The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-04-25

The Finn home had for some years
been in fine old house standing i'm
quarter whence the tide of fashion
had recently ebbed. Bob had bought
IL as "a speculation. but. finding no i'm
mediate purchaser, had moved himself
and his charges into it, much to the
outward pride and inward perturba-
tiOn of Patrick and NOrah. One even
ing Paul Remington entered the house
qnd was shown into the library. where
Kathleen sat alone sewing.
With her permission he lighted ais
pipe. and they sat silent before the
fire for some time. He broke the ST
leuce abruptly.
81 saw her today"
"Not the lady of your dreams2 And
in the tleshf'
"The same was standing i'm the
depot. waiting for a fellow who didn't
come. Can you imagine a more disgust
ing place for romancef \ lady drop
ped her kerchief With the prompt
gallantry that Is one of my charming
traits, picked it up and returned 1t
TO her. AN. thank you And she
deigued to gfre me the hundredth part
Of fraction OF coldly Indifferent
glance, as though ! were the cement
beneath her feet. Then | turned cold
and tiff with fright and wonderment
1t was she-as | had dreamed her. ]
stood. staring like n yokel. while she
passed through the gate to her train
made n dash to follow her, to be
met by blue arm with brass buttons
aud the prosaic demand, show your
ticket, please! Ticket" | said. I've
no ticket Can't pass through them
Man I said. I must. I'm the presi
dent of this railroad. I'm the governor
of the state. I'm the president of
these glorious United States. It's
matter of life and death ! mustv
Can't pass without n ticket was all
the concession I received. | rushed to
the ticket agents window. Ticket |
demanded. Where tor he said leisure
ly. as though the solar system hadn't
suddenly stood stlll. Where to? ]
don't know ! confided to him. First
stop on New York limited, suppose
He handed me a few inches of paper,
threw down a bill and. without wait
J ing for change, rushed out to the gate
man, waving my ticket frantically.
Now will you let me passT I cried.
! Nope he answered TRANQUILITY. Train
! just pulling ont II was true! sat
down on truck and spent fifteen
minutes inventing new ways Of ex-
gressng profound black despair. And
SUCH" he cried, striking a tragic atti.
tude, "ls the baleful effect Of modern
invention upon romance. Weep with
me-
Paul" Kathleen exclaimed, star
lied. You let your Imagination carry
you away. Come back to earth. She
may be the very opposite Of all you
imagine her."
NO. no, Kathleen! She's not imagi-
nation. She's the realest thing in my
life. I'm q horrible sham beside you
real, big people, but there are three
genuine things in my life-she, my
friendship for you and my honest lik-
| ing for Bob"
Kathleen made as If to speak. bu'
said nothing.
"Yes?" he urged her gently. Say it,"
Paul" she said impulsively, your
liking for Bob is honest, isn't it? Be
cause you're the only person he has
ever given his friendship TO, and /
think it's a deeper friendship than
either of you realizes. If you were to
prove false to him he would be hope
lessly imbittered. Think of the evil
he might do if he were TO run amuck!
You and he are men of different tastes
and temperaments The day may
come when you may be tempted to
turn away from him. You will be a
true friend TO him always, won't your
"Of course | WILL" he said, smiling
at her earnestness.
"Ah, no, Paul. Such things aren't
always of course. You're both Ia
politics. hate politics; 1t makes men
80 hard and selfish. You're ambitious.
He has many enemies And he isn't
like other men. He is apt TO be too
too exacting sometimes"
"But promise, Kathleen
81 don't ask that. Promises don't
mean much, do they2 And-because
he is what he is-you may find It very
hard sometimes"
From the outside came the sound Of
some one walking swiftly up the pave
ment to the house.
There he comes now" Paul said.
~ know that step in thousand. How
like him 1t Is! He is as inexorable as
fate, that man. Let us keep him
right"
When Bob entered the library Kath-
leen and Remington were chatting
brightly of her latest charity. He lis
tened awhile before interrupting.
II just came from Stoughton. He
wants TO go back TO the legislature"
"Yes" Remington queried eagerly.
II told him had no objections"
Remingtons face fell "Ah! / had