Telegram-herald., 1891-01-13

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- ancarsts snossh. 10 yos know whAs
! moss deeply regret - leave hshiaA
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"A dsesss climate snd The comforts
a civilization. | should suppose
Ny dear boy. leave my heart -
hind ne; Am IN love-
An amused smile cseps over Russsll's
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WELL aid he. ~ length. III there
v Any matter on earth or slsew here,
which u wholly beyond my possibilities
Of assfalnssA think you have named
II.
sYou are mistaksn.s said his friend,
earnestly. flor this Is not wholly IN a.
fair af the heart Is Is n.s money
either; thoaeh | ssw the suspicion In
your face. Lot mo state the case: The
girl | love u Alice Raw She IL she
daughter Of the lumbsr-trast king. I
made her aequAintance through her
brother George. now dead. He was my
classmats in college l have told you Of
Il before, no doubt"
Il knew OF your calling there. Of
course" said Russell. "but you never
said much aboct Miss Ray. l used 70
think It was unwise for poor man 70
attempt the preservation of social rela-
lions with the very rich"
The Rays are plain people" replied
Brown; ''they do not go into society. /
have thought IL unfortunate for Miss
Ray, though have sometimes selfshly
blessed the chance which kept her 80
secluded. don't believe that there are
half dozen girls in the city who speak
with fewer people in the course Of .
week than she does. She lives in her
home. A few school friends visit her,
but they come from out OF town, and
stay only short time. Her father and
mother and two younger sisters are Ger
only intimate associates Now Gilbert
Ray Is shrewd enough man. in bust
ness, and his wife Is an estimable wom-
an, but ] don't believe that either of
them has read book in the last six
years They do not impress you as ig-
norant people and yet they have no in
tellectual life. The consequences of
their deficiencies and the queer isola-
ton of the family Is that Alice has .
strangely undeveloped mind She has
been to school and has learned q large
number Of facts but she makes no use
Of them. ] am sure that she has good
mind but it doesn't get any exercise. Do
make myself clear?"
"You do" replied Russell, promptly,
''but am afraid there is nothing unique
about Miss Rays position Too many
girls in this city are similarly situated"
Perhaps SO. but Miss Ray has my
love while the others have only my SYM
patty. She doesn't know it yet. unless
by intuition. She is only eighteen,
you know, and have fortune to make
yet before can hope TO win her fathers
consent. As for her own innocent heart,
Heaven forgive my presumption in
thinking that might ever be worthy OF
it's love; but / have dared to hope 50,
and can not Danish the thought
what want 70 ask OF you, RUSSELL"
he continued, even more earnestly, lit
would be impossible for me to speak of If 1
did not regard you as friend and BROTH
or worthy OF all confidence. want you to
know Miss Ray; 10 be her friend when
am gone. 1t will be greatly to the adj
vantage of both. You will tell her what
to read and what TO think; she will dis
pell your misogynistic notions; and
when / return / shall find her a past
master In logic and philosophy; and you
married, very likely. TO one Of her
pretty school friends, with the honey
moon shining over your right shoulder"
81 am afraid that all this is planned
for my good more than for hers" said
Russell. "You knew what lonely life
led. and you thought that some influ-
ence to draw me out of it little would
be the best thing in the world for me.
You are right, and thank you. Shall
! call there with you tomorrow before
you sail?"
Impossible; the hour IL nine o'clock.
But she already knows you. / have
spoken Of you 80 o. zen. This evening
when called 10 say goodbye, ! very
readily obtained permission TO extend
Chfs fnvitaSlon 20 you.
eff she had known your Object
sShe might not have been battered"
Brown said a. Russell hesitated, "but
she would have wished to see you all
the same. She always agrees with NE;
I'm afraid she does with everybody. II
Is the fault of her training. i expect,
however, that she will differ with you
on many questions, and that II one of
the reasons why your company will be
intellectually valuable blush to cay
1t in this connection. but / can not
imagine any thing moro wretched than
70 marry q woman whose views were ale
wars shaped after my own"
theoretically, IL would be exceed
ingly monotdoou said Russell. "but
in real life II never occurs 80 far ~
have been able TO observe Bat 10 re-
turn to the subject thank you again
for Wishing 20 put this good influence
into my life. and for the faith In me
which 1t implies. If am fortunate
enough 20 win Miss Rays friendship,
shall value IL doubly. AID two years
hence. I viii render an account
They smoked awhile In silence Rus
sells thoughts wandered confusediy
over the Affairs ~ the day-she series
of petty loans. and the strange trust
which had Just been reposed In him.
Brown rose TO 60.
"You viii call. saen. tomorrow he
said What il this paper? An l. O.
W Why. cid man. you owe me moth
ing"
"True." said Russell. II scrubbed IL
ca without thinking whss Was doing. =