New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-10-05


eyes" he replied; as miner I am
very wretched failure"
She shrugged her shoulders in dis
approval.
Don't use that termp' she cried.
There is no word so hateful to me
| as 'failure'-I suppose because father
has never failed in anything. Let us
| layed."
Every well. That suits me better
also, but you see I've forgotten how
to choose nice words"
They were seated in the library,
| where for two hours they had remain
ed uhdisturbed, Emerson talking rap
idly, almost incoherently.
"And you did all that for me-" she
mused. II wonder if any other man
l know would take those risks just for
| me-
'Of course. Why, the risk, l mean
the physical peril and hardship and
discomfort, don't amount to-that" He
snapped his fingers. "It was only the
unending desolation that hurt; it was
the separation from you that punished
me-the thought that some luckier fell
| low might
"NonsenseT Mildred was really in
dignant. 81 told you to fix your own
time, and promised to wait. Even if
| had not-cared for you I would have
kept my word. That is a Wayland
principle. AS it is, it was-compara-
lively easy"
"Then you do love me, my lady p
| He leaned eagerly toward her.
| "Do you need to ask?" she whisper
ed from the shelter Of his arms. ut
is the same old fascination Of our girl
| and boy days. Do you remember how
| completely I lost my head about you?'
| She laughed softly. II used to think
| you wore a football suit better than
| anybody in the world! Sometimes
suspect that it is merely that same
But it has lasted-so far Three years
| is a long time for girl like me to
| wait, isn't it?''
II know, known he returned jeal-
| ously
''But legions of men are counting you.
Oh, know. Haven't I deyoured So
ciety columns by the yard? The pa
pers were six months old, to be sure,
when got them, but every mention
Of you was just like knife stab to
me. used to torture my lonely soul
with pictures of you. You were never
out of mind for an hour. My days
were given to you, and I used to pray
that my dreams might hold nothing
but you. You have been my fetish
from the first day I met you, and my
worship has grown binder every hour.
Mildred. oh, my lady, how beautiful
you arep'
And indeed she was, for her face, Or
dinarily so imperious, was now softly
alight; her eyes, which other men
found cold, were kindled with rare
warmth of understanding; her smile
was almost wistfully sweet.
He recalled how excited he had been
in that faraway time when he had
first learned her identity, for the name
of Wayland was spoken soundingly in
the middle west. In the early stages
Of their acquaintance he had looked
upon her aloofness as an affectation,
but close intimacy had compelled a
recognition of it as something wholly
natural. He found her as truly pa
trician as Wayne Wayland, her father.
could wish. The old mans domain was
greater than that Of many princes, and
his power more absolute. His onl.
daughter he spoiled as thoroughly a:
he ruled his part Of the financial world
and Wlllfu1 Mildred, once she had taken
an interest in the young college man so
evidently ready to be numbered among
her lovers, did not pause half way
but made her preference patent to all
and opened to him realm Of dazzling
possibilities.
And when he had graduated how
proud of her he had been! How little
he had realized the gulf that separated
them, and how quick had been his
awakening!
It was Wayne Wayland who had
shown him his folly. He had talked
to the young engineer kindly, if firmly.
being too shreWd an old diplomat to
fan the fame Of a headstrong love
with vigorous opposition
Mildred is rich girl" the old
financier had told Boyd, "a very rich
girl. one of the richest girls in this
part of the world, while you, my boy
What have you to ofer?
Nothing! But you were not always
what you are now" Emerson had re-
piled. Every man has to make a
start. WheH YOU married you were
as poor as | slsl.'
Granted. SUIT 1 married a poor
girl from my own station in life For
tunately she had the latent power to
develop with me as grew, so that we
kept even and never outdistanced
her. But Mildred is spoiled to begin
with / spoiled her purposely to pre-
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