The Washington times., 1906-10-07
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Heleu's angry assertions that Il was
not her fault could not keep her from
tormenting herself after that AL
ways the fact was before her that
however sick De might De. even dying.
She could never bear 10 see him again;
and so Arthur became the embodiment
Of her awakening conscience
The result was that the girl slept
little that night, spending half Of IT In
fact alternately sitting in chair and
pacing the room In agitation, striving
I'm vain 20 find some glcam Of light
to guide her out of the mazcs In which
She was lost The gray dawn found
her tossing feverishiy about upon her
pillow. yeauinR FOR the time when sne
had been happy, and upbraiding her
self for having been drawn into her
present trouble.
When she arose later on she was
more pale and wearied than she had
been upon the morning before, then
she had at least possessed A resolu-
don, while this time she was only
helpless and despalring. Thus her
aunt found her when she came in 10
greet her. and the dismay Of the
worthy matron may be imagined.
However. being an indefatiEahie lit
tie body she set bravely to work
again. first Of all, by rebuklng the girl
for her weakness she manae eed 20
rouse her 10 effort once more and
then by urging the necessity Of seeing
people and Of hiding her weakness.
she managed 10 obtain at last a sem
blance OF cheerfulness. in the mean
time Mrs. Roberts was helping her 10
dress and TO remove al traces of her
unhappiuess. so that when Helen de-
scenied to breakfast she had received
her first lesson IN one OF the chief
tasks of the social regime
Full many IN the silent night
Have Wept their grief away.
And I'm the morn YOU fancy
Their hearts were ever gay.
And Helen played her part so well
that Mrs. Roberts was much enc0ur-
aged, and heamed upon her across the
table As a matter of fact. because
her natural happiness was not all
crushed, and because playing "a part
7Sas rot easy to the slrl, she was very
soon interested I'm the various plans
that were being discussed. When Mr..
Harrison called later ON and proposed
"a drive. she accepted with genuine
pleasure.
To he sure, she found It a trife less
thrilling than on the day before. for
the novelty was gone: but that fact
did not cause her much worry. IN all
her anuCip3tIons of The pleasure be-
fore her, IL had occurred TO her as lit
tie as il occurs TO others in her situa-
ton 20 investigate the laws Of the
senses through which the pleasure is
TO be obtained There is whole
moral philosophy to be extracted from
the little word "ennui' by those who
know. hut Helen was not of the know
ing. She believed that when she was
tired of the horses she could delight
herself with her beautiful house. and
that when she was tired OF the house
she could have a new one. All her
life she had been deriving esctasy
from beautiful things. from dresses.
and flowers. and books, and music.
and pictures: and Of course IL was only
necessary to have an infinite quaa nifty
of such things IN order TO be inhnitely
happy. The way 10 have the infinite
quantity was TO marry Mr Harrison,
or at any rate that was Hrlens view.
and she was becoming more and more
irrttated because II did not work well
in practice, and more and more con
vinced that her aunt must be right in
blaming her weakness.
In the meantime being In the open
air and among all tho things that she
loved, she was bound TO rejtice oEce
more; and rejoice she did. not even
allowing herself to be hindered by Mr.
HarrisUn's too obvious failures to COM