The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-01


sne read to him:
They shut the road through the woods
seventy years ago;
".a.ner ana ram have undone 1t again,
Thare ~ you "ould never know
Before they planted ,hn iV ,u 'he WOODS
II Is underneath tn, conn,ce ara hoo,,
And the thin anemones
Only the keeper sees
.hat, Where the ringdove broods
TN, ,,,, we oaogers roll at ease,
Vas o"ce ROAD through the
Yet II you enter the woods
OF summer evening late,
"heh the night air cools on the trout
,,, rhged pools
,r, .ne o'.er Whistles MS mate
Reco,,so ,,", m,en IN .ne WOODS
You will hear tho hso, 90 .., r..
And the swish Of n skir, in a. a.! i'e'
Steadily cantering through
The misty solitudes.
AS though they perfectly knew
me o,d lost road through the woods.
'u. '"eie Is "' roau 'hrough the woods.
II don't like that at ALL" cried the SOL
uer man. Its too-too sad--it doesn't
give you any announcement. The way
II ehus' 1 mean but there Is no road
."rousn 'he WOODS vi course there's a
ROAD! for us there always VIII h. I'm
Soihs 10 make sure I'm going to buy
nose WOODS ana keep the lost road
Where We can always md It,.
II don't think" said the girl. that
he means a real road
Il know what he means cried the
| lover. "and he's wrong! There is a road
"A q n N md \ hnN l.
| going to follow 1t for always"
The girl shook her head. but her eyes
| were smiling happily.
The "season" Mt Arawamsett closed
with the tennis tournament. and II was
generally conceded fin and nroner from
every point of view that in mixed
doubles Lee and Miss Gardner should
/ be partners. Young Stedman. the Bos-
ton artist. was the only one who made
objection. Up in the sail loft that he
/ had turned into studio he was paint
I ing a portrait Of the lovely Miss Gard
ner. and he protested that the three
DAYS tournament would sadly interrupt
his work. And Frances, who was very
much Interested in the portrait, was in
clined to agree.
pu, Too haat down ber obiactions IJe
was NOT Mt all interested In the portrait
He disapproyed of It entirely. For the
| slttinps robbed him Of Frances during
| the better part of each morning, and
he urged that when he must so soon
leave her. between the man who wanted
| her portrait and the man who wanted
her, 1t would be kind to give her time
| to the latter.
| But I had no idea" protested Fran
i tnly "a fold
me he'd finish 1t in three sittings. But
he's so critical of his own work that
he goes over 1t again and again. He
says that j am a most difficult subject
but that inspire him. And he says
| II will only give him time he believes
| this will be the best thing he has done
THAT'S an awful thought" said the
cavalry officer.
| You don't like him.. reproved MISS
Gardner. He is always very polite t'
YOU"
Hes polite to everybody, said Lee
that's why don IKE MN ne no'
a real artist He's courtier. Goo
gave MN talent ana ne h'aNeS me-
use OF 1t. Uses it to fiatter people Hei'
like those long haired violinists who
play anything you ask them to IN th'
LOBSTER palaces
Miss Gardner looked away from him
Her color was high and her eyes very
bright.
II think she said steadily. that MT
Stedman is a great artist. and some uaS
all the world will think so too
Lee made no answer. Not because
he disagreed with her estimate of Mr.
Stedman's genius-he made no pretenc'
of being an art critic-but because hei
vehement admiration had filled hin
with sudden panic. lie was not jealous
For that he was too humble IN
deed he thought hlfhsei 50 u'','
worthy of Frances Gardner that IN
fact that to him she might prefer SOM
one else was in no way surprise
He only knew that IL she should pre-
fer some one els not all ms troop morse
nor al! his men cou'o pun ''"'''P''
Dumpty back again
But II in regard to Mr.. Stedman MIS-
Gardner had for a moment been a
odds with the man who loved her sh
made up for it the day following on IN
tennis court. There she was IN accor'
with him in heart, soul ana pouy' am
her sharp wei played partner
thrilled him like one OF ms own pus'