Middletown transcript., 1909-02-13
!. CUPID AND PEGASUS
BY JEAN MEYERS

a manly, earnest letter from Mr..
Stuart begging her to consider
how utterly innocent he had been
in his offense, and how truly
sorry he was for any distress
, that she had suffered. In fact,
the letter was almost too reason
able, too judicial in its tone
Helen needed petting, not logic.
So. when Harvey got home on
Friday night, after q weary day
in court, he found a white pack
age on his study table. On open.
ing it he discovered bundle of
letters, some prettily bound books
and a few jeWeled trinkets. He
opened a letter which lay on top
of the books. From it dropped
a ring, and he read:
"Dear MIR. Stuart-After read.
ing once more my unfortunate
volume and the criticism in the
Stiletto, | have come to the con-
clusion that you are right and
that the object Of my regard is
deserving of pity. In compass
sion for you I beg to say that
you may consider our engage
ment at an end. You will please
burn my letters, or, if you pre-
fer, send criticism of their
"sickly sentiment" to one of our
high class magazines. / remain,
your sincere friend,
II. ROBERTS.
The letter dropped from Har-
vey's hand and he looked with a
rigid face at the returned gifts.
He loved Helen in the silent, in
tense fashion known only to sucn
a nature as his. That his earn
est appeal to her affection and
common sense (why on earth did
he appeal to her common senseY
should elecit such a renIV. cut
him to the heart.
That settles it, he said grimly,
and for the future may / be kept
far from women. The best of
them have precious little brains
or heart.
f. =
On Saturday Helen told her
parents that there would be no
wedding in December and re-
fused to give any reason for this
change of plans except "Mr.
Stuart and I could not agree.
HIM. The disagreement must |
have been about grave subjects,
said DIR. Roberts, with a keen
glance at his daughters face.
We-did not think alike on liter.
ary subjects, said Helen, in
confused way. Please don't say
any more about it.
DR.. Roberts would have liked
to question her further, but he
saw that in spite of the girls
pride she was suffering keenly.
So like an obedient American
he shrugged his shoul-
ders and left her.
Helen was no believer in the
Byronic doctrine, that, as for
love, 'Tis woman's whole exist.
ence." Therefore, she took long
and vigorous walks, industriously
translated the driest German she
could find, and practiced Bach s
Eugues until she was exhausted.
When she met Harvey, her smile
was politeness itself; and Ches-
,erfeld might not have blushed
% own the air with which Mr..
Stuart raised his "deer stalker. +"
SO a month went by, and. on
'ne particularly dreary Novem-
Der afternoon, Helen determined
% take long tramp. She walk
ID until she reached Farmer
doodson's maple grove, two miles
EAST of the city, and there she
'at down to rest on a pile of yel-
ow leaves. Helen had a sense
# loneliness as she sat there, and,
Ifter a few miments, arose and
ried to find her way back to the
'oad. There was a large field to
De crossed, and she had not gone
ar on the path through it before
he realized that two dark eyes
we're gazing at her in what she
considered a highly dangerous
The eyes did not BEL /
ong to ragged tramp or an es-
;aped lunatic, All, no! they be- !
onged to that infinitely more
'erilous creature-a spritely COW.
Vow Helen was possessed of an /
unusually strong mind and will.
'he had one weakness, however,
hat all her strength of mind and
Vill could not overcome-a fear 4
4 the bovine race. No matter i
ow mildly the COW might regard
er, the glance of those brown
yes meant pursuit and violent