Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-01-10
Caught by His
White Hair
BY MARTHA EVERSHAM

fellows Of my own age seemed to me
what they really were-beardless boys
They We're full of sports and nonsense,
whereas l was philosophically inclined
i loved to talk with men who knew a
great deal more than | did-men who
could talk learnedly on a variety OF
subjects. Thus l was thrown in with
those who were usually double my age.
But Ely intimacy with such persons
was entirely Intellectual Nothing
akin to love was excited by any of
them. Indeed. many of them had
passed middle age and were incapable
of sympathiZing with a girl in her
teens. While it was true that l had
| intellectual cravings, it was also true
that l was still a young girl There
were times when | wished for com
| partnership with young persons But
l was rather inclined to be young with
them than that they--I refer to the
men-should be young with me. What
| mean is that there is certain dig
nifty in Il young man that a girl looks
/ for in one whom she would consider
seriously as n possible life companion.
| When | was nineteen my father de-
/ cided that l should finish my education
| by a trip abroad We sailed one Feb
ruary morning for Naples. intending
| to work our way northward with the
opening spring, spending the hot sum
mer months in Switzerland. On reach
/ ing Naples, when we were going ashore
/ in the ships tender noticed young
/ man whose hair had evidently turned
/ prematurely gray. Never have I seen SO
+ striking contrast between q young
/ face ana white hair He appeared to
/ be recovering from an illness. He sat
! opposite me in the boat and for the
/ life Of me | could not keep my eyes
off his contrasting features. He knew
/ that ! was looking at him, and this
/ fixed his attention upon me.
! We drove from the custom house to
/ the hotel our party of three in an open
/ cab loaded down with hand baggage
| On the way we passed another cab
/ containing the white haired young
man Again we exchanged glances az
! he drove by US. and when we brought
| up at the hotel entrance he was get
! ting out of his cab to enter the house
! / confess I was secretly pleased that
We would be at the same abiding place
! That very evening an acquaintance
| of my father introduced the young
man to us as George Caruthers. telling
us that he had been i'll and was trav-
| cling for his health. The introducer
would be grateful for any attention we
might show his friend. Mother sympa-
/ thized with Mr.. Caruthers. a stranger
/ in n strange land and not strong She
made quite pet of him, and before
/ we left Naples, he having no definite
/ plans. she invited him to travel with MS
party travelling for pleasure be
comes intimate at once. In these days
/ Of form the only way of making new
/ old friends. if | may be allowed the
I expression, is travel in company with
others. was during n soiourn in the
/ principal Italian cities from Naples to
Milan and on the railways connecting
them n constant companion of George
Caruthers. 1t seemed to me that there
I was as great a contrast in his dispose
/ ton as there was in his outward fea-
+ lures He had the quiet dignity, the
depth of understanding Of man and
! the freshness Of youth. These accord
cd admirably with his appearance. He
had too way Of falling in with my
moods When / wished him serious he
] was serious: when preferred that he
/ should be youthful he was youthful
These persons with young faces and
white hair are very deceptive as to
/ their age. | angled with Mr. Caru-
/ Tiers to draw from him his age.
! elected certain bits Of information
/ from him with the intention Of put
ting them together and thus deducng
! how old he was But he soon OWNED
my intention and gave his answer in
/ a way to defeat my purpose Then
he would laugh at me for my failure.
We reached northern Italy in a cou-
! pie Of months, and by this time my
/ newly made friend had quite recovered
+ hi, strength His complexion was
naturally Gorid. and the contrast be
tween his face and his hair under his
! iIII4ONt4 ihDNlt4pI NJ as h+lt lf-ti tt'4 a
/ He was always close shaveu but 7
could see that his beard did not par
take of the color Of his hair But even
this was difficult to determine for big
beard was evidently meager and of ii
light hue.
It is well nigh impossible for "a young
man to travel in company Win
young girl without an affair of the
heart, and our case was no exception
. George Caruthers proposed to me on
Lake Lemau just before we reached
Geneva In reply / told him that /
had but one objection 10 him - that
which was now an attraction would
one day be a detrimeut When be be-
gan To grow old he would look far old
er than he was on account of his white
hair. He took off his hat with one
hand and with the other pulled of his
scalp and an overiay Of white hair.
displaying head Of short, thick blond
hair beneath
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