The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-04
An Unronantic
Love Story
BY SADIE oLcoTT

Nita tAtn u widow, was possessed OF ,
intune. one day when her son wal
ibOat 10 start on II tour she said 10 him
III Is time, Ned. that ! should take
iaorght as to the disposition Of my
property, II was accumulated by your
father. who lett IL TO me- expecting
flat | would leave II 10 you. Helen
has beer brought up rs one of oui
family. and | would Ike to divide II
between you. but ! feel II incumbent
upon me 10 leave II all to you. There
IS way. however. by which you could
relieve me OF the embarrassment"
How Is that mother?'
Try winning her for your wife,
Ned Thorpe had mover thought OF his
cousin in this light. Both sexes seem
TO prefer 10 mate with some one they
know nothing about than one they
know NIL about This Is a requisite Of
romance. At any rate. without know
lng it, this was exactly the view he
took OF the matter. From a boy he
had had his dreams of some beautiful
girl whom he should find In bower of
roses, who should greet him with
blush and smile and after he had told
his story should confess that she had
been dreaming about his counterpart
since she was n child.
For this reason he received his moth
er's announcement coldy. He was
very fond OF his cousin. whom he had
regarded rather as companion than
a future wife. but his mothers sug-
gestion was rather toe businesslike to
commend itself to one who had had
such romantic dreams of the girl he
should love not only on earth but
through eternity. So he told his moth
err that he would think about 1t and
nothing would give him greater salts
faction than to meet her wishes.
He was gone six months. during
which the lady of the bower of roses
did not appear. The girls be met were
all flesh and blood of an ordinary tex
ture. some of them possessing unat-
tractive traits and some Of them be-
ing positively disagreeable. The only |
person he saw during his tour. 1t Is |
true. he first saw In a bower Of roses. |
but she arose therefrom in dress I
cut very low above and very high be-
meath. and 'pirouetted out toward the
footlights before an audience of IA thou
sand persons. His imagination was
captivated. but not his common sense.
At last he returned to his home.
thinking that. since he would please
his mother by marrying his cousin and
ne had tired Of waiting for the lady in
the bower of roses to appear. he would
consent to his mothers plan. Indeed.
ne admitted that 1t was a good plan.
He did not like the idea of taking all
the family belongings to himself and ,
he didn't like dividing them between
himself and some one else. He much
preferred that ii should be Helen's as
well as his own.
Helen had improved during his alb
sence. having passed out of what to
some girls is an awkward age. She
received him with the accustomed vel
come. and his resolution received !
new impetus AS soon as he was alone
with his mother he said:
Mother. I've come home with the
intention Of acceding to yonr wishes
IN the matter you Spoke about to lae d
itlst before ! went away"
What matter?"
''Why. in reference TO Helen and | :,
the family fortune as one"
"Oh, remember. now you speak OF f,
T. That plnn fell through immediate "
Y after you left us | preached 1t to CT
Ielen, and she said that on no ac- Y
ount unuld She accent nm inheritance al
hat your father had accumulated and y
attended should go ut MY death to his !,
on She Is now studying to be a
ia cher But she won't have to teach" a,
why mott" asked the Young man. ca
AIKEN quite aback by the turn in the lii
fair. IN
We'll. a certain man is attentive to III
er whom It is supposed she will ~ y.
larry '''
Supposed. Don't you know" ex-
aimed Thorpe, getting up from his
,at. thrnsting his hands into his peck.
IS and striding back and forth on the D,
Dor.
only Helen knows. my dear boy.
ut what means this change in you? -
hen proposed this union you did no
,t appear to fancy It," IA
well. suppose ! didn't. I've got my co
ind made up TO 1t. and now ! end tn
ve made il up for nothing. Ii isn't on
eating n fellow right" stl
Mrs Thorpe was looking at him out ID.
corner OF her eye She did not IN
EN- at all hurt Mt his utterances. On ia
e contrary. she seemed to be endeav- nv
ing to conceal satisfaction. =
Well. dear" she said presently. ''fll :.
I'D her in TO you and you can settle
with her"
When Helen appeared the young man
Id to her:
Helen. why have you upset this plan
my mothers to- re
To whatg'' &c
We'll. that my fathers fortune A.
ould be kept intact Mother says
NJ you ~ !.
Ned. whatever mother asks OF me -
es- =.
Does it7'' ur
Yes"
Same here" ne
This was the beginning: no romance. TO
bower Of roses. no cooling. Wrong: m
re was cooling. but Il began where