The Earth Trembled

ss had still further discouraged his hope. In his way he was as proud as she was. He had committed himself to a totally different line of action, for in his business relations he had been l

orld, and, having once felt the impulses of the large currents of life, it would be impossible for Clancy to withdraw into the little side eddy wherein thought was ever turning back to no purpose. Having clasped hands and broken bread with the men and women of the North, he felt that he coul

n her love by the sacrifice of self-respect. He must cease to be a thinking, independent man, a part of his own day and generation, and fix his thoughts upon the dead issues of the past. "The idea," he would mutter

future and the men of the future, and he recognized that his own State and his own people must be vitalized by these forces or else be left far behind. And he represented a large and increasing class in his native city. In birth and breeding he was the peer of Mara o

uld give way to the new, he yet ran against the prejudices which Mar

f he should be fully convinced after his return that Mara was lost to him, unless he became a part of

l informed in regard to Southern matters, naturally wished to converse more at length with him. The cordial invitation, the hearty welcome of the Northern capitalist could scarcely fail in gratifying the young Southerner, who keenly felt the importance of interesting just such men as his host in the enterprises

y. She was a blonde of the unusual type characterized by dark eyes and golden hair. Naturally, therefore, the first impression of beauty was vivid, nor was it ban

ley still pursued his inquiries in a broad, general way, and the daughter also asked question

time in your region, and in that case we should probably make Charlest

rming lady. She res

ery fond of each other. She has often asked me to visit h

hey do not often lead to fashionable watering-places, nor can they always be adjusted to such seasons as I could desire

my name and insist on being regarded as

er dinner she played for him some brilliant, difficult classical music, he began to regard her a perfect flower of metropolitan culture. Yet she perplexed him. She revealed so much about herself without the slightest hesitation, yet at the same time seemed to veil herself completely. He and her father could broach no topic of conversation in which she could not take an intelligent part. Matters o

ey," Clancy replied. "The war cost me my fat

lly the older generation. We have not suffered materially and have become absorbed in new interests, but the heart of the North was wounded as truly as that of the South. I wish to assure you, Mr. Cla

In the censure we have received from many quarters we have been almost denied the right to our common human nature. Possibly the North, in our position would not have acted very differently. But the past is past, and the question is now, what is right and wise? I know that I represent a strong and growing sentiment which desires the unity and prosperity of the entire country. I in

, "that a party in the South had the power to array your sect

n utterly improbable suppositions," said her father l

so five years ago. Are Northern young men so intrinsically wise and good t

o-morrow, and observe the flower of our patrician youth taking their

judice, who hate progress, schools and immigration, as they do soap and water. There is some consideration for our fellows, however, for they scarcely know

re a medical student I should be tempted to kill one o

, then, is absol

not if he were a fool. If a man is not capable of thinki

n after took his leave, having first acquiesced in an a

r spells, she mentally concludes, weighs and finds wanting. Probably, however, like hosts of pretty women, she simply enjoys using her powers and seeing men succumb; and men not forearmed and steeled as I am, might well hesitate to see her often, for my impression is right strong that she has more brain than heart. Yet she is a dazzling creature. Jove, what a contrast to Mara! Yet there is a nobility and womanly sincerity in Mara's expression than I cannot discover in Miss Ainsley's face. However wrong Mara may be, you are sure she is sincere and that she would be t

first, she appeared to veil the woman in her nature completely, whil

tism that he was so conscious of her fine reticence which took the mask of apparent frankness. Most men would have been flattered by her seeming interest in them and willingness to listen to all they had to say about themselves. According to Clancy's opinion, conversation should be an equal interchange. He looked direct into Miss Ainsley's e

ly interposed at the critical moment of their last interview, he believed that he would have discovered why it was she said he was "breaking her heart." Was it because he charged her with disloyalty to her kindred? Or had his own course which she felt was separating them some part in her distress? The fact that

longed to see her again, yet how could he

; and possibly something in her involuntary manner or expression

she had also been given other food for reflec