The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07


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Yes, things are very much changed" she
assented, briefly, when he alluded, sympa-
thetically, to what had happened since they
parted The 'women-at-ease' you knew have
been changed into working women"
He looked curiously at the earnest profile
that was very lovely under the brim of the
small black sailor hat, the pink the spring
breeze had brought into her cheeks accen-
tuated by the blackness of her veil: but all
he said was
Then, perhaps, You will be in touch with
me, when I tell you that 1, too, shall soon be
occupied with something sterner than the
comparatively empty days Of old. Last night
wanted. contest Longford. 1 shall offer my
self as candidate at the coming election"
II am very glad to hear it, she returned,
with real interest, beginning to forget mat
tiers connected with herself, in her sympathy.
How delighted your father win be! You
stand as Liberal, of course?'
With the interest of the working classes
as my chief AIM he assented. 81 mean to
do the thing thoroughly, both practically and
theoretically, and a hard lot of work lies
before me. We may, at least, shake hands on
the ground of being fellow-werkers."
Yes; though 1 cannot compare your work
with mine. Yours is large, noble, elevating,
Mine is the reyerse-is cTamping."
You need not fear that any circumstances
will ever cramp yeu,'' he replied warmly.
mo, not goodbye. I am coming tomorrow
come tooT'
She shook her head
Il have very little time for pleasuring
You must remember''-with a smile-"my
working womaniSm is a fait accompli, not
merely a prospect, as with you"
"One of the chief aims Of my work will be
the procuring of recreation for the working
classes "A sunny smile cleaned from his
eyes and revealed his white teeth. IF may,
l shall be so happy to try the effect of my
theory on you"
The smile with which she shook her head
was all On the surface.
She was not one Of the women who give
their hearts lightly, and change easily, and
never before had he been 50 much to her
caste as in this new seriousness.
Life seemed hard, cruelty hard, to Deeima,
as she took her hat off to go and check the
washing lists, and harder still during the
days that followed, when she was obliged to
exercise all her ingenuity in inTenting ex-
cuses for not accompanying the brother and
sister in their little outings.
The truth of the matter is you are losing
interest in me-" Elizabeth said repreach-
fully, che day a couple OF weeks later when
she had exhausted all her power OF persuasion
IN endeaveFing to get Decima to go to Esher
with them feF a long afternoon, on the, river.
MY eternal DTacticing has made you tired
OF me-
Though Deefma laughed the idea away and
sent her friend off 1nollifled by a next time
premise, her heart was very SORE for the
avoid John Fanshawe, it had become neces-
sazy that she should do So
Heart was proving too strong for head
ana the love she had stFfven to conquer had
aneeF the strain OF his proximity, blazed up
aaa the mere brightly for the repression
Oh, II only Elizabeth had never come to
lAedsls SE-haS1hg done se-would go away
again!
An Incident that very evening proved that
EzlS Wish was based on no unnecessary fear
As on several ether occasions after bring
tAG DIS sister back, Fahshawe STAYED and
d1zsd at RedwaH Square, and, after the meal
went VITA the other guests into the music
focdn, boF the singing and playing that made
the sfteT-dinneF hours pass so DELIGHTFULLY."-
TEis room was, as we have said, a perfect
Rz9ssie-reem-
Little had John Russell guessed. when ne
pant II On to his house for the daughters who
Lhsesateo MS very considerable musical tai
esat' laat, at no very distant date it would
All eot Belong, for the time being, to Eliza
ReCh Fanshawe, who would make it an ex
etSs Tor paying avery handsome pension.
aus thfee long windows gave access to the
garden at the back of the house and ternDt-
e0 Dy tbs beauty of the rnoonlit night the
guests stayed out in twos and threes and
stfoiied ABOUT the little lawn, and round the
patfS by the ivy-e6vered wall that screened
thefR from tbs observation Of neighhors
II was g. glorious night the moon az +ba
Idn and ths sir sweet to intoxieation with
thf scent OF dsw- washed nignonatte and
Feses,
1t this befe1t that Deefrna. playing the con-
eitdlhs chords Of dreamy nocturne found
inst except. for Miss Hiram, the American
g1Fi. Sfad her cousin Griffith who was standing
together on the step of one Of the open door
EiadeWs, she was alone in the room with
Joan FaaShawe, VINO had been turning the
leaves Oyer for her,
AS sha withdrew her hands from the niano
music eaf74a in from without
MONSIEUR DC IA Mennaraye, who had dined