Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-09-30

=. .....r. seated in the garden uncr.
.,.u. tinkled. and rare flowers
...I WAS very miserable. indeed.
~, beautiful gift of happiness
p" g., he found neither in her fathers
,r:o,. home or garden. Nanette.
-, ,.,.r many couqucStS and care
DAYS or girlho"d. had left I'M
mod The lesson of true love. Now
T., Il was before her. it was diff
=. lesson TO understand. Ii had been
sweet before she lad known that
.,s love at all. Knight Evers was
..n II companionable satisfying sort
yirEd.
>h,. MAS usually buSily engaged in
partnership OF some game. But
,,,cht would turn occasionally with
=. hrich, smile OF comraderie toward
y, and leaving her still undisturbed.
:, in their rides together. he always
lad time to pause for the viewing Of
y, glorious scenery which held her
soel,bound. and seemed to know In
,.nc,lyely. when and where Nnnette
rould wish to linger most. They were
gerry together, too, with little secret
i,scs concerning others. that were in
,seutly their own; and also, Knight
,ss unostentatiously careful Of her.
When father Norton, millionaire
Norton, he was called, noticed the
rowing friendliness between his only
laughter and the young nobody, whom
he Fa!lngs had inconsiderately in
hted to the country club as their
nest. he merely raised supercilious
eyebrows.
Nanr,te seldom showed any admir-
p, undivided attention, and he be-
l,eycd that this unusual acquaintance
would he Of short duration. But as
time passed and Knight Evers, office
employee Of IN Insignificant business
concern. continued to visit the country
club. and later to visit Nanette her
kelf, Mr.. Norton became annoyed and
thagrincd; for his obedlcnt daughter.
for the first time In her life, Ignored
biz request. .
ut would be wise." her father ad-
ySed her. Ito cease encouraging young
Evcrs. You know as we'll as I, that
nothing can come Of such an attach
neut. To put the case frankly, he is
decidedly beneath you and your fam
lily, in position. Drop him. We have
cthcr views for YOU"
Rut Nanette did not at once drop
Knight Evers. Though knowing her
father, she knew that he would not
recent in his judgment. She won
aered, tcarfully and vaguely, If Knight
should ask her TO marry him, and Nan
was pretty certain that the question
was trembling on his different lips. if
Knight SHOULD ask her, would she be
ah!c. after the diffident manner Of
her raising, TO make him a competent
helpmcct.
Would Knight be unhappy in her
Failures? Would she be unhappy in
her restrictions.
Nan pondcred seriously, and 1t was
Jln Brent who came 10 be her fathers
best aide. Capable Jim Brent, with
hs loiSe and assurance. Her fathers
III" Is called the man Jim naturally,
20 .oSt Of them he was their contiden-
la banker. He WAS an officer in the
Country club, of which Nanettc'S IA
Their vas president, and he was Il bach
e!"r This Inter state, however. he
was quite willing to forsake at Mans
Hill" Yes. AS yet, Nan had not quite
whispered it. But when she compared
heT fuiu" wifely duties at the ac-
c0mpl!shed Jim'S side, to those I'M
acquainted duties which she must
lalnStakingly learn as Knights wife,
Nancttc was inclined to throw 10 even
love and its sweetness for certainty
and the approval OF her own family.
81 when knights question came,
spoken all impulsively in the bcauti-
lui inoon-lit garden, Nan was ready
Tor him. knight had scarcely time to
regret what he called his own selfish
fasineSs' before Nanette uttered her
no.
III cannot be Knight, good old
iFeld,' she said firmly. Love is all
f'ght for sunny weather, but when it
''nies 70 storms, the frightening
''orms Of life--well, it really takes
more than love, dear"
might had choked up at the little
"''d dear, and had gone, blindly on
HIS way. The days that followed
were the hardest Nanette had ever
Nno"n. She had expected to miss her
understanding pal, but she had not
counted upon the constant ache of q
longing heart.
anu when. one day, Nan fed to the