Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-18

posed, with consummate judgment to
make Adrenne the queen Of his collection.
She almost accepted Anastasius, because
he was SO different from other boys and then because
he was so different she rejected him, and the long
line of hopefuls and respondents began its
way past her
In it there were rich boys and poor boys, bright
boys and dull boys, young boys and old boys; there
was one old fellow who sought to tempt Adrienne
with steam yacht that would bear her to any OF
the far seas of this world that she might let her fancy
name. And when she tired Of the yacht there
would be big town house in Fifth Avenue New
York, and country place at Newport, Rhode Island,
with buffers and Conservatives and imported auto
mobes-but Adrenne only shook her head All the
rich boys were offering her such inducements. And
some other boys varied the offering There was one
who likened his lineage to wide spreading oak. But
again Adrenne only shook her head sadly-she was
Coutant herself, and the Coutants had begun their
lineage in French province many generations
ago that the full of them had almost been lost
Lusty youths offered her athletic medals there was
luminous eyed soul who could talk to her by the
hour of Pre-Raphaete period, whereupon Adrienne
would glance thoughtfuly the toe Of her tiny slip
per and wonder if she would look better at the
Junior Prom in pink with mauve or in mauve with
pink For none Of these penetrated deeply. She was
sorry for them-sngy and colectivelybut her quick
throbbing heart for an instant touched.
You see, what AQrlenne was really looking Ao1 was
man, the right man, real man. if you please She
met all the nice boys of fremont society and some OF
the boys who were not in fremont society, but at that
she was quite sure that her field of acquaintance with
real men was lmited-fearfully limited But after
tme-the line had been weaving itself past the slim
and lovely girl for nearly years-t so happened
that she a real man. His was Orville Minor,
and he vicepresident of the great International
Bridge Company l. B.--You must have known it it
N;rted the viii O
the stocktickeras OF its greatest plants in IRE
mont and at the head Of that plant Orvle Minor
"a man whose word and whose judgment I'M
disputed.
fremont society looked askance at Orville Minor.
who was hel" it said to itself His name is not
writ upon the list of the founders of this town. 1t
was not and society right For Orvile Minor
had been a puddlers boy in the beginning-in the
grry old foundry of the bright plant. That was one
OF the things that Adrenne loved in him-one of the
tests by which he a in her eyes. He had
up the steep path, and at the head OF the path
had stood the slim and lovely girl. And that girl
could bear no malice, not when slipped up
to her and whispered syly in her ear.
"He once fell upon workman and with his hands
beat him-anost to DEATH" said
But Adrienne only tossed her head back and
laughed, because she knew of that-of the workman
who had defed his superintendent. She knew that
mutny might at any time fairly bring capital punish
ment, and she only the more convinced that
Orve Minor was real man. He did measure to the
tests He was square man-square, of course, as
modern business goes, He was honest, too-as COM
mcrcial standards OF honesty go. He, said by
even his rivals to have made good" and Adriennes
Uncle Ben who the biggest banker in fremont,
said that his bank and Bradstreets both rated Orvie
Minor as "A No. l." That ought to have satisfied
almost any girl.
1t almost satisfied Adrienne She knew that she was
unusually hnicky-he procession Of the prospcctives
had so made her. and so she put off from month to
month"; and from year to year, the formal accept
ance of the hand and Of Orville Minor. She
welcomed his attentions He had such delightful little
ways of remembering girls comfort and q girls
happness-you might almost have thought that there
had been nine generations Of Minors in fremont
But-she still hesitated. 1t seemed so hard for CIR
to take the crucial step.
And as for Milnor-Milnor had long since learned
that strong man wins through patience-patience o.
the exquisite and excruciatng Sort So he played hi
cards adrotly-as he played them all the time in hi
business-and waited When Adrienne finally deter
mined Orvlle Minor would be ready for the verdict
Into the Offices of the International Bridge plant
fremont there walked young man Just out OF b
school of technology He was filled with enthusiasm
and when he placed his letter OF introduction dow
upon the vice presidents desk, Orvlle Minor smile
in sort of keen sympathy. Minor had never gone t.
school, and there dwet within him sort of env
of those who had A boy of this sort stood at hi
desk nearly every working day of the year-and nc
many of them passed the examination
$50 you've for the postgraduate cours
Mr. -"
"Gordon-Crag Gordon"
Thank YOU We're only business, Mr.. Gordon
great big machine, as see it, and yet the scienc
of education looks up to us quite a Bit But W
don't look I'D to the science of educaton-not b
of t. We're crammed full and overstuffcd wit