Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-03-26

portancs. high position. last; and do
ties due to ones station fill up life
satisfactorily. 1t is a low. mean con
ception of existence to spend 1t In per
sonsl pleasure"
Yes, certainly. You are right" ea
gerly. ITO live for ones self alone, |
in any way, IL miserable. But one has
not interfere with the happiness OF
others"
You have been tolerably poor. from
what you say" said Mrs. Saville. not
unkindly. Have you been happy7"
Her interlocutor paused before she
replied. yes. on the whole have been
happy. Sometimes 1t has been trying
to feel shabby and to be unable to get
a new dress, to know that lovely pic
lures and delightful music were with
In your reach. yet inaccessible. The
worst Is to want nice delicate things
for some one you love and not to be
able to get them; that is bitter. Still,
nothing can be so poverty stricken as
to have 40 one to trouble about, no
one to love or live for, no one to love
you"
1T is, then, very unfortunate for q
person OF your disposition to have lost
your home" remarked Mrs. Savins,
coldly.
ut is sad enough; but have been
fortunate In finding friends like Mr..
Rawson and his daughter. 1t is bet
ter. too, to believe that there is some
pleasant sheltered nook round the next
turn OF the road than always to look
for sandy deserts Loneliness Is the
worst evil OF all: 1t is what I fear
most"
Mrs Saville did not answer imme-
diately; then she said, abruptly
What is your name-your Christian
manner"
MY name? Hope Desmond"
II thought so. 1t is very appro
pirate. You have given me a curious
mental picture. I suppose 1t is true,
though It is incompreheusible to me.
but you give me the idea Of being sen
sible and accurate. Do you not feel
that your life has been lost, fruitless,
passed as It has been In this constant
struggle?"
NO" cried Hope, her dark eyes
lighting, and lifting her head with an
unconscious but dignif1ed movement.
ut has had much sweetness, and
have been of some use. Though I am
not clever. l have done what I could;
and that will always comfort me. do
not fear the future. Work will come
to me. I would not change with any
one. l prefer to remain the me that
l am"
You are an unusual specimen, Miss
Desmond. and really profound phi
losopher; yet you have refinement and
taste, aye, and culture enough, to ena
BILE you to enjoy beauty and elegance
literature and art congratulate you;
only, II every one was as easily pleas
ed the world would stand STILL
Perhaps So" said Hope Desmond
with sigh. II can only see life &C
coEding to my lights"
Then. after some minutes silence
she observed how prettily the smok,
curled UP from among the trees dowI
in the hollow.
Yes" said Mrs. Saville, II suppos
Lord Castletoi has arrived. Inglefiel,
Court belongs to him. II Is an olde
and much damper place than this.
must call tomorrow" She heaved
deep sigh as she spoke. Miss Dacr
ls one Of the fortunate ones according
to my estimate She is her father
sole heiress, and takes the title, toe
when she succeeds him. She Is pretty
rather accomplished, and decidexl,
popular. l used TO see good deal o
her at one time; now" She paut
, ed AID frowned. then, rising, she said
; peremptorily, Come, I feel rheumai
ic; l have sat here too long"
Few words passed between the CON
! panions till almost at the gate whicI
opened from Mrs. Savilles grounds o.
a foot-path which crossed the vicarag
fields, when that lady said, suddenly
q Il expect my son tomorrow"
, Your eldest SOM"
> 81 have but one son." returned Mr.,
Saville. icily.
: (To be continued.)