The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-11

She was young and remarkably pref
ty, with the prettlneSs that is quite
| unmistakable and generally acknowl-
edged, that can even triumph over a
frock that is not quite fresh or style
of hair dressing that is not altogether
suitable But then in her case it was
such charming hair, SO bright and so
curly that he told himself fashionable
dressing, which would have reduced her
head to the level of a repetition
of all the other heads in the
room, would ehave been a. mistake. a
piece of vandalism. And as for the
dress, that was, at any rate, simple
(although of the kindIthat is not ex-
pensive or even particularly tastefuD,
land he managed to overlook it.auYet
that was something of a feat-to his
credit or not, as yos looked ~at the
matter-for he had the reputation of
being one of the most fastidious men in
London, Moreover, the child-she was
only child, as he admit ted-had alb
solutely no conversational .eg
But i, then ,d her eyes Xgrs d d. z
| unique even in his wide experience. If
she could not, as it SEEMED, use with
any fluency the tongue Of men or of
angels Gust excepting her hesitating
ooh, yes" "Oh, no." and such nom
committing trif1es), if she was poor at
small talk, she was sgreatly accom-
plished at looking. From the first the
glance. of her wide-open, innocent, eyes,
straying sometimes to his from the con-
temptation of heaven, seemed to be-
witch him, to allure, and, harder still,
to hold him in attentive captivity at
| her side.
| And she was eighteen and badly
| dressed, while he owned to thirty five
and was we'll known as an accomplish
ed man of sthe5 most sensitive, most ex-
quisite taste.
The woman wasn't born, his friends
had been in the habit of saying. who
could entirely reach up to his standard
of perfection;r among themselves they
had often pictured her, the nearest
| thing possible, the woman he would
| surrender to, and she was cultured and
witty, delicately ympathetic, daintily
beautiful q and y,certainly beautifully
| dressed to the last little detail. And it
must be admitted that he had always
| SO pictured her himself.
1 But while he was man of ideals, he
| was also man of great, of recognized,
I talents, and his world set him up as a
! shining light, aaman to be quoted and
| followed and generally upheld, although
.iethat is. not saying that they set him
| above laughter, or, at any rate, smiles.
For it is pleasant to smile at an ex-
sceptionally talented or fortunate man;
lit is recompense and even relief to
those less distinguished, and,a without
being malicious, there were many who
Esmiled quite openly and unashamed aas
he fingered every time they met at the
side of the girl with the fheaven-search-
4 ing eyes. ~ a.,4 A.,e,, * .,
'Afteerr all" they said $50, after all
the, usual thing attracts him! OF
| course she's sweetly pretty, and he'll
Ichoose, her frocks!' They didn't fee
| any less pleasure in their idol because
at last they had discovered his feet OF
clay; they Were. indeed, enthusiastical-
ly inclined to applaud their newer and
more homely view of him, and they lei
the girl with the heaven searching eyes
4 4absorb him, while they looked on in an
attitude distinctly suggestive of hand han ID
1 clapping.
/ After ALL" they would chorus, and
some one would invariably add, We'll
he'll know howato spend thesmoneyn
Yet it was common knowledge that he
was not overburdened with money
having been, apparently, too oYerbur-