The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-28

have failed to arouse her daughters spirit.
Yes mother, and that's why l will stay
up here exclairns Daisy, turning pale, firm
face to her. II could not do anything to
offend him more completely; but it will be
easier than to suddenly alter my whole ma
ture at moments notice, and say things
should repent to my lifes end, perhaps:
viii! stay here, and then-and then snail
never have to refuse accept him..
my dear, L will explain that you have q
headache says Mrs. Page. And as Tor mis-
proposal, depend upon it if he loves you ne
will find another opportunity to make it very
quickly Only I cannot endure that you
should think he has only to ask and nave
Daisy. If you will think over the matter
when 1 have left you, you will see an
right, and decide how you will treat HIN
for the next few days-a week, perhaps-at
ter that, no doubt, things can be allowed Il
run smoothly. You will never regret 1t, dar
ling if you are my daughter"
Congratulating herself upon the effect o.
her tactics, Mrs. Page turns to the door, leaV
| ing the girl with face Of despair. Tht
mother knows that if she can tide over TIT
next few hours in safety she Will not nave
much difficulty in making Tom Carrutner'
see his further attentions are out OF tn
question, and she thinks, with sigh OF I'm
! mense relief, that tomorrow morning earl!
they are leaving the house, perhaps betor'
most Of the people will have descended iron
their rooms.
If she can only prevent Daisy from hearing
this news about Phil Carruthers! She is no
without little remorSe conjunction TO
the part she has played, but she assures
herself it was necessary. She knows tnat
| would have been of no use to tell DAISY tn
| bald truth, and that when her dlSappolnt
| nent and excitement have worn off she vii
feel more fully the sting of the 1nslnuatlol
that she has been too easily won, and be un
| able to help herself from changing towards
Tom even if it be more from maiden re
| serve than pride or spirit. OF course Ton
will be sensitive and on the alert Tor
| change in the people whose favor he is an1
| ious to win, if not in all the world, and VII
SEE the cold shoulder almost before 1t is Oh
fered.
| She has no difficulty in finding Tom. HI
is standing at the door of the ballroom, look
| ing anxiously all sides of MIN, eVldentl!
| in search of the face his eyes are Away:
so quick to see, for the band is striking VI
| Never to Knoxville supper Waltz-at TIT
| end of which he is to learn from Da1Sys lips
| his fate.
"Oh, Mr.. Carruthers,' says Mrs. Page
| lightly advancing to where he stands, "
don't know if you were to have been one
my daughters partners, but in case you were
| had better, tell you she has just gone up
stairs, and is not thinking of coming doW1
again tonight"
| look of the blankest dismay comes ove
young Carruthers face. Isl 49,
'She is not i'll? % he asks, hastily. III
ooh, no, thanks, just a little tired. Sht
has been, dancing a good deaEl ana told mi
| a minute or two ago that she wouldn't wal
| for this waltz. I don't know if you were tt
| have had any of her dances, but I know Mr.
| Sinclair was, so / must run across to him -
and she is moving away with cool nod
! when Tom interposes with burst OF dis
appointment.
.7she was to have had two with me-par
| ticularly this one," he exclaims, surprised a
some change he observes in Da1sys mother
but not for moment understanding 1t.
| Really! Well, you must fill her place VIII
| -Ac %&~y iy1c sit
1t does seem such a shame to let girl ST
down for waltz, I always think and witt
another careless wave of dismissal, she is on
to the young she has indicated, and tt
whom it appears to Tom her manner is
twenty times more impressive and cordia
| than it has been to him.
| Burning with fierce disappointment the
young fellow is for a few minutes almos
| inclined to blame his idol for allowing to &c
to the wall for d little fatigue, and retlres
resentfully to the terrace to brood over hel
cruelty, but he never suspects there is the
| slightest reason for either her withdrawal OF
| her mothers sudden hold-cheap air of pa
| tronage in place of the warm friendliness
with which she had ben been wont to gree
him and joyful at heart as he is over the
unhoued for tidings which had reached him
tonight, his impatient gloom does not las
very long, and he manfully returns to his
! duty by conducting one of the few wall
flowers to the crowded supper tables, endeaV-
| orins: to console himself by determining te
catch Daisy early on the morrow before hel
! departure In any case he will have an OPP
pcrtunity tomorrow sometime, he thinks, fol
he IS to lunch with her and her mother a
| the Bungalow.
It is dreadful-terrible! 1t seems as if il
can hardly be borne!
And all the while the band downstairs is
playing the waltz they were to have danced
| together and the strains are waited upwards
and reach Daisy quite clearly It almost
seems as though the very words were being
spoken.