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The Woman Hater
A Short Story.
CUUTIH TUNSTALL was known in
the regiment nB Stonewall. lYom
this It may be gathered that ho
wnn not an Impressionable or Impul
sive men. lie had never boon In love
"honest Injun," as his brother otll
ccrs would have said. They would
also have added that when ho did com
mit that folly, ho would bo In pretty
deep. I2n revanche, he was a hard
working olllccr, who got plenty of
work out of Ills Tommies, and con
trived at the same time to be popular
with them.
He was not ho popular with the fair
sex. No man really Is who persistent
ly holds aloof from them, and, without
being Impolite In their presence, shows
that he can do thoroughly well with
their nbsence. Captnln Tunstall was,
from their point of view, no use at till.
He could not be relied on except for
barren courtesy. "What, then, did It
matter to any wearer of a petticoat
whether he was a popular ofllcer and
had earned the D. S. O. or not? It
mattered just as little that he was
Lord Amershan's son, and would be a
peer one day, with comfortable aeces
Horles except that it was exasperat
ing for It nil to bo out of reach.
, It was one time when his battalion
Was quartered at "Windsor on guard
duty that the great event happened.
Ascot races were just over, and by
way of finish to the week the Guards
had arranger a big day on the pretty
polo ground just outside Datchet. The
elite of 'Windsor and the two counties
gathered, in state to see the sport, and
the place was gay with flowers, frills,
frocks and fashion. Captain Tunstall,
of course, was plnylng in Ills own
team. He was one of its strongest pil
lars, and when victory fell eventually
to his side It was largely due to his
rapid runs up and skilful shots at goal.
"Oh, who Is that man the man who
made most of the goals?" cried a girl
with enthusiasm. She was seated in
X.ady Phlliston's carriage, which stood
at the side of the ground. Captain
Tunstall, riding in at the close of the
game, came almost straight at the car
riage, and the girl was able to see on
closer inspection what a fine man he
,was. They exchanged glances.
"That is Captain Tunstall," replied
Lady Phlliston. "He is good to look
at, isn't he? but you would be disap
pointed if you knew him. They call
him a woman-hater which, I suppose,
means that he is too stupid to be able
to make himself agreeable to any wo
man. Not that he seemed stupid on
the only occasion that I ever mot him.
But if he is really a woman-hater, he
must be a fool. Think what he
misses!"
"He evidently doesn't hate you,"
said the girl in a discreet whisper, "for
ho is obviously coming- to speak to
you." But in her heart she wondered
whether it were true that the pony's
course had altered just a fraction since
the exchange of that glance.
"Dear me, so he is," replied Lady
Phlliston in the same tone. "He has
not forgotten mo then." She was obvi
ously much pleased. "He can't really
bo such a bear as people make out."
She welcomed him cordially, and
Tunstall responded with (for him) un
usual brightness. Usually he was
grave with ladies. Lady Philiston.who
liked big, good looking men, and knew
well that Tunstall was not lavish in
even these small attentions, rattled on
for some time in a lively manner, tak
ing all the compliment to her own fad
ing attractions, and pluming herself
on their effect. It was only as an af
terthought that she introduced her
friend Miss Certls.
Tho intelligent reader has probably
divined by now that it was Miss Cer
tls face, and not Lady Philiston's, at
tractions, which had drawn Stonewall
Tunstall out of his ordinary groove as
'if with some magnetic power. In
truth, it was a wonderful face not
altogether regular, yet charming in its
Irregularity. What fixed the attention
at once was tho eyes large, dark and
lustrous. Tlioy might have belonged to
an oriental sultana but for the expres
sion, which spoke of the active brain
of tho west, not of the soulless torpor
of tho east.
She spoke, to Tunstall about tho polo,
and he replied with zest. Ho had suf
ficient sense not to neglect Lady Phll
iston: but how great would have been
her pique had she known that ho re
garded her as but tho stepping stone
over which a man must pass each time
he comes and goes to the Happy Land?
It docs not do to kick it away into
mid-stream.
He was so sincerely delighted witli
tho encounter, so really anxious to
please, that both ladies were captivat
ed with him.
"You must come aud see mo," said
Lady Phlliston. "Oh, I know you are
not a calling man, but you must make
nn exception, wrlto and say when
you will como to lunch. Or, better still,
como on Tuesday If you don't mind a
short invitation, "Wo have a few peo
ple coming, and Miss Certls will still
bo With us."
Now, Tunstull always refused lunch
eon Invitations, People who had had
any experience of him In this way had
given up Bonding them. Great would
havo "been their surprise to hear him
accept this Invitation readily, nny,
with gratitude.
