New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

r,os and sufTerng-wel reckon old Nap was as Close
10 romance then as any man ever gets. ,..4
81 wonder?r answered Magee. 1t came to him sud
denly that in each person deilfi'i0 Oh 'is nd
thing might lie exposed something OF both character anu
cong Al the far end of the table Mrs Norton lieu'
fired face met his gaze. To her he put his question:
@WoII she answered, and her voice seemed S0ltcI
than its won't 81 amt thought much OF that worn lo
n Tood many wears now But when | do-say, seem
~ 600 r,vscIf sitting on our porch back home, thirty
wears ago. I've got simple little muslin dress anu
I'm slender as Elsie Janis, and the color IN my chGeS ID
we'll it's the sort that Norton likes AND my nan j.,
hut I'm thinking of him. of Norton. He's told me ne
,ans 70 make me happy for life, and I've about decIeu
RI let him try see him coming up our front wax
coming to call on me. Have | mentioned We 8oO 4"
fgure real sweet figure? That's about what romance
youth Dear" asked Miss Norton gently.
aTbats il. Deary" answered the older woman
drcamlv. "Youth' IT,. ,;
For time those about the table sat in silence PIC
turing no doubt the slender figure on the steps OF tnt
norch long ago Not without humorous sort Oh PlIy
III thew Glance occasionally toward the woman that
Norton had begged to make happy Inc professor u
i,, literature was the first to break tne SllcIC
vino dictionary he remarked ACCIDENTALLY, Wouid
dGnc romance as species of fictitious writing origiay
composed in the Romance dialects ana itei "'iu ~
nroyc But the dictionary is proSac: II mas l'o =, o'i
Shall tell YOU what romance means 10 me- Will
900 man toilinp in a dim laboratory where thce are
strange fires and stranger odorS. Night ana Gay e OK
pcrimcnts the love of his kind IN ms eyes ucsie ~
help in his heart. And then-the golden moment -"
,rt moment in that quiet drcary cell the inonthI
tbc discovery, \ serum, formula-what not; ne
ges If 10 the world and few Of the SICK are wei i8di'
and y few Of the sorrowful are glad Romance means
neither youth power to me IL means 81 a,i
He bent his old eyes on his food, ana Mdgcc S'Acu
-, hin, with new wonder Odd sentiments THESE IRON,
an old man who robbed freplaccs held up heri'S anu
engaged in midnight conferences by the annex uooi
More than Magce was baiied ehthrallei , be
Now Max lccrcd about the table and contributed ms
unsavorv bit Funny amt It, he remarked VIC
different things the same word means 10 a puiiOi VI
fnlks3 Saw romance to me, and don't see no diil
lab'ratory. don't see nothing dim see lile
Iphts in the world and the best food, and somebody
rn,vf dancing the latest freak dance IN between VIC
tables and an orchestra playing in the distance classy
DANES all about a taxi clicking at the door Aui o
sending word to the chauffeur: Let her cick 'ili inc
milk carts rumble can pay Say-that sure Is TO-
@Wr HAYDEN" remarked Nlagcc, "are We to hear
from YOU
HAYDEN hcsitatcd, and looked for a moment INTO
II the black ewes Of Myra Thornhll. My idea has
often been contradicted he said keeping his gaze on
the girl 1T may be again But TO me the greatest TO-
nance in the world is the romance OF money making
dollar piling on dollar in the vaults OF the man VINO
started with shoestring and hope, and nerve. see
him fighting for the first thousand-and then see MS
pile growing slowly at frst-faScr faster faster
until a motorcar brings him TO his Office ana men SPEAK
his name with awe in the streets.
~Nloncvl" commented Miss Thornhill contemptu-
ously What an idea Of romance for man.
II did not expect" replied Hayden, that my def
milton would pass unchacnged My past experiences
he looked ncaningly at the girl "had led me to be pre-
pared for that But it is my definition spoke the
truth. You must give me credit for that.
81 ain't one 10 blame YOU" snecrcd Cargan, Tor
wanting it noticed when you DO sidestep lie Yes
certainly"
~Scc here Cargan," blazcd Hayden. ~
~Ycs, YOU did speak the truth put IN Mis- IhoTn'lI
hastily You mentioned word in your definition
il was a Dissertation TO drag it in hope For me ro-
nance means ony-hope. And I'm afraid there are a
pitifu number in the world to whom means the same
we amt heard from the young woman who started
al this fuss over little word" Cargan reminded them
That's right. Dcary," said Mrs. Norton. You got