The Eagle's Shadow

Mr. Woods came upon Adè

knew, very much engross

. To Billy it seemed ju

love; wasn't it--afte

So he greeted them wit

Adèle to flu

ay, interested--in Mr

In fact, Margaret--pro

had invited him to Sel

g Miss Adèle Haggage;

an experienced chaper

nexpectedly, however,

to fall in love with Ma

lly. He had accordingl

egained both her trust

mp

, where luncheon was

the enthusiasm a sailor

ly display toward the

d Billy; and furtherm

just now was not utte

ere I minded to venture

g desperately to the r

ring seas of advanced t

d in his ideas. Also, h

te destination o

d to the men of the par

kesbury. Mrs. Haggage

had known very well i

had ever heard of Mig

ndergraduate. She wa

ds's first thought on s

ses, and that she looke

o prese

had verged on imbecil

ark-haired type. A woma

light; a woman ought to

een that of sapphires

tely more beautiful

ffering from this desc

of any seriou

Margaret, who had no

, with an utterness tha

one else Billy would ha

in a temper!--nonsense!

nd what hair!--and alto

the admiring gods had

us lo

ar Mr.

s somewhat taciturn, h

the universe were in op

sil

e morning by the lake,"

company with a mocking

nderful place; the tree

y overhead was like a

making tucks and ruch

if the breezes had s

they thought they were

as very like that. And

ve a splurge of bubble

was an inserted

are doubtless aware,

r volumes of verse. He

articular shade; and i

r is very youthful. Hi

and he has a habit of

a bird-li

e Jukesbury observed, "

an made the town. A li

ominent worker in the

ponderous and bland; a

ety for the Suppressi

the Anti-Inebriation L

ood of Benevolence, a

ar ho

y in the country," Mrs.

ly of our rural drama.

come on and si

ez, as I hope you do

r before women's clubs

Nature and animal lif

ate. There was always

nston Wyke put it, one

mineering disposition,

fa

ennaston cried, playfu

en to Nature in your q

e all very well, but

from a single impulse

-play of smart sayin

n complained, with a d

ery speech lacks the

Nature--the great mothe

us useful inventions,

nts--" He paused, with

I believe I've caught r

unded

the poet, with a pal

she reminded him; "and

tions corrupt good ep

uncut leaves," she spo

e an expurgated editi

eft out. And I am sure

ing her argument, "tha

his poems than I have

edged this

f you please," said Mr

tion of Nature," he

ow, I consider that

on my word. Ah, if our

o heart! We do not need

ent, I am sorry to sa

need is continually to

homes and happy faces

residences of the weal

undantly favoured by F

d Christian resignatio

circums

rez protested, "art

ess. You see a thing in

the same way--or try t

u fail, it may be th

and--ah--the patronage

insisted, "will be aw

pon the true, the be

must cheer; it mu

ble for young persons;

ess, a--er--a sort of

--ah--unpleasant and re

ress myself, not at ho

ion of the nude. Yes, a

u ple

," said Mrs. Haggage, i

urse, the well-known au

own-Trodden Afro-Ameri

ture. She is, also, the

Betterment of Civic G

ague for the Edificat

," Mrs. Haggage prese

s so largely beginning

ring classes. The virtu

eir dissolute and unhyg

editatively, "our lit

vated tone; at last

nwholesome influe

d Mr. Kennaston; "a peo

art is mere artfulnes

tu

sented; "they prefer

ran across one the ot

it for a modest woman t

thor's other books are

and read them carefully

ustified in warning my

misjudge no man--not e

d to absinthe and

and looked at Mr. Wo

she gave the name of

o have it placed on th

od of Benevol

naston sighed, as Mr. J

actical. You perceive

ense way, to crush it,

rtain unfortunate tend

nd against them. Do y

he trifled with a bu

among you? Here is Mrs

improving knowledge thr

ectures. Here is Mrs. H

ny number of educatio

l some day rouse the s

y friend Jukesbury, who

so many workmen from g

m are disseminated eve

told they have produce

phisticated but polyg

bove all, is Miss Hugo

I am credibly informed

pretend to speak from

read upon the waters

an empty day--a mere

r, dear," said Mr. Kenn

ctical!" And he laughed

sica

n strangely silent;

nd began to take par

t child," she rebuked h

make fun of us

assented, "I am wilfu

where ignorance is k

all read you a chapt

nfiding publisher is go

tu

t on, and now Margare

*

t think we need

a sort of a daze. Adèl

in low tones at one

luncheon, silently an

lly Woods was left alo

d seemed to him, for t

the uniform gravity

to him--to the discuss

ost arrant nonsense. Th

of infallibility, B

by a vast fund

they advocated the

es, he considered. And

re to repudiate e

hat every one of them

t matter to whom a

its conclusion the sp

s Hugonin. She was the

, thought Billy;

at, owing to the small

the breakfast-room. The

ecause Margaret declar

ent to eating

the breakfast-room is

reasonable dimensions;

by Van Eyck representi

re panelled in oak, and

e inevitable Eag

d Margaret's chair; an

-threateningly, with hi

e brooded as he had onc

sat contentedly bene

fe. He had started (a

imself a power. To him

er of wealth he gloried

ally the same thing, an

the Eagle was really t

iends so zea

y of Mr. Woods was not

t never looked at him

ne-hu

yed toward him; and he

cheon she could have e

very glare he had dire

he had turned to her.

adn't he told her fou

r worn the white orga

the lake so late that

for them to come to di

d children cared for sw

the v

tion: "Bi

otions. To hear that p

k done in the slums a

her state off-hand th

usand children betwee

d in the mines and fa

course of foreign missi

nurtured in Zambesi

sense of alienation.

was only a dumb idiot,

fast from philanthropic

nes, for all the benef

n't understand

very cordially dete

y that grimacing

. Woods nor Miss Hugon

lunc