New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-10
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER 10. 1911

should have YOU to come back to
"Shc sat down again to think that over
for she always respected other people opih
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 peoplg,
Neither did he tell how much good his "olk
was going 10 do everybody. No; ne was
interested in a particularly vicious DiailI
who lived in one OF the worst places Sl"hy
and Shiny and i'll smelling. a great NAM
men Young and old were already ilghu"B
him, and the Prince wanted to JOIN them
if ne could win to such an honor. tie tdihcG
about it in much the way She had Hc'''u
other Princes discuss polo. lie calleu Z"
specializing. ,,:l
"You would DO a great deal OF good Said
the Princess. taking out her embroidery
again: for she never liked TO be idle.
81 believe said he, that in another ten
wears We can rid the earth Of him. .,
"You will have to work very hard Said
she. ,...
"'Ycs. said ne. work hard, and die poor
and its said 10 be hard on your wife.
"Thcn-your wifc-hcr work would
count
81 could do double, | think, with YOU
said he. e,
And when the old King came ln-forr nc
w,s worried about what the Princess hal
said Of going down to the Wilderness, ana
v,s Going 10 argue il with hcr-hc found
the two kissing lust like any other lovers.
so. the kind voice fingered sighlngly at
This par, Of the allcgory as though TO stay
for a moment the passing OF some cyaIcS-
snring petals. $50 they were married. FOR a
little while I'm afraid they forgot about the
WILDERNESS. Il seemed as II the I'LL people
were right, that the best thing to 90 was
lust to keep on making all the I'LL part OF
the world as perfect as possible. But they
soon found out that II wouIdn do' al
least for them. Why" she laughed softly
and abruptly left her allcgory at loose ends
NY dear. We meant to 60 round the
INI world for our wedding trip; but when
we were on the steamer, in the middle OF me
very frs, week ne left me and my ScaslcK-
ness to the stcwardcsS and spent his time
trotting around after one Of the stewards
whom ne had spotted as an interesting
case. was dcathly i'll; but ne had seen
too much real sickness to be IN the least
worried. was on my back feeling that
should Ike TO die. and the steward but tor
a face like yellow wax, seemed rs well as
ANYBODY. But-thcy put the poor man IN
n hospital at Antwerp. And your father 10
this dav has no idea how cross ! was about
his neglect: for held my tongue until ne
came back from seeing his case to the cot
that ne would never leave alive. mad been
CRYING all alone in the dismal hotel when ne
came IN.
SWELL said he, that's over. Poor tcl-
low But wei &c, the best Of it, some day
any day may bring something tangible. See
how Lister has upset things, For, you see
nv dear. we were lust coming out OF prchls-
toric surgery then, even 50 short time ago
rs 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
rs ne talked. my silly anger all withcred up
and blew away, SO that when he finally dld
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. Il
wasn't easy.
You know q little about your fathers
fame. Younger men men ike 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