The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16

certingiy SLOW ana irrelevant answer:
7 think you are the most fascinating
girl ever saw $50
Then you've changed your opinion
Of girls that works for livin' and
| amt had high school educations?" The
| note OF exultatipn in Cely's voice made
II SOUND almost like a song of triumph.
Yes, heard YOU me an Marie Nor
gan, that time you was talkin' us over
-'tain't only factory girls has loud
volces-an " hurt our feelin's. spose
you've found out now we have feelin's?
an sometimes have an idea above
dlshcloth r dime novel?-an' think
an talk, an live pretty near same as
other girls The words were coming
thick and fast in her excitement
what Is working girl, anyway, but
what Miss Innis Favor you, If you
was a g1rl-orisany rich young lady
would be II she lost her money and
had ter take care of herself? How did
she or your mother or you know we
wasn't educated way up in G under
our waiter caps or that we wasn't as
ambitious an nice an ladylike-feelin'
as you. if we wasnt?"
She paused for breath and Mr. Mars
ton looked as though he had not heard
her Why what nonsense you are
TAKING. DO you suppose I've cared or
even remembered anything about your
icing a working girl since I've loved
you and wanted to marry you? Cecilia
Il don't know your other name, and
wouldn't call you by it if I did-you do
love me and want to marry me, too,
don't you? Cecilia. darling, don't look
at me IN that horrorstruck way!"
Oh" gasped Cely in long stified
sob. Il never expected this I never
expected 1t. Oh, take away your hands,
please" "
why not?" asked her lover in tones
| as astonfshed as her own. For the first
time she looked at him with opened
/ eyes and saw what she had never seen
before, that he was a young human
creature, even as herself. ''Why did
you suppose / was following you about
everywhere and making opportunities
to meet you" cob, it's him that's
been maxim them is ito" thought Cely
| IN a dazed Way Hsif rot for this? What
have we both been meaning. you as
well as /? Do you think that a mans
heart and a mans hope are placid pools
to be stirred by a woman's cruel little
| finger and then settle back into their
old calm, no worse for the agitation?
Cecilia, I know you don't. They're a
tide, f1oodtide; you've b.dden them
your sIA- "
| Overwhelmed 3she was, in his arms,
/
| dearing words which, she dimly felt,
/ satisfied that .craVing at her heart. The
big drops were Vt last falling from the
! gFay-black sky Fer a moment she lay
passive on her lovers shoulder, with
/ her face upturned to the rain, then she
sp re- IS e !. her &
marry me. YoS don't know my last
name or where 4 live or where I work
! Oh, don't you see it's wild thing to
I think? You can't have a wife that's
been a factory girl an waitress an
can't talk like she was q lady. It's i'm
possible l don't believe you could
stand my folks, an I'm more'n dead
certain | couldn't stand yours
I'VE will go away from them, Cecilia,
dear" The feeling of powerlessness
grew on her snore and more in the
presence of this quiet. determined force
which, she realized clearly enough, she
had aroused and must now lie helpless
| in it's currents But she made another
! effort.
But no, there's more to it, She
scarcely knew what she said in face
of the one horTifying, absolutely new
fact she read in his f. C that men W r.
not abstract enemies to be WoFsted,
but living hearts and souls to be bruised
if trampled upon. Il don't love you
not enough Ne been wonderin' if I
did, and no i9szHe been talkin,'
K sa,sa - T IN thes s. bd af9M
OF my heart si51agh I'd sooner died
than say so-7tlea kissin an pettfa' an
! ALL an i lflScsi rf1sNQll, and never
}scouldsve taken 81 from any man but
| you; but 4 want it 10 DE all give. an
mo take, fer there's notEfn' forAme ter
give you. I'VE zgnt mo- heart; 4 guess
| I'm one of them new women the folks
at the tables talks aboutr'
| She was crying row., and the heavy
rain was drenching her pretty fresh
gown. Let me take you in toashore,"
| said Mr.. Bruce Marston, gently; I'm
content to have you give me nothing
| yet" And twerty minutes later a.
white, frightened, little girl, very differ
| ent from the; jaunty, young person who
went forth arrayed to conquer. earlier
in the day, crept up to. the hotel
''Cely Slateri" was Names saluta-
ton. Girl alive, what's happened
your"
Burnt me fingers said Cely, with
a : siek $ SMILE mil T. tflIng out one shaking
Goodness sakes, whose ring?
Bruce, MarsteA San it's hotter'n a
about It tomoff6M! but can't you leave
me write letter now in peace?"
When Mr., Magston rose early the next
! morning, he flUSq bell boy waiting
outside his door with letter. whose
contents ran:
Mr. Marston, Dear Friend: I feel
terrible to wIfteESou this letter. l and
| Name have goffA away You see I
return your ring. Don't you see
must? 1 ought never marry you nor
YOU me. Maybe by this time you've
i changed yours n1rd and feel so. too;
if not. please forgive me tor saying
SO. l know you were in earnest about
| wSnting me, aid never felt so sure
it wouldn't do ea9awhen 1 thought how
You had acted the gentleman all along
| and l hadn't acted the lady.
| Wait till you know how bad / am.
felt red-hot MAD at Miss Fay for the
way she talked about us girls. and
wanted to fassenate you just to spite
her. and I didn't love you. though it
| VIC uld have served me right If l had
broke my heart. over you. / never,
never thought Of men having feelings
before, I've known such a lot that had
! MT. l wouldn't have let you talk to
me that way in the boat. only for
niEut / didn't know whether | was in
| love or only wanted to be love-made-to.
Please forget me, and marry somebody
| better than
your fren despisen herself.
-"CeIy .6Cecilia) Slater"
Four Assignments.
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