The Saint Paul globe., 1900-10-01

upon Mime. Van Heemskirk, and also
returned. But if HYDE had remained in
| New York these houses would necessarily
be closed to her, for he was constant
| visitor at both.
Nine. Van Heemskirk the following
week She expected the old lady might
treat her little formally, perhaps even
wh wUf While e00nsss Rer Res kndness hed aSusn
Then one morning Mrs. Moran SAID,
'4Cornelia, wish you to go to William
Twins for some hosiery and Kendai cot.
| number ninety, and hear his clothes
are strangely, cheap. Go and examine
! them for me.
"Very well, mother, will also look In
at Fisher S. And it was at Fishers that
She saw Nine Van Heemskirk. She
was talking to Mr.. Henry Fisher as they
| advanced from the back of the store,
and Cornelia had time to observe that
! Madame was in deep mourning, and that
she had grown older looking since she
had last G1 seen her AS er tney eyes came anne f9[
! Cornelia, and then hastily leaving lre
merchant she approached her. corna
& GOOD ID morning, Miss. Step aside once
with me. A few words have TO say
to you;' and as she spoke she drew rev
at the counter, and looking at her
sternly, said:
one question only-Why then dlQ you
treat my grandson so badly? A shame
ful thing it is to be a firt"
Il am not f1irt, madame. And did
not treat your grandson badly. No, In
'Yes, indeed He told me so himself"
He told you so?''
NE, He tod me 50. surelg, he did
pray then what else? You let a
young man love you-yeu let him tell you
so-you tell him yes, l love YOU and
No Such ways / call bad Not worthy
of my Joris are you, and SO then, am
glad you said No.
II do not understand your
Neither did you understand my
Joris-a great mistake he made-and
he did not understand you; and L do
not understand such ways of the girls
l am ashamed of you.
Madame, yeu are very rude
/ And Very false are YOU
II am not false
yoris, He would not not lie. He would not i
Your grandson told you I had de-
i let it be so. have no wish TO contra
diet your grandson.
That you cannot do. am
Madame, wish you good morning, !"
! and with these words Cornelia left the
/ store. Her cheeks were burning; the old
felt the eyes of every one in the store
| upon her, and she was indignant and
mortified at a meeting lnopportune
Her heart also received new stab; and
she had not at the moment any philos-
| ophy to meet it,
She could arrive at only one conclu
slon-Annie,s most unexpected appear
ance Immediately after her proposai to
herself He was pressed for time, his
! grandparents would be especially likelv
to embarrass him concerning her claims,
ana OF course the quickest and surest
way to prevent questioning on the mat
Ter, was TO tell them that she had refus-
ed him. In fact would close their mouths
IN sympathy for his disappointment, and
1~there would be no further circumstances
| to clear up. 1t was the only cXplanati IN
or madame'S attitude that was possible
and she was compelled to accept it much
j as it humiiiated her. And thep after it
mad been accepted and sorrowed over
there came back 10 her those deeper as,
/ spfanceS, those soul assertions, which
put which she felt compelled to receive
| he loves me! I feel it, It is not his
faolt! must not think wrong OF him.
] There was still Nine. Jacobus TO hope
! that Cornelia felt certain of her sTmpa-
thy and wise advice. But month after;
1 month month passed away and madame's house
renamed empty and forlorn looking Now
ana then there came short fateful letters
from Arenta, and Van Ariens-utterly
In1sera ble,visited them frequently that
he es9night be comferted with their assur-
ances of his child's ability to manage the
very worst circumstances in which she
| could be placed.
/ And so the long summer DAYS passed
and the winter appToa ched again; but
| before that time Cornelia had at least
attained to the wisest OF all the v1rjues-
@ Lnat cam, hushed c9ntentnent' which is
| on-y another name for happiness-that
eontentment which accepts the fact thar
there is chain of causes linked to ef-
fects by, an inVincible necessity: and III at
an n ax-o :esc,lxz
been but so. And if this was fata.isn IL
was at least a brighter thing than the
lahsula pessirlisTrl, Whl~h would have led
/ wreck.
One day, at the close of october, she
put down her needlework with a little
mother She said, and / Will walk down
I TO the Battery and get a breath of the
sea shall not stay long
On her way to the Battery she was
thinking of Hyde and Of their frequent
walks together there; and for once She
passed the house. OF Nine. Jacobus with
II was growing dark as she returned,
and ere she quite reached it she was
aware of q glow of fire and candle light
from the windows. She quickened her
steps and saw servant Wen known to
her standing at the open door directing
TWO men who We're carrying in trunks
and packages. She Immediately accosted
him.
Has madame returned at last,
Ameer?" she asked joyfully.
Madame has returned he answered.
She is weary-she is not alone-sle wifi
not receive tonight
Surely not. l did not think of such
thing. Tell her only that l am glad,
and will call as soon as she can see me-"
The mans manner-usually so friend
Twas shy and peculiar, and Cornelia
felt saddened and disappointed. And
yet why?" she asked herself. Madame
has but just reached home-I did not
wish to intrude upon her-Ameer need
not have thought so-however, 1 am glad
she is back again. and she walked rap
idly home to the thoughts which this I'M
expected arrival induced. They were
hopeful thoughts, leaning-however she
directed them-toWard her absent lover
She feit sure madame would see clearly
to the very bottom of what she could not
presence full of renewed expectations
and met her smile with one of unusual
brightness.
Mime. Jacobus is at home,' said Mrs.
moran before Cornelia could speak. .She
sent for your father just after you left
there"
rs she sick?'
is long one.''
1t continued so much longer that
the two ladies took their tea alone, nor
than madame, and her most unexpected
call for DR.. Moran's services ''It
was always. the Dutch doctor, Gansvoort.
she had before said Mrs Moran "and
she was ever ready to scoff at all others,
as pretenders-I do wonder what keeps
your father so long?"
1t was near 10 o'clock when DR. Mo-
ran returned and his face was sonaber
and thoughtful-the face of man who
had been listening for hours to grave