The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-08

she continued, "and am astohished. If,
now, it had been Arenta 1 could have
understood it. l told Nine Van Heems-
Kirk that [ had not the least doubt DR..
Moran dictated the REFUSAL
ooh, indeed answered Cornelia. with
a good deal Of spirit and some anger,
You, You shall hail., not ,l blame my father; He
offer until I had been subjected to such
insult and wrong as drove me to the
graves mouth. Only the mercy OF God,
and my fathers skill, brought me back
to life
Yes, 1 think youl father to be Won
derfully skillful. He has done Jacobus
a great deal of good. and he now gives
ran is fine physician; Jacobus says sou
Cornelia remained silent If madame
did not 1eei interest sufficient in her af-
fairs to ask for the particulars of one
sc nearly fatal to her, she determined
not to force the subject on her Then
Jacobus rang his bell and madame ran
TO ms room to see whether his want had
RECEIVED proper attention. Cornelia sat
Stlll a few minutes, her heart swelling,
her eyes filing with the sense of that
Injustice harder to bear than any other
when madame returned to her and some
thing in her eyes went to the heart OF
w yA9 oder ;p woman nan She turned her back
taking her hand. said:
II have been thoughtless, CornelIa,
selnsh L dare say; but l do not wish
to TO peso De SO; Tel me, my dear, what has
happened. Did you quarrel with George
HYDE? And pray what was it about?''
we never had one word of any
k1nd, but words Of affection. He
and see my father about our marriofra
on certain night I answered his Iet-
ter with all the love that was in my
and see my father that very night He
never came. He never sent me the
least explanation. He never wrote ROT tie to
me or spoke to me again. ~
"Cn. but this is a different story,
ed him.
H THAT is is m not the truth. Lady Annie
very DAY, and 1 suppose the easiest
way to stop all inquiries about Miss 80
ran A was o to say She refused him
happened?' Oh WHAT
was. absolutely deserted. That g
Perb ruth 10, may as well admit it.
rernaps you think 1t impossible for a
young man SO good natured to behave
IN manner SO cruel and dishonora he
but | assure you it is the truth. y - . DC
roo NY ,n dear aI.,,l have lived to see it al
PIE than they are; and if you can
pear to hear more on the subject, I viii
tell 1t to sou myself" WIN
L can always bear the truth IF
have lost my heart / have not 1os+ l
mead; nor will / surrender. to useless
grlef. the happiness which I can vet make
1or others, and for myself
II what you have told me he O.
ana oeIleve it is-then I say Lord
| drel'' 'ie scouh-
:, Il would rather not hear him spoken Of
Il ask your pardon, but 1 must eiv,.
myself little Christian liberty of rail
ing The man is false clean thronrb
He was evidently engaged to - LADY
annie when he first sought vou,.
love love, and therefore as soon as She came
mere, he deserted you. I will tell yon
ppIalniy that saw him last summer very
! frequently, and he was always with re-
ttal WAYS listening with ears and heart
with all his soul in his eyes-ever on +ba
lookout to see that not breath of wind
strongly on her little white face"
THAT was his way madame. have
seen him devoting himself to You in The
same manner: yes, and to Madame Grit
fin and Miss White, and score Of Other
ladies-old and young. You know how
good natured he was. When did YOU
hear him say a wrong word of any one
| Even of Rem Van Arlens, who was often
intolerably rude"