New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-09-17

/ gotten safely over 1t, much to his as
constituent. Saunders had loved
her at the same time, and did still,
not wholly in vain, for she at least
i protested to love him; but still she
\ would no6marry
4 Howard, : he said, after they had
strolled q gloom mile, comforted
only by their cigars, do you think
she cares for me or not?''
Doesn't she say SOP" inquired
/ Howard
Eyes, she says SO, but she doesn't
act 50. fla woman really loves, she
/ doesn't hesitate over a matter Of
opinion. There isn't one woman in
a. hundred to-day, here at least, with
a heart as big as a button! / am
glad am going abroad
'Haye you made up your mind
when to start?"
81 shall start tonight if I can t
get anything more definite from
Hilda. I'll take the early boat to
| Boston, and leave by the Wednesday
steamer-the Ithuriel. | had a berth
engaged with the privilege OF coun-
demanding, and only came down
here in hopes He broke off, and
looked YEARLY out to sea.
cts too bad, George!" cried How
ard. There isn't a woman in
christendom that's worth the sacri-
! flee you are making! You would
have been one Of the first lawyers in
the country before this, and nobody
knows what politically, if you hadn t
wasted these years on that heartless
gilt! Look at that Ashford case You
lost. [ know why you lost it. Moth
ingon earth but sleeplessness and
misery. It's as bad as murder! Tai k
about Justice! If woman got the
justice they are SO anxious for, there
wouldn't be many of them left.
''Stop!' said Saunders. "She is a
woman, and / love her For my
sake, be still.'' And they were still
for another gloomy mile. till they
caught sight of Hilda herself, on the
edge OF the cliff above them. walking
with swift, free grace, her figure
outlined clearly against the sky. She
saw them presently, and began to
descend a steep, little path, motion
ing back their start to help her.
Il was coming down anyway"
she said 'and besides, it is easier for
one to come down than for two to
come up. But want to rest mo-
ment, for live been TO Shark Rock,
and then have story to tell and
an opinion to ask
They ensconced themselves in a
shaded MINDLESS corner, and Miss
Ward was about to begin when she
spied {. new made friend of theirs,
somewhat lion in the little place,
standing uncertainty a short way
off, his hat in his hand.
He was a young Russian, wealthy,
noble, and famous in his own coun-
try, but now a lifelong exile, making
| tool of what had been a weapon be-
| fore-his pen.
won't you join us, Count Stefan?"
asked Hilda. 81 want an audience
to-day"
So the three gentlemen, after a mo-
ment's talk, settled themselves at
her feet and she began her story.
ut is only little one,' she said,
s'but a true story: want your honest
opinion on the merits of the case.
! Honest, mind you!
There was a young man, good
and clever and all that, but a little
queer and opinionated. He had great
notions of the work he was going to
do. and really showed some promise,
though nobody believed in his re-
formatory ideas or his ability either,
he was so indefinite. Well, he met a
| young woman"
! "Of course remarked Saunders.
'tFatep' said Clarke.
HE was Fortunate murmured the
Count.
Nov, you must not interrupt"
| frowned Hilda. 'sThis is a test case.
and want your calmest Judgment.
This young woman fell in love with
him and-I won't say made up her
mind, for that was not her method
but she wanted to marry him. She was
afne girl, handsome and clever, a gen
iusin her line. She was musical, and
they might have been great friends
but for that. But he was a rapid
reformer, and she cared for nothing
but love and music; so he didn't
want to marry her, though he could
not but love her in a way, she was
SO good and beautiful and-well, a
t strongly feminine nature.
They were intimate friends, and
/ talked with all the freedom Of the
4 philosopher on one side and the
artist on the other. He found out
how things were going, and told her
freely his plans and hopes; how he
was resolved never to marry, that
she was TO him but a dear friend
everything as clear as daylight.
but our young woman had her
own plans and hopes. To do her
Justice, she didn't believe in his pro-
jects at all, and felt sure she could
make him both powerful and happy
by marrying him; so she went to
work. Her methods were simple.
] She just took advantage of the
freedom oftheir friendship to play
/ upon his masculine nature. She had