The Lion and The Mouse

hat do the

g the arrival of the newspapers from "home," for so much depended on this first effort. She knew her book had been praised in some quarters, a

could never do that. She fully realized that it was the subject rather than the skill of the narrator that counted in the book's success, also the fact that it had come out at a timely moment, when the whole world was talking of the Money Peril. Had not President Roos

o. Perfect in its outlines and coloring, it is a delight to gaze upon, just as is a flawless piece of sculpture, yet the delight is only fleeting. One soon grows satiated, no matter how beautiful the face may be, because it is always the same, expressionless and soulless. "Beauty is only skin deep," said the philosopher, and no truer dictum was ever uttered. The merely beautiful woman, who possesses only beauty and nothing else, is kept so busy thinking of her looks, and is so anxious

lashes. Her eyebrows were delicately arched, and she had a good nose. She wore her hair well off the forehead, which was broader than in the average woman, suggesting good mentality. Her mouth, however, was her strongest feature. It was well shaped, but there were firm lines about it that suggested unusual will power. Yet it smiled readily, and when it did there was an agreeable vision of strong, healthy-looking teeth

e Palais Royal and follow the Rue de Rivoli until it came to the Chatelet, when it would cross the Seine and drive up the Boulevard St. Michel-the students' boulevard-until it reached the Luxembourg Gardens. Like most of his kind, the cocher knew less than nothing of the art of driving, and he ran a reckless, zig-zag flight, in and out, forcing his way through a confusing maze of vehicles of

d, "what do the paper

that you've written the biggest

s broad, sunburnt hand which was lying outside the carriage rug. He tried to appear unconscious of the contact,

exclaimed, when he had fini

your father

conscience, and this was a good opportuni

it by this time. I s

f his mouth he was sorry, for Sh

rican Octopus'?" she cried. "The

on calmly. "He has no idea who sent

a Supreme Court judge she had to be most careful. She would not embarrass her father for anything in the world.

ny letters and packages are sent

"I was around the house a good deal before sailing,

grew the idea within him that this was the woman who was intended by Nature to share his life. Her slender hand still covered his broad, sunburnt one, and he fancied he felt a slight pressure. But he was mistaken. Not the slightest sentime

ard from hom

happy in the almost daily companionship of the man she liked most in the world after her father, there was only one thing lacking-home! She had left New York only a month before, and she was homesick already. Her father she missed most. She was fond of her mother, too, but the latter,

as going on at home as when I left. Father says he

us ailed Mrs. Rossmore, who was a good deal of a hypochondriac, and always so filled with ac

resently they recrossed the Seine, and the cab, dodging the tram car rails, proceeded at a smart pace up the "Boul' Mich'," which is the familiar diminutive bestowed by the students upon that broad avenue which traverse

iscuously frivolous students, dapper shop clerks, sober citizens, and frisky, flirtatious little ouvrières, these last being all hatless, as is characteristic of the workgirl class, but singularly attracti

their lives, were hundreds of students, reckless and dare-devil, and suggesting almost anything except serious study. They all wore frock coats and tall silk hats, and some of the latter were wonderful specimens of the hatter's art. A

ous poseurs, aping the dress and manners of the old-time student as he flourished in the days of Randolph and Mimi and the other immortal characters of Murger's Bohemia. Nobody took them seriously except themselves, and for

she asked. "When do t

they have sown their wild oats and learned all about life-provided they are still alive and have any money left-they will begin to study books. You would be surprised to know how many of these young men, who have been sent to the Universit

her own inclinations. She had little taste for social distractions, and still she could not remain idle. For a time she thought of teaching to occupy her mind, but she knew she lacked the necessary patience, and she could not endure the drudgery of it, so, having won honors at college in English composition, she determined to try her hand at literature. She wrote a number of essays and articles on a hundred different subjects which she sent to the magazines, but they all came back with politely worded excuses for their rejection. But Shirley kept right on. She knew she wrote wel

ough the tall railings they caught a glimpse of well-kept lawns, splashing fountains and ri

umped down, assisting Shirley to alight. In spite

he asked

ret, had already sized up his fares for two sacré foreigners whom it would be flyin

