The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-23

sympathy and gave quick note of he5
lntuitiOnS. Her head had a slightly Der
emptory poiSe as if a very fervent nal
ture, betrayed in a full bust and red
sensitive mouth, were held under guard Il
IL was natural that the gifted man and
the enchanting woman should drift toll
gether, and they soon sat. alone I'm on(
OF those quiet inches prepared by authors
for such occasions. His eyes and tones
leveled at thousands a few hours befOrt
were hers only al their table an6
through them came a gentleness that I'd
her seemed the very velvet of fine def
erence." The affinities parted. but Bng
ham had received permission. to call uporI
his enslaver
Mrs. Nesmith had a good-for-nothinS
husband somewhere and Bingham an uni
loved and un1oving wife from whom nd
was separated but not divorced
The secoHd chapter introduces MRS.
Bingham as a very unlovely characteri
Love had flown out of the window oil
the Bingham house soon after the honeyl
uoon. week elapsed without thd
husband and wife meeting Bin hand
told his woes TO the lovely Helen sind
had similar troubles of her own, and inl
dulges in this thought:
'Helen's heart yearned to him In tenI
der compassion, and with a sense of anil
ger toward his unworthy wife Shel
Ionged to bear solaCe to him. and eve1l
smiled at the thought that Mrs BingI
ham and Mr. Nesmith should be linked
together
''Bingham's message on the morrow.
with the flowers rejoiced her-she.
promptly Cancelled a previous engaged
ment for the evening and babe him
come
HE went, and the next evening and
on the afternoon Of the ensuing day then
rode out together. Before their return
at dusk they understood their need Oh
each other
John Bingham was the last man I'd
presume upon the grace of a good wom-1
an and she the last of her sex to permif
1t. Neither expected, when they wheel
ed away, to confess so much, but thfi
admiration of each for the other anG
that instructive telegraphy in manner|
tremor or look which communicates
what we nav seek to hide in frugal
speech, led to a disclosure Of their heart
hunger, and Helen had already learn ed
from her hostess, where she first mel
John Bingham. of his sonber life.
''The carriage brought back an unA
mated husband and an minated wifd
who had confessed their mutual affac1
ton. Yes, John Bingham and Helen
Nesmith rejoiced that they loved eacY
other!
MIR. Nesmith ard Mrs Bingham wera
no more part of their lives longer tha&
Is sheriff of a prisoners life whose
wrist and his custodians q common
handcuf holds.
Still Mr.. Nesmith was as much In the
way as the sheriff mentioned. He had
money-Mrs. Nesmith's money, the read
er is told. To outwit Mrs. Grundy Hell
en- drove out twice a week and took uu
Bingham at some remote point
The lovers were eStranged, but later
met In Washington
AS they rode up Pennsylvania avenue
hand in hand. he asked:
And Mr.. Nesmith?"
He took away the least desirable of
my property last-himself; he is some4
where in Latin America she replied.
Nobody is eager to see him save a sher.
III or two. have divorced him"
For Lynn did go to Latin Americd
and was divorced. John Bingham, In.
ferentiaIly, is Pitkin
Old Parson Hclton, Baptist pre- chez
OF Tennessee. had eighteen sens. and
during the Civil war sixteen enlisted in
the Union army and two sided with the
Confederates. When the old minister had
reached his eighty-eighth year, some one
who did not know about his sons vi asys
asked him where his syu1pathies lay dur.
ing the war my sympathies were Jyitl
the Union by fourteen majority, iaid
the old man.
In Washington. D. c., one day last
winter, Henry Watterson, Of Kentuclz$I
sat in a retired corner in ChamberlaI9
drinking high balls. so they say, VIZ
Senator Thurston walked over to his tai
bic. What is the matter. Watterson ~
he inquired; ''you look down In It'd
mouth" 81 was thinking said ia
great editor, "of the decay Of orator
in this country. Years ago We had
many notable orators-Clay. Calhoun
Webster and others-but today you car
count them on the fingers of your on
hand. Why, Thurston, 1 know of Blu
three men in all the United States VIII
are entitled to be called orators. . VIII
are they?" inquired Thurston. your
SELF myself and George r. Peck" rh
senator from Nebraska smiled cor
temptuously and remarked: "What Ia
thunder is the use of dragging Gee6
r. Peck in: He is not here"