New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26


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Thomas was moved 10 a burst ol confidence.
know that am poor, and to the best &" my p,l'
honest. Moreover perhaps should Toe comp'llcd
bv the cxigcncics OF Circumstance to leave YOU
after a few months am not a rich man, lnasqu'
rol,nr for the sport of IT: | am really poor "d
grateful for any work II Is only iar that should
tell YOU this much that am running away from
no one Beyond the fact that ! am the son OF a
very great but unknown scholar q farmer "l h'dl
o,rc talents who lost his farm because Inc dreamed
ol humanity instead OF cabbagcs, ! have nothing
to.av" He said 1t gravcly. without pride OF vcllcd
hautcur.
~.rh,t is frank enough. replied Kitty, curously
stirred "You will not find rs hard task masters
BE here this afternoon AT three My father VIII
wish 10 talk to You. And bc as frank with MN as
Won have been with me
She smiled and nodded brightly, and turned
away. lie had glimpse of a tan shoe and q Sim
,on-silk ankle. which poised birdhkc above the
high door,il. and then She vanished into thc black
shadow of the companiouway. She aitcrwafd
confessed 90 me that her sensation must nave bccn
akin to that of boy who had stolen am apple and
beaten the farmer in the race to thc road.
We am make tine mistake of searching for our
drama. forgetting that it arrive. sooner or later
unsolicited
Bcvitchcd Thomas should have been the hap
,,t man alive. hut the devil had recruited HIM Tor
his miserable Her piquant face mo- longer con
fronting and hcvdcrng him, be- saw TINS second
uct into which hc had permitted himself To De
drawn ASH the first had not been colossal enough
Where would 1t AL end; Private secretary and
TWO hundred % month-iorty pounds this was
"a podscnd' But 10 take her orders day 10y day, 10
see her. u, bc near her, Poverty stricken wretch
b.t IA. lined Now nD
could not; being a simple Englishman he had
owen M, word and meant Ia abide by H. There
WAS one clinmcr of hopc-hcr father. He was
practical merchant, and would not permit a man
without "a past (Which is often worse than man
with ou,I to enter his establishment
Thoma. was not in love with Kitty Indeed,
I'M. isn't "a love story at ALL Stewards, three days
out. ar, not IN the habit Of falling IN love with their
charge, Nlaundcrng and Droo notwithstanding.
lie was afraid Of her, She vaguely alarmed him.
that Wd, alt.
For seven years he had dwclt IN his third floor
hack. had brcaktastcd and dincd with two OLD
maids. their scrawny niece, and a muscular young
.tcnoguphcr who shouted militant suffrage and
was not above throwing bnckbat whenever the
occasion arrived There was a BARNARD OF two al
the pub where he lunchci at noon; but chaii was
the alpha and omega Of this acquaintance. linus,
Thomas knew little or nothing oil inc sex
The women with whom he convcrscd played
the gallant the hero the lover 1--WE none oi Us fancy
ourselves AS rogucsD were those which peoplcd
his waking dreams. She was la Belle lsculi,
Elaine Beatrice, Constance, 1t all depended upon
what book be had previously been reading. II Is
when We men are confronted with the living picture
Of someone OF our dreams Of them that women
cease TO dwell in the abstract and become issues,
%. DE-. met with more or less trcDidtlOU. Back
among some OF his IDLE dreams there had been
Kitty, blue eyed, black haired, slender and elfnish
IL L.,IrN ut in,rn I'm hDr chair "Wrl She .al