The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-21
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! ding, shaking hands and trying to say a
| few words in token of gratitude; her
cheeks were flushed, and her eyes full of
| tears
Presently Mr. Burke elbowed his way
| through the crowd.
Come, come, there has been enough of
| this" he said, after glance at her face
Miss Mackenzie is both pleased and
| grateful and hopes to spend many hap
Ply years amongst you. Stand back now
stand back Drive on, coachman!
Drive on, indeed! There was a dive at
the astonished horses, a sudden, simulta-
neous unstrapping and unbuckling of
harness, vision of apparently endless
ropes, and Molly found herself advanc-
ing at rapid rate towards the castle,
| drawn by about fifty of her tenants
Il am sure it is most gratifying, isn't
it?" said Mrs Mackenzie, who, having
now recovered herself in some degree
leaned back in the carriage, and bowed
right and left in queenly manner.
You should be a very happy girl
Molly did not answer. She was strug-
Cling to preserve her composure, which
was severely tried by the eXuberant rap
ture around her She was touched. CRATE
full, fully responsive to the affection law
lshed on her, but,-happyi Oh, for a GER
tain care-worn face, for the clasp of
somebody's strong, brown hand! What
was all inns seeming triumph, When her
heart within her felt dead?
The anxiety of MolIy's friends did not
lessen as time wore on; indeed her
health threatened to suffer from her
pent-up sorrow. She could tell her
trouble to no one; the reserve which had
prevented her speaking her mind fully
to the man she loved, cut her off still
more effectually from other. people. Many
a time, looking back on her last inter-
ha hoI 1ad fhof
fortunate reticence.
IF 1 could only have spokenr' she
would say to herself eff 1 had been a.
little drawer When knew he loved
me, there should have been no false
shame. To think we were there together,
loving each other SO much, and that one
word would have made US both happy for
all our lives-and 1 did not say it! Both
our lives ruined for want of one word!
Oh, it is neutrality-suspicious.
Mrs. Mackenzie and Mr.. Burke, after
many consultations and much thought,
resolved that Molly must be ''roused' at
any cost; and as life at Castle O'Neill did
not seem to rouse Observation-Disclosures as
she set about her duty, and persistently
as she carried out her former routine
they decided that she must go away for
the remainder of the winter.
"Where?" said Molly, drearily, when
this idea was preached to her
TO London, or abroad if you prefer it;
Rome, Cannes, Paris-you can have your
CHOICE
Parish! cried the girl with sudden
animation. Yes, think I should like
to go to Paris
She could not, of course, seek out
Raoul, but to be on the same side of
the Channel, in the same country with
him, was always something. And then,
who kneW-is it not the property of youth
to hope against hope?-business might
take him to Paris and If she was staying
there they might meet
And so to Paris, they went Molly and
her aunt, and though, to the latter's sur
prise, the girl did not seem to care for
shopping, and was not particularly eager
about sightseeing, she was undoubtedly
aroused and interested. They peram-
bulated the principal squares and boule
wards, till the elder lady declared she
was ready to drop; for strangely enough,
Molly never seemed to care about driv-
ing-and oh! how hopeless it was after
all! OF course she did not see Raoul, she
did not even come in contact with Gas
ton, though once she thought she caught
sight of somebody very like him driving
with a lady,. .... -
Then she proposed to her aunt to make
little tourn IN Normandy; it was rather
early in the season, to be sure, but she
was tired of Paris
So they wandered through certain
quaint old towns, Mrs. Mackenzie not
finding much to admire in the narrow
streets, and dim majestic churches,
though the picturesque charm of the for
mer and the solemn beauty of the latter
would have gladdened Molly's, heart, had
1t not been too full of other things, She
went as near as she dared to Wire, al
ways hoping by some extraordinary
chance to meet Raoul, but always hop
ing in vain.
One day, therefore, she suddenly asked
her aunt to take her home She had
neglected her duties too long as it was,
and wanted to return to them at once.
Castle O'Neill was looking very lovely
on the afternoon on which they returned;
1t was early in spring, and trees and
MOWERS were beginning to bud and bloom
The young lambs were just at the pretty
stage of their existence; the birds were
very busy with their nests; plougking
and sowing, and potato setting were In
full force; in fact, everything about the
place was astir, and full of life
Il must take up my life too" thought
the girl, as she sat down IN her own
room to rest after her arrival. at must
begin to live for others; after all I am
only unit in this great big world; my
unhappiness is only an unimportant item
IN the sum of human sorrow. But here
L may be much I am on the pivot on
Which many lives turn. I must remem-
Der that and do my very best; Castle
O'Neill expects Molly Mackenzie to do
her duty
CTo be concluded next Sunday
TO PREVENT THU GDTn