The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-04
Cupid and Pegasus.
BY Jean Meyers.



room, in which white and pale green
combined to soothe and delight the
eye. There was maiden hair fern
In silver stand near the window,
and mass of pink carnations sent
forth a spicy fragrance. A "cosey
corner" arranged of the latest de-
sign, invited the weary to repose.
Everything about the room bore evil
dence to cultured taste and a purse
of no "Micawber" dimensions. II
was a room In which you might
dream OF your ships sailing in laden
with all the treasure of South Afri-
can company--a room where a night
mare would be impossible. But the
owner OF all this white-and-green lux
ury was kneeling on the floor with
her face buried in one of the wide
frilled pillows that made the "cosey
corner" thingof delight; and, judg-
Ing from the sobs that we're making
the afternoon unmelodious, Helen
Roberts was in no happy frame of
mind, and the pillow was on the
lamp road to destruction.
The gentle reader will rush to the
conclusion that Miss Roberts dress
maker had sent home a gown that
would not be induced to go into a fit.
The ungentle reader will at once
think that Miss Roberts lover had
been behaving shabbily - that he
oad, in a fit of Observation-Disclosures
addressed note to her beginning
MY own SUSIE" But it was not a
nisfitting gown, it was an unrequited
love that so distressed her on that
sright October afternoon. The latest
sdition of the Stiletto was lying on
the floor in company with cream
bound volume of verse, and to these
publications Helen Roberts owed all
her sorrow.
Helens father was a wealthy doc
tor who was determined that his only
laughter should have every educa-
sional advantage. So she was sent
% the best university in the State,
where she graduated with high hon
ers in the department of literature.
At the commencement exercises she
read clever essay on Late Discov-
sries in Electric Science" The week
after the reading of this production
'he sailed for Europe, where for two
Years she improved her mind by WIS.,
ting English cathedrals, German cas-
Ties and italian art galleries. AS she
had been endowed with fair share
Of common sense these twenty-four
months of foreign travel did not send
her back to Claremont with vocab-
nlary of affected English and un-Pa-
risian French. When she returned
DR.. Roberts looked with fatherly
pride on her perfectly healthy face,
and could not help admiring the
touch of graceful self-possession that
intelligent travel seldom fails to give.
There were others to admire this
finished young woman. Not many
months had passed before Harvey
Stuart, a young barrister of Clare
mont, showed a strong desire to win
Miss Helen's carefully trained heart
Tor his own. But Helen was not at
all anxious to give up her lately ac-
quired freedom. However, Harvey
Stuart had fighting blood in his veins
and the spirit of his Scottish "for-
bears" awoke within him as he said:
"You may have as many friends as
you please, but you shall be my wife.
II 1t takes ten years and more to win
Fou I will do it,"
So he walked with firm tread down
The stone steps, leaving Helen to
murmur, with flushed cheeks,
What impertinence!"
But she felt secret misgiving.
For four months Harvey Stuart
was devotion ITSELF He did not refer
to his hapless love, but he studied
Helen's tastes and comfort in every
possible way. He talked we'll when
he chose,to exert himself, and Helen
at last found herself depending upon
his opinion, not only in matters of
literature, but also in such personal
affairs as gowns and gloves. Most of
the young men of Claremont were
dissipated society devotees, and in
Harvey Stuart's keen ambition there
was a welcome contrast to the inani-
ties of her other acquaintances. He
had inherited more than a fighting
spirit from his ancestors across the
sea. and Helen saw that there was
rigid integrity about her lover that
would never stoop to dishonor. So
she was dismayed to discover that
the evenings when Harvey did not
call were the longest of the week.
His manner was so quietly friendly
that Helen was quite sure he had
got over it." But one evening, af-
ter he had taken occasion to differ
from her on almost every question
they discussed. Just as he seemed to
depart, Harvey gently drew Helen
into his arms and asked, when are
you going to marry me, dear?"
Helen was amazed, and could only
say II never heard of such a
thing"
well, ] have thought more than
once about 1t lately, and intend
that you shall hear about it in future.
I could not care for you more than |
do, and | am almost sure that you
love me-"
Helen freed herself decidedly at
this most uncalled for statement, and
raising her flashing brown eyes to
the cool gray ones, said, Il do
n"
The negative adverb was never
uttered, for the gray eyes suddenly
caught fire, and Helen's lips trembled
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