Gunnison news-champion., 1922-06-30
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-. 10 love with love. you See; noi
W. Mr Harold HartshQ-u- BeSidss
u rerr year I Eent 20 college. An
ir aas while 7 was a. college thar !
r.. r.-ry-
ra--T r7-s ths broth-r q, nv coJlesy
md Hslsu W~Ssaa- Hsien's eites
sts-r- uas 8 senior IL that sane col
IL srf wss graduated at the cios-
o ny fr-Shman year The father.
ula-hs- aut hroth-r came on 20 the
E--f1a,ou. Ard that i where met
Jr=~y-
II 20 might - called meeting hiu-
I H. lifted h.s hzt bowed said = polite
nothing plth his lips. and an lndlner-
[ a., =uh. s1Iae friesBd q Helen's.- with
r. .yys. snt turned To q rZtlanf
I D rat- senior u ny side
And tl.at vas alf-for him But for
~
Al that dsy / watched him when.
/ ever opportunity offered aud ! suspect
I ilat togk care that opportunity o.
f.a~,-t frequently. I was fascinated !
had never ss--n any one Ike him Be
D FIRE. Tail. handsome. brilliant. al per
7 fs--f ease. h- plainly dominated every
7 group q vhish he Was part T0Warf
h,m every tnce Was Jurnsd-yei he
/ rsg-r seemed 20 know u. twhatvyrr
b.. faults, Jerry T. aot canceited- l
! vtU give him credit for that , To ne
b. I'D not sI-sak again that day
g. u1' sure tha; he even looked at me
fIs hr IlG fhsrs mu,i stiu have been
? b. bis cyes only the -Oh. some friend
I - Hsleuss~ that / hzd seen 81 the
r..-uLBE Introduction
I did not meet hIm again for nearly
p year. out that did not mean that I
if.a r-T h-ar ~ him I wonder u
lIt.'eu ever noticed how often used
@ sr' hr- 70 talk 90 her ssue and her
fEra.'y ne: and hos interested va
ir her snIlery o; portraits on the man
te.-lhyrv were t~o me ones % her
itr.yAsz there.
( Helen was yery fond OF her brother.
i ,g1u found that she loved to talk
E.nll A!m-lf She had good listener
/ Needless TO say she had q very good
O4r 10 me.
Jerry Was an artist. IL seemed He
vas twenty light years old. and al.
ready be had won no small distinction.
I'r.zcs. medals. honorable mention. and
- special course abroad uII these
I Helen told me about She told me, too.
about the wonderful success he had
lus, had with the portrait OF certain
New York society woman. She said
that II was just going TO make" Jerry /:
Tint he could have anything he wanted
I uuw-auythiug
I saw Jerry myself during the East
e. vacation os my second year In col
lr-e. Helen invited me TO go home
with tier. and Mother wrote that !
nj shi 60. Helen had been home with
ue for the Christmas vacation, and
Mother and Father liked her very
much. There Wa. no hesitation, there
fore, In their consent that | should
visit Helen at Easter time SO went.
Helen lived In New York Their
home Was Fifth avenue mansion with
nine servants. four automobiles and
two chauIeurs. Naturally such a scale
OF living was entirely new to me. and
correspondingiy fascinating From the
elaborateiy uniformed footman that
opened the door for me TO the awe
some French maid who did my hair.
adored them all. and moved as In a
dream OF enchantment. Then came
Jerry home from week-end's trip
and forgot everything else.
knew from the minute his eyes
& Z baA
been before. I ~as now certainly no
mere -oh, some friend OF Heien's-
was ESQ his eyes said) "a deucedly
pretty girl. and one well worth cul-
tivating- whereupon he began at
once TO do the -cultivatinx-
In less than thirty six hours I was
caught up In the whIriwind Of his
wooln1. and would not have escaped
II II could.
When I went back to college he held
my promise that II he could gain the
consent Of Father and Mother. he
might pu; the engagement ring on my
finger.
Back ., college. alone In my own
room. drew a long breath. and began
to think. II was the first chance had
had. for even Helen now had become
Jerry-by reflection
The more thought. the more fright
ened. dismayed- and despairing be
came. In the clear light Of calm. sane
reasoning. II Was all 80 absurd. 20 In
possible! What could I have been
thinking Oft must forget Terry.
pictured him In Andersonvflle. In
my own home I tried to picture him
talking TO Father. TO Mother.
Absurd. What had Jerry TO do with
learned treatises on stars. or with the
humdrum. everyday life Of q stupid,
snaIl town. For that matter. what
had Father and Mother TO do with
dancing and motoring and painting
society queens po<traitsf Nothing
Piainiy. even II Jerry. for the sake
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