Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-20

Berkeley Marshall leaned luxurious ly back in the shady chair, hoisted his feet to the bed and blew a ring of smoke ceilingward from his cigar .'To recapitulate.'. he began. directing his remarks to the calendar which hung on the wall. and from which stared back at him the face of supposedly young wouah with a fixed smile, your left ear is confoundedly out of drawing. I beg your pardon; I'm not an artist. I'm a civil engineer-oF Will be next June And that isn't what I started out to remark
 'sTo recapituate. have peddied maps over three states. and the net profits of these adventures are <03l-62- have steady job during the col lege year waiting on table at three per and found Furthermore, 1 have dress suit and clothes and ties and things. Further yet,~ have an lnvl- tation from my cousin, Terrence Mar shall, to spend a week with him at Sylvan Cove. the swellest resort on this little old ocean It is now Sat urday night, September Is, and coi- lege opens up the 25th.
 The question seems to be, shall l go on peddling maps and accumulate more filthy lucre which may possibly need; shall I go home. which is 300 miles away: to college. which is 45o, or to Sylvan Cove. which is under a hundred. and where young women, II is presumed, abound?"
 In due parliamentary form. the Syl- van Cove question was put and car ried unanimously; whereupon the boy he was little more-bQwed graveiy to the calendared lady and thanked her for her kindness in voting with him. Then he ran down the stairs or the country hotel to consult the time table. for he was in a hurry to be off.
 Marshall found Sylvan Cove in the elaborate simplicity stage of summer resort development. Everything was costly, but very plain. for the Cove was inhabited each season mainly by wealthy people who had become ac- customed to their money.
 On the first day of his stay Mar shall naively. conided to his cousin that he believed Prudence Fairchild to be the prettiest girl at the Cove, whereupon Terrence grinned and re- piled: 'tStung, are you?" On the second day he learned that she could swim like seal and golf like a Scot That evening, by virtue of four dances which she generously gave him at the pavilion party, his stock of knowledge was augmented by the fact that Miss Prudence danced like a fairy.
 His approval of the tanned, red Hpped and wholesome young woman deepened during a long sail the next morning, when he discovered that her taste in books and tennis rackets was 
 renee informed him later, however that her father, Rufus Fairchild, was credited with more millions than there were letters in his name, the young man experienced a novel and entirely unpleasant sinking of the heart.
 His own financial situation did not trouble Marshall; in fact, he found humor in his poverty, Marshalrs fath- CT had been rich until an industrial furry had left him broken and penni- less. Berkeley himself, a natural en- gineer, and in love with the profession he had chosen, felt the president sti1 of genius within him vague but real His teachers predicted great things oi him, and with the knowledge of his own prowess and his burning desire to achieve, fame and wealth were merely around the next corner.
 let the fact of Miss Fairchild's wealth depressed him. '.Tve almost monopolized Der since I've been here. he told himself, and she'll think it's the blooming money. I suppose hall this bunch that's hanging around hel would marry Digger Indian for the old mans pile. I wish she was poor!' The latter aggrieved and sincere re mark revealed to Marshall that ht was dangerously near being in love.
 A certain sensitive pride, for he haC a morbid fear that his attitude nigh be misconstrued. kept Marshall out o.