The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03


probably to inquire the cause Of the
connection, for little went on in his
house into which he did not inquire;
aud if there was one thing more than
another that Mr.. Osric Carlson hated
it was the sound of Evelyn's laughter.
He had nevor liked it, in fact,since the
day that he proposed to her, and his
false teeth came down, and in his awk-
ward predicament he had struck a
bracket and his wig came off, and her
sudden and irrepressible laughter had
sent him hastily and Indignantly from
the room, to be consoled by Julia, who
met him on the way and accepted him,
with his three little girls, out of
hand.
After the marriage it was not till
Julia was thought to be dying that
Evelyn and her mother were invited
to the house, and while they were with
her their own house, that had never
been insured, and their few bonds
that had never been registered, were
| burned together and of course they
had to stay.
But Osric dismissed the nurse and
the second girl the next day, and Eve
| Ign did the work and succeeded in get
ting her classes, and attending to them
besides. At the end Of every week
she paid her board to Julia; she con-
sidered that her work in the house
was fair return for her mothers, in
her poor health and old age and they
kept out of the way in their room to-
gether all they could. AS for poor,
pale Julia, she was nonentity and a
shadow, sick part of the time and
with no spirit at any time. She knew
that home was not a happy place, but
she could not bear to blame her hus-
band, and gradually came to join him
in blaming Evelyn, who might make
things very different for everybody If
she would only marry Mr.. Bryce-Mr.
Bryce, whose half million was at the
feet Of this young beauty to pick up
and enrich them all Mr.. Bryce, who
had met her at the house of one of her
pupils, who had made Osric's acquain.
lance purposely to gain an ally in his
siege and concerning whom neither
Osric, nor Osric's wife, nor Osric'
mother-in-law, in fact, ever afterward
gave her any peace for the one saw
business opportunities for himself, the
other saw peace in the house, and the
third saw kindness, escape and liberty
"Now, what's the use, Julia? - once
exclaimed Evelyn. MARRY that mar
I can't and won't! How can you want
me to?''
1.-THE idea,'' said Julia, ''of letting
such a chance as that slip through
!; your fingers -
"The idea of not selling myselfr'
"Of letting that artful widow, thai
Kate Grey, outgeneral you and come
in the mistress of those millions y,
':It's only half million
''Only half million!''
"Well, we'll stick to the truth. An(
, Mrs. Grey is his cousin. and loves hin
to distraction. don't see why. Blu
, she always has. She's welcome
s'How can you be so unnatural, whel
]; you might do so much for your family
) You'd marry him soon enough" crie'
Julia, through her angry tears, eff hi
! name was Pierre Gilland -
3 And then Evelyn rose and left tn
5 room swiftly. But where should sh
| go? There was no corner of the hous
where she could be alone for a singl
/ sob; for Osric was here. and his chill
!.
! all times wish events one mother t
a see the tears with which she has n
: sympathy. There was always all out
t doors; she threw her shawl over he
: head, and ran out into the street. ]
S was pleasant summer night. Sh
4 moved along quickly, thinking only {
k walking away from her trouble-th
n trouble of an old love for the hant
g some, headstrong boy who had bee
s the friend and companion and lover {
a all her years, who had demonstrate
It with her one day when he heard thu
n Osric was calling frequently at tn
house, and storming with resentme1
y at the gales of laughter with whic
t. she met every sentence he uttere
l. about it, had marched out, only to NEE
e Osric in the hall; in the act of takin
I from his pocket a little solitaire rim
20 which Pierre hadn't doubt was #
lie Evelyn, and Of which Julia, as ST
}? used to turn it on her finger, nevt
l. had q doubt that it was not a re-
n stone. And Pierre had left the tow
10 for the Pacific coast that night; ar
if she had wished to write to tell hi
.r of his absurd mistake, she had no a.
IL OICSS. StLN oAO OAAy AAOV AC WtsS
ID much as alive by now and then cate
" ing rumor of him at his work layi1
W out some railway up under the CLIQUE
ID of the mountains of Peru. But ST
did not wish to write to him; the N;
t who would think for moment tn
IN she would become Osric's wife deser
d, ed nothing Of her-had only MAJ
70 haste to seize his opportunity to lea
it, her, she felt. And crying forlorn
IS to herself, she was hurrying along, 81
knew not where, when all at once 81
b, found herself stopped by an insole
n man, and a couple Of wretches barr
"; the way, catching her hand, pullil
II, her shawl, leering in her face, VIII
ou her cheeks burned, and her heart sto
Id still and her voice failed her at the
c! ribaldfy. And never was she so 81
or thankful in her life as when a gia
form doomed before her, and a COUP
of powerful blows sent the rasc;
II spinning into the gutter. and Mr.. Bry
- had tucked her little arm under b
and was taking her home in safe
nd and no questions asked. How kind