New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

wiling 10 suffer Tor a long IltiiS
more days of this fools paradise, but ioi
her sake | must go, and 60 | would.
-'Will YOU tell me one thing" asked my
reflected self that night WHY IS IT that
man around forty, who would like the com
panionship of good looking, not necessary
beautiful, intelligent don t mean Ili2Ipy
Northumberland, somewhere between
twenty-five and thirty-five, rarely ever Iiiid9
one. unless she is married? VIII you answer
me that question: No? Then Il tell you
nv deduction 1t is because the choice ones
are grabbed when they are young; ana Ihe
only chance a bachelor has OF getting one oL
the right age. with the requirements men
toned. is to find widow or one VINO mas
been disappointed in love IN her younger
DAYS. In one case he gets, at best. the aSheS
of burnt out love, and in the other he stacks
I'D against the chance of not making good by
comparison with the former leading man
It's a long shot both ways, with ten to one
against YOU that you get stung. And them
if YOU do happen to find one that suits you.
who IS around nineteen, you are accused OF
kidnapping or of robbing the cradle. what
a bachelor to do then? Go to bed. | guess,
and dream of the days when you were
Younger and not 50 foolish.
THE next dav the Princess and | walked
L I'D to the CrOWSneSt. crude oDSerEa-
tory which commanded a view OF mountains
and valleys for miles. The blue outlines OF
the CatskiIls were plainly visible, some thirty
miles away. beyond the New York State
line; and nearer, to the southwark. about
twelve miles distant, the Delaware water
Gap stood out with its clearly defined IN
clined walls, looking as if some giant OF pre-
historic DAYS had heWn a wedge out OF the
mountain to show the beautiful vista be-
vond.
Il am going back to New York to-mor-
r0w,"I began, after we had both stood silent
for sometime, wrapt in admiration OF the
panorama before us.
Tomorrow she repeated without look
ing at me.
Eyes. | have Just received a letter from
nv manager saying that rehearSal5 VIII pc
gin week earlier than he at first intended.
Il hope YOUR next seasons leading lady
will not be so hard to-take, she said with
a suspicion of the musical laugh.
1T will be something of co1nedOwn, at
ter associating with royalty for two weeks,
to be surrounded by lust people
-" And | shall lose my title when YOU 60
am afraid | shall never be a Princess
again
You haven't said you are sorry | sug-
gested. after wondering why she had not
done 50.
Il am sorry-more sorry than can tell
you, she said, turning her indescribable eyes
to mine Il shall miss YOU dreadfully- l
have learned something from all the clever
people | have met from the cities; but |
have learned things from YOU that | never
should have known, perhaps, if you had not
come"
There was a decided CULVER in her voice.
and she turned toward the Water Gap again
and was silent.
She had learned from me what she never
would have known if | had not come. was
right, then. Unwittingly | had, as | had
feared won the heart of this artless young
girl; and unwillingly too, for all my phlloso-
ply pointed to the incOmpaubll1ty OF Our
ages That | loved her | had known from
the first time she smiled on me; although
had never acknowledged it, even to my tact
turn contidant Would not do her greater
wrong to go away and leave her with
wounded heart than to take the love for
which | really hungered. and devote my lite
to trying to make her happy? Why should
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