Captain Tunstall went to that lunch
e,on party and enjoyed It. Miss Certls
was not only pretty to look at, but
charming to talk to. Opportunities
canio In his way, und ho used them.
Nor was the language of the eyes
wanting, Agnln and again tho twain
drew together, and by manner and
Blanco declared the pleasure that they
felt In each other's society, Curtis
Timstall, who was not, us a rule, of
nrr Idealistic' t&nperamont, found him
self talking fluently on tho affinity of
bous and tho natural rapprochement
Which, on some raro und beatific occa
sions, ono feels for another at tho first
encounter, lie did not actually tell
hej-ithat ho had fallen In love with her
at 'first sight, nor did ho Intend to. It
wafj')qo early, Miss Certls, however,
would havo been blind If she had not
perceived It, "and she was not blind,
Her pwn feelings well, she liked to
hear It, she wished that he would go
on, realized only too well that he was
not that kind of man, qijil, felt that life
yvas very hard. The worse of It all
was that she was leaving so soon, and
If she had only met lilm before!
Captnln Tunstnll did not forget the
stepping stone. He gave her qultq her
fair share of attention.
"Yes, 1 can't tell you how I shall
miss her," she said with reference to
Miss Certls, In reply to some remark
of hla. "She Is n dear gin. I would
keep her by force If I could. But tho
fact Is that there Is another who has
better claims. That Is the worst of
dear girls. They nro always, snapped
up soonest."
"Snapped up'.'" observed Tunstall,
somewhat bewildered.
"Engaged, of course, And she Is to
bo married next month, so sho won't
be available at least for some time."
His house of cards had fallen about
his head with such a shock that It
might havo been built of sheets of
Iron. He thought he hnd found an
angel, and he had merely taken the
fnlse bait of a heartless flirt. On tho
eve of being married sho would let the
most casuul stranger make love to her,
and return It with her eyes and man
ner. If that was the kind that women
wore, the Lord deliver him from them
for the future! He would go back to
his iirst love, tho regiment. There was
no fear of treachery there.
The result of this little adventure
was that he became more of a Stone
wall than ever, and that as soon as the
general call to arms was Issued for
South Africa, hn volunteered for active
duty, and was. given it giudly by a war
office which was beginning to feel the
need of earnest officers. There he man
aged to distinguish himself, earned
official approval and mention in dis
patches, and returned invalided at the
end of a year and a half or so but
with a fixed determination to go out
again as soon as possible.
As ho was advised not to spend the
winter in England, mid-autumn found
him in the south of Prance. One day,
as he was slowly descending the stair
case of the hotel, lie encountered sud
denly a face that made his heart bound
even after what had happened and the
lapse of time. It seemed perfectly un
changed since the day when he first
saw It on the polo ground in distant
Dntchet. And yet, stay, was it quite
the game? A little difference, perhaps
due to the lapse of time itself and
natural development of course. But its
beauty was unchanged, the glorious
eyes were lustrous as every, the witch
cry of their glance seemed to draw his
soul out as it had. "Was it only an
effect of shadows, or was the expres
sion a trifle harder? He must havo
stared unduly, for the lady drew back
obviously in surprise and disapproval,
and without recognition.
"I beg your pardon," said Tunstall
with haste and contrition. "But are
you not perhaps I should say were
you not, Miss Certls?"
"That certainly was my maiden
name," returned the lady doubtfully.
"But I don't think we havo met be
fore." -"I am Captain Tunstall. 1 dare say
you won't remember the name, but I
met you when you were staying at
Lady Fhiliston's, just before you were
married at least 1 was told that you
were going to be married shortly."
The lady glanced at him with a keen,
inquisitorial glance. Certainly she
had developed in self-confidence since
marriage.
"Oh," she said. "Lady Phlliston. At
Dropless, of course. "es I see. Now
that was about two years and a half
ago, or thereabouts, wasn't It? And
you have remembered me all that
time? Very complimentary, I am
sure."
Captain Tunstall was slightly be
wildered at the thin acidity which ran
through this speech, ulso at the affec
tation of obliviousness with which she
spoke of the date of her marriage.
Certainly matrimony' had altered her.
He remained silent, at a loss what to
say.
"Have you seen Lady Phlliston late
ly?" she continued easily.
"No, not since then," ho replied, bit
terly. "I mean," ho added, in explana
tion, "I havo been out At tho front
since then."
Tho lady made a hasty mental cal
culation that some six months must
have elapsed between the date of that
visit and the outbreak of tho war.
Then her eyes softened somewhat to
wards him.
"You havo been wounded?" she said,
sympathetically. Ho carried the out
ward and visible signs about him,
"Yes. That Is why I am here; other
wise 1 should be still ut the front. But
I hope to go back soon."
