The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-11-14

s.barrows" and excayating encamp-
ments He was tall and near-sighted,
with the expression of dwelling, as
Ethels governess used to express it,
''zwischen himmel und erde." George
Falkners letter lay on the slab as he
passed down the hall. Ethel raised it
and followed her brother into the
study.
II am certain that fellow was mac
scurate in his statement on the subject
of the theological views Of the Anda-
man islanders, !" said the Hon. Willie.
undoing the Mcdonald tartan that he
habitually wore as neckerchief.
Whats that letter you've got?''
81 imagine 1t is from one Of the men
Cissie wrote to for this evening"
You had better open it, then, hadn't
you?''
II think 50. There is not very much
time left in case Of a refusal to ask
any one else and nothing is so de-
pressing as two women alone in an
opera box
Bthel was as fresh and pure as the
white hyacinths that were sent from
the Mersham conServatOries to deck
the GrOsvenOr palace drawing room.
In spite Of Its seal she opened the let
ter, read the first few lines, turned
scarlet and dropped it on the table.
Her brother, slow in the observation
Of most things, was quick to see a
change Of expression on the faces of
those he loved. Taking the letter, he
read it also. For those few seconds
Ethel felt as though she were sliving
through Some Emotions and a
Moral" When he had done he sat
down on the edge of chair, brushing
his hat the wrong way; his was not a
quick moving intellect.
Those are Mr.. Fane's initials are
they not?'' he asked presently.
Yes
! "That is his address?''
II think so.''
Deliberately he folded the Macdon-
aid tartan across his chest, put the
letter into his pocket and left the
room. 81 III Il
His feeling for Cecelia Macdonald
was the one romance of Gerald Fane's
life. She was in Dresden with her
mother, studying art, as she phrased
| it, when he first met her. Gerald was
also studying art to the extent of play
| ing the violin very much out Of tune.
He and she had many all evening
crlnching the gravel of the ''Bruh-
lische Terasse" together, gazed at the
moonlight and the yine-clad hills, and
talked of their respective pursuits.
He rather bored her, but, as the only
alternative was conversation with
| German officers she honored the En-
glishman with her undivided atten-
] ton. His passion for her during these
! few weeks. entered, wedge-like, into
| his life. He accepted his doom when
he heard that she was engaged to the
Hon. William Macdonald for he knew
that he was too poor to take the bur
den Of her life as well as his own. In
course Of time he became a foreign
office clerk, and, not model Young
man. He often drank more cham
payne than was good for him; he fire.
I quented private gambling club in
st. James, and lost larger sums on
horses than he could afford; but, as
among the poor Indians rags and tat
tiers was found hidden diamond Of
great price, SO among the rags and
tatters of Gerald Fane's life might be
/ found hidden his love for Cecilia Mae
donald. Now he sat thinking Of her
and George Falkner, with a certain
amount of perplexity and great deal
of dejection, for, though constant to
his idea, he could not avoid hearing
the gossip Of Mayfair drawing rooms.
The tinkle Of the electric bell, a
/ step on the stairs, and the sudden
opening Of the door. startled him from
his brown study. Disheveled and agi-
tated the honorable Willie at that
moment formed as great contrast to
the urbane man Of letters he had been
accustomed to associate with Cissie,s
husband as it was possible Is inag-
inc. The wrath Of habftually calm
man Is always more portentous than
/ the wrath Of violent one. Gerald
could not resist a passing feeling Of
amusement as, setting down his hat
among the cigars and cigar.as1, his
. visitor fumbled in his pocket. "a full
comprehension Of the situation. how
ever, when George Falkner's letter
was produced, soon chased away the
fA1ntest inclination to the shadow Of q
smile.
The Infatuated husbands maledic-
lions did not last long. Even in the
midst of the absurd, pathetic, irrele-
/ want harangue, Gerald was forced to
admit that Scathing remarks on tile
morals OF the young men of the mort
bund century came with a certain in
cisive truth from man who had
hitherto been absorbed in studying
4 the manners and morals of his remote
ancestors When, toward the end, he
hourished his stick with declaration
that il he, Gerald Fame, ever spoke to
his wife or put his foot inside Ills
/ mouse again he would feel chilled upon
to resort to justifable castigation,
Gerald felt, for one lurid moment, that
4 IT was just as much as he could do to
resist the temptation Of fastening his
+ Inbidden guests departure BY coerc-
i've measures; but he only folded his
arms ,s and bent his head, knowing
that. for her sake, not movement
must 1 be made, not a word must be
4 spoken. 5s5s
When Gerald found himself at last