The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-29

! with a vacant look. Have you no news to give me tonight?" She could not for a moment suppose that Mir. Chatterley had ventured to stop by her side merely to praise her daughter. All the world Is talking of young | MT. Falconet's speech" said Mir. Chat terley.
 Yes; he seems a considerable per- son. He dined here today" T am told he Is a great admirer of Lady Bertram," said Mir. Chatter | ley.
 He knows very little of me-" said | the lady. trying to veil her curiosi- | ty.
 He knows what all know. and feels | what all feel, who have the honor and delight of Lady Bertrams acquain- | tance-only what we feel or know goes ! for nothing-we alas! who are not orators, or poets, and statesmen"
 What did he say7" said Lady Ber- 1 tram. in a hushed voice | But before he could answer he was obliged to retire. for a young man quickly and unceremoniously approach ed and addressed Lady Bertranh. He was handsome--the highest or der of English beauty. the Norman tempered by the Saxon: his complexion bright, his dark blue eye delicately arched regular features, the upper lip short, and with hyacinthine locks of auburn hair.
 q thoughtI was not to see you to- night, Gaston." said the lady of the house.
 Well, I do not know whether I ought to be here. have not been ex- actly cut by some of your friends, but they were rather queer. I suppose be- ing in my fathers house, they could scarcely refrain from noticing me-"
 T have made the acquaintance of your successor" murmured Lady Ber- tram. He dined here, have had much conversation with him"
 An" said Lord Gaston. Then suppose you are in an orthodox mood :"
 The English are essentially a re- ligious people," said Lady Bertram.
 You did not think so the last time we talked about these matters"
 T think I might now sit down." said Lady Bertram. as If his words had not reached her; and she took his arm be- fore even 1t could be offered, and they were soon seated on sofa.
 This Mir. Falconet Is an extraordi- nary man." said Lady Bertram. q never knew any one so eloquent. He talks, of course. too much. but that will wear off. I am sorry now that you left Parliament"
 q am not. Parlaments are worn out"
 But you say that of everything" said~Lady Bertram.
 And 1t Is true of everything. but of the whole affair nothing is so ex- hausted as the human race itself"
 But what. then. is to happen?" in- quired Lady Bertram.
 Many things may happen. 1 do not suppose that because man is worn out even this little planet which we call ours has not yet some future. The mistake which our self-conceit has al- ways made has been to suppose that this planet was made for man. There never was a foundation for such a belief, and now we know 1t is mere folly The fact is that man has really never very much taken to this globe. And no wonder. It clearly was never intended for him. It consists of more water than land, and of that land a great portion is uninhabitable desert. Look at the miserable amount of pop- ulation that, after millions of years, he has just contrived to pro-create! Scarcely equal to the spawn of a shoal of herrings."
 linen you think the world was made for herrings?" sweetly whispered Lady Bertram.
 T cannot tell what 1t was made for but I think l can tell what 1t was not made for"
 Then you have no interest in life?
 Yes l have in you"
 If you begin talking nonsense I will go and fetch my lord.
 q suppose it s only MT. Falconet who may talk nonsense"
 MT Falconet has none but the most exalted ideas His life is devoted to the vindication and the triumph of re- ligious truth. :"
 T am also capable of devotion" said Lord Gaston. and that is to be the happiness of my species. For that req son I wish it to become extinct"
 Two young ladies with very long trains bowed to Lady Bertram from a distance and kissed their hands. T must say a word to them," she said. as she returned their salute. You do not mind?"
 No: l like them both. They have more sense than half the girls know"
 The ladies approached. T was so sorry. Lady Bertram, said one of them. mot to meet Prof. O'Galaxy here tonight. We were at his lecture today at the Royal aud wanted so much to ask him a question. I see my way so far as Protoplasm clearly. but thera