Morris tribune., 1895-10-30

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is sheP And she is fond of lark? In
fact, as our superior officer would char
enthusiastically put it, she has several
good points in her general get up. By
Jove, Dick, she would feel fatter ed,
Tn sure, If she could only hear your
estimate Of her. As for there being a
strain Of good blood in her, as you re-
mark-why, hang it, man'-and he
turned suddenly from the window and
faced the somewhat surprised youth
talking about blood, did some of the
names that even these half breeds have
in this country never strike you? Don t
you know that, generally speaking and
in comparison with their numbers, there
are more representatives of noble and
historical aristocracy in Canada than
there are in France, though some of
them are humble and poor enough now, ,
goodness only knows? Now, just listen
to few of the names you meet with in
this country-names that people have
grown so familiar with that no one at
taches any significance to them: st.
Denis, st. Cloud, st. Armand, La Fon-
taine, L 'Esperance, st. Croix, Xavier
and many others. Why, the forefathers
Of some of those people our parvenus
hardly know were noblemen long before
William the Conqueror took a trip over
to Anglia. As to who her mother was /
neither know nor care. Jeanette, how
ever, says she came of good stock. But
while we are ON this subject don't mis-
understand me; if the girls name were
Smith or Robinson, she might still be
every whit as much of lady as she is
now-the rank is but the guinea stamp,
after all, and is too often put on deuced
inferior metal But since you are on
this racket may say she bears name
that is as good as if not better than
most borne by our English aristocracy,
and you advance the speculation that
she has drop of good blood !"
He stopped abruptly and laughed in
a silent and significant fashion. Then
he continued, as if arguing the matter
out with himself:
"No; the race that took score of
generations to develop hereditive traits
and patrician graces cannot have altered
so much in two or three generations,
even although the lot of the latter has
been hand to hand struggle with ad-
verse circumstances in a strange, new
country and with stern surroundings I"
Then, as if conscious that he had be-
trayed little more interest and warmth
in his treatment Of the subject than
there wass-any OCCASION for, he added.
with rather feeble laugh: a
stBut all this is unimportant, and I
don't care rap for one woman more
than for another. But at the same time I
can't help thinking it is a COMPOUNDED
shame of old st. Denis to tempt Provi-
dence and bring disgrace upon the girl
as he is doing, knowing that she is
breaking her heart over it all the time
There is nothing of the money grub
about her that there is about the father;
she is good hearted, sensitive and proud,
and, by Jove she has got the right met
al in her too! I never saw Jamie get
such complete taking down before,
not even when the late assistant COM
missioner snubbed him in the orderly
room for trying to bully a corporal. -
And here he broke off what for him
was an unusually long speech and lit
his pipe. He was unpleasantly con-
scious of the fact that his talk was be-
coming Of rather wild and personal
nature. He was also aware of the fact
that by saying he did not care for one
woman more than for another he spoke
as if he had been charged with so doing,
when, indeed, nobody had dreamed of
limiting at such thing. But now the
i'll concealed lOox OF surprise and signiti
cant silence of his comrade brought it
hons to him that he had betrayed an
interest in Marie St. Denis which he
wished to avoid expressing, far less feel
But there is no royal immunity grant
ed from the promptings of the human
heart. Artificial surroundings and con-
ventionalities may shield us from many
wayward longings but give the princess
an opportunity of recognizing an afini
ty in the person of the plebeian, then
81. the laws and philosophy of man that
B+os have been or may be brought to
bear in assisting to destroy the attach |
ment so mysteriously formed cannot
and never shall remove that unseen but
potent bond that knits together two
kindred souls. But there was no one go
ing to interfere between Harry Yorke
and any one whom he should chance to
feel attracted by, unless, indeed, the
impediments were of his own making.
But he made common mistake in
supposing that his own particular past
and its experiences would make hin,
proof against all emotional promptings
in the future. His had been a natural
enough if not common experience Ee
had been brought up to better things
than his station in life would now have
indicated He had enjoyed his brief but
bright existence as man of fashion
and pleasure while it had lasted. But
evil days, which come to most of us,
came to him, and the only thing that |
would have saved him from ruin-mar-
riage with a rich but proud girl-he
had not the courage to essay. He told
himself and truly that had he remained
in his former independent position he
would undoubtedly have asked her to