The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-01-24

D Ava GlC IiltSbLhCH, Sdlu us lEACuut
Earnestly; "tor this is not wholly an af
fair Of the heart. 1t is not money
either; though ! saw tho suspicion In
your face Lot mo state tho case: Tho
Eirl love is Alice Ray Sho is the
4aughtor Of the lumber trust king |
made her acquaintance through her
brother George, now dead. He was my
classmate in college. have told you OF
It before, no doubt"
II knew Of your calling there, OF
course said Russell, "but you never
said much about Miss Ray. used to
ahink it was IN "ise for poor man to
attempt the preservation or social rela"
eions with the very rich"
1.-THE Rays arc plain people, replied
Brown; they do not go into society. 1
nave Thought ii unfortunate Tor MoS9
Raw. though have sometimes sclIishly
blessed the chance which kept her SO
secluded ! don't believe that there are
aalf Il dozen girls in the city who speak
with fewer people in The course OF IL
week than Sic does. She lives IN her
ZONE. A few school friends visit ncr,
But .lny come from ont OF town. ana
stay only short time Her father ana
saCther and two younger sisters arc Gcr
mu}y intimate associates. Now Gilbert
KAY is Il shrcwd enough man, IN bust
mess and lis wife is an cstimabio woEl-
an. but ! don't belinVn that either OF
them las read hooj, in thc last six
years. They do not impress you as l%%-
moran t people and yet they have no IN,
Scllcctual life. The consequence OF
Hhcir deficiencies ANA The queer isoia-
zion Of the family is that Alice has n
strangely undcvciopcd mind she has
hccu to school and las learned u largo
aulnbor Of facts but She makes 40 use
OF ih%m. am sure that she has IL good
miEd but it doesn't etany exercise. 40
/ make myself clear"
''Yon do" replied Russell, promptly,
~blr am afraid there is nothing unique
shout Aii$S Rays position, Toe many
girls in this city arc similarly situated, =
'Spnrbaps SO, but Miss Ray has my
Eovc while the others have only my SYM
patlly She doesn't know IL yet. unless
hv intuition She is only ciTh tcrn7
you know and have b fortune 10 mako
ye5 before | can hope to win her fathers
consent As iur her own innocent heart,
Hcavcn forgive my presumption in
thinking that might ever be worthy or
Its love: huU ! have dared TO hope so,
end can not Danish the tnOnght
NWhat want to ask or you, Russell,
nc continued, even moro earnestly, lit
would be impossible lor me to speak OF If
did not regard You as a friend and broth
or worthy Of all confidence. Wantyou TO
l,I j,,,r rrinr "a ln
am gone. 1t will be greatly 10 the ad~
vantage OF 10 tn. You vii! tclt her what
10 read ard what to think; she will dis
pcli your misugyni&tiC notions; ANA
when ! return + shall lind her a past
master IN logic ana philosophy; and you
married, very likcly, to one OF her
protty school friends, With the honey
moon shining over your right shoulder"
~ am afraid that all this is planned
ior my good more than for hers, said
Russell "You knew What a lonely ilfo
[ led, and you thought that some inllu"
encc to draw mo ont OF it u little would
ba the best thing in tho world for mo.
You arc right and | thank you. Shall
ic.l there with you tomorrow before
you sail?'
"lmnossblc, tho hour is nino o'clock.
But she already knows you, have
spoken Of you SO often ibis evening
when called to say goodbye, very
readily obtained permission to extend
&his invitation TO you.
"Il She had known your "bjecG--'
"Shc mi.rht not have been 1attcrod,'
Brown said as Russell hesitaLed, but
she would have wished to SEQ you all
tho same She always agrees with nc;
I'm afraid she does with everybody. 1T
is tho fault OF her training. | expect,
however, that she viii differ with you
On many questions, and shat Is ono OF
tlto reasons why your company VIII DC
intellectually valuable. blush TO say
it in this connection. but can not
imagine any thing more wrctched than
10 marry u woman whose views were al"
ways shaped after my own"
extraordinarily, it would ho exceed
tnrly monotonous," said Russell, "but
IN real life it never occurs SO far as
havo been able to observe. But 10 re-
earn to tho subject, thank you again
Cor wishing to put this good influence
lntc my life, and for tho faith in me
which it implies. It | am fortunate
enough to win Miss Rays friendship,
shall value 1T douh]y, and two years
hence, will render an account"
They smoked awhile in silence. Rus
sells thoughts wandered confusedly
over the affairs OF tho aay--*he series
of petty loans, and the strange trust
which had just been rcposca in him.
Brown rose to 60,
''Tou will call, then, to-mcrrow"' he
said. What Is this paper9 An /. q.
IT,? Why, old man, you owe mo moth
ing"
"Truo," said Russell, II scribblod it
of without thinking what WAS doug.
CHAPTER V.
ALICE RAY.
eve were speaking Of Miss Ray, >
said Brown.
s'If remember rightly, we Wcre,' re-
plicd Russell. "Our conversation this
morning has been wholly of her, and
when we weren't talking, You were
- froi1 that