Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-06

1T could never he wasted. because
II is appreciat :" he answered.
Not bad" she admitted. Tell me,
how old are you?''
Il shall he 40 on my next birthday"
And you have never been married,
Well that may he the reason. 1t is
time. is IL not. that YOU took life more
seriOusly?'
I'm England" he said. that would
mean that got married. took to the
hounds and became chairman of the
county council or stood for Parlia a.
ment JIqt what does it mean with
you?''
81 think that you should marry"
she said.
And afterward?"
"Afterward life becomes more Sc
date. even if mans tastes do not
lead him to any actual pursuit There
is always travei-and other possible
ties"
q Marriage he reflected. seems to
me. in the world which YOU adorn.
Stephanie. and into which | am some.
times permitted to enter
You have place there whenever
you choose" she interrupted quickly.
you are well born. and even if YOU
are of the lesser nobility. YOU have
wealth and presence. You are re-
ceived where you choose. Do not say
absurd things"
r. Very well. then" he corrected him.
self. marriage in our world seems to
make 80 extraordinarily little differ
ence. One could count upon the fin
gers of ones hands the number of men
who are here with their wives or
wives who are here with their huS
bands. There is a certain TaEueness
about matrimonial obligations. espe
-cially in this part of the world. which
! think would make bachelor like
myself. ev n If he were inclined to
take the plunGe, hesitate"
There is some reason in what you
saw" she admitted, but the Condi-
tons which exist here are not common
among the great families of Europe.
1t is often the fact that people are not
happily married which brings one or
the other of them to this place for dis
traction. | believe that among us
fidelity in married life is far more
usual than among the people of other
classes"
THAT may be So" Hargrave con-
coded. thoughtfully.
The princess made A sign. and from
somewhere in the background "A serv-
ant came forward. The glasses were
replenished.
''I like these few minutes converse
ton" she said, because at luncheon
one has ones servants and our oppor-
tunities for intimate talk are 40 few.
7 know what YOU must he thinking.
although naturally YOU would not al
Jude to it. You are thinking of my
own case
Il have sometimes wondered. Har-
grave admitted. ''as to your relations
with your husband.
1.-THE prince" she confded. lis 20
years older than | am. That would
not in itself be an insuperable obstacle
- hlIt O
which does not appeal to me- He has
represented our lost country in Paris
since the days of his hoyhood, first as
military attache and afterward dIplo
matically, and he is Partisan to his
finsertips. He is miserable if he is
dragged away. That is why some
eirht-no. nine wears ago-we infOr
mally separated. The world does not
know this. | visit for two months
avery year our establishment in Paris
sometimes he spends a month with me
with our cousins in Italy, but 1t Is
nevertheless a fact that nint years
ago he ceased to be more to me than
friend -,
You never thought of divorce"
Hsrerave ventured "Such a life
after all, for young woman seems
srarcely reasona bile.
ut is strange that you should men
ton that" she said. We will speak
Of It again. but in connection with my
married life there is another Trims
which I should like to tell you. Dur
Ing that nine years | have been faith
full, not to my husband. but to the
vows which united me to him"
Hargrave looked across at her
r1thoughtfully. Notwithstanding its hui
mainly, hers was wonderful pa
- tricfan face Today she was more
earnest than he had ever known her
There was at that moment something
almost saint-like in the stiffness of heI
features, which seemed to him little
strange after the frankly girlish pleas
lure of her greeting
THAT is very wonderful of you,
he acknowledged gravely. land yet moi
so wonderful There is something
after all, little vulgar about unle
9alized attachments, unless they are
for all time"
:. She smiled a little deprecatingly, bu
with some approval.
I am of thS aame opinion she con