The Republican journal., 1879-02-27

tho Pltiic dllu btSdl W SHY Spitia W iitl
self. Her conscience feebly troubled her.
She should not have ridiculed Nealy, who
Was-was What was he to her? She
smiled in a faint. decOrous way as she
asked herself the question.
The twilight had fallen. Zack, from
outside, could dimlv see the neat, Slight
figure, the fine, fastidious face. Great
God the gulf between them She was
to him Just then all that was rare, high,
unapproachablc as for himself, all his
old poverty, ignorance, brutality, as Van
Horn had called it, We're present, and
hung about his neck like milestone.
He grOaned and turned away, when she
struck the keys again and played an old
highland air. He stopped he had heard
II once before. Ii was the music which
had long ago seemed to say "Come up
higher" to him. /ack listened. hesitated,
then it seemed as though new blood had
rushed into his body. Pushing through
the bushes, he entered the house
If Nealy had wooed Priscilla after the
conventional fashion Of Mr.. Henry Nhiras
and his like, he would have failed. He
could not speak any alien tongue. But
the poor fellow, being desperate, barred
his heart TO her, and, what was more,
barred his life The Irish hovel, the dray,
the barefoot boy on the wharf, the long
struggle upward he told the whole story,
and, rs we know, lie could tell a story
well even when His lite did not hang as
now upon the words Priscilla was gentle,
attectionatc. She had, too, little cool
spark Of imagination somewhere; il kin
died and burned. This was no ordinary
man; it was hero. This WAS the old
story OF Cophetua and the beggar-m maid
reversed. The idea Of lcr marriage to
Dr. Nealy was not new ~ her. SHE had
considered it frequently in her calm, sys-
tematic way. In all probability she must
marry an American DIR Ncaly'S present
position was equal to her own; his house
was very handsome, and he himself
She glanced at him, and blushcd IN 4 way
that maddened him aresh. Henry Shiras
But Henry could not marry for years, and
she was not, indeed, at all certain that
he wished to marry her then.
A. this while /ack poured forth his
honest passion, his humility, his alteration
OF some goddess of a woman.
Does he really mean me ," thought
ltot AlItN' ilN " ~ CIV i'-ttl y IIlC ~
that way, our social positions being s.
different"
Then it being time for her to speak she
told him, with proper shNness and blush,
that she preferred him To I'LL other men
as friend, but that If he wished for more
he must talk to papa, "though" (this with
an arch >milel papa is So involved in
business with tine ancient Greeks that he
viii not be likely To oppose uNr wishes
When he caught that emphasized word
Itck took the cool little hands in his and
kissed them, and could have cried over
them, his heart was 50 fun.
Two years later DR. Nealv sat. one
warm evening in july oi l-32. Ou the
porch ot his house His wIt waS beside
hm. Her chair was placed So that the
ylne Of pale pink roses trallcd over her
delicate head, with its heat crown ot
chestnut hdlr. II Was /ack's laucy IL ul-
ways place il there.
">o absurd :" Priscilla sa.l 10 herself
"Ju7t where the bu9- can drop ou 70 my
collar 4'ut ~ Nm Sue suad nothing
These Whuns ana tances, even his hot
Irish affection, We're the product, she
thought, Of his vulgar condition III bow
hood. She would not waste her Wiley
authority on triticS. hen the Vulgarily
showed itself more ot1cnslvcly. it would bc
tme 70 interfere. >hc Wa Ncrl Ionl ot
hnn, but sht WAS always on lhc watch
for it to shoW itself
Is for Iach, his hoNhood or his old age
troubled Ann Nery llttIc Jn-t now. lie
had lust eateA good dinner, and begun
a new pipe; his eyes We're on his wife;
MS home was comfortable, his pocket was
luli, in tht village he had ali Kinds Y
friends ana iolIy companions 70 make his
HE secure and happy. There. according
to rule, we ought 10 leave hHn Bat
there y enc snort chapter more 70 siNe,
ana lt began tlat gay on tLe porch
doll see, ne Sad, reIlectNeiy
nov Nod couIu 40 any lhlnG more lor
me. Priscilla, or bring me any higher up.
| niesa-WeIl, ! should nave liktd to set a
little fellow SklrInlShlng around here.
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on oNhci women mere "''a = grave
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