The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-19


think Sir Bernard such a very dreadful
person, then?" ., ........q. -. .-.. .-.>
"Ah! You do not take my words serl-
ollsly'. She remarked. IT am warning
you Ralph S for Your own benefit. 1t is a
pitN you do not heed me-
| r. do heed you. | declared. only your
statement is: so, strange that lit appears
| almost .incredible:I =-n.:=-- ..s.. -
! Incredible, it may seem: but one: day ere
! long you will be convinced that what say
to- nights the truth.
''What do you say?
| Il say that Sir Bernard E!ton, the man
| in whom YOU place every. confidence. and
t7wlaese example as a great man in his pro-
fession iyoll--are. SO studiouslNr following,
| is not Your, FREUD. - TO-. @... 49,. +.
! Nor yours, I suppose. =,
I mo neither is he mh1e::'
! This admission was at least the truth.
1 had known, it long ago. But what had
s, been the cause of, difference between
Them, was hidden in deepest mystery. Sir
| Bernard, as old Mr.. COultenaN ssmOst in
innate friend, knew in all probability Of
his engag cement to her and%of it's rupture
in favor of her sister Mary. 1t might
: even be that, Sir Bernard had had hand
in. the breaking of the engagement. II
i SO. that would, well account tor her ylo-
lent hostility toward him. ..
Such thoughts. with others, flashed
through my mind as sat there facing
her She was leaning back her hands
fallen idly upon her lap peering> straight
at me through that spotted Veil which,
half -concealng her wondrous beauty, inn
parted to her an additional air of mys-
, terry. 49,. ..- ...
You have quarreled with Sir Bernard
: I presume?'* hazzarded - IT,.
l. *"Quarreted!" she echoed. ." We were
never *friends.'< - = -"
!. Truly she possessed all a clever woman's
NJ
} leading question
'''He was an acquaintance Of yours?'
I An OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. But have
: Railways distrusted him.
p Mary likes him, I believe.' I re:
marked He was poor Courtnays mos
# intimate friend for many years
X ,'She judges him from that standpoint
alone Amy Of; her husbands friends
= We're hers, and she was fully cognizan
If of Sir Bernard's unceasing attention t
It the sufferer. -5....- ..r. r. -. Dr..
d "If that is SO it is rather pity tina
It she was recently so neglectful,' L said.
II .E,knOW Ralph know the reason o
6 it all > she fatered:- II can't explain t
g YOU. because. it is not just that I shoul'
1t expose. my sisters secret. But know
the truth WHICH, when revealed will max
sr it clear to the world that her apparen
t. neglect was not culpabe She had
v Fm6tve.% - 49,
:
~ ing and enjoy ing herself:'' 1 exclaimed
= E"of course. the motive was to obtai
rela Eat iOn., When.-a man is more tina
:! TWICE the age of his wife, the latter
- apt to chafe beneath the golden fettc1
It's the same evcrywhere-in Mayfair a
4.tin Mile End in .Suburba.-as i,~ & iltrs
II villa e. Difference of age is differenc
2s Of temperament, and difference of TEN
o. .porarn entz "opens a breach which only
y lover can fill.''
She was silent her eyes cast down. ST.
r. saw that the attempt to rindicate he
= fsister:H had: as before, utterly and signc
A. Eminiouslssfailed. -. s.r
or f ess; Ralph YOU. are. right, she &C
. Lnitted- -at.last, Judged from a phill
OF sophie standpoint a wife ought not to
81 more titan ten Years her husband JUNO
or 7 Love *@mtich ARISES out of mere weakness
to ITS; as easily fixed upon one object as al
e other. and consequently sg<at all: time
se- transferable. 1t is so pleasant to
h. women to be: admired and SO soothing
lp be loved that the grand trial Of constant
mn to a young woman married to an elder
DIT man ts-triot to add one more conaue
nd to herr triumplls. tbnt to earn the respe
ed and esteem, of the man who is her hu
en- band. And it is difficult OF that / q
convinced.
e. There was. for the first time a TT,
,e. | ring of earnestness in her voice. al
or saw by. her manner that her heart ";
Ut overb,rdened by the sorrow that he
fallen upon her Grant sister. Her cha
Is, acter was a complex one which | hs
VI failed always.st analyze. and it SEEM
az just then as though her endeavor was
N :. 1, 49, ,;5 1ifo @esbe nod node :,
:, :; effort once before prior to the TRACED
~ but It's motive was hidden in obscnrit
al Women are often very foolish. :, :
80, went on, half apologetically. HaNi
~, tehoseil their fpver for his suita bility. tn
ing IauSut'hs. anpM tA.' ~ q - ].
.-ss their youthful minds to invest him W
11- .evely. ideal Of excellence. That is a "a
I've error committed by the !. ma jof.ity
We women We ourht to be satisfied "
.ell him as he is, rather than imagine h
by what ne never car pc.
Yes said, smiling at her philosopl