The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-07-26
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"You will write your book, he contin-
ued. "Now listen to me. Whatever else
you may do, don't make your characters
hold long discussions with each other. In
real life people do not talk four pages at o
time without stopping Also, II you bring
together two clever men, don't make them
talk cieverly. Clever people do not. 1t Is
only the stupid ones who think they must
talk cleverly oil the time. And don't de-
tain your reader too long II you must
have a sunset, let 1t be short one.
could give YOU many more hints which
would be useful to you"
'But why not use your own hints for
yourselfs' she suggested.
.'That would be selfish of me-" he said
solemnly. 81 wish you to profit by them. "
You are learning to be unselfish at
very rapid rate" Bernardine said.
At that moment Mrs. Reffold came into
the breakfast room, and seeing Bernardine
gave her a stiff bow.
Il thought you and Mrs. Reffold were
such friendsf" Robert Allitsen said.
Bernardine then told him of her last in
terview with Mrs. Reffold.
well, if you feel uncomfortable, it Is
as it should be, +" he said. II don't see
what business you had to point out to Mrs
Reffold her duty. l dare say she knows it
quite we'll, though she may not choose to
do it. l am sure should resent it if any
one pointed out my duty to me- Every one
knows his own duty, and it is his own af-
fair whether or not he does 1t.
Il wonder If you are right, Bernardine
said. II never meant to presume, but her
indifference had exasperated me-"
why should you be exasperated about
other peoples affairs?" he said. And
why interfere at all?'
Being interested is not the same as be-
ing interfering" she replied quickly.
1T is difficult to be the one without
being the other,' he said. sit requires
genius. There is a genius for being SYM
pathetic as well as a genius for being
good. And geniuses are few"
But 1 knew one, Bernardine said.
"There was friend to whom in the first
days of my trouble turned for sympathy.
When others only irritated, she could
soothe. She had only to come into my
room, and all was well with me-.
There were tears in Bernardines eyes
as she spoke.
'Well, " said the Disagreeable Man kind
ly, land where is your genius now?"
''She went away, she and hers" Ber-
nardine said. And that was the end of
that chapter.
Poor little child" he said, half to him
self. Don't l, too, know something
about the ending of such chapter?"
But Bernardine did not hear him. She
was thinking of her friend. She was think
ing, as we all think that those to whom
in our suffering we turn for sympathy be-
come hallowed beings. Saints they may
not be, but for want of better name
saints they are to us, gracious and lovely
presences. The great time Eternity, the
great space Death, could not rob them of
their saintship, for they were canonized by
our bitterest tears.
She was reused from her reverie by the
Disagreeable Man, who got UP and push
ed his chair noisily under the table.
"Will you come and help me to develop
some photographs he asked cheerily.
"You do not need to have straight eye
for that!'
Then as they went along together he
said:
"When we come to think about it seri-
ously, it is rather absurd for us to expect
to have uninterrupted stretches of happi-
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 wise?' Bernardine asked.
why, we all expect to be happy. No one
told us chat we were to be happy Still,
though no one cold us, it is the true in
stinct of human nature"
1T would be interesting to know at
what particular period of evolution into
our present glorious types we felt that in
stinct for the first time" he said. 1.-THE
sunshine must have had something to do
with it. You see how dog throws itself
town in the sunshine The most wretched
nlr heaves sigh of content then; the
sulkiest cat begins to pur"
They were standing outside the room
| set apart for the photograph maniacs of
the Kurhaus.
II cannot go into that horrid little
hole" Bernardine said. "And besides ]
have promised to play chess with the Swe-
dish professor. And after that an going
to photograph Marie. promised Warli
| would"
The Disagreeable Man smiled grimly.
II hope he will be able to recognize her, -
he said. Then feeling that he was on dan
gerous ground he added quickly:
"If you want any more plates, can
oblige YOU"
On her way to her room she stopped to
talk to pretty Fraulein Muller, who was in
high spirits, having had an excellent 70.
] port from the doctor Fraulein Muller al
ways insisted on talking English with
Bernardine, and as her knowledge Of II
was limited certain amount of imagina-
tion was necessary to enable her to be un-
derstood.
"Ah, Miss Holme she said, II have de
ceived an exquisite report from the doc
tor"
You are looking ever so well, +" Bernar
dine said And the lovemaking with
the Spanish gentleman goes on well tooH
"Ach!' was the merry answer. "Thai
is your inventory! I am quite indolent tt
| himp'
At that moment the Spanish gentleman
came out of the Kurhaus flower shop witt
beautiful bouquet of flowers
'Mademoiselle, he said, handing then
to Fraulein Muller and at the same tint
putting his hand to his heart. He had moi
noticed Bernardine at first, and when HI
saw her he became somewhat confused
She smiled at them both and escaped intt
the flower shop, which was situated In ont
Of the covered passages connecting tht
{ mother building with the dependencies