Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-03

scared, fearin' Moike had got into troubl
with the kid and the half dollar. an n
begins 10 call an TO hunt
Here a sound of approaching mascu
line voices was heard. and Mrs. O'Nei
winked at Miss Eveleth and laid broa'
forefinger beside a broad nose.
Don't let on that tould ye." she said
ITS happen he's got some reason why h
KEEP it all to himself"
ITS more than possible that he has.
said Mrs. Herries with a laugh. anc
speaking for the first time since she hat
left the dining room.
At last the time came for going home
Mrs. Carlton was to take the two youngel
ladies in her carriage. Mrs. O'Neil eazec
with awed satisfaction al their long en-
folding wraps. which seemed meant to
decorate rather than TO warm.
When Judge O'Neil accompanied his
guests to the waiting carriage Mrs. Her
ries. who had hardly spoken 10 her host
her at the table. leaned forward, amid
good nights. and addressed him with her
usual gracious innocence.
1T must he a great satisfaction to you
10 nave your mother with you. judge.
she said do you expect her to stay
long,"
LAS long as 7 can keep her. he an
swered. meeting her eyes calmly and fair
ly IF there is any spark Of manliness
in me- / owe II 20 my mother. Mrs. Her
j
Very good Of you 10 feel so. I am sure.
Such jolly little dinner Good night
The door closed and the carriage rolled
smoothly away. Such impotent fury
swept through what Mrs. Herries called
her soul that for a few moments she did
not hear what the others were saying.
When the late Mr. Herres had betaken
himself to a city whose streets are paved
with 4 gold which has no negotiable
value his widow had felt the world before
her Her departed husband was a person
of unexcept ;onal connections and most OBJ
jectionabIe personality but he had the
grace 20 leave her n name of traditional
respect ability and fortune ample II not
large. She was determined that time. Tor
the future, should pay her the tribute or
pleasure. and the first number in her pro-
grsm was 10 be the annexation OF Judge
O'Nel Big. handsome. a marked man.
and man far foo busy TO devote annoy
ing attention TO the details Of his wife's
conduct. he was. In her estimate, the
ideal husband for background to
cha rring woman. Mrs. Herries had no
desire for husband as anything except
background. But the events of the even
ing had changed the judge into an ugly
foreground where the weeds OF impossi-
BILE family connections grew rank. Worse.
had looked out at her spirit of devotion
to his own ideals He had his own
straight lines of conduct. and. not even
by the woman he loved. could they be
twisted into spirals. His last words to
her had a quality as cold and clear as an
;cicle. BY the time she had thought go
much clearly out her mind had worked
itself into maze OF rage 10 cheat
her of her self-assured future. To defy
her. To make her look like fool in
4 l,n ~ -riQhfnn11q
en-. who knew that she was angling for
him and who hoped that she would not
get him. She mated him with a passion
not big enough for jealousy, for it was
made up of cold spite, which had in 1t no
element Of love.
With evaporation she became aware Of
the animated conversation going on be-
tween Mrs. Carlton and Miss Eveleth
Mrs Carlton, though person to be Gull
fivated. was. nevertheless, extremely irri-
tating to Mrs. Herries' worldly nerves.
Father Ignatius went to the heart of
it," the elder woman was saying. our
heredity from God gives us the victory
over weaknesses derived from our ances-
tors | once heard q preacher say. But,
after ALL why should We assume that his
ancestors are any weaker than ours? lie
has only brought home to us in dramatic
fashion what the whole country is expert
encing all the time. 1t is primitive vigor
and integrity that keeps stepping to the
front I'm proud to think that We all
came from the clean middle classes. with
perhaps a generation or two OF leisure In
between"
ITS easier for YOU to say that than it
would be for most Of u.s. laughed Miss
Eveleth. Because the generations have
been little more numerous in your case.
We others are still only little removed
from the soil We can't afford to be any
thing but sensitive about our aristocracy.
We have to keep 1t under glass and insist
that it shan't be shaken as 1t was to-
night"
Nonsense. Marion, l know you we'll
enough to see that you do not think any
the worse. but rather the better of Judge
O'Neil for what you've just SEEN"
The girls face grew white. and she
peered out OF the dark window into the
night.