The Dickinson press., 1893-04-29

wife. Ii the mother were out OF their
road, Jose could have money. There
lay her Had in q nutshell. Jose must
have money.
She rose up early, and consulted
her accounts. Maisie had always an
ample allowance, for her mother vas
generous to her; in fact she idolized
her. Maisie admitted to herself, ever
then, that she could do as she liked
with Mamma. Amy way the accounts
were satisfactory. Her balance was
big. Size took out her cheque-book
and wrote q cheque to Self or Bearer
for five hundred dollars. For
obvious reasons she avoided
| drawing 1T in the name Of
Jose ,...ffsiield. But she enclosed
it in an envelope addressed to him
at his hotel; and with it she sent q
folded sheet OF paper bearing the sug-
gestive words: For preliminary
legal expenses-Maisie.
That evening, as usual, she met him
again. Oh. how she dreaded that
meeting. Her hand was tremu Gus.
But Jose took it as frankly md OPEN
ly as ever. His great eyes turned on
hers and flooded her with their light.
But not a gleam OF recognition, of
conscious conspiracy was there. Had
he received her note, she wondered,
trembling. Well. at any rate, he was
not angry. That was at least a re-
lief. He accepted it as it was meant
an interchange of friendly service be-
tween two higher natures. Ana his
talk was OF hish.fown than ever
that evening. He spoke to her in a
certain easy rotound flow of speech
Chat passed with him for rhetoric,
for poetry, far imagination) of the
elective affinity that bound great
souls together, OF the pothingness of
to part them.
"Let me not to the marriage of true
souls admit impediment," he said
lightly after Shakespeare. Maisie took
him to mean that he accepted her gift,
and intended to apply it in the way
she desired him.
Yet it didn't seem sordid-from her
to him, not sordid.
For he spoke to her also OF the van
ity OF gold-mere earthly dross that
passes, soiled, from hand to hand:
what matter ii it be nominally yours
or mine 80 we enjoy it equally? What
matter who calls himself the owner of
some noble estate? "Thefancied pro-
prietor owns but the dirt in the ditch
es." he said, waving his hand: 1.-THE
sky, the air, the distant hills, the
snow-clad Sierras-these, these are
not his, but yours and mine, Maisie!"
And Maisie thought nobody ever
spoke like him on this earth. She
could take it all in, yet admire it as
she took it. So commonplace was the
thought. so large was the utterance.
That's the secret of these cheap and
effective displays. You say what
everybody can feel, or think, or un-
derstand, in language a little
ample than everybody gives to it. To
be truly great is to say or do what
the world must reject when it learns
it.
She went home again, whirline.
This thing should be done. 1t was
hard to do it; tat for Jose's sake!
'xst first nsr she %o mt re whether he had
Next morning, therefore, very
shame-faced she called at her bankers
and asked for her account. They
brought her the ledger. Her heart
rose in her mouth; the cheque was
entered He had cashed it, sure
enough. Cashed it the very same day
he received it.
She hardly knew whether she was
glad OF that or not. He accepted; 80
far, we'll. But still-had her idol feet
OF clay, she wondered? A little more
hesitation, a little more delicacy-but
there, it was Jose, and we mustn't
judge these great souls by mere stand
ards.
On her way home she called-an un-
usual call for her--at the Smithsonian
Institute. In the library there she
remembered to have noticed a Ger.
tain book. She took the book down
and skinned several pages. 1t dis.
hearened her. rather.
!, Then she went home, all trembling,
. Mamma . in the drawing.room.
General Folger vas there with her; old
General Folger who lost his second
wife November before last. A widow
er, mind you, is always dangerous
: Besides, Maisie noticed they seemed
= Hurried as she entered. A conscious
look skulked in her mothers bland
= eyes. Maisie grew pale asdeath. This
y at least must be prevented! The las
straw was added that breaks tn,
y cancels back. TO lose her prospect
q, i've fortune, and be General Folger
step-daughter! And that when sh'
might have been Joe Mansfeld's bride
Distressing or not she must brave tn
= Symptoms!
And they were distressing, as amat
I? ter OF fact, very distressing indeed
n She didn't for a moment conceal iron
herself the knowledge that they wrun
her heart terribly. She vas fond Q
Mamma, really fond OF poor Mamm'
e|-as she understood fondness. l
: gave her the same sort of pan
+ to have to do it that gives
4 sensitive person to have to shoot al
: old horse who has served him well
: OF to get rid OF a pet dog who ha
lain long on the hearth-rug. Blu
q for Joses sake she could do or suffe
anything. And she suffered a grea
! deal. At times. h~eartrendina.
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