The Helena independent., 1894-07-19
HER LAST TEST.

Let tho young have thclr little love af-
fairs. We smile al them. There Is sap In u
young heart, but thore is fire I'm an old one,
This story Is about man and a woman
who loved each other. What else Is worth
writing about They were no longer
young For long timo II seemed like
friendship. Itwas platonic love, You don't
believe In thAtS do. IL Is not common,
but It is possible when the woman Is nn
nrtist and tho man philosopher That Is
what these lovers We're, Mary Clark and
Julius Mohl. There Is tradition that
Mary used to spend whole days copying in
the Louvre. She wore n scant blnck silk
dress cut square In the neck, aud her friz.
zled hair fen in tangle over her face
Sho covered her dress with long black
apron which had two big pockets. Ono
pocket contained her lunch, the other held
wreath Of flowers. She ate the lunch
during tho day, and in tho evening she
rolled up her apron, put her wreath atop
her bend and went 10 brilliant reception,
snch receptions ns were possible in Paris
90 years ago. She was the gnycst, the hap
piest, the most popular Of women, and
had the truest lover In the world.
NJ. Mohl was of noble family, which
somewhere held an estate, hut for years
these facts gave no substantial income to
tho young scion, who chose tho scholarly
but unrcmunurntiye work of transl0ting
tho literature OF India. Hc had fow
thousand francs, which he put in bank,
where they drcw no interest. His own
necessities and those OF his fricnds-for hc
wns charitable to oxcess-soon reduced
this sum.
Fortunately ho was awarded govern
mcnt pension. which In American money
would hGve been 5000 Grcnt was his nv
lief ~ mind, and ca fortunes as well ns
misfortnncs seldom como slngly short
time cftor he was appointed 10 "a profess
orship at q salary OF 81, 600 What did
he dor Ilc took back his pension papers,
saying; II have plenty now. ] do not
need the pension, Give IL TO some one
else who Il ms poor as / was. T"
Nuihing Of this sort had over occurred
before. Tho government officials could
not cnrdit their senses. A man was found
who had cnoughl Mlrnhile diotul NJ.
Mohl was truly great man.
IL Is such n man who can love patient
ly. IL was 10 ycarS-lt was twice that
long-thut he loved Mary Clark. There
was the excuse of neither bclng rich, ho.
sidcs they saw one another daily. They
were happy, though II Is true he though,
mHrrlagc would mako thCn happier.
Il wish to hC sure, " Mary said, and test
cd him year nfter ycar.
Perhaps you think her cold
There aro two Kinds of women, and llo-
mer hlt them OF finely IN Helen and Pcn-
clopc Helen ran OF with her husbands
guest with not a great amount of pcrSua.
sion. Penelope rejected her suitors and
was very slow 10 bclievo chat her hus
band had returned. You remember that
nho tested him thoroughly, Il Is a mnttcI
% tastN ~ 20 which woman YOU consider
most interesting hut Penelope IL my
choice for good, common sense.
If Mnry's mother had lived ~ long rs
her daughter perhaps the latter would
have tested her lover forever but at last,
finding herself AN orphan, she taid - Yes
In America II Is not the custom to nd
yertlsO tho ages % bridc md groom on
their licenGe, hut Il Is In foreign countries,
and thus stood the hgcs uf THESE two'
Julius Mohl iS, Mary Clark, 6s,"
Fifty eight" cxulalms every woman
rcador. Thoao younger say, Hope FOR mi
yet" az they ate unmnrricdl, and all Tho
rpst ayrcc that the heart never grows old
But this plqunnt little bride did not lool
old, which isanothcr hcnoilt Of tho artistic
temperament. Sho had soul, Intellect
eharm-whAt the FOnoh call esprit sh'