Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-07-05

FOR the next day when he was taking his
hreakfast with her he OF his own accord
returncd 10 the subject
lit was partly Your own fault that
vcNed you last night, he said You have
never before been touchy, and SO have
become accustomed 10 saying what
choose, And il is not in my nature to be
tlattering,N
"rh&t is y very truthful statement Of
yours, ~ she said rs she poured out her
coffee But own was touchy, And
So shall bc again II you mako such cut.
ting remarks about my photographs, "
You have crooked eye, y he said grim.
". Look there for instanccl You havo
pound your coffee outside tho cup, OF
course you can do as you like hut tho uSu.
al custom is to pour 1t inside tho GUY"
They both laughed, and the good under.
standing between them was ccmonted
again.
You arc certainly getting better" he
said suddenly. II should not ho surprised
ii you were ahlc To write u hook, after all,
Not that new book is wanted, ThcV anu
too many books as It is and not enough
people to dust them, still ii is not prob
able that YOU would be considerable enough
to remember that, You will writo your
book "
Bcrnanino shook her head,
II don't seem 10 carV now, shc said,
Il think l could now be content with n
quiCtcr and moro useful part"
"Nuu will write your book, " he contin.
uCd. Now listen to mo, Whatever ClS0
you may do, don't make your characters
hold long discussions with each other, In
real life people do not talk four pages at u
time without stopping, Also, If you bring
together two clever men, don't mako them
talk clcvcrly Clever people do not, 1t Is
only tho stupid ones who think they must
talk clcvcrly all the time. And don't dc.
tain your reader too long II you must
have sunset, let IL he u short one l
could give you many morn hints which
would hc useful To YOU.
but why not use your own hints for
yourScltS" she suggested,
THAT would he selfish of mo, he said
solemnly, VI wish you to profit by them, J"
You arc learning to be unsciilsh at II
very rapid rate" Bornardinc said
At that moment Mrs. Roffold camc into
the breakfast room, and seeing Bcrnariino
gave her II stiif bow.
II thought you and Mrs. Rctrold were
such fricndsY" Robert Allitscn said.
Bcrnardinc then told him of her last In
tcrvicw with Mrs Retfold
well, If you feel uncomfortable, 10 is
as IL should be-" he said II don't SEQ
what business you had topoint ont to Mrs.
Reffold her duty. l dare say she knows It
quito well, though she may not choose to
! do 1t. am surc l should resent It IL any
! one pointed out my duty to me. Every ono
knows his own duty, and 1t is his own af-
fair whether or not he docs It,,
II wonder IL you are right" Bcrnarlino
said. II never meant to presume, but hor
Indifference had cxasperated mo.
"Why should you I've cxaspcratod about
other peoples affairsr' no said. And
| why interfere ut alp
Being Interested il not tho Same as be-
ing interfering" she replied quickly
at Is difficult to be tho ono without
being tho other" he said ut requires a
genius. There Is genius for being SYM
| pathetic us well as n genius for being
good. And gcniuscs arc fow !"
But / know one" Bernardine said.
"There was friend to whom In the first
days. Of my trouble turned for sympathy.
| When others only irritatcd, she could
soothc She had only to come into my
room, and all was well with me-"
There were tears In Bernarline's eyes
as she spoke.
"Wcll, said the Disagreoablc Nun kind
ly, land where is your genius nowS"
"Sho went away, she and hers Bcr-
nartlinc said And that was tho end OF
that chapter"
Poor littlo child" he said, half to him.
self. Don't l, too, know something
nj In ,tli IN y,,f enc "a ,,t,u
But Bernardinc did not hear him. She
was thinking Of her friend, She was think
ing, US we all think, that those to whom.
In our suffering we turn for sympathy be-
come hallowcd beings. Saints they may
| not be- but for want of better name
saints they are to us, gracious and lovely
prcscnccs Tho great time Eternity, tho
great space DEATH could not rob them Of
their saintship, for they were canonizod by
our bittcrcst tears
Sho was reused from her rcvcric by tho
Disagrccablc Man, who got up and push.
cd his chair noisily under the table.
"Will you come and help me to develop
some photographs" ho asked chcorily.
You do not need to have straight eye
for that!''
Then as they went along together he
said:
''When We come to think about IL scri-
ously, 1t Is rather absurd for us 70 expect
to have uninterrupted stretches Of hnppi-
ness. Happiness falls to our share in sep.
arate detached bits, and those Of us who
are wise content ourselves with these
broken fragments
But who is wiscy" Bcrnnr,iino asked.
why, we all expect to be happy No one
told us chat We were to be happy. Still,
though no ono told us, IL IL the true In.
ltinct Of human nature"
1T would be interesting to know ut
what particular period of evolution into
our present glorious types we felt that in
stinct for the first time, 3" he said. "Thc
sunshine must hive had something 10 do
with It, You see how dog throws itself
down In the sunshine. The most wrctchcd
cur hcavcs "A sigh Of content then; the
sulkicst cat begins to pur. ;"
They were standing outside the room
set apart for the photograph maniacs Of
the Kurhaus
Il cannot go into that horrid little
hole" Bernardine said And besides
have promised to play chess with the Swe-
dish professor. And after that am going
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