The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-01
Stories of an inland State.

ne was waiting in the drawing room, file,
WIN a perplexity of emotions over having
caught glimpse OF Nell Everett through
a window and with Joy over his reunion
with his mother. curious scene was takin:
| place IN an upper room.
Mrs. Reuter-, woman Of strong mind anI
purposes. and Nell Everett; had been talk
ING They had become acquainted som'
| TWO years before and had entered into
companionship which had not been broker
before x reached intimacy and in intimac,
had become irrefragable.
| Nell Everett but recently returned from q
visit in the west Of which she did not
speak. however. had been protesting agains
some Interpretation Mrs. Reuter- had made
OF one OF her remarks
81 know. Ms Reuter-. you think me mer-
| ceaary.'
NO. No. Nellie. Impossible. I drew /,
J cut Of you
Il don't believe that. Mrs Reuter-, really
do not
But II is true. have a recollection OF
having said that The House OF Everett was
an immense affair and that the House OF
Reuter- and Son was an immense affair and
s,ged." ~
And the sigh?'' Nell asked archly.
Gould have but one interpretation-the
concentration of the two. This Is the age
of combination and sigh could mean moth
ing else"
But am sure you will think me mer-
cenary." pursued Nell "I have not seen
your son. and you say the photographs arc
not good. and here We are both OF US. il
you viii take your share OF the blame,
planning to unite the houses in CONNER
cial transaction at the altar. He has never
seen me: he may not like me"
He could not help that Nellie"
Il am not fishing. really. Mrs. Reuter-.
Now please don't smile. 1 was not fishing,
by the way -"
He Will like you. Nellie. love you-be
sure of that. He IS dark-you are fair
so very beautiful. Nellie Oh. am sure
he could not help loving you
But If he should find that We had pre-
viousiy planned TO unite these two houses
i know il is legitimate 10 plan. but love
has such an adherence Of those things
plans-.s so suspicious that affection abides
not where calculation is-that specification
would defeat us-really, 1 must not enter
into this. Love should aim blindly. II
never hits by taking aim
Nellie broke in Mrs. Reuter- with
serious smile. You do not understand
us, 1 am sure. In the first place, Joseph
IS man of business. He is not a man OF
frivolity If l should tell him that here
was beautiful girl, the sole heir to the
house of Everett as he is the sole heir of
the house of Reuter- and Son. and that this
young woman was sensible and had an
ambition to unite the two houses by mar
rage and so bring herself and him into the
am sure il would be his ambition to join
the plan, particularly when l told him that
had first proposed it. 1t would be
laud!ble ambition. And he will love you"
But you must not tell him that l knew
of this plan. Let me win h;m-if I can"
II will not tell him OF our discussion, II
you lke?''
az would not think ii best"
ITO my mind Il would make no difference
He is such a fine young man, Nellie. and
So"
.Ah, we'll" sighed Nell. There are many
shoals in an unmapped channel We DO
not know the currents Of his thoughts.
Mine l know are under control. I will
love him.
Nellie said Mrs. Reuter-. "My husband
said this morning that you were the most
sensible woman ever born except myself
and I do not except myself. married poor.
y on have the sense TO marry well. Love Is
love. 1 know. l would not stife IT, But
/ would have it breath the air of its own
station. You mustn't think I believe you
morcenary I believe you sensible
But ne must not know that i am sensi-
bic as you mean it. Sometimes believe
/ am freak i do not look within myself
TO find a standard for mankind 1 could
rot understand mankind if I did. But
there. How foolishly we are talking. The
son is not yet here. He Is still in Ger
many. Many times you have promised
that he would come. but he has not, yet.
1t may be years yet before 1 see -
What tangle names and individualities
are. We may know two John Smiths for
years of so contrasting personalities that
Il never occurs to us that their names are
IDENTICAL until some day we discover IT as
Pm oddity. We may have heard Of Dick
Brown for years and have never seen him
and. have known another man whose name
NE did not know and then have discovered
with a shock some day that this Is Dick
Brown. We may be told that this is Hiram
Black and although We may become ac- |
luainted with him afterward and md his |
name is Silas Jones, We never quite get II :
out Of our mind that II Is Hiram Black. in |
spite of him. Now in fash NelFs mind |
yrasped at some such tangle. She had In |
ended TO say 1T may be years before see |
Mr. Joseph Reuter-, your son, out she /
Matted at the name in wonder. Joseph |
Reuter-. Joseph Reuter- in Germany. |
loseph Reuter-. the droll county farmland. 1
Joseph Reuter-. The same. A mere coin
,inaence of names. Perhaps. But strange. |
strange.
He is in Germany" she asked with af-
ected unconc-rn.
He IS in Germany" answered Mrs. Rsu-
er with a lowness which set NelPs brain TO
vh.-l.ng.
Nell stood a; the window.
"A carriage stops she said 20 Mrs. Reu-
err Hired. A man alghts-a traveller.
Irs, Reuter-. Re was tH-GerHIany ?e [
..,SeiEe! Has ne Gomez He MAS n Car
many"
An enhancing smile Of craf;;ness and tri-
.mph illumlned Nell Everett's beautiful
ace She touched her snadowy golden
ar IN womanly preparation and held .
White ringed finger 10 her fun inviting lips.
nd her eyes dreamed win unconcsaied
oy His change Of dress. the absence OF
IS beard had not disguised joey 20 her.
ae d:d not grasp or try 10 grasp Ire
1ystery % his presence on the farm. this
on of rich house. but she knew he had
OF been in Germany. This man, she knew,
ae had within her power. The House OF
reuter- and son and The House OF Everett
soul3 be un.ted-and she would rule both.
1t i your SON. she sad
Mrs Reuter- dashed out OF The room She
&c; joey II the drawing room He had