The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-12


pressions! I've thought of two tine SMILES.
too. One IS how similar the transit from life
to death is to this visit. Just had to
come down here, each one alone, SO we must
die Now, what was that other-what was it ?
Wait until 1 look
Was it on the litteness, the pettiness, of
hfe-its nothingness: l asked in a still, small
Tess! How did you guess it? So you
thought OF that too. Well, in that case, it
must be poor. Do you believe in thought cur
reEls: DO. No doubt you got that from
f e,. 90 It's mine anyway. L suppose it is
tooilsh to even whisper these pearls aloud,
put tell you them SOS you'll keep the rest
from poaching.
That night two pens raced over manor as
IN! Inc tau one and the chaperon put their seeth-
tiiS thoughts into words The colleen, how
49, Oh her return from the catacombs had
aS contrast to that visit dallied long amid
Tue aIurements of the mlliners' shop on Rue
&c ID Falx. On her arrival home she sadly in
bt, her letter Of credit and followed it
astra sum IN subtraction The result dis
80, JUS Tor the colleen fell by the wayside
Iu the prize article was untouched.
c,ai,o our Httle dining room that night the
re-, 40 CLOCK had piped out II calls before
r. we're thrown down and the tall one and
.Inst thl sought US to read their stories.
VS. . a1e the Harvard mans ring at our door
sbee+e e- a' .nearo as he, too, entered, dozen
oneTtS nutter1ng in his hand.
tell You that catacomb story prize IS
pered to me- N =" 'S Will"
eIhiy ana IN subdued Christian spirit I
sat there-yes, sat there and listened TO
every word 0 Ai''e"eu ~
when all had finished, there was silence
suc1 as precedes a cyclone, and then I heard:
hou took.-began the chaperon.
MY thought'-contnued the tall one
ward man. -oo '1e hAai-
6ut the colleen whose article still reposed
- ner notebook impressions, cried out in
husky tones:
"Since eacb of ,,o,,~ 49,. =.
enoodles every idea of mine-there!' And the
"eaty notebook was hurled to the floor.
,f ne SCI Scrloes were hardly on speaking terms
aater ms. me Harvard man passed No. II
eseIy DAY with girl who was known to
make a cross for her name I'm very tired
Oh female writer's" he was heard to say.
=, IN the pretty apartment in the Rue de Chal-
iot the frost, though slight was none the
less enduring, for, true to the inconsistency
VI Inc female mind, they all turned upon me
ana one morning addressed me thus:
besan oo in M nave forgiven you anything" all
But what?" 1 asked, outwardly calm
but giving away that great thought upon
IN the nttieness, the nothingness, of life said
the chaperon, bristling.
That certainly began the t,11 o,e 80, =
no longer wore the Harvard mans fra
ternlty pin, which in tender moment he had
!oan nT me. 10 and from my French-lessons
! Wdlheu alone, and in the pretty apartment
NO. II, the Harvard mans step and ring were
heard no more. WI"
II was one month later I walked briskly
along the brilliant avenue watching tbe heal
tIul norseS with their silken coats, and the
chic Frenchwomen clad in gowns r. nnaLe ~
nun covetous. The sound of familiar voices
mace me turn my eyes toward the footpath
oho Win start l saw approaching me nv
1 1nree companlons-and the Harvard man.
Ihey were enjoying some huge Joke immense
~, whiie the tall one was pointing to some
thlng in newspaper. When they saw me
they hurried over and 1 could see the soulful
glance my erstwhie Harvard friend cast upon
me as he approached.
Have you seen it?'' asked the cbanero,
Seen what?' ~
The cataccmb prize has been awarded r.
an American, and-oh-you tell her!" to the
tall one ~ Ae
well, it's just this it seems tbat-ob
read it YOURSELF" cried the colleen. Pm fair
~ ashamed to own up having been so silly,
Ihey handed me the paper, and amid a dead
sliehce READ every word of the article. AS
old so MANY familiar friends greeted nv eve
namely, the nothingness, absolute netfi
ness or life in the presence of the great ruler"
and so forth. and so on. "PIuto's domain,
was also touched upon, and mention was also
mace OF some grinning skulls" though to
be honest the writer endowed these latter
with teeth
ITO think we misjudged her sou heard
them murmur as I read intently, feeling
But, alas, it was short lived, for when read
the name signed to the story-the name Of
the winner of the much desired prize-n,v
satisfaction oozed from my soul and left M.
pallid and heartsick.
'All the waters in the five oceans wont
wash me clean in their eyes when thew dis
cover, muttered as / handed back tha ma .
per.
We've all been very silly" said the
chareron cheerily, but after this we'll say
no more about it. This was only another in
stance of great minds running in the same
direction Now for brisk walk home"