know because it is not expedient for us to know power a man or a woman with great consequences and the result of exposure is most carefully guarded against by all in the case of butler it would be quite impossible to give an exact definition talent of a raw crude order was certainly present � a native force which had been somewhat polished as granite may be by the feelings opinions and of current society but which still showed through in an and yet attractive way at this time she was only eighteen years of age goodly to look at � decidedly so from the point of view of a man of frank s temperament � but beneath his social opportunities as mrs had been already the it has been indicated that he was has also been shown that he was mi butler supplied something which he had not known or no other wc x or girl whom he had known had ever possessed so much innate force as this one possessed none so much vitality and vivacity her red gold hair � it was not so much red as decidedly golden with a suggestion of red in it � was rich and plentiful it itself in heavy folds about her forehead and at the base of her neck she had a beautiful nose not sensitive but straight cut with small and eyes that were big and while were still they were such a nice shade of blue � gray blue her clothes for some strange reason seemed to suggest undue they hinted at the ear rings and breast plates of the and yet of course these were not there she confessed to him years afterward that she would love to have stained her nails and painted the of the palms of her hands with red yet she was as vigorous as healthy and as normal seeming as any girl could be she was intensely interested in life men what they would think of her and how she compared with other women the fact that she could ride in a carriage in a fine home in avenue visit such homes as those of the and others was of great weight and yet even at this age she realized that life was more than these things many did not have them and lived but these facts of wealth and advantage her and when she sat at the piano and played or rode in her carriage or walked or stood before her mirror she was conscious of her figure her charms what they meant to men how women envied her sometimes she looked at poor hollow or homely faced girls and felt sorry for them at other times she into inexplicable opposition to some handsome girl or woman who dared to brazen her or physically there were such girls the of the better families who in chestnut street in the expensive shops or on the drive on horseback or in carriages tossed their heads and indicated as well as motions can that they were better bred and knew it she instantly with a terrible hate her blood boiled and chilled i would have you know her mind declared vehemently to herself thinking of her charms and she would sit bolt upright on her horse or in her father s looking as as the best she knew well enough that it was against her and her sister and her brothers that her father was once a but to that she never referred even mentally to herself she hated the thought and she wanted ever so much to get up in the world and yet men of better social station than herself did not attract her at all she wanted a man now and then there was one something like but not entirely who appealed to her but most of them were or � nothing at all and so they wearied or disappointed her her father did not know the truly ite but mr he seemed so refined so exquisite so and so reserved often looked at mrs and thought how fortunate she was the development of mr frank s financial � his significance as co � finally brought him into relationship with one man who proved of the utmost significance to him morally and in other ways and because he did this he must be dealt with here at length this was george w the new city elect who to begin with was a in the hands of other men but who also in spite of this fact became a personage of considerable significance for the simple fact that he was weak had been a real estate dealer and man in a small way he was made city he was one of those men of whom there are so many thousands in every large community who have no breadth of vision the no real no craft no great skill in anything he was not a bad real estate dealer he could follow up small trades with talk a blacksmith a a or a moderate professional man into taking out a life policy � if the latter was so inclined � or into buying a lot but he had no idea of any of the superior affairs of the world you would never hear a new idea from he never had one in his life now and then some one would drop a real thought which seemed quite wonderful to him or he would hear of something which he could make use of in his business he was not a bad fellow he had a dusty commonplace look to him which was more a matter of his mind than his body his eye was of vague gray blue his hair a dusty light brown and thin his mouth � there was nothing impressive there he was quite tall nearly six feet with broad shoulders but his figure was anything but � not at 