The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-23

merely fixed itself as one sees the face
Of watching cat fix itself when the
longed for mouse shows a whisker. :.
"Ah,'' she said lightly, confident in
her own power, chat will arrange it.
self later
81 am glad am rich,'' said Paul sim
ply, because I shall he able to give
you all you want. There are many lit.
tie things that add to woman's COM
fort. shall find them out and see that
you have them"
Are you SO very rich, Paul?'' she
asked, with an innocent wonder. "But
don't think it matters. Do you? 1 do
not think that riches have much to do
with happiness
NO. he answered.
Except, of course" she said, 'that
one may Go good with great riches"
She gave little sigh as if deplor-
ing the misfortune that hitherto her
own small means had fallen short of
the happy point at which one may be-
gin doing good.
Are you so very rich, Paul?" she re-
peated as if she was rather afraid of
those riches and mistrusted them.
"Oh, suppose so! Horribly rich!'
She had withdrawn her hand She
gave it to him again, with pretty
movement usually understood to indi-
cate bashfulness.
1T can't be helped she said. eve"
she dwelt upon the word ever so
slightly-"we can perhaps do a little
good with it,"
Then suddenly he blurted out all his
wishes on this point-his quixotic aims,
the foolishe imaginings of too chival-
rous soul. She listened, prettily eager,
sWeetly compassionate Of the SORROWS
Of the peasantry whom he made the
object Of his simple pity. Her gray
eyes contracted with horror when he
told her Of the misery with which he
was too familiar. Her pretty lips
quivered when he told her Of little
children born only to starve because
their mothers were starving. She laid
her gloved fingers gently on his when
he recounted tales Of strong men-good
fathers in their simple, barbarous way
who were well content that the chill
dren should die rather than be saved
to pass a miserable existence, without
joy, without hope.
She lifted her eyes with admiration
to his face when he told her what he
hoped to do, what he dreamed of ac-
comprising. She even made q few
eager, heartfelt suggestions, fifty COM
f1,O1r i,
mans tenderness, lightened by wo-
mans sympathy and knowledge.
1t was in its way a tragedy, the
picture we are called to look upon
these newly made lovers, not talking Of
themselves, as is the time honored
habit Of such. Surrounded by every
luxury, both high born, refined and
wealthy, both educated, both intelli-
gent. He, simple minded, earnest, quite
absorbed in his happiness, because that
happiness seemed to fall in so easily
with the buster and, as some might
say, the nobler side Of his ambition;
she, failing to understand his aspira-
tious, thinking only Of his wealth.
But" she said at length, "shall you
-we-be allowed to do all this? l
thought that such schemes were not
encouraged in Russia. It is such pity
to pauperize the people"
'You cannot pauperize a man who
has absolutely nothing replied Paul.
"Of course we shall have difficulties,
| but together think we shall be able
| to overcome them.''
Eta smiled alphabetically, and the
smile finished up, as it were, with q
CLEAN very like amusement She had
been vouchsafed for moment vision
of herself in some squalid Russian vii
lage in hideous Russian made tweed
dress dispensing the necessaries of life
to people only little raised above the
beasts Of the field. The vision made
her smile, as well it might. In st. Pc
tersburg life might be tolerable for a
little in the height of the season, for a
few weeks Of the brilliant northern
winter, but in no other part of Russia
could she dream Of dwelling.
They sat and talked of their future
as lovers will, knowing as little of it as
any Of us, building up castles in the
air, such edifices as we have all con
structed, destined no doubt to the same
rapid collapse as some Of us have