The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-05

4 man, sithes. fog that nattef. Phyrical
strength isnyt essential. though iti 8 4 wonderful
3 hcG ,rnS q that Moysiiy n 6asssndrsa1 I rave e 3
smiled asai: TIA. lI.tio Il expected when but iit tie
You are hard on us.' protestsa The Scooter.
"Ihssis snotHeT isSTy; SpEEny; ms snid nc css:sn,
mentally, morally. and, / could almost believe.
Il thoso phases Of his personality, and. when no
10 the superior IN those ways. he becomes-"
Cassandra made q sudden movement and
pe Mwd,, ="
"Oh. never mind!"
Butt want to know"
III tell you thst, win have to 20 on and
tell you other, things" 90,
ri want to hear them ALL"
Cassandrn looked amused.
You may not care 80 much for them whom
yon hear thcm.' sho said, looking at him curl.
Fol me and lot me find out for myself."
We'll, / was going, to say that when a man
that gilt OF masterfulnoss, he 10 practically IRE.
%sistl6lc. He wins the love Of women. sometimes
T ,hss Se J EsSsIy ' TsinS IT, t. S%T So sP bS Sssans e Sa Si%
and cruel. That was why Elapeth's mother
said; 'Bowere OF magerfTl ment" -
DO mastcrfui and still be loyal and true T.
Not otton. Tho temptation 70 exercise his
iove:winning Is generally too strong for him.
"But II he doesn't know that he is master
full
That settles, met said the seofor with .
laugh. "Rut tell M" he began after a pause:
cant a man acquire the traitf'
"iIopoless!'' exclaimed tho Scooter.
Sometimes. though I think It 10 latent in q
d. your eagerly. How is q fellow to
"Oh.. he will find out sooner or later. 1 sup
Eyes. but 1t may be lator than ho'd like. No.
- a all ,,-Atl nt.ns 80 a.l -.A
that hc could have raised crops on his land.
SprinRtiine Is when ono wants such knowledge"
S oYon!Vo known now mo = long time" began tho
NO. hoyen't." INTERRUPTED Cassandra. 1T
I've known YOU less than a year."
"Bu don't you count the small boy at air.
Aren't we nIIikeff'
But tG not al sh'fF''
Have traits which he didn't haver
81 haven't found signs OF any"
DO You mean" he said finally. that he had
traits which / have not E.
Yes" rather hesitatinEly.
Tell me some OF them" But Cassnndra
scoIcr. Another shake of the head. The scoffer
He was q measiy little devil" no said. . that
he" the Scoffor paused, "ho had an annual and
Wholesale fight on his hands bccnuse-bccause-
oh. the valentines. you know! l used to curee
the day and wish that, at any rate, the people
that sent them to me would have done II by mil
instead OF slipping them into my, books and my
desk, whore the boys could find them." The
Scotfcr suddenly stopped. -.
"Diti-did you over send me one. C~assandraf =
~" demanded that young woman indig.
nnntly. Indeed / did not"
That's what / thought" remarked the Scof.
fer, dejoctedly. But what I was going to say
was this: Do you think that that little imp. OF
tho same name as mine had anything masterfpl
this out with a great effort.
CRssandrR's face was flushed slightly. She
looked at her hands with extraordinary interest
as she replied. with elaborate carelessncss:
YES, l think 3d."
an mD m,s You really nGn And yet you don't think !
Cassandra still studied her hands.
Il. mu sn' b S.''i 2 Ssinhat; the Scooter. that in
my struggle to get rid OF my general cussedness
I got rid OF the masterfulness, too"
Probably"
Maybe it's latent. though"
"Defunct. rather. Latent means undevel
oped." Cnssandra and the Scofer eyed each
other silently. We'll" aid the scofer at last
tlickcring. ghostly CLEANS Of maserfulnsss. &C
trait isn't SO dead as you think. II 1t 10. Ill try
my hand at resurrection. Will you wish me sue
"oh, Ge ertaiciViN; with great amiabrlity.
Cassandrn stood motionless for quito two min
utes after the Scoffer had gone. Then she made
q discouraged gesture.