The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-07

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: one else. had been at her chariot wheels.
and there still remained-well. obedience.
It was no use to protest. Having issued
her mandate. she gave the little nod Of her
head. which knew. and followed it by a
I smile which was irresistible. Then she
! told me where to meet her, and waving me
away turned to give q few last Instructions
to John.
John ID a man Of mark. Difficulties arc
evanescent before, the face OF him. The
bag and the hat-box. everything that was
wanted but was not contained in them, the
place to wash and dress in appeared. was
going to say. at the wave of his wand.
Were the sleeve-links lacking-they APP
peared. Was there no collar-stud-and to
ind another oollar-stud Is thing I have
always looked upon as an impossibiity-lt
was produced. The waistcoat-Bob was
getting little stout-was made miraculous
~ perfect 1t. A piece Of paper and q
pull made the hat my very own. There
were gloves IN the coat and walking
stick In Johns hand. and when wanted
to see what It was that peeped out Of my
hrsast-pocket, and put my hand there, I
heard crisp cracking. the sound Of which
was almost . forgotten Joy.
It was that rarsst Of days-A summers
day In Tune The world was peopled with
the fairsst woman and the bravest men,
and there was Brenda waiting with Q look
Of smiling scrutiny.
felt that should pass have my doubts
a. TO whether Q clean conscience can raise
in one % high . feeling Of self-respeot as
can Q clean shirt One can tread the earth
with 1ovtng-kindness In ones heart II ones
feet are shod In shining patent leather.
moro especially Il the shining patent leath-
er u GENEROUSLY ample. One can hold ones
head high II Il II surmounted By the new.
ct Of glossy hatA One can look the world
In the face and stick out ones chest In q
waistcoat fresh from Davis. more especially
again II that watstcoat was made for slight
" fuller proportions than ones own.
In q moment fell into the gait Of those
who swung leisurely along. instead Of scut-
Ting or shutting. Tho tricks Of spesch and
the manners OF thought came back a. soon
a heard the first few sentences from
those around me. Tho person In tho split
hat was somebody quite different alto
gethsr, and he had tried 70 sell race cards
thousands Of miles away and ages ago.
Brenda u always happy. and she ratified
on 04lu A1O8uGOS OhSAA ~ OoC8Iu0 quito cur
tain that there were no such things as pov.
srty or hunger or cold or disappointed hopes
in all the sunny world. BY mutual consent
the past was banishsd from our tax, and az
the future u only reflection Of the past.
We would have none Of that. either, so that
there remained the present But the pres
emit was 20 bubblingly full Of things to talk
about and to laugh at that there was no
need Of other time
It was charminsly evident that she meant
to spend the day with ma Luncheon inyi-
tations were prettily waved OF, and people
who came up to talk after few moments
went full Of smiles away. On the lawn (
met people knew. too, and they nodded
cheerily. most Of them without the least
suspicion Of surprise. Only q few, who,
judged by disappearance. gave me rather
shadowy bow. and even that was probably
called forth by the presence Of Lady courtf-
laine by my side. However, these were very
few. A merciful providence has ordained
that we should occupy most Of our thoughts
with the subject that We cannot help re-
garding most favorably- ourselves-a has
eased US from the burden Of botherinR very
much about other peoples cotninRs and go-
ings. and even existence. Somebody once
said that II the dead we cannot do without
were to come back after a while, we should
only ind them q trouble. Their nearest
might, but the others. their friends, would
probably regard their reappearance with
very little OF either interest or surprise.
They might be rather pleased as the people
appeared to be who nodded to me yester-
day.
read In one Of the papers this morning