The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-16
an END TO ALL THINGS.
Black and White

Black and White.
When they parted he had fallen at her
feet and kissed the hem of her dress.
How ridiculous demonstration it ap-
peared to him today. and yet he dreaded
to meet her again. She had treated him
atrociously he had considered at the time.
Englished, she had amused herself with
him, and then given him his congo. She
was a married woman and he had been
a boy.
IIe recalled every incident of the care
We'll A youthful passion it may ha
been, but-he could not disl ute it even
noW-it was & passion that left its mark.
There had been a conservatory opening
out of the rooms she occupied. 1t was
in the conservatory that nc had made
himself the most absurd-there, and for
moment at the piano, at which she had
seated herself indifferently, and where
be had knelt to her like ii lover in ''The
London Journals" She had strolfed
along. shifting at the flowers, saying cru !.
things to him in her new and careless
voice, and he had followed her wistfuly
ike whipped dog, pleading to be reaa
mitted to favor. A spray Of fern that she
had dropped had been captured b,
passionately-she had touched it in their
last moments together. She shrugged f.er
shoulders with a sneer, and his eyes filled
at her cruelty
What do you suppose there was in a
boy like you to hold woman like .ne?'
she had asked
1t was the hardest thing she could hav
said, and he remembered that at that
ne had broken down altogether Coed
heavens, how preposterous he had been
how wrongly he had gone to work, al
ways being pathetic and reproachful! 81
Ia 5eunesse saviat, 81 Ia vieillesse pouysftl
However, it was over. He had not
found balm for his wound. in TX
months" as she had prophesied, but in
nine years he had married. and fore;
her existence entirely until 1t was recalled
to him by the sight of her name in the
visitors list
Now the recollections rushed back at
him, and while he laughed at his foflrt r
self as fool, he was conscious of a
strange trenlor at the prospect of see..!
her once more. ass -
He loved his wife sincerely Twelve.
months age he could have ccnternr.,ted
meeting Mrs. birmingham without mis-
giving I;ut he had been married. Twelve
months. The time had not !esscnp1 his
love, but it had naturally dispel!ed the
romance. Efter all, to be Sin ioy,." VIII,
q woman is greater safeguard against
others than to love her." H. was bound
to acknowledge to himself that he was
frightened at the thought of seeing Mrs.
Jernyngham again. He had, as a. matter
OF fact, avoided the-Casino since he knew
she was in Dieppe.
he put down his paper, and looked
across at Nellie reading Tauchnitz
novel. HOW pretty she was. and hn,.,
trustful! What would she say, could she
divine his present mocG? Sinless a. II
was, ii would cut her to the heart. Rab
ne Was fool-why should that make hin,
afraid to venture out of doors, He was
not fond of her still-of course he was
not -
The Tauehnitz novel dropped to Mrs.
MaXwelPs hap.
What are you thinking abont aor,
1ng? she asked
| was thinking how charming YOU Iool,
III that frock, my dear" he answered. a.,
preserved the habit of making graceful
speeches to his wife. Cynical bachelor
friends said he forgot who she was-tha,.
it was the force of habit.
she shook her head doubtfully.
mere was nasty black wrinkle be-
tween your eyebrows, Jack, and you were
Juggling your mustache, as you always
90 when you're put out L do look
charming in this frock. I admit it--but
you weren't thinking So
re obeyed sudden impulse
Nellie. ceme here. Do you remember.
soon after we were married. YOU asked
mo q question? You asked me if T had
ever cared deeply for another girl than
yourself" '-'~li'
I remember" said Nellie. Yes"
told you what an Internal idto+
mad once made of myself over a ma,rIe5
woman. | asked you. too never to use
certain scent because it reminded mo
OF her You know all that9"
I know; know; go orr
Wen, she's here, THAT'S all, and-con-
found tim rather sorry
"Oh!' said Nellie. And then there was
to break it, o''0
Tits quite all over, Jack? She
couldn't she daren't, attemnt to?
y ou'r n1arried-you wouldn't sin,n1v
nave to how and pass on. Besides NV
your own account she was-well, sha
didn't care for You any more WHY
should you mind her?"
dent know" he mustered. ir.esnlrtc-
~ I'D rather not, that's all. Anvhou
let's talk of something else: as rnatta,.
across herr No'''e
MIS-. Maxwell however, was not salts
1ed. For one thing. she wanted 70 rn
main longer in Dieppe than thew had AZ
arst proposed, and for another. she oh
iected on principle to her husband be-
ing nervous of a renconter with any ,vo-
man in the wide, wide world.
Come for walk" she said "ano
don't be such stupid boy One would
think you were in love with her now.
TO hear You talk. You'll make me zeal.
opst' And she made a mirthIess nre.
tence of laugh which would have de-
eeived no living soul but her husband
Get ready, Pan going to put on nv hat
and If you're very good you shall come
and watch me lose all our money in the
Casino s''e
She had never been more bewitchiov
or coquettish in their courtsbip than sbe
was during that evening. Far more plain
~ than the man himself she realized thar
she had livai--theugh it might be op,v
a memory-and she put forth all her
forces to annihilate her. Beautiful, doubr-
less? Jack would never have been can
tured by p woman who was not good
looking? And a man of the world also9
Jack hated school girls! '.Neverthe-
less. unused Mrs. Maxwell. contemplate
ing her reflection compIacently In one
of the mirrors OF the gaming rooms, ST
think l ought to be capable OF holding
my own against tho LADY. really dor,
The wrong horse came In again. and