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

deed, Mr. CarrutherS, she answers, making
strong effort to look and fell like herself
before Toms brother 1.-The rooms have
grown very hot and have slight head
|. ache, that is ALL"
| Mr. Carruthers nevertheless brings the
wine. He is so kind and genuinely thought
full during the next quarter of an hour that
Daisy feels as if he were an old friend IN
stead of an hours acquaintance. Indeed, she
| thinks that she could ask favor OF
him far more readily than she could demand
| it of Tom whom she looked upon short
time ago as her lover.
She is not long in leaving with her mother
and cousin, pleading great fatigue as an ex-
| cuSe for her eagerneSS to get away. But
when she and Margaret are alone in her
bedroom the poor child casts aside reserve,
and sobs out her trouble to her cousin with
| bitter tears
HE is so changed don't know what is
the matter with him, but he'll never be the
same again, I know; and oh, Margaret, love
him so!'' is the burden of her grief. eff
only knew what it was! He says I haven't
offended him, so it must be that he doesn't
care for me any longer Oh, Margaret Mar
Saret, l am so unhappy"
| Margaret, who is not at all unsympathetic
or bad-hearted where she has interests
at stake, does her best to SoOthe her little
cousin, and persuades that the misunder
standing will soon come right She has had
a hint from Mrs Page, who reads her world
ly nature Alright, as to the state of the case,
and has given her promise that she will not
unduly encourage Daisy in her folly. But
at the same time, she has not engaged to be
brutally harsh, and Daisy thinks her the
personltcatlon of tender sympathy as she
sits on her bed in her white dressing gown,
and lays her cool hand on the girls burning
forehead.
so you really care so much for Tom Car
ruthers?' she says, wonderingly. well, I
won't ask you what you see in him, Daisy,
because OF course he has paid you some at
tention, and is. handsome and all that but
don't you think now, it is just girlish
fancy that you can soon get ever if you try?"
| mo, no., sobs Daisy, 'it is isn't any fancy,
Margaret. 1 don't love Tom because he's
handsome, but because he's SO good, and
shall never get over it however much try.
1 am so miserable I would far rather he
would refuse to speak to me, than treat me
as he did tonight
Perhaps he viii be different next time"
| suggests Margaret. But Daisy, dear it
would be better to try to forget all about
him, because, of course, now he won't be
able to think Of marriage for a long time
perhaps never
I don't want him to think of marriage"
cried Daisy, chidishly Il only want him to
| be like he once"
Il am afraid he may be bit of firt,"
signs Margaret. Perhaps he never meant
anything. There child, now don't cry like
that. L daresay l am quite wrong. Perhaps
next time you will home smiling and
| say it is all right again. ~
II shall never do that cries Daisy with
a sort of dull despair. 1T is all over I feel
| garet, and 1 shall never get to his side of
| it again!''
| CHAPTER ",
"I met delightful girl last night at the
Dymond says Phil Carruthers to his
younger brother as they sat together at
breakfast the following morning.
! "Oh?" remarks Tom, carelessly.
| Yes, a Miss Page. I wondered you had
never mentioned her to me, for she told me
she knew you and she is by no means an
ordinary girl" continued Phil.
Il know her, certainly says Tom But
then 1 know lots of delightful girls-indeed,
every girl is delightful if one only takes the
| trouble to know her properly
Angry and scornful Daisy's former
! lover is at heart, he does not expose either
her or his own folly to his brother, from
| when, in general he has no secrets; and
Phil Carruthers, who has been thinking a
good deal about Daisy, does not dream that
! Tom is any less Indifferent than he appears
! Ifnd them all too much alike as a rule"
says Phil, and don't know when I have
met any girl who interested me so much as
this Miss Page-not, at any rate, for years"
| 81 don't care very much about the
mother, observes rom, as mere matter
| of warning, and not from any spiteful mo-
tive Il fancy she cares for man according
! to his wealth and position, and will train up
her daughter to the same view of things"
Phil does not answer, but Sits thinking
with a smile of the pair of dark blue ewes
that have engaged his fancy He is fastidi-
ou3 in his notions of womenkind and by no
! means inclined to after every face he
| sees; indeed, for six years he has borne only
one constantly in his memory so that Daisy
must have made even a greater impression
upon him than he is himself aware of that
he should be dreaming of her during the
sunny morning hour that is generally de-
voted to the papers or the letters that lie
| thickly around his plate.
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