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

CHAPTER XXI. CONTINUED.
The doctor had judged correctly Cor
lelia WIS disappointed from the first
moment. She was taken u The dim,
iincanny drawing room by Aneer, and
eft among its i'll omened go1s and Odd
treasure troYe for nearly half an hour
before madame came to her The rude
y craven faces, so marVeiousiy instinct
with life, made her miserable she fan
led thousand moekerles and scorns
Arenta, or Of the happy hours spent
n that illboding room, could charm away
It's sinister influence.
When madame at length came to her
she appeared Ike the very genius CT
the place. The experiences OF the past
year had left traces which no after
experience would be able 10 obliterate.
she looked ten years older. Her Won
t;erful dark eyes, glowing with a soft,
tender fire alone remained untouched
by the whitening hand of anxious love.
been, and when Cornelia said So she
answered: THAT is because nly soul
dwells in them, and my soul is always
young. I have had a year, Cornelia, to
crumble the body to dust; but my soul
made light of it for loves sake. Did
your father tell you how much Capt.
jacobus had suffered?'
Yes, Madame.
But in spite of this assurance, mad
anne went over the whole story In de-
tail, and Cornelia could not help but
said about her husband she will talk
constantly, and to the whole town.
For, however far the conversation IL
Nerged Tor moment, madame always
brought it sharply back to the one sub
Ject that interested her. Even Arenta's
peculiarly dangerous position could not
detaln her thoughts and interest for
many minutes.
am sorry for Arenta," she said
NO greater nell can there be than to
i've in constant fear. But she has the
Sltt OF a clever tongue and every one
mas not the like talent; and also if a
woman with the decency of her sex may
De scholar, Arenta has learning enough
her" 'i''ure
'Marat and Robespierre are both
against her husband, and she may share
..r nMarat and Robespierre?' she cried.
Both of the creatures have devil I
wish them to go to the guillotine to-
gether, ana I would bury them together
with their faces downward Let them
pass out of your memory. Poor Jacobus
was IN a worse case than Arenta Till
De key hey-coId dead | shall never forget
my nrst sight of him in that dreadful
place'-and then she described again der
Overwhelming emotions when she per
ceived she was alike apathetic to his ian
per condition and to her love and pres
ence. There never came a moment DIR
ing the whole visit when it was possible
TO speak OF Hyde. Madame seemed to
nave quite forgotten her liking for the
handsome youth; it had been Swallowed
up IN her adoring affection for her re-
stored husband.
upon her. Some day she might remem,
Der but for little while madame had
more Tran enough of fresh material for
her conversation. Every one who had
known Capt. Jacobus or herself called
With congratulations for their happy re-
turn, and when Cornelia made a near1v
daily visit with her father, madame
had these calls to talk over with ner
One morning, however, the long-lookef
for topic was introduced Il had a visf
from Nine. Van Heemskirk yesterda
afternoon" she said, land the dear OF
senator came with her to see Capt. ia
cobus. While they talked Madame toll
me that you had refused that handsom,
young fellow, her grandson. What coui,
you mean by such a stupidity, Miss Mo
ran?H
Her voice had just that tone of indif
ference, mingled with sarcastic disap
proval, that hurt and offended Cornelia
She felt that it was not worth while +,
explain herself, for madame had evi
IDENTIFY accepted the offended grandmoth
ers opinion; and the memory of tn
young lord was lively enough to MAX
her sympa thize with his supposed wrong
never considered you to be a hir4S