Morris tribune., 1905-04-22


@gSy had SO and so, or if l only
were So-and-so, and the thing is done.
Each successive state, however, sug-
Eests one more happy, and each graft
fed wish leads to another desire more
imperative Miss Katharine Wilton.
however, did not confine her conditions
TO units There were in her case three
requisites for happiness-perfect hap
piness-and could they have been salts
fed in all probability she would have
come as near to the wished for state as
Door humanity on this earth ever does
come to that beatific condition. She
certainly thought so and with charac-
feristic boldnoss had not refrained from
communicating her thoughts to her ia
Their.
The astonishing feature Of the stu
alton was that he was inclined to agree
with her There was nothing astonish-
ing in itself in his agreement with her,
for he usually did agree with her, but
in that her conditions were really his
own For it is rare, bleSSedly so, that
two people feel that they require the
and when they parallel on three points
its most remarkable. Even two low
ers require each other-very different
things | am sure. Stop! l am not 50
sure about the third proviso with the
colonel l say the third because Miss
Wilton put it number three, though
perhaps it was like woman's post
tG
paraphrase of a familiar bit of Scrip
ture-the last, not will be, but should
be. first
Here are the requisites: First-The
flag floating gracefully from the peak
of the spanker gaf above them i'll the
light air of the sunny afternoon should
be the stars and stripes instead of the
red cross of st. George. Second-The
PROV of the ship should be turned to
the wooded shores of Virginia, and the
Old Dominion should be her deStina-
ton instead Of the chalk cliffs of Eng
land! Third-That a certain handsome,
fair, blue eyed, gallant sailor, who an
sWered to the name Of John Seymour,
should be by her side instead of anoth-
er, even though that other were one
who had once saved her life and to
whose care and kindness and fore
thought she was much indebted. Her
present attendant was certainly a gen
tIeman, and to an unprecedented eye.
which hers certainly was not, quite az
handsome and distinguished and gal
liant as was his favored rival, and boast
ing one advantage over the other III
that he bore a titled name, not such a
desideratum among American girls at
that time, however, as it was after
ward destined to become, and in a girl
Of the stamp of Miss Katharine Wilton
possibly no advantage at all.
But, could the heart of that fair dam
sci be known, all talk Of advantage or
disadvantage or this or that compen-
Sating factor was absolutely idle. She
was not girl who did things by
halves, and the feeling which had
prompted her to give herself to the
young sailor, though Of sudden origin,
had grown and grown during the days
OF absence and confinement till, in I
depth and intensity, it matched his
own. She was not now so sure that, !
among the other objects Of her adora- |
ton, he would have to take the second |
pace; that, in case CT division, her |
heart would lead her to think first OF
her country. Insensibly had his image |
Supplanted every other, and with all I
the passionate devotion of her gener-
ous southern nature she loved him..
Lord Desborough had ample oppor-
tunity for ascertaining this fact. He |
had seen her risk her life for Sey-
nour's own. He could never forget the |
across the PROSTATE form Of that young !
man. pistol in hand, keeping the mob |
at bay, never Wavering, never falter- |
ing, clear eyed, supreme. He would |
be almost willing to die to have her do !
the like for him. He could still hear j
the echo OF that bitter cry, Seymour,
Seymour" which rang through the
house when they had dragged her !
away. These things were not pleasant
"reminiscences; but, like most other I'M
pleasant memories, they would not
down.
In spite of all this, however, he had
allowed himself-nay, his permission,
he vowed, had not been asked-to fall
violently in love with this little colo
niai maiden, and a country maiden at
that. Not being psychologicalIy in
cined, he had never attempted to an
aiyze her charm or to explain his SEN
satiens. Realizing the fact, and being
young and therefore hopeful, he had
not allowed himself to despair. Real
" he had some claims upon her. Had
he not fnterfered she would have been
murdered that night in the dining
roOrn. He had earned the gratitude
then and there of her father and of
herself as well, and he had earned
naore Of it, too, when he had shot dead
, certain brutal marauding BLACKBOARD
Of the name of Johnson at the first
opportunity, having receiv-
I'd incidentally in return for his mes
rage OF death a bullet in his own