And he held up ten finge

e would not submit to such an imposition. There was a regular tariff and she would pay t

xactly two hours. That makes four francs." Then to Jefferson she added

ders disdainfully. He saw that the moment had come to bluster so he descended from his box fully prepared

enchman. You make me work all afternoon and then pay me nothin

hat the fellow's attitude was becoming unbearably insolent and he stepped forward with a gleam in his eye that might have start

ook, people are beginning to come up! Le

law to the representative of the most lazy and irresponsible class of men ever let loo

he rate is two francs an hour, or four francs in all. We offer you five francs, and this includes a franc pourboire. If this settlemen

ey's suggestion of a trip to the police-station, where he knew he would get little sympathy, so, grumbling and giving vent under his

e promenading round and round a great circle having the musicians in its centre. The dense foliage of the trees overhead afforded a perfect shelter from the hot rays of the sun, and the place was so inviting and interesting, so cool and so full of sweet perfumes and sounds, appealing to and satisfying th

how one might laugh at the students, there was an atmosphere of good-breeding and refinement everywhere which Shirley was not accustomed to see in public places at home. A sprinkling of workmen and people of the poorer class were to be seen here and there, but they were in the decided minority. Shirley, herself a daughter of the Revolution, was a staunch supporter of the immortal principles of Democracy and of the equality of man before the law. But all other talk of equality was the greatest sophistry and charlatanism. There could be no real equality so long as some people were cultured and refined and others were uneducated and vulgar. Shirley believed in an aristocracy of brains and soap. She insisted that no clean person, no matter how good a democrat, should be expected to sit close in public places to persons who were not on speaking terms with the bath-tub. In America this foolish theory of a democracy, which insists on throwing all classes,

said Shirley. "I could stay

ered Jefferson, with

ouraged these conventional, sentimental speech

talk that way, Mr. Ryder. It's mo

relapsed into a sulky s

You know very well that you've no great love for the name, and if you pe

at him with a

he asked. "What do yo

self-possessed young woman who looked him calmly through and

he while on the stylish appearance of the two Americans whom they took for sweethearts. After all, reasoned Shirley, he was right. They had been

rom this time on, only remember"-here she shook her gloved finger at him warningly

would not have changed places with any one in the world. To hide the embar

hall have all we can do to get back

once, although

w the time flies!" Then mockingly she added:

'Odéon, where there was a long string of fiacres for hire. They go

l'Athénée on the same mission. He had still twenty-five minutes before dinner time, and he needed only ten minutes for a wash and to jump into his dress suit, so, instead o

d some of the shops were closing, and a vast army of employés, homeward

ntly, anxiously! Yes, that was what his life lacked-such a woman to be his companion and helpmate! He loved her-there was no doubt of that. His every thought, waking and sleeping, was of her, all his plans for the future include

ald. The papers were nearly a month old, but he did not care for that. Jefferson idly turned over the pages of the Herald. His thoughts were still running on Shirley

SSMORE I

EME COURT TO BE TRI

iry, and that the result of the inquiry was so grave that a demand for impeachment would be at once sent to the Senate. It added that the charges grew out of the recent decision in t

" And this judge was to be tried on a charge of bribery! What could be the meaning of it? Something terrible must have happened since Shirley's departure from home, that was certain. It meant her immediate return to the States and, of course, his own. He would see what could be done. He would make hi

ed having dinner at the Café de Paris, but Shirley objected that as the weather was warm it would be more pleasant to dine in the open air, so

Shirley was tired, and Jefferson could not banish from his mind the terrible news he had just read. He avoided looking at Shirley until the latter noticed it and thought she must ha

y art can perfect. A single glass of champagne had put Shirley in high spirits and she had tried hard to communicate some of her go

with you to-night? You've been

act of the afternoon in regard to his name, Jef

hink I need another sea voyage. That's the only time

of three weeks in London and then she would be free. Some friends of hers from home, a man and his wife who owned a steam yacht, were arranging a trip

ry well could never come off, and it cut him to the heart to see this poor girl joyously making all these prepa

ed my mind, I'm not

ey sat a little longer listening to the gipsy music,

erred the music

son, ignoring the petu

re amiable!" she ret

heir cab and returned to the boulevards which were ablaze with light and gaiety. Jefferson suggested going somewhere else, but Mrs. Blake was tired and Shirley, now quite irritated a

ross with

she saw that his face was

hoarsely gulping down a lump that rose in his

her also a cablegram which had just come. She changed colour. She did not like telegrams. She always had a dread of them, for with her sudd

ome at

th