If Burke Denby had not been given all the frosted cakes and toy shotguns he wanted at theage of ten, it might not have been so difficult to convince him at the age of twenty that hedid not want to marry Helen Barnet.Mabel, the beautiful and adored wife of John Denby, had died when Burke was four yearsold; and since that time, life, for Burke, had been victory unseasoned with defeat. Asuccession of "anything-for-peace" rulers of the nursery, and a father who could not bringhimself to be the cause of the slightest shadow on ...
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If Burke Denby had not been given all the frosted cakes and toy shotguns he wanted at theage of ten, it might not have been so difficult to convince him at the age of twenty that hedid not want to marry Helen Barnet.Mabel, the beautiful and adored wife of John Denby, had died when Burke was four yearsold; and since that time, life, for Burke, had been victory unseasoned with defeat. Asuccession of "anything-for-peace" rulers of the nursery, and a father who could not bringhimself to be the cause of the slightest shadow on the face of one who was the breathingimage of his lost wife, had all contributed to these victories.Nor had even school-days brought the usual wholesome discipline and democratic leveling;for a pocketful of money and a naturally generous disposition made a combination not tobe lightly overlooked by boys and girls ever alert for "fun"; and an influential father and thescarcity of desirable positions made another combination not to be lightly overlooked byimpecunious teachers anxious to hold their "jobs." It was easy to ignore minor faults, especially as the lad had really a brilliant mind, and (when not crossed) a most amiabledisposition.Between the boy and his father all during the years of childhood and youth, the relationshipwas very beautiful-so beautiful that the entire town saw it and expressed its approval: inpublic by nods and admiring adjectives; in private by frequent admonitions to waywardsons and thoughtless fathers to follow the pattern so gloriously set for them.Of all this John Denby saw nothing; nor would he have given it a thought if he had seen it.John Denby gave little thought to anything, after his wife died, except to business and hisboy, Burke. Business, under his skillful management and carefully selected assistants, soonalmost ran itself. There was left then only the boy, Burke.From the first they were comrades, even when comradeship meant the poring over aMother Goose story-book, or mastering the intricacies of a game of tiddledywinks. Later, together, they explored the world of music, literature, science, and art, spending the longsummer playtimes, still together, traveling in both well-known and little-known lands.Toward everything fine and beautiful and luxurious the boy turned as a flower turnstoward the light, which pleased the man greatly. And as the boy had but to express a wishto have it instantly find an echo in his father's heart, it is not strange, perhaps, that JohnDenby did not realize that, notwithstanding all his "training," self-control and self-sacrificewere unknown words to his son.
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