Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-04
Mafgret Sinea1r abandoned herself to her

Mafgret Sipcisir abandoned herself to her
grief as to her love. Poor Child that she was.
she did not know how to conceal or control IT,
and the older, wiser heads, being quite certain
sdch folly would soon exhaust Itself, let ma
ture for cnce have Its own way. She refused
to be comforted. and when she went out again
to the Mastens' 1t was only because 1t was
easier TO go than to resist. The Commodore
said 1t brought the tears to his old eyes to see
the child so wOe-begone, but daughter Caro-
line says she will soon be as gay as ever and
Caroline is sensible girl" At first there was
no rouspg Margret: II she got up, she did not
want TO lie down; II she lay down, she did not
want to get up. Life for her seemed to have
stopped. and she looked mere like shade
than human being, like something that had
strayed into an atmosphere not conditioned TO
II: SO necessary Is happiness to some few of
accepting some poor substitute, and are con-
tent. The only trouble is, they insist upon
their capacity to judge as to what ought to
constitute happiness for others.
Margret Sinclair was persuaded, one day-no
one knew how or by whOm-to take walk,
al came back so radiant, so like herself, that
Caroline and Mrs. Masten decided she should
walk every day. Exercise and fresh air would
soon make her forget "poor dear Harry
Soon afterTard they heard her singing like a
bid for very Joy, and without more ado, and
no questioning, concluded, 10 their own CON-
pfthensiVe way that admitted not a doubt,
that Cousin Harry had made good escape.
They did everything they could 10 make ner
forget Harry Rogers, but when most successful
were most disappointed, and left her TO wander
at her own sweet will IL was her will 10
wander alone daily, and to remain OUT for
hours
II airy OF Margret Siuclalrs school girl set
had been there. they would have known the
Fire Fly BETTER but there Ia nothing more un-
accountable than the ignorance older girls
have about younger ones. To the average
young lady SIN society" all life Is summed 10
in her own personality, and il is not until her
experiences deepen that she consents. or per-
haps is able to enlarge the boundaries OF her
hn In golf -b
because she Is ignorant, and ignorant because
she is selfish. Ii may almost be said that
Woman's heart Is her only thinking appar-
atus. We know that without it she fares
badly In the competitive eX aminations of tnis
world.
1t was not In Caroline Masten to love bllndly,
and therefore IL was a fancy In OtherS-1
morning dew that the sun or warm day
must necessarily dissipate. Whether the Fire
Fly was above or below this sort OF reasoning
is a question every one must settle for HIM
self, and one that Caroline MaSten had occa.
sion TO ponder deeply over. She bethOught
heTself one bright morning Of following Mar
greet, In an Idle sort OF way, with book In hand.
Caroline Masten posed" on all occasions, and
| can see her now gracefully Saunterng to-
ward the lake, sOr1e half-mile from the house.
have no doubt she was thinking more OF her
own mild filTtationS than OF Margret Sinclair.
IL " as not easy for Caroline Masten to divert
her thoughts from this allmportant subject
II was part OF her religion to believe half a
dozen men In love with her, and she had
that made for hera most satisfactory form OF
worship. it was part OF her belief In a fu-
tu1e state that she was predestned to select
the most wealthy of her admirers, and she
never looked more heavenly than when cog1-
tatlDg most deeply On this .article" Of her
faith. She had that cast or features that so
easily lends itself to saiDt-like expression.
Practical Caroline Masten lived In a great
deal more OF a dream than did the FREELY.
only her dreams would have been Nightmares
to Margret sinclair Arriving at the lake in
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steInaton, Harry Rogers with Margret sin.
clair, AID was 50 far touched faSthet1cally as
TO say she had never seen ''such a pretty pic.
ture" II perfect happiness makes q 'pretty
picture, ~ was before htf. This world never
Knew happier being than Margret Sinclair
al that tine. She had no thought for past OR
future. Harry Rogers was With her, her mead
rested coniliingly on his shoulder, and the
story was told. At sight OF Caroline Masten
there was no attempt Oh the part OF the lovers
to change their position, but Harry Rogers,
lCoklBg up, SAID, cooily, Poor Cousin Carrie,
and did You think would not give up thou,
sand commissions for the sake Of this little
giTi?"
Caroline Mastens sense OF proprety never
deserted her. and she found herself quite equal
to Indignant circumstances, at yhhicn the Fire
Fly laughed. Il was not il her to feel dancer
or CiSmay with her hand in Harry ROgefS'S
Dand. For HE or fer death she was ready.
caroline, however, finally consented not TO be-
tray them. promised most solemnly not to tell
any one she had seen Harry Rogers and went
straight back 10 the house and told her father.
Ihe old Commodore, In fiji of passion, and
before he had seen Harry, reported him to his
superior offlcerS, informed the Sinclairs, and
all Washington soon knew a c0urt-Inart,al was
ordered on Harry Rogers. No one saw Mar
greet Sinclair for weeks. During this time it
began TO be whispered, and then known, that
Harry Rogers could not stand up against the sc
accumulated troubles. He fell. He passed MS
days aid nights In Inconsistencies, AMI wnen
dismissed from the navy, he never realized It.
what kind OF blow this was to Margret Sin
clair no one ever knew. She came amongst us
again, to all appearances having forg)tten
Harry Rogers, but we knew IL would J. i,e
safe 10 disparge him TO her; AMI when he did
iIo!l noh" pDtn, soon after, no one cared
TO tell her. / CAD not at this time underst 41d
any better than do then the mis- aiken k III
ness Which allowed Ter TO 90 TO A bail the very
night OF the day on whoa Harry Rogers was bur
led, nor can ever forget the shock 1t was 10 ae
giddiest OF US 10 see her come into the roc H.
dressed IN white, with the ''aDgel sleaya4 y
Tntre had been terrible snow storm ragi =
all day. ard she looked the Incarnation OF Il.
Not particle rnore coor 10 her face than ia
her dress: but she danced as one p0s5essei
ard When midnight came saw her float n4t
OF th6r0om 10 The music OF the 'Angel-slerva
Waltz" l. was stopped instantly. and as If by
ore sent, but she had gone; and the next
timei saw Margret Sinclair she lay 10 her
coftfD, looking not winter or colder chan when
she drifted out OF that ball room.
She went nome With her parents very quietly
Tney noticed nothing unusual, and 1t was not
until the next morning 1t was discovered she
was not in the HOUSE.. Search was made far
and wide the snow had effectually concealed
her path, and the day wore on without any
traces or her. Some one suggested the Gem :
terry, and IL seemed strange 1t had not be IN
thought of before. There they found her. On
Harry. Rogers grave, the snow covering her
entirely, except that one CANCEL sleeve fiut-
tered feebly over the mound. Harry Rogers
Lad promised to leave all pleasures and paIas
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