The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-04-25

"Your highness, Gun 1ccll afford to
0Dcnd."
has said. becomes an Obligation" He
looked straight INTO the girls eyes as
lie said this. and his gaze was altogeth-
er too strong for her. 81 the lashes fell.
She flushed and said. with a smile that
brought the dinlples:
IL thank you. That Is a real compli-
ment." Then laughiu9ly: Much better
than e~xtravagant comments on ones
skin and eyes and hair. We are going
to the queen nj the marble landing.
Will you walk with us. sir?" And they
strolled away together. Willie the other
girls followed i'll u whispering, laugh
ing group.
Was there ever so glorious a calm
after such a storm?
"rEen those NEUROLOGICAL compli-
mcnts." continued Mary. Don't you
dislike them?'
II cant say that | have ever received
many, none that | recall" replied Bran
don. with a perfectly straight face, but
with a smile trying its best to break
put.
'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 b.. seer yours. and so on?'
Il don't know. but | think | should
like it from some persons" he replied.
looking ever so Innocent.
This savored of familiarity after so
trief an acquaintance al ! caused the
Princess TO glance up in slight surprise,
but only for the Instant, for his inno-
cent look disarmed her.
II have a mind to see." she returned.
laughing and throwing her head back
as she looked up at him out of the cor
ner of her lustrous eyes. But | will
pay you q better compliment. | posi-
lively thank you for the rebuke. | do
many things like that. for which | ain
always sorry. Oh. you don't know how
difficult it Is to be a good princess"
And she shook her head with q 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.
IL know it must be q task to be good
when everybody iatters W ones
shortcomings" said Brandon and then
continued in a way that. | am free to
confess. was something ~priggish: lit is
almost impossible for us to see our
own faults even when others are kind
enough to point them out. for they are
right ugly things and unpleasant to
look upon. But. lacking those outside
monitors. n must all the more cult
vate the habit of constant Unlocking
and self examination. If we are only
brave enough to confront u faults
and look them In the face. ugly as they
are. we shall be sure to overcome the
worst of them. A striving toward good
will achieve at least a part of It,"
"Ohv' returned the princess. But
what is good and what is wrong? So
often we cannot tell them apart until
we look back at what we have done,
md then it is all too late. | truly wish
to be good more than | desire anything
else in the world. | am so ignorant and
helpless ard have such strong inclina-
tons to do wrong that sometimes |
seem to be almost all wrong. The
priests say so much. but tell US so little.
They talk about st. Peter and st. Paul
ard q host OF other saints and holy IA.
theirs and what nots. but fail to tell us
what we need every moment of our
lives: hat is. how to know the right
when we see II. and how to do 1t; and
how to know the wrong aud low TO
avoid 1t. They ask us to believe so
! much AID insist that faith Is the S1m