The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-04-30

vssy ehsssay. 0vss IL a,sesdious.
many 81 vAao eaAs 70 D. amused.
we're uAaniooas IN tAe lesaias that
NJ. Rawa's Aoses. tts Nnrniuhiass its
decorations. tts pictures, ~ works Of
Art. lie hospitality alss. vses beyond
rspeoaeA The trscs q nneh.r,e vas
eoss rhs sptrit ef tAs plaes vas del.
ieatsly rsservsA. aisniAsA. yst veil as
sarsA, fhs saal q aDesovsl was
placsd spoa GFaysteas Han. Who, in
desd. should soiIs q the uas Who
had mads % Dstaosie . ~, vho had
By . few yeass q lahoe Aeeons mas
ter of this nansaoa. ~ fsrnishinxs
aad its mistress. WIZ. ueso ths other
hsnd. night smile q that mistress.
vAsss sppsaFaaee soea ~ fssut page
sf ths leo1iAg jess1Als q - city BE-
eene now Q natter - eoaeo>-s lady
of sscA rsesrve1 tasoss - ~ her to
eosoake ths laf0se nAsta, 81 10 sst
ths esai q aasAisoab,s asesovsI upon
. little 1osiot. Q lbtt3e moAista. a little
nilhasr all ~ eva-evea little sur
gsoa hitAseto unknown. vhe honorsd
. little AosDttal aaA naAs II fashion.
ahss. ~ tak1Ag tAsss thas Aisti.suishsd
paftsat Ter . httis epssatSea!
Ravn Aiosslf szpaaAel /. all this
social s0ooeos- He oav 6ooes hitherto
closed. opsaiAg bseoss hin, sav his
future unFolhAg bseoeo hin slao like 4
scroll. A hua1re1 ttoss Q week he
walked to bic yosag vifa. caught her
IN his arms. uxestoasly infatuated
with her youth. her beauty. her
aplomb. her fitness for this life which
he had chosen. For oace he almost
forgot to regard himself - q collector
Of beautiful objects. although the
truth was that his wife, virsinia, b.
came more beautiful each day. more
superb Of line. moro calmly easy in
air. moro nearly faultisss Of garb and
dsmsanor. She took her place easily
and surely among the young matrons
OF the Weather circles OF the western
city. whereas thousands Of auto-cars
had passed By 0raystoas Hall and
only 4 dozen stopped. scores now. of
the largest. drove MP its winding walks
and halted At it, doors. Tho dearest
dream Of both seemed realized. The
hunt in couple had won! They had
gained what they desired; that IL to
say. self-indulgence. ease, idleness, ad.
ulation. freedom from care. What
more 10 there to seek? And IL not
this America!
: Gradually John RAwn had been los
ing the rusticity which had accompa-
MED him we'll up to middle age The
city now began to leave its imprint.
The waistcoat Of Mr.. Rawn gradually
attained Q curve unknown to 1t in ear
lier years. % that his watch fob now
hung In free air when he stood erect.
His face was perhaps more norid, his
hair certainly more gray. His skin
remained fresh and clean. and always
he was well.groomed. having the able
assistance Of his wife now In the 80
lection Of his tailoring. - we'll a. her
coaching in social usage. They always
looked their part. At morning, At
noon. or at dewy eve. in any assem-
blase or any chance situation, they
both played the role assigned to
them in their own ambitions. Born of
an environment wholly uncouvention.
al. they now took on that Of conven.
tionality ~ though born to that in.
stead. You could not have found q
moro perfect type Of respectability
than John Rawh. . more absolutely
valid exemplar Of good social form
than his wife. Virginia. All things
prospered under their magic touch,
the senii Of the lamp seemed theirs.
No problems remained for them to
solve. They had in their own belief
attained what may be attained in
American life. and they were happy.
Or. that il to say. they should at least
have been happy. II their theory of
life and success. and Of those like to
theirs. be correct At least they were
what they were-products Of q won.
derful country which makes million
aires overnight and produces out of
bakeries women Of one generation fit
to be the wives of princes born Of
forty kings.
We are. some of us at least, accus-
toned to worship such as these a.
they ride by upon the high car of sue
cess. accustomed to envy and to emu
late them. II that vehicle be the car
OF Jugsernaut, crushing under its
wheels multitudes of those who wor.
ship. 1t Is NO concern Of those who sit
aloft. For 4 long time Mr.. Rawn and
his wife remained ignorant Of the fact
that one victim Of the wheels Of their
success was none other than Rawn's
daughter Grace.
Alas! for that young lady. She up-
fortunately had been now for almost q
year an aspirant in her own right to
a seat upon the "ar of ease and lux
ury: yet here she saw herself swiftly
supplanted. and worse than that. swift
ly forgotten! Her year Of quasi-place