The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-23

breakfast with her he Of his own accord
returned to the subject.
1t was partly your own fault that
vexed you last night he said. "You have
never before been touchy, and 90 have
become accustomed to saying what
choose. And II is not In my nature to DO
fiattering."
THAT Is a very truthful statement OF
yourv," she said as she poured out her
coffee. But ! own / was touchy. And
30 shall be again II you make such cut
ting romarks about my photographs"
You have crooked eye, he said GRIM
ly. Look there for instancel You have
poured your coffee outside the cup OF
course you can do as you like, but tho rsu-
Al custom Is to pour IL inside the cup
They both laughed, and the good under
standing between them was cemented
again.
You are certainly getting better" he
said suddenly. ~ should not be surprised
II you wore ablo to write book, after all.
Not that new book is wanted. There are
too many books as it Is and not enough
people to dust them. Still 1t is not prob
able that you would be considerate enough
TO remember that. You will write your
book
Bernardine shook her head.
II don't seem to care now" she said
"I think ! could now be content with q
quicter and more useful part. -
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 n
time without stopping. Also, IL you bring
together two clever men, don't make them
talk cleverly. Clever people do not. 1t is
only the stupid ones who think they must
talk clcverly all the time. And don't de-
tain your reader too long. II you must
have sunset, let it be a short one.
could give you many more hints which
would be useful to you"
But why not use your own hints for
yourselfi" she suggested.
THAT would be selfish Of me-" he said
solemnly. II wish you to profit by them. F"
You are learning TO be unsel1sh at a
very rapid rate, Bernardino said
At that moment Mrs Reffold came into
the breakfast room, and seeing Bernardine
gave her lff bow.
Il thought you and Mrs. Reffold were
such friendst" Robert Allitsen said.
Bcrnardine then told him Of her last in
terview with Mrs. Refiold.
well, If you feel uncomfortable, IL Is
ms 1t should be, he said. II don't see
what business you had TO point out to Mrs.
Rcffold her duty. i dare say she knows it
quite we'll though she may not choose to
90 IL. j 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 It,.
.t..ht
said. Il never meant to presume but hers
indifference had exasperated me.
why should you be exasperated about
other peoples affairsy" he said. And
why interfere at allf'
Being interested Is not the same as be-
ing interfering" she replied quickly.
1T is difficult to he the one without
being the other,' he said. "It requires
genius. There is genius for being SYM
pathetic as well as q genius for being
good. And geniuses are few"
But i 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 Bernardine's eyes
as she spoke.
well, said the DisaRreeable Man kind
ly, and where is your genius nows"
"She went away, she and hers" Ber- I.
nardine said. And that was the end of |
that chapter"
Poor little child, he said, half to him |
self. Don't i, too, Know something
about the ending of such a chaptcr?'
But Bernarline did not hear him. She |
was thinking Of her friend. She was think
ing, rs 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 I
presences The great time Eternity, the /
great space Death, could not rob them Of |
their saintship, for they were canonized by |
our btterest tears
She was ronsed from her rcvcrie by the
Man, who got up and push
ed his chair noisily under the table
"Will you como and help me to develop |
some photographer" no asked cheerily.
= You do not need to have straight eye
Tor thatp'
Then rs they went along torcther he
said:
when we come to think about it seri.
ously, IL Ia rather absurd for us 10 expect
10 have uninterrupted stretches Of happi-
ness Happiness falls to our share i'm sep
arate detached bits and those Of us who
ire wise content ourselves with these
3roken fragments
but who is wises" Bernardine asked
why, we all expect to be happy. No one
old us chat we were TO be happy. Still,
though no one told us, it is the true in
'tinct Of human nature"
1T would be interesting to know at
what particular period of evolution into
1ur present glorious types we felt that in
tinct for the first time" he said "The
must have had something TO do
With It. You see how dog throws itself
iown in the sunshine. The most wrctohcd
iur heavcs sigh of content then; the
ulkiost cat begins to pur."
They were standing outside tho room
ct apart for the photograph maniacs of
ho Kurhaus
Il cannot go into that horrid littlc
lole,p Bernardine said. And besides L
ave promised to play chess with the Swe-
Iish professor And after that l am going
o photograph Marie. promised Warli |