The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10

mans life it is wisdom
My pen is too small for my heart
My opinion is that thou hast wa
yered too long. 1t is great foolishness
to let the cherry knock against the lips
too often or too long. A pretty pas
time perhaps to will, and not to will, to
dare and not to dare; but at last the
knock comes that drops the cherry-it
may be into some other mouth
II fear no one but that rascal, Joris
Hyde
"a rascal he is not, because the same
woman he loves as thyself. Such words
weaken any cause. No wrong have
seen or know of Lieut. Hyde. "
81 will call him a rascal and I will
give him no other title, though his father
leave him an earl"
words. Write thy letter, but put out of
thy mind all bad thoughts first. A love
letter from a bitter heart is not lucky.
And of all thy wit thou wilt have great
need, if to q woman thou writest.'
20, they are intolerable aching joys.
A man that dares to love woman, or
dares to believe in her, dares to be
mad"
Come, come! No evil must thou
speak of good women. 1 swear that I
was never out of it yet, when I judged
men, as they judged women. The art of
loving a woman is the art of trusting
her-yes, though the heavens fall. Now,
then, haste with thy letter. Thou may
have yes to it ere thou sleep tonight. ;"
''And 1 may have no F"
ITO be sure, If you think no. But
even so, if thou lose the wedding ring,
the hand is still left; another ring may
be found
a. No would be a death blow to me"
''It will not While man has meat
and drink love will not starve him; with
worlds business and worlds pleasure
an unkind love he makes shift to forget.
Bring to me word of thy good fortune
this night, and in the morning there is
the Boston business. Longer it can hard
ly watt
But the letter to Cornelia, which Hvde
found to slip off his pen like dancing
was a more difficult matter to Rem. He
wrote and destroyed and wrote again and
destroyed, and this SO often that he final
ly resolved to go to Maiden line for his
inspiration. 81 may see Cornelia in the
garden or at the window, and when I see
what 1 desire surely l shall have the wit
to ask for it.
So he thought, and with the thought
he locked his desk and went towards his
home in Maiden lane. He met George
Hyde sauntering up the street look ng
unhappy and restless, and he suspected
at once that he had been walking past
Dr.. Moran's house in the hope of seeing
Cornelia ard had been disappointed The
thought delighted him. He was willing
to bear disappointment himself if by
doing so some of Hyde's smiling conf
dence was changed to that unhappy un-
easiness, which he detected in his rivals
face and manner. The young men bowed
to each other, but did not speak. In
some occult way they OWNED a more
positive antagonism than they had ever
before been conscious of.
II can not go out Of the house, .
thought Rem, without meeting that fop.
He is in at one door and out at another;
this way, that way, up street, and down
street.-the devil take the fellowY'
What mere sullen creature that Rem
van Ariens Isl thought Hyde, land with
all the good temper in the world, I affirm
1t. / wonder what he is on the street for
at this hour! Shall l watch him? No,
that would be vile work. l will let him
alone, he may as well play the ill-natured
fool On the street as in the house; better
Indeed, for some enc may have a title to
tell him SO. But l may assure myself of
one thing, when 1 met him he was build
ing castles in the future, for he was look
ing straight before him; and if he had
been thinking Of the past, he would have
been looking down. l should not wonder
If it was Cornelia that f1lred his dreams.
Faith, we have blockheads of all ages:
but on that road he will never overtake
his thought"-then with movement OF
impotence he added:
Why should 1 let him into my mind,
for he is the least welcome of all in
truders? Goodness gracious, how long
the minutes arei 1t is plain to me that
Corneha is not at home, and nv letter
may not even have touched her hands
yet. How shall I endure another hour
perhaps many hours? Where can she
have gomez
He turned serrowfully to his own
ing for him to do but wait as patiently
as possible for Cornelia's answer,
In the meantime Rem was writing h s
proposal He was not assisted in the Ct
fort by any sight of his mistress. 1t was
evident Corneiia was not in her home.
and he looked in vain for any shadow of
the sweet face that he was certain wcufd
have made the words come easily. Final
~, after many trials, he desisted with
the following, though 1t was the least
effective of any form he had written:
TO Miss Moran: Honored and Beloved
F'riend-Twenty times this day / have
trled to write a letter worthy to come
1 INTO your hands and worthy to tell you
now beyond all words I love you. But
what can l say more than that love
you? This you know. It has been mr.
secret TO you since ever you were a litt1e
girl. Many years have sought vouI
love: Pardon me II now ask Won n tei1
me have not sought in vain. T0norroIu
must leave New York and I NAV he
away for some time Pray, then, give
me some hope tonight to take with ma
Say but one word to make me +he nro,Id'
est and happiest lover in the world. Give
me the permission to come and show -
you your Iatner that am able to maintain
s sod IN IA every comfort that is your right.
ana all my life long will prove to Won the
devotion that attests my undyine affac-
ton and gratitude. I am sick with TO-.
ing Tor the promise of your love. Nav
6eeSo1a r 70 nope so great a blessing? o.
Well, your humble servant huil
Rembrandt van Artens'
When he had finished this lever he
folded and sealed 1t, and then walked
TO the window with it in his hand. The,
ne saw Cornelia returning home from
soiie shopping or social errand, and he
iassiy called servant and ordered it
10 De delivered at once to Miss Moran
And as Cornelia fingered little amo NC,
the aster beds the man put # into he
hands She bowed and smiled as sbo
accepted It, but Rem, watching with bio
heaft IN his eyes, could see that ~
aWaKed no special interest She kent ~
unopened as she wandered among the
purple and pink, and gold and white flow
ers' until Mrs. Moran came to the door
10 hurry her movements; then she for.
lowed her mother hastily into the house
DO you know how late it is, Cornela7
Dinner is nearly ready. There is a letter
on your dressing table that came nv
Lieut.. Hyde's servant two or three boprs
ago" y iiout
"Aand Tobias has just brought me q
letter from Rem-at least the direction
Is in Ren's handwriting
some farewell dance. T souppose, before
our dancers go to gay Philadelphia