Evening star., 1901-12-07

participation of a secret Wherever there
is a secret between two people there is
bond of union. If they do not talk about
it, they move round it, The thing is al
ways in their minds drawing them together
and driving them apart. In the desert OF
the temple which is a very Sahara, dry and
arid, and void of green things, the thought
of this woman rose up before him as re-
freshing as the plash of a fountain or the
babble of a brook. He knew no other house
not single house in the whole area COW
cred by the bills of Mortality, where he
would be welcomed as q visitor and in
yited as friend.
Many young lawyers there are of whom
the same thing may be said They come
up from the country; they are young gen
tlemen from ireland or from Scotland; they
may even arrive at good practice, yet may
remain, as they came, strangers to any
Kind of society. The world OF fashion
knows nothing of those who earn their liv-
ing; the rule of the bar prohibits social in
tercourse with the attorneys, proctors, not
aries and cOnveyancers who bring them
their briefs, as professional men they have
no intercourse or community of interests
with the people OF the city. Again, the
English bar is largely hereditary; the son
follows the father; kind of caste is set
which does not welcome newcomers and
especially newcomers from ireland and
Scotland. Hence. for these young lawyers
the tavern. the theater and the coffee house
are the only places of resort, and while
the wits are sharpened by a perpetual con-
hict OF tongues, the manners. for want OF
the society or women, suffer detriment and
become somewhat rude and rough. The in
Eitation OF Mrs. Wcyland therefore offered
nothing less than the opening of the gates
10 the lawyer OF the social world What
young irlshman ever failed to take advant-
age Of such an opening or hesitated to
transfer his powers of conversation and
amusement from the tavern to the service
Of the grande dame?
He did come again. On the Sunday morn
ing after the service at St James Picca-
dilly, Isabel found him waiting for her in
the porch She was not expecting him; the
Hush that mounted to her cheek; her smile
OF welcome; her ready hand showed the
pleasure with which she received this at
tent.on- Mr.. Macnamara!' she cried Il
did not expect you. DO You attend the serv-
ice here?''
My parish church." he replied, is the
Temple Church"
Then you came to hear the rector. He
Is accounted truly a great scholar
Nay madam, l came because it is your
parish church, and in the hope that I
might be so fortunate as to find you here
and to be permitted 10 escort you home"
1t is very good Of you, sir | will dis
miss my man"
So they came out into the stream Of wor-
Slippers into Jermyn street. The day is
hne and the air is warm, madam" said
Oliver. Shall We walk a little in the
park?'
He was certainly a very proper and come
ly man; tall and broad. with frame Of
great strength His nne and clear-cut face,
with Its firm mouth, its excellent out
line. It's keen eye, Its expression OF reso-
luton, and its ready smile caused all the
world to turn and look at him; his white
silk stockings, gold buckles. black velvet
waistcoat, lace ruffies, starched bands and
lawyers wig. with his gown hanging nearly
TO the ground. proclaimed him as the law
yer In good practice.
Let US by all means walk In the park "a
said Isabel. But not in st. James Park
where the crowd on Sunday is so great that
one cannot talk"
She led the way into the Green Park.
where IN the week the soldiers drill and ex-
ercise under the cane OF the sergeant and
on Sundays there Is solitude beside its
ponds and under the trees and by the mean
dering stream which trickles through its
midst. 1t is then place beloved by amor
Gus couples, who wander over the lawns
and beneath It's avenues. murmuring words
which. II they were heard. would prove how
powerless is language. save with poet.
to express the emotions CT the heart.
81 am so much out Of fashion," said
Isabel. that still keep my Sundays free
from the noise and glitter Of the Row and
the card room. Time was, confess, when
the hazard table dragged me to its side on
Sundays as well as week days. There,
with the rest, tempted Fortune"
''she betrays," said Oliver moralizing. ''ail