began TO call va
rious faces and wonder IL this not the first time
All the faces seemed dim before this present one
He realized something in her dear and precious
and for the first he II he could not foreso
rossession Hitherto easy enough to bear
the slight wrench leaving temptation and moving his
tent Here il different Stil, the old objection
NAMED How could marry his slight salary?
The high school in East westland was an endowed
institution. principal received $1,000 year. People
In the village considered that prodgious income. Hor
ace Of course better He cid not think that sum
sufacfent for to risk natTimony. Here, too. he
was hsnpered by another consideration 1t into
erable think OF Roses wealth and his patrJ
1920 Der year. ambition which had always slum
bered within his awaoke full strength and ac
tivftv He began to sit up night write
tcles for the papers and magazines He had got on,
accepted and check which to his inexperienc
seemed promis5ngy large In spite Of all his anxiety
he was exalted. began TO wonder IL circumstances
would not soon Justify reaching out for tht
sweet he He made his mind not to be pre-
cpitate to until he but his impatienc'
had vaxed during the hours since tha