The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-04-03

"Your highness, uou can tUeu afford TO
Offend"
has said. becomes an Obligation" He
looked straight into the girls eyes as
he said this. and his gaze was altogeth-
er too strong for her. so the lashes fell.
brought the dimples:
Il thank you. That is a real compli-
ment." Then laughingly: Much better
than extravagant comments on ones
skin and eyes and hair. We are going
TO the queen at the marble landing.
Will you walk with us. sirg' And they
strolled away together. while the other
girls followed in n whispering, laugh
ing group.
Was there ever so glorious a calm
after such a storm?
Then those NEUROLOGICAL compli-
ments." continued Mary. Don't you
| dislike them?''
81 can't say that have ever received
many, uOne that recall" replied Bran
don. with perfectly straight face, but
with a smile trying its best to break
out.
"Oh. you have not? Well, how would
you like TO have somebody always tell
| ing you that Apollo was humpbacked
and misshapen compared with you;
that Endymion would have covered his
face had he but seen yours. and so onY'
Il don't know. but l think l should
like 1t from some persons" he replied.
looking ever so innocent.
This savored OF familiarity after SO
brief an acquaintance and caused the
princess to glance up in slight surprise.
but only for the instant, for his inno-
cent look disarmed her.
81 have mind to see" she returned.
laughing and throwing her head back
as she looked up Mt him out of the cor
ner of her lustrous eyes. But / will
pay you a better compliment. / posi-
lively thank you for the rebuke. l do
many things like that. for which l am
always sorry. oh. you don't know how
difficult il is to be a good princessr'
And she shook her head with a gather.
ing of little trouble wrinkles in her
forehead, as much as TO say, There is
no getting away from 1t, though Then
she breathed a soft little sigh of tribu.
lation as they walked on.
II know IL must be n task to be good
when everybody fiatters even ones
shortcomings" said Brandon and then
continued in way that, am free to
confess, was something priggish: 1T f
almost impossible for us to see ouI
own faults even when others are kind
enough to point them out. for they are
right ugly things and unpleasant tc
look upon. But. lacking those outside
monitors. one must all the more cult
vate the habit OF constant Unlocking
and self examination. If we are only
brave enough 10 confront our faults
and look them in the face. ugly as the!
are, we shall be sure to overcome the
worst of them. \ striving toward good
will achieve at least part of it,
"Ohr' returned the princess. 'But
what is good and what is wrong? 81
often we cannot tell them apart unit
we look back at what we have done
and then ii is all too late. l truly wisl
to be good more than | desire anything
else in the world. | am so ignorant ant
helpless and have such strong inclina
tions to do wrong that sometimes
seem TO be almost all wrong. Th'
priests say so much, but tell us so little
They talk about st. Peter and st. Pau
and n host of other saints and holy IA
theirs and what nots, but fail TO tell u
what we need every moment of on
! lives; that is. how to know the righ
when we see it, and how to do it; ant
how to know the wrong and how Z
avoid 1t. They ask us TO believe S
much and insist that faith is the sun
of virtue and the lack of it the sum o
sin, that to faith all things are added
but we might believe every syllable o
their whole disturbing creed and the
spoil it all through blind ignorance o
. what is right and what is wrong"
! 'As to knowing right and wrong.
replied Brandon. Il think | can Civ
; you Il rule which. although ii may no
? cover the whole ground, Is eXcellen
for everyday use. 1t is this. Whateve
T makes others unhappy is wrong, what
, ever makes the world happier is Goot
, ! As To- how we are always to do this
, cannot tell you. One has TO learn tina
2 by trying. We can but try. and If W
fail altogether there Is still virtue
r every futile effort toward the right"
!. Mary bent her head rs she wake
r along in thought.
0 "Wlat you have said is the only al
. proach TO rule for knowing and doin
4 the right | have ever heard. Not
{ what do you think OF me as n hattereT
5 But it will do no good. The bad is /
me too strong. II always does itself b'
0 fore can apply any rule or even rea
e ize what Is coming" And again sh
| shook her head. with bewitching Ii
e tie look of trouble.
= Pardon me. your highncss. but ther
I is no bad in you. 1t has been put O
o you by others and is all on the outsid
There is none of it in your heart at nj
That evil which you think comes OF