The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-25

Cannot you guess7"
MOI But he shut his mouth suddenly
and the Sits Of his eyes grew a bit more
narrow. He was listening now.
"Well-when found out about'-
"What" The family friend looks away.
"Herp the pauper says slowly.
Ger" stammered the family friend.
"When he told you about her didn't he
tell you that he had told met" demanded
the pauper.
"I don't know whnt you nre talking
about" said the family friend uneasily,
shutting his eyes.
Here the pauper laughed. 1t was long
laugh, but perhaps not very merry.
You goosei" she cried airily. "Why,
when he told me he said you already knew.
Do you think would have alluded to it IL
had not been sure Of thatw
There was a moments silence; then:
''No wonder you forgave him" said the
family friend in low, moved voice.
For mipute the pauper was astonished
at the wild dance all nature executed.
Then the sky came down with crash and
broke into Jewels, from which she found
herself placidly picking bits Of sand
'Why do you think 1t SO natural thing
for mo TO have forgiven himf" she asked,
and her voice was perfectly even and not
at all husky.
Because" said the innocent family
friend, mo matter how sorry they were,
few men would have confessed to their
wives. / never knew he had" and then
he tried to change the subject, but the
Pauper seemed strangely persistent.
ell took time to think it over" said
the pauper, breathing hard on the dia-
monds.
at was noble to forgive thought II
ended rather suddenly for an affair which
had been going on so long, don't you
know" The family friend began to f"''
trifle awkward. Perhaps he had said ~
much.
But the pauper sighed in q gentle way.
"He always admired that type of beautyp'
"Yesf" The family friend looked sur
prised. II never thought her at all pretty.
But there was something about her which
seemed to charm most men" Then, after
pause: "She was rather fetehing-people
always looked twice. But she wasn't half
as stunning as Heml Aren't your dia-
monds clean yetr
NEARLY. You were about to speak OF
the other one" So there was another one.
How many9 wondered the desperate pau
per. And she bad never dreamed the man
she loved could be false.
"Ah-well-that amounted to so littlel
But did he really tell you all these thingsi
You knew about bothf" A cold perspira.
tion seized the family friend.
"Oh, yes" answered the pauper placidly.
They had been rich-these other women
rich in charm-or beauty. And she was
a pauper. He had returned TO her-had
always loved her with the best of his ma
ture This she still believed. But when
n woman loves man she wants all. And
she had never been-could never be-all-
to him. ....."
"There he comes now," exclaimed the
family friend. He looked much relieved,
and arose and shook himself like big,
faithful dog.
He never knew that the pauper had been
as artful as he had been artless.
IL shall have to make the best Of itl'
said the pauper to herself, as she gathered
her diamonds into her little embroidered
handkerchief and passed into the house.
"It cep never be any different. No woman
cap bold He9 t2 any greater extent than
Is In her Nature"
quite enjoyed himself, and the husband
waxed affectionate over bis wife.
Not every man has wife like mine"
said he, with q genial glance across the
flowers at the pauper.
II should think notl' said the family
friend with much emphasis.
And the pauper smiled at both.
And each day and each night she
thought about it. A gentleman who was
by turns both frivolous and grave has
said, "On every height there lies repose."
You will recall the fact that his name was
Goethe. And that saying comforted the
sad little pauper who went about wearing
her diamonds very bravely, seeing each
day women who had none and who were
yet rich. The pauper was climbing. One
day she reached height.
Upon that day she looked in her mirror
and said
81 forgive him."
And we all know that life is like clock
1t stops for o moment. We give it little
shake and the wheels move on.--Johanna
Stats in Truth.