Show O 1 C The Bride o oe of The e Nile ae aeI I liT Ily Geor Georg Imer I Author of ot An E Egyptian n Princess Princess Prin Prin- cess Uarda The Emperor The Burgomasters Burgomaster wife Homo aum Jum um Joshua Etc Eta Etc Eta CHAPTER XI A Symposium Interrupted Troubled and angry l with herself Paula l. went wont back bock upstairs Was It th the heat of ot time the day lay that had enervated hrand lur hr and nd deprived d her hor e of the tho presence of or mind that was waa hrH hers of ot right She did not rIOt understand herself now wM why the he he had not Immediately availed herself of or orthe the tho opportunity to intercede with Has Has- for tor r that trusty servant Perhaps tho merchant might have been able todo todo to todo do something for Hiram Tho slave sll at tho gate gato had told toM her that t he hadnot had head hadnot not been caught ht the time to Intercede for tor him had not then como come but sh she eh- would do BO so would endure endur tho the brunt of oC her kinsman's anger and andt If It It must bo be betray overy everything thing thing- that she oho hind had soon seen In the tho night for tor tho sake of ot nay nay- sa Ing that true man This was her hor duty yet yel before she did It It before sheso she Rhe sheso so doe deeply ply humiliated 1 Orion she sho would warn him The Tho thought of ot being obliged to accuse him of oC so oo reckless a n. deed pained her like tho the necessity of ot inflicting a tl hurt upon herself She Sho Sheh hated h ted him but she would rather rathor have demolished tho fairest work of ot art than have branded him who whose e Imago image still swayed ed her soul as the tho embodiment mont ment of or all ail masculine perfection Instead 1 of ot joining Maria Marla at nt breakfast breakfast break brenk- fast or offering to play draughts draus with her Invalid uncle perhaps a 0 talk taUe with tho the physician would divert her hor mind somewhat After the tho varied excitement excitements excite excite- ment ments of or tho last hours sho longed for something no matter what wha to brighten bright bright- en cn her up and suggest new new Id Ideas t R. In tho the first sick chamber the nun coolly asked what he she wanted there and who havo have given hor her leave ve to take lake a l chare haro In the nursing Then tho the doctor turned ned to tho nun and told her ber decidedly de de- that ho hA desired delred the young ladys lady's assistance and that too In the thC treatment treatment of or bo bosh both h patients Thereupon he lie preceded Paula Paulo Into tho the hall and remarked to her In a n. subdued voice All should be bo in order first Letus Letus Let Lot Lotus us sit horo hero for a n. little while Then he led her hor to tho the sofa sota and seated himself In a chair to her after aCtor which he thus opened conversation oon- oon Ju Just jt now you were wore lookIng lookIng look look- Ing for the tho handsome Orion but now you OU must must of What 7 asked askell she uhe he earnestly I would woul have havo you ou to know that the time son of ot this house rouse Is 19 no more to mn me than his mother With your our handsome Orion Orlon something must havo been meant which I should not like to henra hear henr a again aln Nevertheless I must speak with him directly too about a matter o or Importance What hat then procures me the gratification gratl of seeing you again To con con- foss tORS candidly I did not expect your our ro ro- ro turn And why h not 1 Excuse me from answering People do not willingly listen to unpleasant truths If It a person deems one of ot us not exactly sound sound- sound sound- If that is meant for me answered tho the girl I can cnn tell you that the tho only good oo l thing about mo me IB is my health Just speak out Tell me mo tho the worst o or of myself I need something today ti to rouse me from lethargy even oven though it should anger me Well Welt then answered and yet ot Im I'm venturing into perilous water As for tor health what health what people calso call cal any so-any so so-on so any fish may cn envy you but of the hl higher her health viz that of ot tho the soul soulI soul soul- I am afraid that you can enn not boast That Is a formidable ble beginning replied re replied replied re- re plied the girl It It would seem from your our reproach that I 1 have wronged you or somebody else ele How could you you 7 cried the tho doctor Wo We have havo nothing to