The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-12


sheml I beg PARDON for inserruptisg.
That I lore Cofoss and Misiets on the
val. viherts on The easels. tapestries. price
less chEnas. the long ring 81 thas gold pate
IN the dining room. Ion't ron hexr Is
nox2 Most uusicai, rnost melancholy.
Whea 1 think Of il going 90 Archibald
That lore opers boxes, toilets. Jewels,
eguiuages. horses. servants al there Is
thai money gives Of luxurious enjoyment.
Yes and love the worlds following, It's
admisa ion
10 ron have any more OF Il with money
than without
DO I9'' ahe laughed. Look At me. /"
And be looked - the rosy spssndor Of be-
before him. with . SLOW flush mounting
his cheek. and then leaving il white again
under the shadow Of his gloomy eyes.
Doesn't the world. don e you, admire me
more nos than II I were IN h0mespun
You would. neither Of you, SO much as see
me ii / were In drAh cotton And what
love more than al Is the defeat Of the
maReuFeEing women who scbeTne 10 de-
ssToy me.
oh no. they DON'T Let as keep 10 the
facts. They scheme not 70 pull down your
towers. but TO build up those OF their own
darlings,
over my dead body.
Over your defeated intentions. F"
well, il Il 20 be their defeat this time.
Amy de Marmoatel, and MinnA. and the
rest can have what / leave.
Fanstinei"
If they can get i'll When have made
up my mind which it shall be. she went
On, regardless Of the quick expression OF
disdain. How very singuiarly the world
Is arranged y she continued, presently,
sinking herself into the opposite chair.
What cross-grained fate is it that makes q
marquis OF the Roman empire half hunch-
backed and wholly s. %
should marqeises necessarily die before
reaching tAat age7 He might, indeed,
think that cross-grained fate
"You know what mean. The ill-fate
that didn't bring here a young marquis,
with all the beauty and strength OF his
race in him, with all the poetry and IRE.
II he had had all these do you suppose
be would think for an instant of pouring it
out az the feet OF a woman who would as
soon take bis name II he we're IS and halt
hupchbacked2 DO you think anyone
would" he cried. with sudden passion,
who had soul in his body z"
She looked at him again, then she slowly
spread the pale ostrich plumes of her fan
aud waved fragrant air about her with a
languid indifference. 81 don't know how
you can be so violent over an impersonaI
mstter, she said. Now, it isn't very per
sonaI even Ia me- I don't in the least care
about triumpning over Nina Van Ciews or
Flora Peters. shall ask Amy 10 be my
ri I J.
every one TO make the best settlement they
can. 1t is their mammas, the whole fleet
Of Dutch galleons. the women that have
been so hateful. that want TO crush. I"
Then. rs understand il, he said quite
calmly again, yon mean TO use your title
10 crush these wretched women you mean
10 eneryate your body and soul with iuxu-
Fious enjoyment | suppose the world.
looking on, would think your marriage
with the Marquis Gheradi, or with Mr..
Morris either, or even with the other pre-
tenders cruel sacrifice. and you make 1t
quite evident that IL is no sacrifice at ALL
No sacritieels she cried with start
But she recovered herself and fell back
among the cushions.
on, no. certainly not, . he said with an
air of some WEAKNESS, or. possibly, of
forced interest .You are 10 have what
you wish In return. what you think fair
equivalent. You giye-I viii not say What
the flush again mounting bis gheek and
burning behind his dark eye" what some
eean. some one deserving 10 be- called
man. would give his life for. perhaps"
ooh, no, she said. slightly raising her
voice in its slow, silvery sweetness-'not--
ii he had soul in his body
tie started In bis turn and bent forward
with quick movement. but the fan.
whose feathers her fingers huttered, bid
her face from him,
But II, he said. after a pause, you had
meant To use that money for any one of
the purposes Tor which money is desirable;
if you bad remembered. when you were ia
your seaside palace. the thousands crowd
ing the city tenement-houses, gasping for
breath in the torFid midnights, living ON
roofs, hanging from windows, paFched and
isinting with heat. and. had thought that
the money you thus obtained should be
spent by you IN providing places where
these suffering wreiehes could be let sleep
at night il you had thought OF sewing
girls IN the shons In the mlhners' rooms.
or IA the attses pale. spindling, starved
aud bad said you would huad homes for
them where they could. for one month in
the year breathe fresh air of SEES or field
or hill have tnll food. forget their miseries.
gather strength for The rest Of the year.
learn that there was pitying God
In the world II yea had seen ths
multitude Of homeless boys in The streets
bcggars. vagahonds. hoo8iums and had
said your money should take every one IL
those boys as Tar Is its yearly income conld
60 and send them 10 homes in the great
Vest, where they should grow up into eiu-
ssns helping along the lie ot the republic
With noble manhood due to YOU II you
bad said Is yourself that money would DO
All this So relieve suffering and torment that
otherwise would 70 gnTelinved 20 the grave.
and knowing that love was and might re
the happiness ct some one who wor.
ship you the lifting into ligat az bis life
and yours WITH is the intimate Joy. the
dear eompanionship, bliss here and bliss
hereafter and knowing il ali, bad married
withered little Merits, a huHchhark
modernism why then Why then. DE sAid
il woala have been = sacrifice Z"
Faastae stretched her arms IN wearv
sort al way ard vANnei aSsul Rmons
the prophets she responded. What
reViyaliSi you would have made YoW quite
stir aas
Yes. he SAID. rssumlng hls seat and in
= very different sous. As YOU yygt Is u
sinapllnes tse task Of the person asked ~
use bis Influence With yoa. IL pats she
marquis asd hSs ate quite outside eg can.
siaevatioa The ntls wstA It's poverty.
ssrieken. faded splensiof. vii nos give sos,
What yea want There soald re some
thing almost spiritual IN pfeseEriaz the tltle