Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31

-. sNSs,:...essgg - pied, she SAID,
ez.@]/%222.i <S$S-~ccs@ especially at one
Eay,,l@' I. .SS~ of Mrs. Gurdon's
HW' garden parties. She
will be pleased. Idon't believe there
is q square inch of the lava to be
seen"
"The whole world is here. know,
Miss Lindsay; L have shaken hands with
it,"
"It is one of the penalties of being
q great author"
cor of being notorious?"
''You are too modest, Mr.. Holland.
Have you not shared the honors OF the
afternoon with the Prince and the lat
est lion--just imported from South
Africa, was it not?"
''And felt like a martyr all the time.
But there you have the proof, Miss
Lindsay. Don't think / am complain
ing. Fame and notoriety mean the
same-in London. And in this"-he
indicated the screen of shrubbery
which cut of the little nook from the
rest of the garden, but did not shut
out the strains of the Blue Hungarians
or the hum of many voices-''in this 1
have my reward. L forgive the lion
hunters"
''It is relief to be ont of it," she
admitted. "Do you know, Mr.. Hol-
land, that these books-yes, there are
more of them-are pet idea of Mrs.
Gurdon 50"
81 must thank her. She is a woman
of genius"
She laughed merrily. ooh, no, she
is only an incorrigible match maker
and finds them useful"
$50 she, at least, believes in love?"
he asked, picking up the thread OF a
former conversation.
''Or in marriage. 1t is not always
the same thing, is it?"
1T should be" he replied, with an
air of the deepest conviction. He was
looking up into her eyes.
"What does somebody say?-that
in woman love is a disease; in man it
is an episode"
81 seem to recollect that" he said.
''But it is nonsense; love cannot be
summed up in an epigram.
Again she laughed. ''I am afraid
you have very bad memory, Mr..
Holland, The sentiment appears in
a brilliant study of society, entitled
Providence and Mrs. Grundy,' for
which, if the title page is to be trust
ed"
"Ahl I remember now. Please
spare me, Miss Lindsay. You don't
know the evil effects of phrase making
it saps mans morals until he has
not even nodding acquaintance with
the truth. And you have taken your
revenge"
But, really, Mr.. Holland, I trusted
to your-your knowledge of human
nature, shall L say? L was glad, for
my own sake"
''For what, if / may asi?"
'That, in man it was an episode
Tt makes life SO much easier to believe
So"
''You will let me retract in sackcloth
and ashes, Miss Lindsay? Honestly,
I have some reason to do so. 1t is
three years since 1 wrote that miser-
able book. Can you guess my ex-
cuse?"
1T seems to infer a compliment
somewhere" she said, rather doubt
fully.
81 am very much in earnest" he
said, getting up and standing above
her; and he looked it. 81 didn't know
you then. If had, the thing-call it
an epigram if you like-would never
have been written. How could it,
| When--?"
Here the bushes were parted, and a
face-a tanned, handsome, open face
it was, although just now the express
sion was not too pleasant-showed in
the interstices. Miss Lindsay nodded
brightly.
Come in, Ralph" she said.
'Very sorry, I'm sure" said the
newcomer. 81 didn't know, Nell
Then he disappeared.
Miss Lindsay smiled.
Captain Havelock seems-out OF
sorts" d" remarked her companion, sit
ting down again.
Probably he is looking for my
mother" said she. 81 told him tc
attend to her."
HE is a capital fellow" he said
indifferently. Done something il
India, hasn't he?"
"a small affair of outposts," she re-
piled, in the same tone. Only, per
haps, it was as well that he was moi
studying her eyes very intently at thai
moment. He held fort somewhere
on the frontier for fortnight agains
couple of thousand tribesmen, Will
only European sergeant and fifty
Sikhs under him; and he was reduced
to thirty rounds of ammunition and
no provisions before he was relieved
1t is quite a common thing out there
He told me so himself"
''He is modest-as we'll as lucky.