complain o of f na ns coming coining from you I am that I am you ou think of oC yourself elt and what are others to lo you Tho The thin thine in point Is what do you understand by oy these others othera No le less leas 9 than n all around you rou now V those In the tho hero horo In this thin olty city In tho the world orld To yu they are aro air all and ana less than that for the air In is a bod body whose whoso power fills sails saUs and Impels ships to stem the current whose changeful chanceful nature affects the ill or well wol being of the body bodY bodY- l 1 My y word Is hero Inside InAldo rep replied lied Paula Paul and laid her hand band upon her he- heart Quito right The whole creature ought to have havo a 0 place there thero for what wha is commonly called a n human heart how much can It ft embrace Tho The more mor- ono one plans to within it time the th themore more moro capacious does doea It become It 1 is If dangerous to let the tho lock to It rust rUBt I Ifor for as soon as that happens and one tries to open It no amount of pulling and anel tugging helps And then then but but I would not hurt your feelings you feelings you have havo o accustomed yourself to looking backward and backward only And pra pray what hat pleasant prospect lies before me Your censure Is severe severo I and hardly Justifiable How do o you know tho the direction of ot my 10 thoughts Because I havo have followed you with tho the eyes of ot a friend In Intact fact tact Paula Poula you ou have forgotten how t to look about you and to tho the future What lies in retrospect what Is la lost that constitutes your world I once showed you OU In a crumbling papyrus papyrus- roll roU of ot my old foster father Horus Apollo a heathenish demon who advances advances advances ad ad- vances while his head Is so fixed ed on his neck that the face nee and eyes look behind I 1 remember It well Now you ou have resembled such a n. ademon ademon demon for a long while Everything flows says and you are forced to swim forward with the tho groat great stream or If It we wo alter tho figure you OU must move forward on the highway of ot life Ufe to the universal goal yet Ot at tho the same Hune time absorbed In the contemplation tion of ot a fathers father's Jar large e delightful mansion mansion manrich man man- sion rich In love and tenderness tho the loe lovely y and majestic shapes of a homo home happy but alas gone one never nevor to re re turn At the same time you move o forwald forward for- for ward waid and what mu must t follow as a matter matter mat mat- ter of ot course I must stumble you OU think and fall fall fall- The more keenly Paula felt the tho doctors doctor's doctors doctor's doc doo- tors tor's reproaches tho the less les could she sho conceal conceal conceal con con- ceal It from herself that they Included much that was true Sho She had come como tobe tolie to tobo bo lie cheered up but bul now these accusations accusations Hons had disturbed her equilibrium Why h should she bo taken to task like a school girl by this man who was by byno byno byno no means aged If It this was the way It went then he should get to hear heBI But Bul already his answer toll followed owed and anda a again aln she sho felt refreshed and her conviction conviction conviction con con- strengthened that he ho was her true truc well meaning friend Perhaps not nol that was th the tenor athis of at his rejoinder because because because well destiny has lias blessed you OU with the fairest fairest fair fair- est symmetry and anel like a heros hero's dau daugh daughter h- h ter tor you move forward with perfect perfect self soli Let Iet us forget that I speak of or your our soul too that maintains Intact Its inborn nobility amid 30 BO much that Is petty and moan menn Why then thon need I shun lion that does doeH mo me good gooel Interposed she with animation looking him inthe Inthe in inthe the face with renewed spirit Because thereby you ou step lightly upon the tho feet of That does harm tho they get an angry ry with you they learn to dislike you who are arc moro more amiable than themselves Unjustly too for I am unconscious of or having willingly hurt hurl the feelings of ot any human being since I 1 havo boonin boon beon boonIn In the house but unconsciously have I know you OU donn done so a n thousand ll times Thep It wore best that I should flee them entirely Continued T Tomorrow |