Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08


known her own heart. much less that
Of her fellow. But when. in face OF
that approach, eye met eye with an
askance look Of eager question. reve-
lation came. crimsOning the cheeks
OK both and marking an epoch In
Noble Of heart and tender each to-
ward the other. they were yet human.
equally. spontaneous movement they
turned to search each the others
countenance. not for betrayal-for
that had already been made-but for
mental superiority which might at
tract the eye or win the heart Of 3
man Of the ideality of this one. ~
Alas! these gifts. for gifts they are,
between these two to render the bal.
Rnce at all even. ,tls
Ermentrude was handsome; Ans
tolnette was not.
without beauty would have made her
conspicuous to the eye, the figure OF
q goddess and the air Of a queen. But
Antoinette was small and had to feel
the excellence Of her mind and The
airy quality Of her wit. So
Ihen. Ermentrude had money and
could dress, while Antoinette, who
vas dependent upon an English uncle
clothes SO plain that but for their
exquisite neatness one would never
dream that she came. from French
ancestry. and that ancestry noble.FI
Yes she had that advantage: rank
was hers. but not the graces when
should accompany IT. I, More %.thSn
that. she had nothing with which 70
support IT. Better BE Of the ysomalf
. duchess granting favors. or 30 Gho
thought, poor girl, as her meek res
gard passed from the friend whole
attractions she had thus acknowl.
eoSsG to 70, the man whose APPRECIATION
ae. was comtng-not with hts usual
indifferent swing, but eagerly, 5Oys
onsly. - though this moment meant
somefhinE to him. too. She ,knewgit
her made no. doubt Of that: EbNf
why3 Because of Ermentrude or be.
cause. OF. herseif? Alas! she could. re-
sail nothing which would .an9wer
had scarcely ever. seen them sepsrat Is
It might be either. Hardly alive
from suspense, she watched him conn
ing-comtng.s In q moment no would
s es upsS In. them On which would Mp
That Would tell the tale. !. ri.
In, an, anguish of ungovernab1e shy.
ness she. slipped behind the ample
tering skirt betrayed her presence.
Perhaps she was saved something by
this move: perhaps not. She, did not
see the beam Of Joy sparkling in his
eye as he greeted Ermsntrude; but
OF his step as he passed them by and
wandered away into the shadows. b
And that she understood. Ermen.
trude had mot smiled upon him. TO
It was enough. Now she knew.
But why had not Ermentrudo
s ID . ~ :
A dormitory lighted only by tho
moon! Two beds close together: in
IN the other the .tneager figure Of !
girl almost buried from sight among
pillows and huddled-up blankets.
Both are quiet save for an occasional
latter. Erlnentrude lies like the dead.
though the moonliglit falls full upon
her face, blanching 1t to the aspect Of
marble. Even her lashes rest move.
less ON her cheek. sSg.e VII.
But she ts not sleening: she II 1is.
tening--llstening to the sobs. ALMOST
inaudible, which now and then ESCAPE
from the beloved one at her. side. AS
they. grow fainter: and fainter and
stiffness reigiis through the whole
dormitory she rouses and bending
forward on her elbow looks long and
lovingly at the, wet brow OF her sleep=
Ing mate. She, then sinks back agsln
In. In the whispered words: ss.sa
He does not love--not yet. A slight
thing wilt turn him. Did not SEQ
him sian sss back Twice vice ana Sose
she greeted MIN was 80 wonderful:
5 A village street in Britannia: a. par.
ish church IN tbs. distance, two women
bidding each other farewell amid.
iHAu. = reyoir!'!,. was the whisper