The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-06


. Yes; he went out in passion, de-
claring he would never notice me again.
This morning at breakfast saidsI was
sorry Bryce felt SO hurt. but father
was sure Bryce would find plenty of
consolation in the fact that his dis
approval of my choice would excuse
him from giving me a wedding present.
You know Bryce is mean little
miser!',
On the contrary, thought he was
very luxurious and extravagant.
Where Bryce is concerned, yes; to-
ward everyone else his conduct is too
mean to consider. Why. father makes :
him an allowance of $4,000 year and
he empties fathers cigar boxes when
ever he can do SO without
Let us talk about Mr.. Stanhope--
he is far more interesting. When are
you going to marry himf
In the spring. Father is going to
give me some money and | have the
fortune Grandmother Cahill left me. It
has been well Invested, and father told
me this morning I was fairly rich
fortune, also his stipend-we shall do
very well. Basil s family is one Of the
finest among the old Boston aristocrats,
and he is closely connected with the
English Stanhopes, who rank with the
greatest of the nobility
- I wish Americans would learn to
rely on their own nobility. I am tired
of their everlasting attempts to graft
on some English noble family. No mat
ter how great or clever man may be,
you are sure to read of his descent
from some Scottish chief or English
earl. =
THEY. can't help their descent,
"They need not pin all they have
done on to it. Often father frets me
in the same way IF he wins a difficult
case, he does it naturally, because he is
a Rawdon. He is handsome, gentle
manly, honorable, even perfect horse
was by nature and Inheritance COM
PEELED to such perfection: 1t is very
provoking, Dora, and if were you I
would not allow Basil to begin a song
about the English Stanhopes. Aunt
Ruth and / get very tired often Of the
Eneh t Rsw separa and are H Esaa thank
! II don t think I shall feel in that
way, Ethel. I like the nobility; So
does father, he says the Dennings are
fine old family
- why talk of genealogies when there
consider9 Let us grant him perfection
and agree that he is to marry you IN
the spring; well then, there is the cere-t
mony, and the wedding garments! q
course it is to be a church WeddlngY>
tsWe# shall be married in Basil s own
church / can hardly eat or sleep for
thinking of the. JOY and the triumph OF
It! There will be women there ready
to eat their hearts with envy be-
lieye indeed, Ethel, that every woman
in the church is in love with Basil. :, :,
You have said that before, and L
am sure you are wrong. a great many
of them are married, and are in love
with their husbands: and the kind OF
girls who 90 to st. Jude are not the
kind who marry zelergym en-. Mr.; Stan
hone s whole income would hardly buy
their gloves and parasols.
am o aGn to t, marry. You must not be
Jealous Of Basil. shall love you just
the same
seUnder no conditions, Dora. would J, |
allow jealousy to trouble my life. All
the same. you will not love me after
your marriage as you have loved me IN
the past. I shall not expect pee w
"reminiscences Of the past, assurances
for the future followed, and Ethel ae-
eented them without dispute and with
out faith. But she understood that the
mere circumstance of her engagement
was all that Dora could manage ma "a at
mrarriapeemerged themselves constantly
in the wonderful fact that Basil Stan
hope loved her, and that some time, not
far off, she. was going to be his wife.
This joyful certaint! filed ed her she h1 had
a natural reluctance to subject it to
the details Of the social and religious
ceremonies necessary. Such things
| permitted others to participate in her
Joy, and she resented the idea For a
/ time she wished to keep her lover IN q
world where no other thought might
trouble the thought of Dora.
Ethel understood her friend s mood,
/ and was rather relieved when her car
rage arrived. She felt that her pres
ence was preventing Dora s. absolute
j surrender herself to thoughts of her lover
and all the way home she marveled at
the girl s infatuation, and wondered #
it would be possible for her to fall into
such a dotage Of love. for any man.
She answered this query positively.
HNo, If I should lose my heart, shall