The herald., 1896-03-14

| father rebelled against seeming to admit
that he was less gentle in soul than any
| one else.
Dick Temple saw her at church the next
Sunday and walked home with her; al
though she kept all the while on Mrs Paurs
right while Dick had to walk on the out
side and could only look across at her
which did not please him in the least She
laughed a little about going home like
stranger and foreigner" she said
81 haven't seen South Bend for nearly
five years; you know it is such an expensive
journey"
Mrs. Paul said yes, she supposed it was
"It takes four days and five nights to &C.
there, doesn't it? 1t seems to me passed
through ii once. | suppose those western
places are very progressive. aren't they?
They are not shocked at the idea Of a uni
versity education for women. One runs up
against that here very often"
Annie shook her head, smiling.
Isn't it funny to think that people do
really feel that 1t is unfeminine, threaten
ing to the womanly woman rs they say!'
I've come to think that the 'womanly
woman means the brainless woman" Mrs.
Paul said.
''What fools people are who feel that
way about the higher education of women.
It's incrediblen' Dick broke in. Miss Gra-
ham, l shall be passing through South
Bend in fortnight or So may l call?'
"Of course, | shall be delighted TO see
you" Annie said and my father will be
SO glad to see any friend of Mrs. Paul's he
knows how kind you have been to me. she
ended, with an affectionate look at Dicks
cousin.
Then Mr.. Temple, with an eager timditv
so foreign to him that Mrs. Paul suppressed
a smile with difficulty. wondered if Miss
Graham would have time to go out on the
river that evening? He knew she would be
awfully busy; but it would be heavenly
evening on the riverl He was so promptly
assured that she should not have time that
the poor fellow looked very blank and was
distinctly cross in the family circle fer the
rest of the day. At night he softened and
tried to be pleasant, for he was constrained
to be confidential and he knew that ''Cous-
in Kate" would not hesitate to snub him
unless he made himself agreeable
New really don't you think she's very
unusual?" he insisted, after having told
Mrs. Paul all the pleasant things which he
could remember which Miss Graham had
said to him about her two little pupils.
"If you mean Miss Graham, why, yes, I
do think she's unusual, Dick
Did you ever notice. said the fatuous
Dick. chow softly her hair grows around
her forehead? And her eyes-what color
are her eyes?'
I'm sure l can't say" Mrs. Paul an
swered dryly. "Dick, would you mind go
ing in and getting me a shawl? It's rather
cool out here on the terrace" When he
came back she had made up her mind how
to proceed. Now, Dick, listen. I'm not I
snob, but"
'If you are going to say anything about |
that beautiful creatures working for her |
living Dick threatened. you might as |
we'll stop on the spot
''Of course I'm not going to say anything |
about her working for her living; why |
should |? l worked for my living before | |
married John. You know I'm not a snob, |
but I do believe in class. | don't mean to |
be unlind, and certainly she is a charming
girl and-ladyike. But-there is something
I can't tell what it is-that seems as if .
she had not always been used to things"
Dick Temple said something between his |
teeeth. and his cousin flung her head up.
''Dcki''
well, it makes a man want to be en-