The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-30

you were too" She looked up at
him, smiled, looked down again, pen
siVely up at the coveted branch, with
a sidelong glance like a flash at him,
and then down once more. But she did
not conclude her sentence.
IF you would let me-if you'd only
let me lift you up he said, suddenly
inspired, you could reacn them your
self, couldn't you?'
"Ah! that would do it, wouldn't it.?
And want them so!'
"Then / Mayo
Certainly not! I'd rather-go with
out the apples!"
Il am much the stronger" he said.
How if 1 seized you against your
will?"
why, I couldn't help that, could
II" she asked. And the thing was done
in less time than it takes to tell.
But she had only picked one apple,
came to them through the trees, calling
him by name. And there was a sharp
note in her voice Qike the taste of an
unripe apple) which told them what
she saw.
If you put me down before I've pick
said the lady of the apples; so he held
her till she had them all, though the
task was robbed of a, full half of the
delights he had anticipated.
'Now," she said, when she was on
her feet again, "go quickly. o, poor
you'll"
She'll cast me off," he said.
II should-if 1 were she!"
And then he turned in haste.
But, if she does, come back to mel"
she called after him.
"Well-and what? Be quickl"
"And I'll give you bite or an apple
if there's any left!" she laughed.
The girl he was engaged to had seen
it all, she said, and forthwith renounc-
ed her right to that connection. She
seemed to have seen even more than
all, considering what 1t amounted to
when she went over it in words. Low
tastes and the society of the i'll bred,
she told him, would be his ruin. Then
she tossed him over to ruin, declaring
she would have none of him
you are Free" she said (by no
means for the first time), "and / know
exactly how you will use your free
| DOM"
II hope you'll have the opportunity
Of using yours as WELL" he said, stung
into retort at last.
II might have knownl" she cried.
20, what I have been saved! Every
fresh face"
80 few faces are fresh," he said;
and that was really unkind, for she had
sallow complexion.
81 am not going to argue 1t any
more" she declared, having herself
talked the subject bare. "Goi"
And he went. But. he was a gentle
man, and previous to going he had
tried his best to soothe her annoyance,
even to frankly owning that-from her
point of vieW-she had cause for 1t.
He had tried to close his ears to the
echoing voice, his eyes to the laughing
face, Of the girl he had Iert under the
apple trees. He did all he could to
shut out the sweet, sudden vision of
freedom, of release from q captivity
which had always irked him. 1t was
not his fault in the present that his
past faults were accounted unpardon-
able. He only went when he was GER
tain that he was powerless to rerivet
| his chains.
He was not a poetical young man,
| but some verses the lady who had re-
| linquished him was fond of quoting
came to him as he wandered back to
| where the cause of the mischief $50 he
| devoutly hoped) still awaited him. He
waited, on his part, until he was quite
certain that she was there, until he
stood in front of her, and then he re-
peated a verse out loud;
s'Where the apple reddens, never -pry--
Lest we lose our Edens, Eve and !.
$50 she sent you adrift?" said the
| girl seated under the apple tree. But
Ewes all right"
| He flung himself beside her.
Ewes all right" he echoed. GOO