The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-13

to me; she was not bone of my bone
and flesh Of my flesh; where she was,
my heart, of necessity, need not be,
and L felt sudden craving for a love
whose atmosphere should be as inds-
penSable to me as the air l breathed,
which should draw me with cords of
irresistible sympathy and cOmprehen-
sion to the place 1t inhabited, in whose
boundless seas my bruised and sore
spirit should battle and be refreshed.
And had such a love at command.
What folly was that which made me
defer the enjoyment of it moment
longer! l rose swiftly and approached
my buhl SECRETARY / had formed an
eXhilarating resolution, and not an in
slant should be lost in executing It,
would summonhI4isa from her convent
now, at once, before l had time to re-
consider my resolve, before prudence
should again play, spoil-sport and coun-
sci further postponement. Jean should
be Immediately despatched for her
with note requesting the mother to
deliver her charge to the bearer The
child's JOY would be extravaganza. /
pictured her lovely face alight with
that glorious radiance which was pc
culiar to 1T in it's moments of rejoic-
ing.
l felt her slender, loving arms about
my neck, her sweet lips pressed to
mine, her heartsresting upon my breast
l looked about the room, and sought
to discover her presence in it. Already
new beauty seemed to invest it. I
bethought me of the exquisite raiment
she should wear, and even, before be-
ginning my note, sat for an instant
trying the pen-point purposely upon
my thumbnail, as I considered what
flowers should be ordered in abund-
ance, to give welcome to my daugh-
ter.
A bas the Quintards-father, mother
and son! What were they to me when
l had such precious and legitimate in
terests of my own within call!
smiled defiance at their united powers
to further distress me, and, drawing
sheet of paper towards me, wrote
as follows:
Dear and Holy Mother.I have exceeding
and urgent need of nv child Her presence
has become of vital necessity to me. You
remember counselling me once against temp
tation, and how boastfully contemptous l
was of your warning? The suffering you
foreshadowed has come to me, and need
my Lisa to help me support it. Let her
come at once, please. have no patience with
delay. My professional engagements do not
to come for Lisa, but l send this by one in
whom l have implicit confidence an into
whose care you may safely deliver the child
l am harassed and troubled today, and can
shall soon hear from me more explicitly.
Yours, with all reverence and esteem,
Pauline Mavis.''
l reread the note, having finished it,
and it did not seem half strong enough.
1 could not bear the thought, now that
l had become resolved upon having
Lisa with me, that they might detain
her upon some preteXt yet a while
longer, and send my messenger back
alone. So l added a more peremptOry
postscript
please let no scruples nor reasons Of
any sort whatever stand in the way of
her coming"
Just as 1 finished the last word, to
my great vexation-for l was in no
condition either of mind or counte-
nance to receive any one-the door
opened, and Stone announced Madame
Conquest" The next instant, and be-
fore | could refuse to see her, the wo-
man herself was in the room.
She saluted me in a far less aggres-
sive fashion than that I was accus-
toned to In her, and I felt my syrnpa-
th1eS at first provoked by her general
air of shabbiness and adversely. But
when, after a little circumlocution. in
tended obviously. from it's fattering
tone, to propitiate me, she made known
her Grand. 1 felt my pity and COM
miseration vanish into thin. air; and
leave nothing but substantial scorn be-
hind them. She had come to extort
money from me, by Establishments if
possible, by threats if not. ,+.-.
But, if ever L were9in an implacable
mood, that surely was thefh hour L dis
liked the woman FROM the bottom of
my soul andV had always despised her.
Today / felt an especial animosity
against her, for 1t was She and such
as she, who had robbed the stage of it's
good repute and subjected its children
to the opprbbrium of the world She
began by fattering me; she expatiated
upon my beauty my genius, the rank
had attained in the profession, the
wide and enviable celebrity had gain
ed. With my success she contrasted