New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-28
The Silent Barrier
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ConhrVea from Dcgs s

am going TO the Engadine as journalist.
have had the good fortune TO be chosen Tor
very pleasant task. Hence this present grand
eur, which, l assure you, IS not usual condl
ton OF chronological secretaries.
ROVER pretended to ward off some une1peo
- ted attack e have done nothing to desery,
a hard word like that. Miss.WyntOn,' he cried
d" | shall not recover till We reach Calais Ma
I sit beside you while you tell me what i
Ueans,"
She made room for him Strictly speaking
it is nonsense" she said.
Excellent That IS the better line for wo
men who are young and pretty. We Jaded mer
Of the world hate to be serious when we leave
business behind. Now, You would scarce credit
what a lively youngster | am when | come
abroad for a holiday. ! always kiss my finger
TO France at the first sight OF her fair face. Sh,
bubbles ike her own champagne, whereas Lon
don invariably reminds me OF beer"
DO take il that YOU prefer gas TO froth,
You offer me difficult alternatives, yet ac
cept them. Though gas Is as dreadful a descrlp
ton OF champagne as chronological IS OF a Ger
tain type OF secretary, would venture to point
out that II expands etferveSCes, scars ever u
greater heights; but beer, froth and all, tends
to become fat, stale, and Improbable.
q assure YOU my knowledge OF both IS lml-
ted. l had never even tasted champagne until
the other day"
when YOU lunched with Millicent at the
Embankment Hotell
"Well-yes. She was at school with me, and
we met last week by accident. She IS making
quite a success at the Wellington Theater, IS
she not?"
So I hear I am director OF that concern
but l seldom go there"
How odd that sounds to one who saves up
her pennies to attend d favorite play"
Then you must have my address, and when
| am in town YOU need never want stall at
any theater in London. Now that IS no idle
promise; l mean it. Nothing would give me
greater pleasure than to think you were enjoy
ing something through my instrumenta1ty-"
How exceedingly kind of you'll l shall take
YOU at your word. What girl Wouldn't"
81 know quite number who regard me as
an ogre. | am not ladys man IN the general
sense of the term, Miss WyntOn. | might tell
you more about myself If 1t was not Tor signs
that the next five minutes will bring US to
Calais. You are far too independent, l sup
pose, that l should offer to carry your bag;
but will YOU allow me to reserve a JOINT table
for refreshments There will be rush for the
first service which IS the best, as a rule, and
have friends at court on this line. Please don t
say YOU are not hungry.
That would be impolite and horribly I'm
true" laughed Helen
He took the implied permission, and hurried
away.
THEY did not meet again until he came to her
carriage IN the train.
is this where you are?" he cried, looking
up at her through the open window. Il am in
the next block, as they say in America. When
YOU are ready, | shall take you to the dining
car. Come out on the platform The corridors
are simply impossible. And here are baskets
of peaches and ripe pears and all manner of
pleasant fruits Yes, try the corridor to the
right, and charge resolutely. you infiict the
maximum injury on others, you seldom dam
age yourself.
In a word, Mark Bower spoke as lght-heart-
edly as ne professed to feel, and Helen had no
cause whatever to be other than thankful for
the chance that brought him to Switzerland on
the same day and in the same train as herself
His delicate consideration for her well being
was manifested in many ways. That such
man, whom she knew to be figure OF l1npor-
lance in the financial world, should take an in
terest in the simple chronicles of her past life,
was a fattering thing in itself. He listened
svrnpathetically to the story of her struggles
since the death OF her mother. The consequent
stoppage of the annuity paid to the widow OF
an Indian civilian rendered it necessary that
Helen should supplement by her own efforts
the fifty pounds a year allotted 10 her until
death or marriage
There are plenty of country districts where
could exist quite easily on such sum, said
she; but l declined to be buried alive IN that
fashion, and made up my mind to earn my own
living. Somehow, London appeals to young