Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-29
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Eleanor
TriirlbIe
Being a Story O. a
Listary
By r. q. MITcH-L

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Treadwen was seai by the firm He
was with 70 T.. % mako some naeatia-
tons FOR &C. lie was OBLIGED 10
ssait to see the parties lie was to 90
tie ulsigess With ard after be bad
seen Them and repored to the home
oalce DC mnst VISIT faf further ln-
suuclions The result was ilst he
was seldom ocea. ted more than half
an hour a day aud usually NOT that
3. Is a beautiful place. rather fitted
for literary or artistic persons than
for those devoted 10 business. There is
a public lIlFafy there. and 20 Tread.
wed. passing the place. it appeared
So Inviting thal he concluded 10 50 ia
and look for something to read It
was a quiet place. the Heht satducd,
and as be entered the h5rarian, a
yonne wounn. ar5se frota d desk where
she was writing On soMe cards and
stood IA ;he counter over which The
sooAs are passed lreaaWea asked
Iof soAiethins 70 read ssJlns taat he
vas q stlHiise9 ana Wo'iia ne ob'ised
Il she would recommend book.
The gigl handed hin novel Thcra
we've alcoses iH the buidlnE. and she
tod him he weual le veleone te 81
si0Wn IN GRE Of theia and feaa.
For one sDh1est % tl'e in3rca1e Of
books there caa BE nothing pieasaaieF
tasn TO leau tiaes in q. biz leather
char in QUE of These gu.ci aleoxes-
waere be may Occasionally glance at
ioilaee ana heaked sunlight on the
grass without Treldweil stretched
his legs and rested his head on the
cushion and oFenea the book On tAe
iiElsaf was nalte written IN ink,
"Eleaaor TrinA.e Whether she bad
given The book to the library OF it
had been purchased secondhand
IfeadweR ga not kn w. Buf under
the quleilne iagaence of the place he
fea 90 WONDERING staet her belose
beginning 10 read. The daie on Size
title page was an old one. but some
how he could not bat look upon Ele-
an Trinh'e rs a gouns person
Ihoge WAS something about the sto-
ry Tlcadwell could not tell what
TIM attracted hin. And what put a
finishing touch uyoa bis interest was
that some one had marked IN ligat
nehcii oeriHin passages that especially
aHHealci 20 him. Treadwolrs fitting
fahey had lighted on Eleauor Trim
Bile, ana it wouisl not be satisfied with
ans other marker Of these thoughts.
About some Of the rassages-indped.
most Of ihem- There were two Of These
marks, and TO humber there were
three
There was aaather fancy siia1t
Why hed aEis Irimhia. WHO rs s
time Tresawal had begun ta laesare
as. very preiiy girl OF un Intellectual
type. chosen to make sometimes one.
sometimes two, sometimes three marks
about these ileas that had peased
her3 Treadweil had come to the libga-
r. 70 kiil time fy reading. and be was
net only killing 1t by building Up an
imaginary girl. but be experienced Il
singular pleasure IN doing So BE
diifsad iuio tAe faeiiig That this Flea
nor TrimDle had written the story or
WAS at least ia some way identified
with 1t.
at any rate, she was to him the
heroine Ii is questionable if tie her
cine would haze been q heroine at
an if she had rot been Eleahor Trim
bic. She. tie heroine. Miss Trimhls,
was walking about through tie stnry
doing all sorts Of attractive things,
exciting Treadwelfs Admiration sud,
like the leading laHy Of IA rlay. shr-
rounded by the other Character III the
story as her satellites she was Mar
cia Celiax, but 10 Tresdwell this was
fictitious name for Eleanor Trinble-
As Treadweh read on he noticed
that certain thoughts or acts Of the
heroine were differently marked
Some Of them had one. some two
some three marks, as though The
marker approved, much approved OF
Immensely approved the sentiment OF
tie deed. Resides this, at times whore
there was one or perhaps two marks
g third would he drawn diagonallg
across. Treadwel vas much bothered
ct she diagonal mark. not being able
to account fer It.
+ While be was alternately occupied
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