She gazed at him with enigmatic,
inquiring eyes, and there was a mo
mentary silence. She was the first to
break It.
"Ab it seems that we are old friends
and are staying at the same hotel,"
she said gravely, "I hope wo shall seo
something of you. I mould like to In
troduce you to my husbund, Sir Henry
Verdrlght. I am Lndy Vordrlght now."
Captain Tunstall murmured some
suitable Inanities. Ho did not feel tho
slightest ileslro to renew the acquaint
ance which had alreudy cost him so
dear. Still less did he desire It In view
of tho change In her which had becomo
s-'o apparent. Then at least she seemed
sweet, fresh, adorable. Now slia
seemed openly hard, cool, sarcastic
a thorough woman of tho world. No
doubt sho wished to amuso herself by
dissecting his feeling, or perhaps In
other ways that ho knew of and hated.
Several times the Idea occurred to
him why not romovo to another 'hotel?
But ho always decided that that would
bo cowardice, Better remain, trouble
not at all about her, und show her thut
her Infliicnco was completely broken.
At the end of a week ho was disgust
ed to realize that he had not quite car
ried out his programme. He had In
sensibly drifted Into an Intimacy with
Lady Verdrlght Instead of keeping her
ut a distance. It was u queor kind of
friendship, however. Sho exercised an
attraction over him which In his cool
moments struck him as simply un
canny, and yet all tho time sho was so
repellent to his naturo that at times
ho simply wondered why ho did not
hate her and leave her, There were
moments when he thought thut she
wus deliberately leading him to a flir
tation of tho kind that he had always
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nt others there was a (sarcastic! glitter
In her eyes as If she thought that nt
last he wan fulling Into some snnro
which alio had cloveily laid for him,
and rejoiced In his approaching dis
aster. Looking back, ho could not seo
a trace In her ot the girl whom lid
could havo loved except the face. And
the face Itself. was no different, though
Just tho same! To think that so short
a spacu of time could havo effected so
great an alteration! ict, stay, that
girl, though to outward view an angel,
was merely a heartless deceiver. Per
haps the Inner fiend hnd worked
through at last.
It must be understood that he did not
think so of Lndy Vordrlght when he
was with her. Had that been the case,
It would have been easy to break
away, it was only when he was alono
that he could criticise her coolly 'and
total up her defects. When he wns In
her presence ho was like a person hyp
notized. Ono day they were sitting out In tho
front of the hotel watching tho poly
glot crowds that swayed to and fro.
It happened that there passed by a
certain Lady FltzPallon, who had
made herself notorious by the pecu
liarly cynical and heurtless way In
which sho had thrown over a man to
whom she was engaged In order to
marry another of higher rank.
"Now, that woman is a heartless
wretch, If you like," said Lady Verd
rlght vehemently.
Captain Tunstall glanced nt her and
shrugged his shoulders. He remem
bered the proverb which advises ab
stinence from any discussion of hemp
en manufactures In a house whore a
member has died of oversuspenslon.
"Don't you think so?" demanded
Lady Verdrlght.
"Perhaps she began as a flirt and
slipped by easy stages Into what slip
Is," replied Tunstall cynically.
"Oh.uji to flirting just ordinary flirt
ing human nature tends to It. Hut
this woman was much worse than
that."
"I agree with you that for an en
gaged woman to flirt wnn another man
Is the worst of all," said Tunstall, eye
ing her with meaning.
She bubbled over with laughter.
"Excuse mo. I could not help It.
Iteally when you look at me In that
revere way you amuse me dreadfully.
Now, I suppose the meaning of It all
Is that you think that some engaged
v. oman has been lllrting with you and
you resent It."
This was bringing the war into the
enemy's country with a vengeance.
Tunstall did not feel equal to charg
ing her formally with that offense
especially as It seemed likely that she
would laugh at him. On the other
hand, sho really was not worth a llo.
"While he was reaching this polite
conclusion, she struck in abruptly.
"Suppose a case," she said. "Ob, I
know of one, in which a young girl
who know hardly anything of the world
or her own mind, and had never scon
nny man who moved her heart at all,
became engaged to a man chiefly be
cause he proposed and her parents ap
proved, and she thought it was a fine
thing to be engaged, just as, a few
years before, she bad thought it a fine
thing to have her hair put up. And
then suddenly she met a man w ho
opened her heart and showed her what
was in it, and the hopelessness and
heartlessness of the union she had
contemplated "
"And when she had derived sufficient
amusement and Instruction from the
contemplation of It, she shut it up
again, and, like a sensible girl, mnr
rled the original man, salved the wick
edness, and saved tho scandal. Do I
take you right?"
