Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-10
POLES APART.


against the frail door-post of the sum-
mer house II the airy building rocked
10 its foundations.
Say one kind word, Stella. NY love
may not seem much 10 YOU, but ut
least it is the best have to, give" he
said. earnestly, looking very white and
hurt.
Stella Howard, sitting sweet and
calm in her white gown and pearls.
half glanced toward her impetuous
lover. then dropped her blue eyes
again with suspicion of C. dainty
shudder.
Dicks hands were SO very big and
red. and his evening dress looked As if
il came out of the ark. OF course he
was very good and nice, and Stella did
not mind his clumsy. little attentions
when no more interesting was at hand :;
but TO be made love to by Il big. awk.
ward. young civil engineer working on
the new RI lway line, a creature who
couldn' sing or ride. or play bill ards;
who entered u room like wandering
elephant. and was forever buried in
d.a.rams and calculations. instead of
talking society chatter, Stella could
not help feeling i a decided liberty on
D.ck Fellowes' part TO imagine himself
entitled to love Colonel Howard only
daughter, and she heartily she'd she
had never suggested his uc ~ inv ted
to dinner-at WHICH he had overturned
class of chablis over her new lace
ilOUucc-0r consented TO sHUW him the
garden in the soft sunset glow of that
June evening.
II don't know what TO say. I've
told YOU il isn't the least use, AIr Eel
loves; Your f. and mine are poles
apart; we can / make them meet. | M
very sorry NOu should be panied. Try
70 forget it all. she answered. try
10, to show her disdain too plainly.
FORGET echoed Fcllowes. the
blood rushing To his emplcs mo,
that's not kelly. | tell YOU while YOU
live no man will love you as / have
done. Good-by, Stella; ; can't stand
any more. Heaven bless YOU. although
YOU are 50 cruci"'
And he WAS out Of sight down the
garden path before Stella could have
stopped him. even had she 50 wished
What curioUsly abrupt manners he
had, thought she, as she made her way
to the drawing room through the sweet
scented rose, To- sing TIE song Captain
Thurlow had begged for in a whisper
rs she lett the table. How odd TO 20
without b dding good-by. And he was
leaving ChurlstOnc the next day, she
knew.
Captain Thurlow's pol shed manner
was Il 20, tive lief after such bchav-
Tor, and rs he turned the pages of the
"Bohcm an Girlr and murmured com
plments into Stella Towards well
pleased ear ID ok Feilowes aad his WOO
ing faded from her mind like a disa-
greeabic dream.
Only once did she hear his name in
the two years that followed, and that
was in connection with the scheme Of
he was called Mr.. FelloweS. the well
known and T. sing engineer.
Dick rising. Dick famous Stella
was sensible OF Il little shock OF intense
wonder.
But there was very little time for
any thought OF the outside world after
that. Colonel Howard died in Al
ghanistan. and Stella found herself =
penn less orphan. dependent on the
distant relations with whom she was
living. Even in her sorrow and de-
spair there was little ray of comfort
in the thought of Captain Thurlow.
Surely there was one strong arm aud
brave heart that would not fall her.
But Captain Ihurlow was endowed
with knowledge of the world. which
made him kccnly aware of the nice
difference between Miss Howard the
pretty daughter OF his rcputedly
wealthy Colonel and Miss Howard the
pennies orphan. His engagement to
"A Lancashire manufacturer daughter
was in all the society papers within a
forth ght; and rs Stella tried to crush
out the modification and resentment
fronl her heart which seemed full to
Overlooking. there sounded in her ears
rs if it were a PROV hecy, Dick Fellowes'
parting words:
mo one will ever love you as /
have done"
Was il all the perversity of n woman's
nature that made Stella's memory
dwell so often and so kindly on the
recollection of that wooing as time
went on? In the old DAYS life had held
so much love for her that Dick seemed
thing little worth the having; now
that she was that lonely thing. gov
erncss in other peoples houses, she
wondered how she could have despised
any love so honest and so true, and her
recollection of clumsy Dick grew to be
avery kind and gentle one.
Not that her lot was as hard as that