St. Landry democrat., 1891-09-19

| SuiCls YOU hHoN tLldb L nave Uceu Gil
gagged ever since I was eighteen to Pro
lessor Mark Tyler. Everybody knows it
we had a betrothal- party-he is just
gone to Europe for six months, that is
what was crying about; why, all our
: set knew about it, though he has been
away for nearly two years in the Rocky
5 Mountains and California. Mamma said
we were to wait until I was twenty-one,
but love him just the same-and | am
quite sure never did anything to make
you think I could care for you in this
way, Mr.. May" and Bessie looked just
little bit indignant.
II have had the honor, Miss Bell, of
being your escort all winter"
"Oh, dear Did you think was 60
ing to marry you for that2 In all our
pleasant little dinners and drives and
dances, is there matrimonial speculations?
That would indeed be dreadful!"
She loved the professor too truly; she
| had been simply pleasant and friendly to
him as she had been to all her other gen.
| tlemen friends, who, however, had had
too much sense and modesty to miscon-
strue her kindness Then she walked to
! her pretty little aviAry and began cooling
to her birds. Julius hardly remembered
what passed afterward, except that he
received cool courteous "Good- night,
SIR" in answer to his FAREWELL" and
that he found himself walking round
Madison Square in a very unenviable
state of mind.
To this speedily succeeded the thought
OF Nora; he must see her so-night; to-
morrow Bessie would give Ler own YER
sion of his conduct, and then-well, he
would not acknowledge that that could
make any difference in Morals liking for
him. "And yet" he murmured, two
men are such uncertain creatures
Where his own interests were concerned,
Julius was not wanting in certain
strength and decision of character, and
in less than an hour after his rejection
by Bessie Bell he had SO far composed
and encouraged himself as to determine
| upon visit to Nora, though whether he
should offer himself to her or not was a
point he left to the development of cir
cumstances.
He found Nora at home, and, more
over, she seemed disposed to welcome
him viii extra cordially. He noted |
with admiration the refined and cul- |
tured aspect of the room-the luxurious
copies of her favorite authors-the
artists proofs of rare engravings-the
blooming fernerles and flowers - the !
OF, 1ioo,r h. ,1c,
rugs and carpet the dancing freight
tho rich silk and lace that robed the
1.-THE, graceful figure of Nora-all these
things had a fresh and delightful charm
in them. In little while he managed
to make the conversation drift toward
Bessie.
Would she be married when the pro-
fessor returned from Europe2
ooh, dear, no; not till she is twenty
one"
sis it not rather a mesalliance?'
Nora's eyes grew dangerously bright.
"CertainIy not. Professor Mark
Tyler is wonderful chemist and geo.
logist-a man of worldwide fame. 1t
is great honor for Bessie to be loved by
such great SOUL
"Ah, indeed! had not thought Of
it in that light. People usually spoke ;
Of mesalliances with regard to money
affairs" ,
"Yes, I know" replied Nora, sand ,
just there they are frightfully wrong
here are worse mesalliances than dis
PARTIES in fortune-but, however, here
here is none of any kind; the professor
las found chemistry sufficiently rich
llembic with residum admitting CT no
1ind of doubt"
"Will you be glad when she marries?" I
every" S
'Yet you will lose your friend?n t
'sBy no means. She will remain at
lone, and the professor and I are very t
Id friends; he knew me when I was t
title girl" h
"Indeed! Perhaps you may marry t.
efore Miss Bell"
81 may do so. I have no specific n
gainst doing such a thing eventually; !,
ut l am quite sure shall not do so i'm a
fl
"Why not?"
'sBecause | cannot afford it. I am
1st one of those women who would be =.
kelly to make mesalliance-in money -
atters-and repeat, cannot afford it =;
lst yet. l have at present another ex- -,
avagance before me, a great deal nicer 80
Ian husband
II should like to know what it is" ST
ga long European tour, with, per- I
bps, peep at the Pyramids and ram 10
e about old jerusalem" be
ooh, dear!" said Julius, in tone half 10
rious and half hooking. 81 should
we no chance, suppose, against such ne
temptation?'' te
"None at all, she said, positively; tn
d though she kept up the bantering tig
ne, it was quite evident to julius that an
he asked her in sober earnest she would
swer just the same with a slightly diff no
rent accent. m,
But Nora, with woman's ready tact, of
rned the conversation, and gradually mt
| it into very unusual and practical wi
annel-the nobility and the necessity {
labor. The glowing thoughts, the
lin yet hopeful truths that fair young 50,
man uttered, Julius heard for the first ~,
ne in his life that night. Never be- fra fra
e had he realized the profit and the Tb
ep delight which might spring-and tbl
[y spring-from an honest career, no NV
tier how humble or laborious, if it r.,
$ steadily pursued until success
wned it. She hid none Of her own
ly mistakes and struggles, and then SUI u.
lding to her assured position and COM ON
t, asked Julius show he supposed she INV
l won it2" aug
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