Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10

"Oh' said he. And l was thinking l
should have you to come back to- ;.
"She sat down again to think that over;
for she always respected other peoples opln-
ions as much as her own. And the Prince
began to tell all about his plans. 1t was
noticeable that he said very little about
being sorry for the Wilderness people.
Neither did he tell how much good his work
was going to do everybody. No; he was
interested in a particularly vicious Giant
who lived in one of the worst places, snaky
and Shiny and i'll smelling. A great many
men Young and old were already fighting
him, and the Prince wanted to join them
if he could win to such an honor. He talked
about it in much the way she had heard
other Princes discuss polo. He called it
specializing
"'You would do great deal of good said
the Princess, taking out her embroidery
again; for she never liked to be idle.
al believe said he, that in another ten
years we can rid the earth of him.
"'You will have to work very hard, said
she.
ayes, said he, work hard, and die poor
and it's said to be hard on Your wife
"'Then-your wife-her work would
al could do double, think, with you,'
said he
"And when the old King came in-for he
was worried about what the Princess had
said of going down to the Wilderness, and
was going to argue it with her-he found
the two kissing just like any other lovers.
$50" the kind voice fingered sighingly at
this part of the allegory as though to stay
for moment the passing of some evanes-
spring petals. $50 they were married. For
little while I'm afraid they forgot about the
Wilderness. 1t seemed as if the Hill people
were right,-that the best thing to do was
just to keep on making all the Hill part of
the world as perfect as possible. But they
soon found out that it wouldn't do, at
least for them. Why" she laughed softly
and abruptly left her allegory at loose ends.
MY dear, we meant to go round the
A'A world for our wedding trip; but when
we were on the steamer, in the middle of the
very first week, he left me and my seasick-
ness to the stewardess and spent his time
trotting around after one of the stewards
whom he had spotted as an interesting
case l was deathly i'll; but he had seen
too much real sickness to be in the least
worried. | was on my back feeling that
should like to die, and the steward, but for
a face like yellow wax, seemed as well as
anybody. But-they put the poor man in
hospital at Antwerp. And your father to
this day has no idea how cross | was about
his neglect; for l held my tongue until he
came back from seeing his case to the cot
that he would never leave alive. | had been
crying all alone in the dismal hotel when he
came in.
"'Well, said he, that's over. Poor fell
low! But we'll get the best of it, some day
any day may bring something tangible See
how Lister has upset things For, you see,
my dear, we were just coming out of prehis-
toric surgery then, even so short a time ago
as that. And he went on to talk of his work.
He had not even looked at my face. He took
me SO for granted, don't YOU see' And as
as he talked, my silly anger all withered up
and blew away, SO that when he finally did
come over and tell me how pretty was look
ing, and all the other nice things, | had
learned my lesson-and | rather pride my
self that | haven't had to learn it since. 1t
wasn't easy.
"You know a little about your fathers
fame. Younger men-men like Sid-are
taking his place now; but they will always
respect him for his pioneer work, even when
his theories are overturned and superseded,
as he says quite calmly that they soon will
be. But. my dear. he says, when he has
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