The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-27

| 1 do not expect you to agree with me-
LORD eChessom. Our opinions vary on
most matters. No two people could be
more Numerically opposite in thought
word and deed than you and t.
|, her glance swept over him where he
| lounged idly in long chair, and then
with an air Of finding him an object of
distaste, she turned away, ostentatious-
| iy taking up a book.
Lord Chessom tilted his chair so as to
obtain better view of her profile, and
| studied it languidly from under half
| closed IDS. 1t was as nearly perfect
as really attractive woman's profile
| can be, and a lowering smile dawned
on MS lips as he noted the disdainful
droop of curved lashes the glow on an
oval cneek, the proud compression of
| beautiful mouth.
She takes life in such deadly earnest .
he reflected; there are no half meas
| ures with her. One must be a hero-or
, nothing"
/ Extremes meet and tough" he re-
| marked presently; "since I cannot be
| exactly like you, Miss Hope, find
some consolation in being your antith-
| esis. But the virtue of courage has it's
| gradations; there is such a thing as
! foolhardiness."
You think Mr. Rochfort was fool
hardy. then, yesterday? 1 think he
| was splendidly brave"
| -, !hoie was no opJect III rlSknS MS
| life replied Chessom; "the mere fact
| of riding down steep declevity and
taking an almost impossible leap at the
bottom of 1T is not to my mind admir-
| able when there is nothing to be gain
ed by so doing
| They were speaking of Adrian Roch-
fort, scatter Drained Irishman. who
| nlled the post of secretary to AuriePS
| 1ather, and whose success in that ca
pacity was a surprise to those who
knew how homogeneous his tempera-
| ment was to the dry researches of Sir
| William Hope.
| The secretary's devotion to Miss Hope
was patent, and some people thought
| 1t not unlikely that he might succeed
IN winning her, since she discouraged
him less than her many other admir-
ers. Her usual impatience of Lord
| Chessom, begun in town during the
| season, had increased lately; she told
| herself that she despised this type of
| man-d1lettante, a dawdler through life.
| never rising above mediocrity. or stray
| ing yard from the beaten track
1t had been matter of regret to her
that chance meeting with him on
thelr tour through the Holy Land had
ended in his linking himself on to their
party and travelling as far as Jerusa-
| lem with them.
She made no reply to his last speech,
put moved to the balcony, and, lean
| Ing her arms on it, gazed over the
| minarets and domes and MANY shaned
roofs of the Holy City, trying to con-
1ure UP visions of its past existence
before 1T was accessible to tourists
armed with guide books and kodaks.
you are not going away, Miss
Hope said Chessom plaintiveIy. lust
When we were beginning to get on. l
hoped you would try to convert me.
1 /
are even moments when energy and
PLUCK, and the more violent kind of
virtues, appeal to me and seem worth
while If you would take little trou-
BILE with me-
Thank you," interrupted Auriel. az
nave neither time nor inclination for
reforming people,
L am not people," he objected. az
am an earnest individual. = 1t appears
10 me your obvious duty to take me in
hand' me 49,
He had risen while he spoke, and now
leaned over the balustrade beside her.
ms incidence banished for the moment.
10 unpreJudiced eyes he would have
looked a fair specimen of manhood
handsome, too, in spite Of the bored
expression that had become habituaI
to him.
Auriers lips were parted for a re-
belilous answer, when Rochfort's
cheerful voice broke in on them and
ne stepped through the window, say
ing:
Are you two quarreling again? 81
nope l don't intrude. But 1 have q
message from Sir William for you,
Miss Hope
Does father want meg" she asked.
He wished me to say that 1t would
De wiser for you to give up going to
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to-
night. There viii be an enormous
crowd"
But we are to have seats reserved
for us, in the gallery, by the monks"
Yes. STILL Sir William thinks it
VIII be too fatiguing for you
Better stay at home" murmured
Chessom.
Certainly not" said Auriel, her in
decision resolved at once; sit will be
new experience, and 1 would not miss it
ony any account"
Then we must co.
"We?" She raised her eyebrows. "I
DO not see any necessity for you to
come, Lord Chessom 1 should advise
you not to, in fact
That is one for you, Chessom," re-
marked Rochfort, as she left them.
Miss Hope knows my disposition"
Chessom said, unmoved; "she kindly
supplies me with the necessary fncen-
tive
cas-
lily at all times and it had not occurred
to him to fear any rivalry in this quar-
ter.
II think Sir William is right" he
said. TT would have been better for
her to give up going. But it has been
her great desire to see the Easter
celebrations here, and her wish is law
to her father"
1t seemed, nevertheless, as though. |
the wish would not be easy of accom- |
plishment
Thousands of pilgrims had f1ocked to |
Jerusalem to see the Easter miracle of |
the Descent of the Holy Fire, and every |
available inch of standing room in the |
church was being filed up by the time |
the Hopes party arrived and made it's
way with difficulty to the gallery of |
the Latin monks.
1t was an extraordinary scene.
The crowd was SO great that every
window, corner and niche where a |
mans foot could rest held pilgrim.
and there were even pyramids of men
standing on one another's shoulders.
The small gallery was like an oasis
in a desert of human heads: its only
other occupants being a pacha and one |
or two of his suite. In consequence
of the multitude of people and the
number of lamps, the heat was excess