Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-08-22

idenoe. he
Two or three times a woman looked =.
INTO the Young mans mind. and In his -
vu{lelessuess they Effected sundry :
holes In his letter OF credit. but left A.
his soul singularIy untouched. The
red corpuscle. his fathers gift. though
II lay dormant. subcOnsciously erected =,
barriers He was innocent. but he was .
no fool. That one year taught him :,
the lesson. rather cheapiy. too IL =
there was any romance IN ne. n came j.
unlimited. and n courted and sought :,
vas "a quick on the wing as that srse- :
while poesy must. ?
The year passed. and While be had /,
not wholly given up tbs quest. thS .
practical George agreed with The 70
mantle Percival 20 shelve II inoen-
nitelv. he returned 20 New YORK
With thirty-two pounds sterling out OF
The original thousand. a fact that reiu-
venated his paternal parent oy some
, ten years.
lane. that boz Is ali right PEREZ
val Algernon could not KIN boy IKE
that"
DO YOU mean 20 infer that Il ever
souIdT' Sometimes a ouaim Vrinki@o
her. conscience. Her mothers hSart
told her that her son ought not 70 Dc
sbv and bashful. that u was not In
the nature OF his blood 20 suspect
rfdicula where there waE none. Per
hans she had handicapped him with .
those manner: but a. WAS TOO late now
20 admit OF this. snd useless. since
II would not have remedied the evil
Jones hemmed and hawed Tor
D uDaoe No" be answered; but
was afraid ne might try 20 live I'D
a 20 e.. and no Percival Algernon Who
{ lived ND 10 n could put MS nose down
q 20 a Shah Abbas aud tell how many
knots Il had 20 the square inch III
= start him in on the Job tomorrow.
. Whereupon the mother sat back
D dreamily. Now. where was the girl
s. worthy OF her boy Monumental cues
n zion besettinE every mother. from EVe
?. down. Eve. whose trials IN this dirsc-
IL ton must have been heartrendingl
r. George left the cellar IN due time.
AZ and after that he went up the ladder
Ia IN hounds. on his own merit mind
a. Won for his father never stirred
as hand 10 boost aim. He took the In
IS terest IN rugs that turns a buyer into
* 2 collector. Il became q fascinating
ed Measure rather than 4 business he
IA became invaluable 20 the house, and
rio acquired some fame as a Judge and
a An appraiser. When tbs chiefbuyei
wn retired George was given the position
en- xith an itinerary that carried him hal
TO way round the planet once year. q
ia Greece. Turkey, Persia. Arabia. an
IT'S. India the lands Of the genii and IN
val bottles, OF Rrabesques. OF temples an
Old tomba. OF many-colored turbans an
ers flowing robes and distrzcting tongues
had He walked and always In KIND
am mental enchantment-
any The suave and elusive Orienth
lem with his sharp practices. found b
par match IN this pleasant young ma
IDLY who knew the history OF the vel
ON rools and cottons and silks Wovs
for in a rug or carpet So George pro
him. pered. became known IN stranl
tier places. BY strange peoples: and "a
.nch romance. light Of foot and eager
rom eve. pass and repass: learned n
.tivs romance did not essentially mean "a
lncs ing IN love or rescuing maidens m
him burning houses and wrecks; that.
piled the contrary. true romance was kAl
hing doscopic. having more brilliant fac'
lust than a diamond; and that the m
,ams who begins with nothing and er
.ghly with something is more wonder
rs. than any excursion recountsd By s
, the bad or any tale BY ScheheraEade. ]
side he stim hoped that the iridescent g
prao- dess would some day touch his she
the der and lead him into that maze
lnces romance so peculiar 20 his own fan
oetry And then into this nttle world
scOv- business and pleasure came De
senti- and death again. leaving him al
10 be and with a twisted heart Ric
that nattered little. and the sounding
, into OF Vice-president attn less. Il
with a distinct shock that be real
the mother and the fsther had B
with him so long that he had for
ten 20 make other friends.
: one thing TO another he turned
y hope 10 soOths the smart. % heal
~ wound: and after a time he drii
as all shy. intelligent and imagina
\ men drift who are frisndless. into
silent and intimate cOmrAdeship o
animate things, such as Jewels. Two
old metals. rare woods and anc
iembroideries, and perhaps more
- forting than all these. good book
. The proper tale OF how the a
said iridescent goddess iostled u
--sszStH scarce may be said that she led
into a romance lacking neither
sdy nor tragedy. now begins VI
trining bit OF rstrospection- On
those women who werS not good
Who looked into the clear pool o
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