The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
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She soso tie s.cinnser In the SEQ.
Laurence Hone.

TUE yacht Penelope, two days north
ward bound out Of Newport, sped sound
lessly; the purring that accompanied her
progress seemed only that of the water.
which was like blue glass a score Of yards
away, like bursting bales of cotton about
the PROV Of the boat. The long twilight
was approaching very slowly, the twilight
of the 23d Of June, of the eve of midsum-
mer's day.
Mrs. Petrus Montfoort Dyckman sat on
the cushioned seat that circled the stern.
She did not recline, but she was graciously
at ease. Her plentiful hair and her regular,
almost handsome, features were the whittier
because Of thoss widows weeds without
which she never left her Eleventh street
house.
I'VE have enjoyed the cruise" :" she said.
II am sorry that Eleanor should be indis-
posed on the day before we turn back"
She addressed the owner Of the yacht She
had known Henry Duer since he was q week
old. She had grown up, ss had her cousin
husband, with Henry's father and mother;
their grandparents had grown up together,
and their reat-grandparents.
Tho young man acknowledged gravely
Mrs. Dyckman's references to his mother.
He was Q thin young man with deep, quiet
eyes and an intellectual face made the more
Intellectual by the Vandyke beard that all
the Duer men wore after they turned
twenty-five. You would not have said that
he was a scholar, but you would have taken
1t ~ unquestionable that his tastes were
quiet and Of the best; he had poise and
courteously matter of course acceptance of
the many pleasures and the sometimes oner-
Gus duties which his position enforced.
II am sorry mother is ill.," he said.
perhaps I am sel6shly sorry She intended
to speak to you today, to herald me, about
a matter that 1 must now bring up un-
heralded." ~
For a moment only, his decorous glance
was turned forward, where the slim, tail
hgure Of girl stood by the rail, a light
breeze just auttering her light draperies
Then he went on:
Not, of course, that II Is really un-
heralded. Mrs Dyckman, / very much
want your permission to ask your daughter
to be my wife"
Il must not have been unheralded, for
the old lady received it as she would have
received polite quotation from Washing
ton Irving. Evidently she would have
shown no surprise had Duer's statement
been wholly unexpected; but evidently she
had expected it. She put out her frail.
heavily veined hand.
Henry" she said, 'T an glad. or
course, you have my permission
Although she did not need it, she ae-
cspted his arm to the companionway, and
wen: below. =
Duer walked to the girl beside the for.
ward rail.
CAROLINE DYCKAIAN was LOOKING ..
~ the e1panse of bright water and at the
Maine rocks and woods beyond it. Their.
was nothing of her that failed to proclaim
her sources; she was the assured dauxbter
of family that, since 100 years before III.
hrst Dutch came to Nieuw Amsterdam. had
held itself aloof from common things: Hol-
lands trade supremacy had not vet berun
when the first Dyckman started life befor.
the mast and ended it as shin own.,
thereafter, success had not once falterad
throughout all the following centuries, the
Dyckmans' history was one of only richie,
and honor, which they had deserved and
which they used like the gentlefolk tbev
were
You haven't tired of the tripp' ,,k.d
Duer.
have liked it"-her voice was low and
modulated-'.better every dsy"
She had not turned to him; her glance "a
manned upon the blue water and the prs,
shore.
She had q profile rather like her motb.-,..
IL was refned-almost too much refined
It equaled Duer's poise and gentleness .,d
restraint, and was matched by her fpur.
Both bespoke breeding and generations q,
lu1et civilization. Because of her sec,ud.d
ipbringing, you would not have guessed that
The was wonderful swimmer; but Won
would have accepted the news of that az.
.omphshment because of her physique. Yo,
rould, however, have realized immediately
rot only that here was a girl born of blood
inspoiled, but one successfully nurtured, By
ong culture, in the traditions anciently
established; a girl that had an acquaintance
With nothing but the best of manners. it,
erature, music, art; that had never seen q
esser stratum of life from a nearer vantage
han the family carriage Duer, who had
always known her, now knew this refine
nent as he had never known it before.
And was-at first" she confessed.
But with every hour I have loved it bet
ter, and now don't want it to end" The
smile ceased: the gaze returned to the dane
ing water. you don't at ALL" she con.
eluded, connect time with reality
VERY much with ideal reality" be re-
assured her; but with solid actuality not
at all. How could IT'
CHE echoed his question. How could you
~ indeed? We are alike there. Our worIa
IL 80 secure from invasion that we don't need
the knowledge of'any other
Luckily" said Duer.