New-York tribune., 1913-05-18
CHAPTER III.

among the footnotcs Of the Great Story an elderly gen.
tlcnan and a very handsome young woman $40 ~ sub
way train that roared empty on It's way io"nto"n
The elderly man We gray haired, and he wore closely
.ryupcf gray mustaChc style much affected Dy Anen-
cans living in New York. He possessed a the hall
marks Of a prosperous Clubman. he srat- ,poEe eo.
qucntly OF the reading room and ot moderately heated
,ulifi,.L arguments Attached % his eyeglasses was a
hcav, cord up and down which he continually ran his
fingers: 10 those who knew him, sign . pcrturba.
tron Now and then he pokcd the icru,e o. " Malacca
walking stick INTO the mating on the floor o .ppedit,
causing little pufS Of dust 10 rise, Ike no ,''ry down
M o. valley.
The Young woman stared with unsccing te5 al the
opposite window Fine eyes they were, blue Russian
Lpis-azul. similarly strcakcd with threads 3 gold, and
heavily frngcd The girl really and truly beautI-
iul even the few hcatcd ones realized this nd forgot
their nightly study of the alluring advertisements She
wa, tonic To- the weary eyes; tome bike me unex-
ucccd vision of green fields crystal waters ant me blue
haze on the hills far AWAY Her hair was n0- .ne least
of her attractions u snoldcrcd mysterious as hre
lay hidden in the dcops of 1t.
"Wondtr what on earth he wants: SAID o.. man, anu
ubblcl the ivory head Of his stick.
The girl did not reply. Perhaps she had NOT card him.
81 can't think ri anything he should want unless II
about some Old investment that turned ou' i. bu'
then he'd write. give 1t up.
Acros, the aisle The little shopgr. who "i gong
home 10 Brooklyn Imagine having home mere =
dropped her gaze from the brilliant lithograpa ~ man
ems Toasted Whcitcs tone OF ForbesS ear pieces
to the fur, Of the beautiful young lady. She up WIN
- start Sablc>! She thought, not Manc. N, Du'
The genuine North Russian. She was clcr> .l IN up
town furricr's and knew her business. OF nj she
measured the length and breadth OF the CLOAK not a
penny under seven thousand. And riding ln ac Suo.
way when She ought 10 be in limousine, WITH luieI'
and footman. SwcS were funny folks: the we're az az
ways doing things Ike everyday people Anl .e mum
wouldn't have left more than the price OF .Aea'e'
ticket out of ID thousand. And what more, e NleW
how 10 wear them. She wasn't any Of those ..res>e>'
Catch them riding IN the subway!
GONE lcg,l muddlc." the elderly man coa med:
~ "Your mother brother wasn't m his night aini'
There's nothing for YOU 10 complain OF, s.. IKE lHe
girl at last without, however, turning her head
Cant say there is. Three millions, mostly Ou al
seven per cent. He coughcd slightly. Tie " ao'ei-
reading mad mo- slnc man would have drawn Su'l
will. Is as mach our lives are worth o. .,p a'
that Junk about. Wouldn't give the stuff 10 tac Metro
poltan. because they wouldn't take any stoOA I'D ni'
claim that that ruby belonged to the Nan Nah,o'
Anyhow. history saws that Hindu bcggdr doi in me
iungcs and that he took the jewel along with n
Junk How can you call all those beautiful -ang'
Junk | love everyone of them. He was right Omy
one person in a thousand who visit the museums "oWD
understand or appreciate them 80
That may Toe; but no light-hngcrcd gentry Nould ue
proWling about
The beautiful young lady shrugged. She had gone
over the ground often that the subject wcargd '
She loved her father; but she could not undcr no ms
utter lack OF appreciation Tor the WondeIlul 'o''o' ~
uncle had bcqu,athcd her, with the single stipulation
that she should use them. The Shrug discovered Tor
second the milky depth OF the fur =,
And the little shopgrl shiyercd with delight But She
vaguely wondered why the beautiful young lady lace
wasn't a happy one Any woman in such Sables even
she had Just lost her husband) ought to be sprcney
happy. The rule that measures happiness IS allIaGS
alike to the field mouse and the elephant: II all IN US
angle of vision. -,
That the girl in the sabes unhappy was quE
apparent. Ii was not pcuant sadness, as IN na'ns
had her will crossed as in having stumbled over S0h
temporary disappointment. Her face reflected ut'P
sorrow from within: of a kind for which money AZ hd
age WAS no balm. Great peace and great sorIo" us'
the same brushes in Inning in face: the result IS gen
orally bcatfc placidity. If you looked at the gti
eyes they told YOU nothing the droop OF her noun
nor the paor of her fine skin; and yet the enseloe
produced haunting sadness. 1t made YOU rcme'no''
the face for days TO come. ,.,
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