The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-01-13

TINS brilliant prize To New York. But.
with lawyer like caution, he thought he
would put of the cummittal as long as pos
I sible. If his heart had been in his attcn-
tions. the caution would not have been
worth much. Caution is a good breakwater
against vanity; hut it isn't worth much
against the sPrng-tide IT love. as John Har-
low snnn found.
! For toward the end nf the week he he
I gan "a feel a warmer feeling for Miss Janet
! do not think that John MAS seriously in
love with Miss Dunt"n. Ii he had been,
| he would have found some means If com
municating with her \ thousand spies
Y with Sleepless eyes all round their heads
cannot keep a man from telling his love
somehow If he really has love tn tell.
\ He observed often during the week that
Huldah was depressed Tie could not ex-
actly account for It, until he noticed some
thing in his sisters behavior toward her
@ANIakened his suspicion. A soon ss
opportunity offered he inquired # Huldah,
affecting at the same time I" know some
thing about IT,
don't want e. complain If your sister
to You, Mr.. Harlow
Phew call me John. and a. for my
sister know her faults better than you
do
Well. it's only that she told me that
Miss Dunton wasn't used Ia eaten at the
same table with servants. and when one If
the boys told your father. he was mad. and
came Ia me and said 'Huldah. yuu must
eat when the rest de-. If YOU stay away
from the table On account uf these city
snnbs. II make a fuss "n the spot So,
T., aN,,iI f,.ss | h.x.. Int MIN, -, ~,
table
John was greatly veXed with this He
was a chiNaruus fellow. ami he knew how
much such remark must wound a person
who had never learned that domestic ser
vice had anything degrading in it, And
the result was Just the opposite If what his
sister hoped. John paid more attention to
Huldah Manners because she was the victim
"t oppression.
But. sitting III the old best room, in
the dark while the ladies were getting ready
and trying to devise a way by which he
might get an opportunity to speak with Miss
Dunton alone. il occurred to him that she
was at that time III the sitting room waiting
for his sister. To- step out and present the
ease would not be difficult. and it might all
be settled before his sister came down stairs
The fates were against him. however. for
Just as he was about to act upon his thought
hc heard Amanda Hulme's abundant dresses
sweeping down the stairway He could not
help hearing the conversation that followed
You see. Janet, got up this trip to
night ~ keep John from spending the eve
ming r,mping with the children and talk
ing With Huldah. ii he took it into his
head
We'll. said Janet. one can overlook
everything in man " your bruther's cul-
ture But what queer way your country
servants have " pushing themselves.
Wouldn't ! MAKE them know their places II
And All this .sas sah with the Kitchen
door open andW ththc intention of wound
ing Huldah.
Johns castle tumbled The erudite wife
alongside the silver tea-urn faded out of
sight rapidly. II knowledge could not give
a touch uf human regard for the feelings Of
poor girl, toiling dutifully and self-deny
ingly to support her family, uf what account
was it
Two minutes before lie was about to give
his life to Janet Duntnn. Now there was
a gulf wider than the world between them.
He Slipped ont If the best room by the
outside door and came III through the kitch
en-. The neighh"rs sleigh that was to call
for them was already at the door, and John
begged them I" excuse him. He had set
his heart IN helping Huldah make mince-
pies. as he used Z" help his mother when a
boy His sister Was in despair, but she did
not say much She told John 1t was time
he Was getting over his queer freaks. And
the sleigh drove III.
-. Ii
with his sisters children. and told stories to
the bows and talked t. his father. When
man has barely escaIed going over preci
pice, he does nyt like t. think too much
about it, John did not
At last the little children went to he'd.
The old gentleman grew sleepy. and retired.
The boys went into the sitting groom and
went I" sleep. one On the Tongue and one
on the h"or Huldah was Just ready To be-
gin her pies She was deeply hurt, but
John succeeded In making her more cheer
full. He rolled up his sleeves and went
rolling out the pastry. He thought he had
never seen sweeter picture than the young
girl in clean dress and apron. with her
sleeves rolled up above her elbows. There
was a statuesJue perfection in her we'll
rounded arms The heat of the fire had
flushed her face a little and she WAS laugh
ing merrily at Johns awkward blunders in
pie-making. John was delighted, he hard
ly knew why. In fixing Pie-crlst his fing
ers touched hers. and he started as if he had
touched galvanic battery. He looked at
Huldah, and saw half painful expression
on her flushed face
For the first time il occurred t. him that
Huldah Manners had excited in him a feel
ing a Thousand times deeper than anything
he had felt toward Janet, who seemed to b.
now in another world. For the first time
he realized that he had been more in love
will Huldah than with Jane tall the time
Why not marry her, And then he remem-
bered what the governor had said about
marrying u womans heart and not her
head
He put On him hat and walked out-out,
out, into NE darkness. the drizzfing rain,
and the slush "f melting snow, fighting a
fierce battle. All his pride and all his cow
ardly vanity we're IN one side, and the ir-
resistible torrents of his love on the other.
He walked away into the dark woOd-pas-
ture, trying to cool his brow, trying to
think. and (w"uld YOU believe it y trying
to pray, for II Was great struggle, and IN
any great struggle true soul finds some
thing very like prayer in his heart.
The feeling II love may exist without at
tracing the attention If its possessor. 1t
had never occurred to John that he could
love or marry Huldah. Thus it had grown
all themorep epowerfulfor not being observed,
and now the unseen fire had at flash ap-