The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-26

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been sent to the trustees.
Five minutes after the train wa!
under way, however, Emma, who hat
been sitting lost in contemplation
sighed, and with sympathizing shake
of the head, said:
Poor child! ! lam sorry for her"
As she spoke she cast an interroga
tive glance at Harold, who answered
somewhat doggedly, What is the mat
ter now. Cherub?'
Nothing is the matter; but when 6
girl is in love with a man 1t is always
hard to give him up. For once in hel
life Eleanor, however, seems to have
acted with discretion"
do you mean that she was in love
with that man she mentioned, Prof
Struthers?"
why, certainly, DEAR"
"Why, didn't she say so, them"
"She did, as plainly as 1t was pos
sible for her to do, considering that
she was not going to marry him."
81 suppose that she decided not to
accept him because she did not love
him." Harold said. "To tell the truth,
though, was pretty well in the dark
all through"
II saw that you were, dear, and |
was rather thankful, for a word Of the
wrong sort from your lips might have
spoiled everything"
How do you mean?"
IF you had given her any encour-
agement | am afraid she would have
married him."
q thought you were anxious to have
her married"
80 was--to the right man. But
this would never do
why not? This Prof. Struthers Is
a very decent fellow, and very able
one from all accounts. His invention
is already very successful, and he Is
sure to be rich, and | understand that
he has taken out patents for the intro
duction of electricity as a motive
power in moving railroad trains. He
is a rising man, | should say, and II
Eleanor Is in love with him, | think
she had better have married him, even
if she were obliged to give up her
presidency in order to do So"
1T is a little late now" said Emma,
majestically. "You should have said
SO at the time"
"But | tell you had no idea she was
in love with him.
"That was not my fault"
"Pshaw! It's an outrage, Cherub.
You oughtn't to have let her do it."
Emma coughed uneasily.
Il don't mean that she was desper-
ately in love with him, OF course If
she had been she would have accepted
him very likely, without asking us any
thing about 1t. What mean is that
she liked him just well enough, so
that, others things being equal, she
would have married him. But they
weren't equal, and she knew 1t, He
wanted her to give up her position"
"Of course he did. Any man would;
and II he had given up his own in
order to marry her he would have
been fool. Well, as | said at the
time, women are beyond me. Appar-
emily, am in the position Of having
advised her to accept the presidency
at the cost Of her affections"
Emma pursed her fps disdainfully.
AS | said before II she were to
marry him, and they were to live out
here, 1t might not have been such a
very bad idea II Eleanor had been
seriously bent on 1t; out II she had
come to live in New York, he would
have been a white elephant on our
hands. He knows nobody; in fact,
they neither of them know anybody
now. What would they have done?"
"Died from sheer lack Of companion.
ship in city Of over a million lnhabi-
tants. Cherub, you are superb"
Laugh If you like, Harold. | am
right. She Is very much better off
as she Is. People have got used to
OF her as a blue Stocking anu
1t will be rather a feather In her cap |
to be known as president Of a college,
even II she Is described In the news
papers as Lady President But
to marry a man who Is wrapped up in |
batteries, and whom no one ever heard |
Of before he invented this machine, or |
whatever 1t is, would be neither one
thing or another. Unless | were to
take them in hand and push them
hard, they would have no chance Of
getting on; and | doubt very much II
everything ! could do would be suf.
iclent, though 1t Is possible that the