St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
CHAPTER III.
"uoME AND LOVE-

CHAPTER IL.
"uoME AND LOVE"
"Madge, that ease comes on tomorrow.
/ wonder If you'll care to come andhea
my defense. ] hope | shan't make a
stupid of myself. You've been SO patient
in helping me to put a bold 'front.' on,
and / want you to be repaid for Your
troubIe-and, if possible, 10 be proud of
me for once"
"Of course. it's possible. Alice and l
have quite made up our minds to come,
and you're sure TO make great success
of your speech, if You'll only deliver it
as you've read it to me. Pm not going
TO that dance tonight, Jack; 1 want to
have bright eyes and bright cheeks
in court tomorrow. l want yon to
be proud of your pretty wife," This
came from my heart, and Jack knew it
and looked pleased. Can a man ever
be blind to woman's love? lie must
see it: no matter how much she strives
to veil it, it shines through the thickest
i mist and is welcome. Darling. am
striving to win you. and the battle is an
easy one, but | don't want. your, com
passion! That won't satisfy Madge
Dainstey. I want your love-don't love
me because il is your duty. or because
| you know love you-but because you
can't help doing SO. VIII that day ever
come, and will it be soon, when my hus-
band and not my lover goes on his
knees to me and says, "Madge, l love
YOU" What dream of bliss. VIII it
/ ever be?
The court was crammed to overflow
ing, everyone was there. Most OF ''our
circle" went out of curiosity. Anxious
to hear what Jack DainStey was going
ITO be I'D to- Numerous remarks had
been passed. Alice told me after, at
Lady Hills the night before. Some
had said jock would be sure TO do
something great, he was made of the
proper stuff, and had only wanted
brief to show the other fellows at the
bar what he could do. One man COM
mented on Jacks improvement since
his marriage. u never thought Dain
stey was in love with that girl
when he married her, but L sup
pose he must have been, for he
seems to hang about her enough, and
hardly ever spends his evenings at the
club as he used to do. It's a puzzler to
me. ] can understand fellow drag
cling after girl before marriage. but
Pm hanged if can, after"
NV hopes were more than realized.
Jack was the lion of the hour. His de-
tense was unanimously voted grand"
and his client won the day. 1t was his
first brief. and was bound to bring him
fame. for he had made great success
of it. In an hour Jack had made q
name for himself, and the briefs would
pour in now in dozens. This was the
general opinion in court, and time
showed people were right.
"Well. Madge, what do you think of
it all? You told mel should Succeed
and thank God / did. You can't inn
agine how worried and anxious l was
over the whole affair. But your bright
| face gave me courage, and went at it.
| Didn't give them some tinglers? and
how beaStly sat upon poor Hunter
was, but 'all's fair in love and war; and
mine was war to the knife And so
success has crowned my efforts? A
| briefess barrlsier no longer-peThaps.
dear, shall be able to help my friends
| to few | can't Enthusiastically of
/ vanities."
We returned to our little home feeling
perfectly happy and satisfied. Alice
| had dinner with us. and completely
| overwhelmed Jack with compliments.
/ Dinner over, we left Jack with his
! cigar and went Off to my room to have
a chat. Alice and | had not had an OPP
nortunity for gossip since my mar
! riage, and had so much to tell her.
Hip, hip, hurrah! Three ringing
cheers for Jack! What did ! tell
you, Madge? You've got husband in
thousand. but you had to find it out
and treat him accordingly, and you are
to be congratulated, Mrs. Dainstey, for
you have fitted him into the right
mould, and turned him almost perfect,
eh? Now do you regret your choice?
Tell me, has he given you black eye,
yet, or treated you very badly. OF
spurned your love, etc., etc., etc"
''How you are rafting on. Alice. Do
| | look as though I'd been badly treated?
If so, my looks belle me, for have no
cause for complaint. Jack is perfection
/ now, and he didn't once-you knewsit as
well as l did that night, but you
wouldn't tell me the truth. Eve profited
| by your advice, though, and won my
husband 10 me, and mean to win him
more every day, until at last he is mine
and no one can question his love for me.
The world shall see with its searching
eyes that his is the love of a lifetime, a
love that can be tried and yet live, be-
cause it has grown and not sprunglup to
wither and die in an hour"
why, how romantic we are! Never
theless right quite agree with you,
dear. When you ask for the genuine
article, take care that you getait. It's
half as nice again, and goes ever SO
much further. You want to win a great
battle, and, like a brave general who
commands their puppets-I beg their
pardon-I mean soidiers-wear. the
crown of victory. But the battle isn't
quite ended yet. There are a few more
fires to face, few more marches to
make, but it's nearly at an end. And
then you can lay down the sword, and
like the gladiatorS of old cry
sHabet.' And then your army,
the world will praise you,
ana you'll live happy ever after-as
they do in the story books. What do
YOU say to this summing up? Almost as
good as the judges to-day, isn't it.
Madge? Now must be off. I've to go
in somewhere else, and you have to
dress for Mrs. Mays ball. If you've
nothing better to do tomorrow, call f0r
me aud we'll do some shopping to-
gether, and renew our conversation.
| suppose shall find Jack where we left
him, so don't trouble TO come down. I'll
make my own adieu. Goodnight, dear,
remember all I've said. My pupilis
quickly mastering the task Fve set her
much quicker than ever thought il
l was possible"
Alice was gone. heard her go down