The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-06-19
Monday. June lo.
1911
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IT wonder where you ought TO be
| going" she unused. Probably TO the
British museum TO dig up a lot OF dead
authors that everybody ought to know
about and nobody reads"
This was altogether too near the
| truth. II didn't know you lived In
Stamford" l said. You appeared last
| Christmas In character o. the daugh-
/ ter OF Gotham Wasn't there an an
cestor OF yours who went to sea In q
| bowl?"
Her smile faded as II light had
gone out In her. After a pause she
answered rather YEARLY, We've only
been in Stamford few months. We
had always lived in town before"
We looked out OF the window for
few moments I'm silence, while form
ulated a hasty hypothesis OF financial
reverses which had driven the family
from their city home. and registered
resolution TO avoid the uncomfortable
subject. Still, reflected, the lower
shore OF the Sound Is not precisely
the resort OF impoverished pride. mad
| | touched upon some personal sorrow
of her own? She was not In MOURN
ing. Yet as she lay back In the green
chair. one hand listless In her lap, the
other twisting at the slender chain
| that ran about her neck and lost itself
in the bosom OF her gown. the fringe
OF her eyelid clear against the SOFT
shadows OF her profile, | imagined In
her something OF the enchanted prin-
cess bound by evil spells In some dark
castle OF despair. And Immediately,
with q surge of absurd valor, / saw
myself striding, sword In hand, across
the drawbridge to blow the brazen
horn and do battle with the enchanter.
The next moment she routed my mag
nation by returning lightly to the sub
ject.
Its a lovely place. I'm out of doors
the whole time, and I'm so well l get
positively bored trying to work on
energy. l can't get tired enough TO
sit still and improve my uneducated
mind. Ever so many nice people, too.
BY the way, whom do you know
there?"
was on the defensive again. why
II don't know anybody exactly there
but there are some friends OF mine
down at one OF those beach places In
the neighborhood-the Ainslies. Bob
4 was in my class"
She resumed the air OF the connois-
seur. why, | know them. I'm going
TO visit Mrs. Ainslie myself over the
weekend. Do they know you're COM
ing?"
I'm not going to Them" I said des.
perately. THAT Is, / may while I'm
near by, but l haven't any definite
plans. For once In my life I'm not go
ing TO have any definite plans, but Just
start out and see what happens to me.
For six months I've been telling
things | care about to a lot or kids
that aren't old enough to care about
anything; and now I want adventures.
went down to the station to take the
first train that came along, go wher-
ever II took me and let things hap
pen"
You might have gone to some roe
mantle place" she suggested. Three
months would hardly be time enough
for the far east, but you might have
tried Russia or the Mediterranean"
II That's just the point" | returned.
Romance and adventure don't depend
on time; they only depend on people.
III you're the kind OF person things
happen to you can have adventures on
Fifth-ave. II you're not, you might
walk through all the Arabian Nights
and only feel bored and uncomfortable.
It all depends upon turning out Of your
way to pick up surprises! You're walk
ing In the wood and you see something
that looks like root peeping out from
between the rocks. Well, II you're the
right kind OF person you'll catch hold
4 OF 1t and pull. 1t may be only root;
or II may be the tail OF dragon. And
in that case you ought to thank heaven
for excitement. even II you're scared
to death.
BY this time | almost believed In
my own explanation. But Miss Tabor
did not seem particularly impressed.
She put on the voice and manner of
a child OF ten. You must be awfully
brave, to like being afraid OF things
she -hsped: then with a sudden change
of tone, "Mr. Crosby, suppose-only
for the sake OF argument-that you're
making this UP as you go along and
that you did know perfectly we'll
where you were going, where do you
think you would have gomez"
Then gave up and explained. Il
was going to Europe TO study" said,
I"for no better reason than that had
nothing more interesting to do. Then
my train was late and l should have
missed my steamer anyway and-and
then you came along and I thought l
might Just as well make the most OF
the situation. Now can go down and
tell the Ainslies they want to see me
and all will be WE'LL
/ After some meditating she said,
Are you as irresponsible as that about
Ieverything?"
II don't see where all the irresponsi-
bility comes In protested. 1T isn't
a sacred and solemn duty to follow out
lone's plans. especially when they were
only made to fll up the want OF any.
thing more worth while, and have fall
en- through already. didn't care about
going to Europe In the first place;
then couldn't-at least not at once;
then found something else that did
care about doing"
Men," said Miss Tabor. usually
find logical reason for what they do
1 ~, ivnn,Iaa without anv raaaOu at ALL"