Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-10

VIII nave TO tell MIN Wnat WIS Salu lie
will learn indirectly that l have been tc
Surbiton, and will undoubtedly be angry, the
more so when he hears l did not intend tC
tell him. In fact, now that this conversation
has taken place, l shall go straight to him
and tell him | have talked with Mr.. Hope
although / feel sure my doing so will nullify
| all my plans"
And this simply because 1 talked with
you for few minutes?"
! "Yes."
The girl bent her perplexed face upon the
ground, absent -mlndedly disturbing the
| gravel on the walk with the tiny toe OF her
very neat boot The young man devoured
her with his eyes, and yearned toward her in
his heart. At last she looked suddenly up al
| him. with a waverng smile.
II am sorry l stopped you" she said
, perhaps you don't know what II is to think
more of one person than all the rest OF the
! world together. My father is everything to
! me, and when / saw you | WIS afraid some
| thing had happened to him. 1t doesn't seem
right that / should keep anything from him,
and it doesn't seem right that / should put
anything in the way OF quick settlement.
| | don't know what to do
When did a woman ever waver without
| the man in the case taking instant advantage
OF her lndecision, turning her own weapons
against her?
Don't you see," said Marsten, eagerly,
that Mr.. Sartwel has already as much on
his mind as a man should bear? Why. then,
duu 10 HIS dHAltty ny btli4hS ann thht
have been here or at Surbiton? The eXpla
nations which seem satisfactory to you
may not be satisfactory to him. He would
then worry himself quite unnecessarily"
do you think he would?"
Think. | know it,"
Eyes | believe that is true. Well, then, |
promise not to tell him of your visit unless
he asks me directly Now come with me;
want to know all about your plans, and
what Mr.. Hope said. I can perhaps help
you with a suggestion here and there, for
certainly know what my father will do, and
what he went do, better than any of you"
Edna led the way down the garden path,
stopping at last where some chairs were
scattered under wide spreading tree.
"Sit down." she said. 1--WE can talk here
entirely undisturbed.
Marsten sat down, with Edna Sartwell
opposite him, in the still seclusion OF the
remotest depths of that walled garden. He
would not have exchanged his place for one
in Paradise. and he thought his lucky stars
were fighting. for him. But 1t is fated that
every man must pay for his pleasure sooner
or later, and Marsten promptly discovered
that fate required of him cash down. He
had no credit in the bank OF the gods.
Now. although ] have promised" began
Edna. II am sure you are wrong in think
ing my father would be displeased II he
knew we talked over the strike together, and
II have said will not tell him you were
here 1t is not because | fear he will be
annoyed at that, but because ] would have
certainly to tell him of your Surbiton visit
as we'll and. as you say, he might not think
you were justified in going to Mr.. Hope,
no matter what your intentions were. But
with me IL Is quite different. He would Just
laugh at our discussing the situation, as he
does over the conversations have with Mr..
Barnard Hope in this very garden"
"Ah Mr.. Barnard Hope comes here does
he?"
Yes, quite often ever since the strike
began. lie takes the greatest possible in
terest in the condition of the working
man"
Docs he? 1t is very much to his credit"
That's what say, but father just laughs
at him. ~ thinks Mr., Hope is a good deal
OF IA"
"of a fool" promptly put in Marsten,
seeing her hesitation.
wei. yes said Edna, laughing con
hdentially; although that is putting It
little strongly, and is not quite what in
tended to say. But / don't think so. He
may be frivolous--or rather he may have
been frivolous, but that was before he
came to recognize his responsibilities. l
he Is exceedingly humble about It, saying
that he hopes his earnestness will make up
for any lack Of ability that"
Then he needs all the earnestness he
can bring to bear upon the subject"
"0h, he realizes that" cried Edna. sn-
Enthusiastically. III there Is only some one
to point him the way, he says. he VIII do |
everything that lies in his power to assist |
the workngman in betterlng his condition |
have told him that his own yaellIatlon of
mind Is his worst enemy"
"He yaellates. does he?'
"Dreadfully. lie viii leave here today |
for instance thoroughly convinced that |
certain course OF action Is right. Tomor- |
row he will return. having thought over !
It, and he has ever SO many objections that