The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-31

would nave preferred II. But Mrs.
Patricia JeIliffe Robson, widow, was
differently constituted. To her large
house. broken down though it might
be, was one of the indicia of artstoc- |
racy- She even gave the place name
She called it tJeIliffe''
Now you must come out to Jelliffe, |
Mr.. Ellington O'Keefe,n she would say
IN manner all her own. "Out to Jel--
une be II said, or out TO II South /
erton avenue, meant a short walk Of
some eight blocks from the exact Gen.
ter of the town.
Ard so they had stayed there, year
| after year, keeping up, as Mrs. Robson
assured herself, an appearance which,
TO say the least, was artiSIocratic and
! genteel- It was hard work, but she
was sure that they were doing it.
The Robesons lived on an annuity
1 a very diminutiVe- one-Which belonged
/ to Mrs Robson herself. Mrs. Robson
couldn't understand that the world
! knew just about how small it was She
reasoned that just so long as she could
] live IN a large house. no mattery now
1 shabby; just so long as she could, by
1 dint Of starving herself and her adaugh-
i ter, keep the family crest upon her note
paper, it nattered little how they really
/ got along inside the house She little
understood that nine-Ienths OF the
world did not care snap OF the finger
Z
/ knew all the facts, as usual
Her family the Jelliffes, had been
1 distinguished Two of the Jelliffes had
been governors of an Eastern state,
and one of them had been speaker of
the house at Washington. This man,
in fact, for the space of fifteen min
! utes, by virtue of his office and some
delay in the inauguration proceedings,
1 had been the president Of the United
4 States. The .Jelliffes had other quail
/ fieations, too. They were aristocrats,
| and men and women of influence in
their day. But TO all except TO Patricia
JelIiffe Robson that day was past
1 The male line was extinct Patricia
4 Jelliffe Robson was the last of the
Jelliffes-she and her daughter Mar
garrett
It must not be imagined that Mrs.
Robson was not a good motherly
woman, and woman who was gener-
ally congenial and pleasant in every
/ way. She was refined and educated.
But she had her peculiarities. and not
so very many of them, nor in the eyes
of the world, such very queer ones
after all.
But she had made up her mind about
one thing. Margaret must marry we'll
she must marry rich man. Mrs.
/ Robson had had enough because up
to the time of her marriage she had
enjoyed comparative luxury, and after
wards comparative adversely. She had
married for love. Robson, poor fellow,
had married for love, too, but Patricia
! had kept before him so constantly the
! fact that she had sacrificed so much
/ for him, that one day, in a fit of de-
! Spondency, he had laid him down and
died. The physicians had given his all
| ment conventional name: but his
trouble was more deep-seated. He had
worried himself to death. Patricia was
j conSoled- She was satisfied that she
! had made him a good wife and had
sacrificed everything for him. She had
| told him this SO often that she kept re-
peat1ng 1t to herself after his death.
! And. besides that, she had daughter
who loved her, and whom she loved
But Patricia Jelliffe Robson had Just
! one defect She did not know how to
| love. Robson had been a lover, one of
| the genuine kind. She was different.
but she did not know 1t.
/ Her daughter, Margaret, much to her
I regret, was Robson and not q Jel-s
life But Margaret was beautiful and
! that was something after all And
Margaret, being beautiful must marry
rlch; marrying poor man, marrying
| Tor loVe-the' principle was wrong
| somehow. Mrs. Robson did not ex-
actly know how or why, but she as
| Sured herself that it was So She knew
| II would be better for Margaret-she
realized, although she did not acknowl-
| edge 1t, that 1t would be better for her
| seH- AND, accordingly, she made up
her mind.
And Ellington O'Keefe, at this iunc
| ture, had somehow doomed upon the
horizon And Mrs. Robson. shutting
| her eyes to Mr. O'Keefe,s uneve1tf1Ii
| past and his obscure ancentry, had set
| herself the task of winning him for
Margaret-and herself. Margaret, it
may be assumed, was more or less
! grateful TO her mother-principaIl
less.
1t was about weeE-perhaps less
after constitutional Smith had enter
| ed the shop OF John Lorimer: a few
days, IN fact, after Smith had received
the letter signed Patricia Jelliffe Robe
son. that tall young man with clear
cut features and prominent nose, and
! GOOD chln and a good back to his
| head, stood within the home of Mrs
Patricia Jelline Robson and that of
! her daughter Margaret. He leaned
against the mantel
Before him there stood a young girl
Ia girl with lustrous eyes that look
| ed straight into hiS-eyeS from which
there shone deep anxiety and trouhIe
This girl was Miss Margaret Robson.
This young man was John Loriner
consulting chemist They were alone
/ Lorlmers face had gone suddenly
Whlte You-you have no right he
said in choking voice. You know
what IT means 1t means the destruc-
| tlon or two liFeS-of yours and mine
It's wrong You know it's wrong. You
you have no right, Margaret" he re
peated helplessly
She had glanced down for an in
slant Again she looked at him with
that expression of deep trouble in her
eyes. - -'e
TT is not a question:" she began In
low voice, which trembied= lat the
frst but grew stronger as she pro-
ceeded. of what you and I NAV think
is rlght, but only of what there is for
me TO DO. must marry this man.
My mothers heart is set upon it. her
future welfare and comfort depend
upon 1t owe it to her owe many
things to you; I have known YOU for
some years. owe more TO my mother.