The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-27

win hef faVor, there was an almost In
Simultaneous birth of good will
LET me kiss your hand, madame
said the handsome young fellow, lifting
the !eweled fingers to his own. az have
heard that my father had once that
honor. DO not put me below him. and
with the words he touched with his
warm lips the long, white fingers.
Her laugh rang merrily through the
dim room; and she answered.: you are
Dick Hyde's own son-nothing else.
see that" and then she drew the young
man toward the light, and looked with
a steady pleasure into his Smiling face
| as she asked:
| What brought you here this morning,
sir?
Madam, I have heard my father speak
of you; have seen you, can you wonder
! that | desired to know you? This morn
ing 1 met Miss Van Ariens, and when
she said she was coming here, 1 found
of coming with her,
Let me tell you something, aunt I
think Lieut.; Hyde can be of service to
! Us. He took part in several noble Eng
| fish weddings last year, and he offers
! his advice in our consultation today
! But where is Cornelia? L thought she
would come with YOU.
"rShe will be here in few minutes I
| saw her half an hour ago."
She is an angel" said Hyde.
Angelica laughed. THE man who calls
sisters" she answered; but, however,
she has beauty enough to set young
hearts ablaze. Il like the girl; and /
wonder not that others do the same,
Even as she spoke, Cornelia entered.
There was a little flush and hurry on
her race, but oh, how innocent and joy
Gus 1T was. Quick glancing, sweetly
parlor, and in her white robe and whit
hat stood like a lily in it's light and
gloom, And when she turned to Hyde
her eountenance. How glad I am to
see. you! she said, and the very ring
of her gladness was in her voice, land
how strange that we should meet herer'
That is So replied Nine. Jacobus
1, One , can never see where the second
little bird comes from.
o," Am :. ! late, MADAME Surely your
MY clock is never wrong. CorneIia.
Come, now, sit down, and let me talk of
such follles as weddings and wedding
In this conversation Hyde triumphant
y redeemed his promise of assistance,
lie could describe with delightful ac-
curacy-or interchangeable lovely toll
let's and pretty accessories of the high
English wedding feasts of the previous
year. And IN some subtle way he threw
INTO these descriptions such a glamor
or romance, such backgrounds of old
castles and Ginning pells. of noble
Games gl1ttertng with gems and village
maids scattering roses, or martial he.
an atmosphere of song and sunshine.
mat the little party sat listening en-
tranced, with sympathetic eyes drinking
In his wonderful descriptions.
Nine. Jacobus was the first to inter
rupt these pretty "reminiscences
- am now weary" she said, "lieu-
my garden. 1 tell you, it is worth walk
ing through, and when you have seen
the MOWERS, Arenta and will give you a
,Arenta would gladly have gone into
the garden also; but her aunt detained
mat those two are in love with each
other? Give love its hour They do not
want your company Aio'
90 And nd for that very reason wish to
20 g9,+, with tn them My brother is in love
not for stranger-also, my father and
Cornelia' s father are both for Rem: ard
besides, DR.. Moran hates the Hydes. He
WI! He e01 will H' n Gorne EN- Marry the man
F PeGome omnfpotent? Love laughs at
fathers as well as at locksmiths. And
1 1 IT. IT; Jo e is against young Hyde, then
l shall the more cheerfully be for him
a peasant, handsome youth as ever I
saw; ne is; and DR.. John-well, he Is
neit GI9p+ pleasant asaIi nor handsome.
! say -ts'' YOU
For that reason I will maintain It.
II Is not my way to shout with tue
With some hesitation, yet quite car
ried away by Hyde's personal longfnys
ana impulse, Cornelia went into the gar
den with her lover. 1t was a green.
shady place, full of great maple tree:
and towering vines and shrubs. and
patches OF green grass. All kinds of
| sweet old-fashioned flowers grew there
mlngling their scene with the strawber,
res perfume and the woody odors IF
the ripening cherries
Slowly, as they stepped, they came at
| length to a little summer houSe II 80
covered with a thick jessamine vine. and
the mysterious dangerous perfume IF
It's starlike flowers, filled the narrow
oeesii ing pace with the very atmosphere
OF loVe. Ihey sat down there and in a
Few moments the seal was broken and
| Hydes heart found out all the sweetest
WORDS words that love could speak Cornelia
suffered herself to be drawn close to his his
sloe; ana at last, in some sweet I'M
tfanstataDle way, she gave him the as
surance of her love. Then they found in
delicious silence the eloquence that
words were incompetent to translate
and time was forgotten and on earth
there was once more an interlude Of
became one, and paradise was regained
| Afenta'S voice, petulant and not Meas
ant broke the charm. With a sigh thew
rose, cropped each others hand and went
out or their heaven on earth to meet her
Tea is waiting" she said. "and Ren,
is waiting, and my aunt is tired. and Won
/ two have forgotten that the clock
moves Then they laughed, and LAUGH
lei teI Is 5, always fatal to feeling, the mag
lcai land OF love was suddenly far away
! ana there was the sound of china and
the neavy tones of Rems voice-dissatis-
neg II not angry-and Arenta's lighter
feet, ana tney stood once more among
1ellsnes and forms so foreign, fabulous
and fantastical that it was difficult to
| pass from the land of love and all its
pure delights into its atmosphere.