The Saint Paul globe., 1900-10-01
.Gbe maid OF maiden Zane.
BY AMELIA E. BARR
BY AMELIA E. BARR.
Copyright, 1900, by Amelia q. Barr)

deceived her; but she had grieved and
forgiven. And love brings Its reward,
even If unrequited. Those who love and
have loved are the better for the revela-
ton, for love, for loves sake enriebes
and blesses the lover to the very end of
live. She did not forget, for love has
everlasting remembrance; and she did not
wish to forget, for a great affection is a
great happiness, and the whole soul can
find shelter in it,
Neither were her days monotonous or
unhappy. All the real pleasures of life
lie in narrow compass, and she found
herself very often hurried for want of
time She had not, it is true the re-
sources OF the woman of today-no lit
erary, musical, social or sporting clubs
existed for Cornelia; but she had duties
and devices that made every moment
pleasant or profitable. Many hours daily
We're given to fine needlework-calm quiet
hours, full of thought as well as work;
she had her music to practice, new books
and papers to read, calls to make, man
tuamakers and milliners to interview,
dinners and dances and tea parties to at
tend, shopping to look after, delicate bits
of darning and mending to exercise her
skill on, creams and pastries and cakes
to prepare, visitors to welcome and en-
tertain, and many other duties which
sprang up-as extras do-unexpectedly,
and yet which opened the door for very
pleasant surprises and events.
Besides which, there was mher father
After her return from school she had
always driven him to some extent: but
Hns e!alm on her now was often a little
eAdcung. He said the fresh spring winds
We're good for her, and that she sfaved
IN the mouse too much, and there was no
eVading the dictum that came with botb
parental and medical authority. Perhaps
TINS demand upon her time would NOT
nave been made if the Hydes had been
IN New York; but Dr. Moran. by fire.
quent inquiries satisfied himself that they
were yet in Philadelphia and for his
daughters satisfaction he freouenil II.
said, as they drove sup Maiden lane. "Wc
Will take the Greenwich road; there is
no lear OF our meeting any one we do
not wish to see" She understood the al
lHsien, and was satisfied to escape meet
ings tnat promised her nothing but pain
In the month of May there occurred ona
OF those wet spells which are so irritat-
ing. growing weather" of course, but
very uresome to those who felt the iov
of spring escaping them Week after
week it was too damp, or the winds werc
too sharp, or the roads too heavy for
quick driving, and thus the month of all
months went out of the calendar with
few red letter days to brehten it T77en
June came In royalty, and Cornelia was
glad OF the sunshine and the breeze AMI
the rapid canter; and for week or two
she was much out with her father. But
he was now ever on the watch, and she
judged from this circums tance that the
Hydes, were back in New York Reside
which, he did not any longer give he
the assurance of not meeting any one
they id rc+ wish to see
One exquisite 9day as they. went up
Maiden Lane the doctor said-"NIv
friend =,
today. and we will go and wish him ,
good voyage" So to the pier they went,
and the doctor left his carria ge. and TAX
ing Cornelia on his arm walked down to
where the English nackets was lying They
were little too. late 20 on board. for,
the shoremen- We're taking away the gang
plank, and the sailors Nprepa: ing to lift
the anchor; but the general stood leaning
over the side of the vessel and exchang-
ed some last words with his friend
While sCornelia7 listened, she became
suddenly conscious of the powerful mag
netism of some human eye, and obeying
its irresistible attraction she saw Geo. ge
Hyde steadily regardir- ~ He stood
by the side of her fa+har. as handsome
as on that May. morning when he had
first looked love into ehe~ haart. She was
enthral,ed again by his elanees, and never
for one moment thought of resisting the
appeal it made to- her 80
With a conscious tenderness she waved
him an adieu whose spilitehe could not
but feel. In the same moment he lifted
his hat ami stood bareheaded looking at
her with a pathetic inauirys which made.
her inWardly cry out; "Oh what does he
mean.Po The racket was noviag-the
wind filed the blowing. sails-the hcarse
CRYING of the sailor men blended with. the
,good-byes of the passengers-and tile
eart-awares OF the sad and silent parting
within his sigftt-moveds away. as Cor
nelia again waved a mute farewell n
her lost lover. Then the doctor touched
her
why do you do that?" he asked
angrily. a4s+9 acs 9-y..ss,-s
because I must do 1t father: can
not help it. Irdesire to do it,
Il am in a hurry; let US so home
.F1liing her eyes with the beauty of
the splendid looking youth still standing
pareheaded watching her. seeing even
such trivial. things as his long cloak
thrown backward over his shoulder. his
white hand holding his lifted hat and the
w1nd-tossed eurls of his handsome head,
she turned away with a sigh. The doctor
drove rapidly to Maiden Lane and did
not on the way speak a word; and Cor
nelia was glad of it. That Image of her
lover standing on the moving ship watch
ing her with his heart in his eyes. filed
i
De possible for her to forget it. or 10 phi
any other image in, its place She thank
eo her good angel for giving her such q
comforting memory; it seemed as if the
sung mad been taken out of .ner sorrow
Henceforward she was resolved to love
without doubt. She would believe in
Joris, no matter what she had SEEN or
what she had heard. There were places
In life to which alas! >truth could not
iOh he.
Though all the. world blamed her lover
she would excuse him Her heart might
acne, her eyes might weep hut in that
aching heart and in those weeping ewes
his splendid image would live in that
radiant dimness which makes. the unseen
lace often more real than the present
one.
DR.; Moran OWNED something of this
resolute temper and. it. made him ef1er,f
lie felt that his daughter had come to
pace where she had put. reason firmly
aside, and given her whole assent 70
tue assurances of her intuition He had
no arguments for an antagonism of This
Kind. What could he say to soul that
presaged a something, and then believed
II His instructive sagacity told him
Inat Pls silence was now the part of wisdom.
but though he took her silently home,
ne was conscious of a great relief His
watch was over.
Now woman's intuition is like a
leopard, s spring. 1t seizes the truth-if
IL seize 1t at all-at the first bound; and
1t was by this unaccountable mental sgfl-
lty Cornelia had arrived at the conVic-
ton of her lovers fidelitys>At any ra te
she felt confident, that If circumstances
had compelled him to be false to her
the wrong had been sincerely mourned.
st Sho she was able to forgive the offense
tnat was plotted out with tears She
renected also that now he was SO far
away 1t would be possible for her to call