The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-13

her father-anything but what he Isl
This time 1 am desperately and really
in love-
80 you were with Mollie Trefuses, with
Sarah Talbot, with Eliza Capel, with Ma
tilda Howard-and a galaxy Of minor
Beauties
But it has come to this-I wish to mar
ry Miss Moran; and L never wished to
marry any other woman
You have forgotten-and, by heaven!
you must forget Miss Moran. She is not
to be thought Of as a wife-for one mo-
ment"
Sir, you are not so unjust as to make
such statement without giving me the
reason for it,
Giving you reasonI My reason ought
TO have sprung up voluntary in your
heart. It is an incredible thing If Won are
not already familiar with it,
Simply, sir, profess my ignorance"
Look around on. Look east, and west
and north, and south-all these rich lands
were bought with your Uncle Williams
money. He made himself poor to make
me rich; because, having brought me up
as his heir, he thought his marriage late
In life had in a manner defrauded me-
You know that the death of his two sons
has again made me the heir to the Hyde
earldom; and that, after me- the success
sion is yours. Tell me now what child Is
left to your uncle?''
Only his daughter Annie, a girl Of
fourteen or fifteen years.
What will become of her when her
father dies?'
Sir, how can I divine her future?'
1t is your duty to divine her future
her father has no gold to leave her-he
gave 1t to me-and the land, he cannot
leave her; yet she has natural right be-
| yond either mine or yours
Il give her my right, cheerfuIIy''
I GU cannot give It to her-unlesG Won
outlaw yourself from your native coun-
try-strip yourself of your citizenship
declare yourself unworthy to be a son of
the land that gave you birth Even if you
perpetrated such civil crime, you would
render no service to Annie Your right
would simply lapse to the son of Robert
Hyde-the young man you met at Ok
ford"
Surely, sir, we need not talk of that
fellow. / have already told you what
very sycophant he is. He ticks the dust
before any man of wealth or authority;
les"
well then. sir, what is your duty to
Annie Hyde?"
II do not conceive myself to have any
special duty to Annie Hyde"
Upon my honor, you are then per-
versely stupid But it is impossible that
you do not realize what justice, honor,
!
you! When your uncle wrote me that
pldful letter, which informed me of the
death of his last son, my first thought
was that his daughter must be assured
of her right in the succession. There is
one way to compass this. You know what
that way is. Why do you not speak?"
Because, sir, if I confess your evil
dent opinion to be just; 1 bind myself
to carry it out, because of it's Justice"
rs it not just?''
1T might be just to Annie, and very
unjust to me-"
mo, sir, Justice is a thing absolute;
it is not altered by circumstances; es-
recially for circumstance so trivial as
young mans idle fancy"
4" tbs no idle fancy. I love Cornelia
Moran
You have already loved a score of
beauties-and forgotten them"
Il have admired, and forgot If I
had loved 1 should not have forgotten.
Now I love-"
"Fhen, sir, be a man, noble man,
and put Your personal gratitude below
justice, honor and gratitude. This is the
first real trial of your life, George, are
you going to play the coward in it?''
eff you could only see Miss Moran
81 should find it difficult to be civil
to her. George, I put before you a
duty. that no gentleman, can by any
possibility evade."
eff this arrangement is so important,
why was I not told of it, ere this?"
''It is scarcely year since your cousin
Harry's death. Annie is not fifteen years
old. I did not wish to force matters 1
intended you to go to England next year,
and [ hoped that marriage might come
without my advice or my interference 1t
seemed to me that Annies position would
itself open your heart to her.
81 have no heart to give her"
'"Then you must at least give her your
hand. l myself proposed this arrange
ment, and your uncle's pleasure and graf
itude was of the most touching kind. Fur
Their, if you will have the very truth, then
know that under no circumstances will L
sanction a marriage with DR.. Moran's
daughter
you can not possibly object to her, sir.
She is perfection itself"
81 object to her in toto. l detest DR..
Moran personally. 1 know not why, nor
care wherefore. I detest him still more
sincerely as man of French extract on. I
was brought very much in contact with
him for three years. and if we had not
been in camp and under arms, I would
have challenged him score of times.
He is the most offensive of men. He
brought his race prejudices continually to
the front. When Lafayette was wounded,
With-some of his Dragging company, moth
ing would do but Dr. Moran must go with
them to the hospital at Bethlehem; yes,
and stay there until the precious marquis
was out of danger. I'll swear that he
would not have done this for Washington
The would have clustered about the poor
fellows lying sick in camp. Moran talks
about being an American, and the
Frenchman crops out at every corner.
But he is neither here nor there in our
affairs; what wish you to remember is
that rank has its duties as well as its
privileges and You would be a poltroon
to accept one and ignore the other. What
are you going to do?"
81 know not. I must think
81 am ashamed of you! In the name
of all that is honorable what is there to
think about? Have you told this Miss
Moran that you love her?"
Not in precise words. l have only seen
her three or four times"
Then, sir you have only yourself to
think about. Have I son with so lit
tie proper feeling that he needs to think
moment when the case is between hon
or and himself? George, it is high time
that you set out to travel In the neigh
borhood of your mother, and your grand
parents, and your fatterers in the CITY.
you never get beyond the atmosphere of
your whims and fancies. This conyersa-
ton has come sooner than I wished: but
after it there is nothing worth talking
about"
Sir, you are more cruel and unreason-
able than 1 could believe possible"
THE ratings of losing lover are not
worth answering. Give your anger sway
and when you are reasonable again tell
me. A man mad In love has some title
to my pity
And, sir, If you were any other man
but my father, would say, 'confound