The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-01-15

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many OF whom came to be amused.
we're unanimous in the feeling that
Mr.. Rawn's house, its furnishings, its
decorations, Its pictures, it's works OF
art, It's hospitality also, were beyond
reproach The trace of gaucherie was
gone. The spirit OF the place was del.
icately reserved, dignihed, yet well as.
sured. The seal OF approval was
placed upon Graystone Hall. Who. in.
deed. should smile at the man who
had made so meteoric a rise, who had
by a few years of labor become mas.
ter OF this mansion, its furnishings
and its mistress? Who, upon the other
hand, might smile at that mistress.
whose appearance upon the front page
OF the leading journals of the city be
came now a matter of course-a lady
OF such reserved tastes as led her to
forsake the larger marts. and to set
the seal of fashionable approval unon
a little florist, a little modiste. a little
milliner all her own-eve a little sir.
geon hitherto unknown, who honored
a little hospital and made it fashion.
able. by taking there this distinguished
patient for a little operation?
Rawn himself expanded In all this
social success. He saw doors hitherto
closed, opening before him. saw his
future unrolling before him also like a
scroll. A hundred times a week he
walked to his young wife, caught her
in his arms, ENORMOUSLY infatuated
with her youth. her beauty. her
aplomb. her fitness for this life which
he had chosen. For once he almost
forgot to regard himself as a collector
or beautiful objects, although the
truth was that his wife, Virginia. be.
cnme more beautiful each day. more
superb of line, more calmly easy in
air, more nearly faultless of garb and
demeanor. She took her place easily
and surely among the young matrons
or the Weather circles of the western
city. Whereas thousands Of auto-cars
had passed by Graystone Hall and
only a dozen stopped, scores now, OF
the largest, drove up its winding walks
and halted at its doors. The dearest
dream of both seemed realized. The
hunt In couple had won, They had
gained what they desired; that is to
say, self-indulgence, ease, ~idleness, ad.
u~lation. freedom from care. What
more is there to seek? And Is not
this America?
Gradually John Rawn had been los.
ing the rusticity which had accompa-
MED him well up to middle age The
city now began to leave it's imprint.
The waistcoat Of Mr.. Rawn gradually
attained a curve unknown to it In ear
lier years, so that his watch fob now
hung In free air when he stood erect.
His face was perhaps more forid. his
hair certainly more gray. His skin
remained fresh and clean, and always
ne was well-groomed, having the able
assistance Of his wife now In the Sc.
lection of his tailoring, as we'll as her
coaching in social usage. They always
locke their part. At morning. at
noon, or at dewy eve. In any assem-,
olage or any chance situation, they
both played the role assigned TO
them In their ambitions. Born of
an environment wholly unconyention.
al, they now took on that OF Y
tionality as though born to that in.
stead, You could not have found a
more perfect type of responsibility
than John Rawn, a more absolutely
valid exemplar of good social form
than his wife, Virginia. All things
p~rospered under their magic touch.
the genii of the lamp seemed theirs
No problems remained for them TO
solve. They had in their own belief
what may be attained in
American life, and they were happy
Or. that is to say, they should at least
have been happy. If their theory of
life n success, and of those like TO
theirs, be correct. AT least they were
they wore-products OF a won.
derful country which makes million.
aires overnight and produces out of
women Of one generation fit
to be the wives of princes born Of
kings.
we are, some of us at least, accus.
toned to worship such as these az
ride by upon the high car of sue.
cess. accustomed to envy and to emu.
late them. II that vehicle be the car
of Juggernaut, crushing under it's
multitudes of those who wor.
ship, 1t is no concern of those who sit
aloft. For a long time Mr.. Rawn and
his wife remained ignorant OF the fact
nat n victim of the wheels OF their
success vas none other than Rawn's
laughter. Grace.
Aias' for that young lady. She un.
fortunately had beer o for almost a
ear an aspirant in her own right to
! seat upon the car of ease and lux
Try: yet here she saw herself swiftly /
and worse than that, swift. !
y forgotten! Her year of quasi-place I
md power had left her unwilling to /,
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