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30 many ITlcuub no l"Iuy "''S'S'o"'
thought friends were rare?'
80 they are! She doesn't care Tor
thcse people bit. They are mere ac-
quaintances."
Whom does she care for them
asked Thelma suddenly. "Of course J.
mean after her husband. Naturally
she loves him hest"
Naturally" and Philip paused odd
Ing, "she has her son-Efne3t-he b
fine bright boy--he was not there To-
night. You must see him some day,
Then / think her favofite friend IL
Mrs. Rush-Marvelle."
IL do like that lady too said
Thelma. "she spoke very kindly to
me and kissed me-"
"Did she really" and Philip smiled.
II think she was more TO be congratu-
lated on taking the kiss than you In
receiving It! But she's not bad old
soul.-only n little too fond OF money.
But, Thelmn, whom do you care for
most? You did tell me once, but /
forget"
DH0 lNIIlcu ioENll INV "'' 1880
like eyes upon him. and, meeting his
laughing look, she smiled.
How often must | tell you'll" she
murmured softly II do think you VIII
never tire of hearing! You know that
It Ia you for whom | care most, and
that all the world would be empty to
me without you! Oh, my husband ~
my darling! do not make mo try to tell
you how much love you! cannot
my heart Is too full"
Tho rest of their drive homoward
was very qulet--there are times when
silence Ia more eloquent than speech.
CHAPTER XXI.
"A small cloud so light as to be
mere speck on the fair blue sky, was
all the warning we received --Plinky
After that evening great changes
came into Thelma's before peaceful
lie. She had conquered her enemies,
or 80 It seemed society threw down
all It's barricndcs and rushed to meet
her with open arms. Invitations
ClOWhSu NDoh hNlp olNih php ~ wv
u cd and bewlldered In the multiplicity
OF them all London life wearied her,
she preferred the EMPOWERED socm-
sion of Burlington Manor, the dear
old house In the green wooded War
wickshlre. But the season" claimed
her,--,its frothy gatles were deemed
Incomplete without her-no at home
was considered quite the" thing UNI
less she was present. She became the
centre Of a large anu ever widening
social circle, painters, poets, novel
lists, wits, Slvants, and celebrities Gf
high distinction crowded her rooms,
striving to entertain her as well us
themselves with that inane small talk
and gossip too often praetlsed by the
Wisest among us,-nnd thus sur
rounded. she began to learn many
pu2zllng and painful things of which
In her old Norwegian life, she had
been happily ignorant.
For instance, she had once imagined
that all tho men and women OF culture
who followed tho higher professions
Fraternity" Superior to other mortals
not so gifted, and, under this erronC-
GUS impression, she was at llrst eager
to know some of the so-Called great
people who had distinguished them
selves in literature or the fine arts,
She had fancied that they must OF
necessity be all refined. sympathetic,
large hearted, and noble minded alas!
how grievously was she disappointed!
She found, to her sorrow, that the
tree Of modern Art bore but few
wholesome roses and many clnkorcd
buds the Joyous Fraternity"
were not joyous ut all-but. on the
contrary, inclined to dyspepsia and
discontentment. She found that even
poets, whom she had fondly deemed
were the angelguides among the
children of this earth, were most OF
them painfully conceited, selfish in
um and limited In thought. moreover,
hat they We're often SO empty Of an
true inspiration, that they were ac-
tually able to hate and envy one an
other with sort OF womanlsh spite
and temper, that novelists. processing
to be in sympathy with the heart of
humanity, were no sooner brought
into contact one with another, than
they plainly showed by look, voice
and manner, the contempt they enter
tanned for each others work, that
men of science were never 30 haNpy
as when trying to upset each others
theories; that men OF religious com
bativeness were always on the alert
to destroy each others creeds, and
that, In short, there was n very genera
tendency to mean jealousies, miserable
heartburnings and utter WEAKNESS al
round
On one occasion, she. In the sweetest
simplicity, invited two lady author,
esses OF note to meet at one of hel
at homes" she welcomed both the
notwithstanding ladies' with a ra
diant smile, and introduced them say
t,t.. 4.