The Dillon tribune., 1885-06-20

is supposed to appertsin peculiarly to women.
k'nd; or when he heard their simple consul.
tauons ON the price Of meat, groceries, O,
otoer household commodities. Being, like
mr.. Mordle, gifted with vein Of humor, he
1ouno the Talberts most interesting char.
acters; but had he found their eccentricitiee
~earisome, the kindness they showed him
would have compensated for the discomfort
For in spite Of the exclusiveness which they
were compelled by circumstances to adopt
tney were amiable, lovable men. So Mr..
Car1uthers took them as they were, and liked
the two brothers better and better the ,nor<
he really understood them.
But Beatrice was another matter. He had
studied her with even more attention. but
felt that the result Of his studies was unsatis.
factory. 30 far rs she was concerned he
knew he had got at nothing like the truth;
except on one self-evident point, that abe wa.
very beautiful. When first they met he1
beauty struck him, but It was days before be
finished finding new aud fresh personal
charms; perhaps he never ceased findinc
them. Under certain circumstances such
discoveries are endless.
Frank Carruthers' studies Of Miss Clauson'.
outward shell should therefore have been
very pleasing to that young lady, had the
result been made known to her, and had she
cared twopence to find favor in the STUDENT.
eyes. For the rest he was in q pussle. which
be spent many hours trying to solve. Mis-
Clauson little thought, a. she looked out Of
the window and saw Mr.. Carruthers lyine on
the turf with his straw hat tilted over hi.
eyes and thin blue stream Of smoke curline
up from his cigarette, that he was neither
sleeping nor projectinga . new political arti.
Gle tor The Latterday, but thinking entirely
Of her own sweet self.
They had seen great deal Of one another
during the last week. Frank was not a man
who loved twenty-mile walks, or cared to
rush from one end Of a county to another to
look at rock or a waterfall. His idea of q
holiday he summed up in the word ''loafng. -
"a good loafer is a great rarity" he told
Miss Clauson. "Loaflng proper is an art
which cannot be acquired. have met with
many spurious limitations, but the real article
Is hard to find. Show me the man who can
spend whole day like this, aud you show me
one who can get very near to happiness
Like this" meant lying ON his back as de-
scribed.
''But you do something-you smoke" said
Beatrice.
'Yes, for the sake Of appearances. In
absolutely idle"
OF course she ought to have laughed at the
feeble joke. But she did not. She looked
down AT him from her chair, and her gray
eyes were annoyingly serious. In glorious
August weather, when the sky Is cloudless
blue, when all the trees, except the spend.
thrift chestnuts, are in full beauty, when
roses are still budding, breaking into bloom,
and succeeding their fallen fellows, a youna
Lady has no right to look seriously at the mar
BY her side. Certainly not Beatrice Clauson
with her beauty and fortune.
Yet she looked and spoke gravely. "You
wrong yourself talking such nonsense, Mr.
Carrutherz"
He raised himself on his elbow. II dom,
talk nonsense. am speaking Of my idea ol
enjoying q holiday. When work II /,
another matter. thrust work to the best o.
my ability. When I idle, I idle to the best o.
my ability"
''Yoar idea Of human happiness is . hum
bio ooe."
rs ~ Thea si~e me yexss in ex..s,anxn
Beatrice was SILENT She even turned he
head away.
"well, am waiting for the definition.
There was no trace Of levity In Franks voic,
o he spoke. His manner was a. serious a,
hor own.
~ have noas to Civ" 7" aaid Beatrice.
''None-at your agel Are your dream,
all gones Young ladies do dream, believe
They dream Of being queens of society, o
marrying rich meu; if they are romantic, o.
| marrying poor men; they dream of life o.
religion; OF having a mission to perform
Which is your particular dream."
II have none," she said coldly.
"You must dream. You are sleeping now
and all sleepera dream at times Only in tn,
wide-awake, bustling world do people forge
choir dreams. They work on and on, and t.
some the day comes on which ono of their ol.
dreams is realized. Alas, by that time the,
have almost forgotten that they ever dreame>
it, or they find it realized too late"
Beatrice sat silent with her eyes cast down
Perhaps I have not guessed the righ
dream for you," continued Carruthers. ''
forgot you were such learned young lady
Your dream may be tho fame of tho scholar
or tho writer"
II have no Dreams" she repeated. HI
looked her full in the face.
Can you say also Il have had no dreams?'
Sho made no answer. As lie looked ut he
he thought that even at this moment sh'
seemed far away in drea,nland Hs tOlt
himself that il Miss Clauson brought hcrsel
to assert that she had never dreamed sh,
would bo breaking the-he couldn't relnena
Der which cOmmandment-tho one abou
lying. BY the by, is there any command
ment to refrain from falsehood, except the in
direct ono as to s'falsa witnessf'
''Not even of rank, riches, fame, powerl
he 81 i'll in Il lighter tome tsMiSs C!a,,Snn vos