"Oh, for goodness sake don't look nt
me like that," cried Lady Verdrlght
with a ripple of laughter. I must
laugh if you do, and I want to cry. But
she didn't marry the original man. Sho
broke it off"
"Broke it off" This was unexpect
ed. Then the lady was not talking
about herself. "And married the oth
er?" "They have not met again."
"Really, what a pity! Do you know,
I like tho idea of your friend. She
seems to me to be rather a noble glil.
Ono of the few, I suppose?"
"You are exceedingly rude," said
Lady Verdrlght betwixt anger and
mirth. "I will not protend to misun
derstand you nny longer. You liaM
been digging at me all the time, and It
is most impolite. If my husband
wasn't such a bad shot, I would tell
him to call you out. And the best of
It is that you are quite mistaken,"
"Mistaken!" cried Tunstall. "What
on earth do you mean?"
"You don't deserve to bo told. In
fnct, If I did wlint you deserve I should
leave you to Hounder as you are. But
I am very good-natured, so If you like
to come to our room 1 will show you
something that will interest you."
Ahno.st mechanically Tunstall fol
low ed her to thu private room on tho
first floor. His thoughts were in a
whirl. Mistaken? "What did she mean
by that? "Was It possible that. But
there wns no coherence In It all. Ho
expected mystery, but there wns none.
Once arrived, she merely pointed to
one of the many photographs that
adorned tho ovor-niantol,
"Do you recognize that?"
"Of course," he replied, In umajie
menl: "It Is you and a good like
ness!" "Look ngaln. Don't you see any dif
ference?" "Well, since you press im," he said,
not without malicious enjoyment, "It
Is you at your best. Perhaps It Is a
pity that you don't always look like
that, and do your hair llko that. Yon
hnd It so when you were at Lady Phil
iston's." Sho uttered a hursh. strident laugh.
"Well, all through life I have been
given to understand that I am not iih
pretty as my sister, but never so plain
ly as now."
"Sister?" ho gasped,
"Twin sister. Oh, wo are very much
alike, and havo been taken for each
other before. Now, non't you under
stand? And I never stayed with Lady
Phlliston lu my life, or saw you before
that day on the staircase hero."
"Then, why did you pretend you
had?"
"I didn't. You insisted on It. I
knew, of course, that you were mis
taking mo for my sister, and I thought
It would bo fun"
"But what does It matter," he struck
In, bitterly. "The facts remain," His
tones spoko volumes to Lndy Verd
rlght's quick ears. She eyed him close
ly Inqulsitorlully, fpr u moment. Sho
knew that what she contemplated was
n dangerous thing to do, but shu
thought she knew this man within and
without, so she decided to risk It,
"You forget one thing," she hold,
slowly, "She did not- innrry thp ori
ginal man."
,111s face became as If transfigured.
"Wheie Is she now?" he panted,
"Oh tell me. I must sec her uguln."
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PAIRIS IN VOGUE.
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Palme are today oniuiiff the most
fashionable household clecorutluus.
Their popularity represents the growth
chielly of the last ten years. Thou
sands of palms uro put chased outrhjht
in tills part of the country every year
at an enormous outlay of money, aud
thousands of dollars uro spent In hir
ing palms mid In having them careful
ly looked ufter. Except on special oc
rnni(i:iD (lowurluir rilnutH un not much
seen In tho houses of tho well-to-do,
tiiejr placo having been taken by tho
palm.
As u rule, tho first thing to greet
tho eye on cnteiiiiK the hall, the draw
ing loom, tho dining room of a fash
tollable house, Js u palm, and tho bou
doir, sleeping rooms and nursery oven
arc- apt to contain each one or more
handsome palms. A main reason,
soino people think, for tho vogue ot
,tho palm Isthat It Is perhaps the moat
oxponslvo of tho family of decorative
fnllntro nlunts. and has urlstocrattc uu-
tnlnty of constitution which makes the j now propagated very successfully In
purchase of one tako on the alluring , tins country unuer giuss, aim mure lire
pliuso of a speculation. "Palms, llko
soino people," said u dealer, "have very
uncertain disposition?."
Another reason given for lln prestlgo
Is that nowhere In this country can tlie
foreign varieties bo raised out of doors,
and the largest and handsomest speci
mens must bo imported from Madagas
car, Asia, Africa and Australia, thus
Insuring to their owners tho distinc
tion of having something out of the
common. Muny varieties, though, ure
Uorists who do nothing else. When tho
baby plant is about a foot high, It
seems, these dealers unit it over to
others, who niuko a specialty of coax
ing It on to sturdier growth and getting
It ready for the retail dealers. In one
extenslvo palm nursery for example,
as many as one mllUuu Infant palms
have been seen under glass at one
time, every ono of which, surviving
tho perils of u Iirst year, Is sure of u
good market.
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