The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-09

Fereker seemed to be on what, ii LllaS, APP
peared very free-and-easy terms.
They did not use Christian names. GER
tainly, but Lilias took occasion to ask her
Observation-Disclosures on, whether MI. MOI
ton was not making up to Mrs VereKef.
Not exactly" was the reply. He's got
wifei"
'Oh!" said Lilias, with a gasp; and then
Ernescliffe laughed and called her prlm'
and she began to think that society must De
awfully wicked when even good women ike
Mrs. Vereker behaved so strangely, and al
lowed men to say such things as MI. Morton
had said to her.
On the whole, however, the young wire,
enjoyed herself.
1t may be questioned whether her husband
did.
He was inwardlv vexed that she should be
so silent and shy: and he could not help the
pain caused by that sharp contrast between
her and EVELYN.
In mere physical loveliness many would
have said that LiliaS held the palm; but she
as markedly lacked as Evelyn markedly pos-
sessed that inalienable quality Of distinction
which is by no means always a characters
tic of even wellborr people, and can no more
be acquired by any process of '1evellng up
than can the special gift of the poet or the
composer.
And for expression-who could compare the
fair face of the with the glowing, speak
ing features OF the other?
Lilias herself wondered, half enviously, il
she could ever be at all like Evelyn.
How brilliant she was!
How we'll she spoke
How much she knew!
What great thing it was to have lived in
the world
When the gentlemen joined the ladies in
the drawing-room-whi they did very soon
Major Winter tried hard to make friends
with Lilias but he did not achieve much
progress.
Mrs. Ernesciffe seemed half afraid of him.
In truth, Lilias' code taught her that
married woman ought to be very circum-
spect in her intercourse with other men, and
then, the poor girl did not know what to talk
about, and answered in monosyllables, so
that the major came to the conclusion she
was lawfully bornee," and presently deserted
her.
The actor asked her if she sang or played,
but she was obliged to confess she did
neither
Ernesclffe sang and Evelyn accompanied
him; and then she played and played beau
tifully-how beautifully Lilias could not fully
understand, but she knew that she herself
| could never hope to even approach such per-
Torrance; and Gerard, who could not endure
his Wife'S playing, a rapt listener to Mrs.
Vereker.
Lias, not accustomed to late London hours,
got very tired before eleven, and SO Ernes-
cliffe took her home and when they were
gone Miss Winter asked her hostess, aside,
who Mrs. Ernescliffe was.
Loyal Evelyn would not define too closely.
mot his equal!" she said "She will i'm
prove. At present she is unused to things,
land shy" flklgiga2fM
"she's awfully pretty said the other;
but she doesn't look very wise. 1 should
think her husband would be bored to death
in few MONTHS
He is beginning to feel the strain al
ready" Evelyn thought; but she did not say
so. ''And she, too, poor girl, will pine for
congenial companionship. It's a wretched
business. God knows what will be the end
of it! One thing Ernescliffe went into this
marriage with his eyes open, and he must
make the best Of it.