The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 23, 1896, Image 6
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1 should leftist) to pay her price she iu-
teuded to claim mo as her huslumd, ex
hibiting htr ecitilieato and leaving mo
to prove if I eon Id that she had mauitd
my cousin and not my. c If. Tliis, you
see, would havo been mo. t utmhasaut,
and as the papers were well wcith tho
price, in clearing the no ne of
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and bin wife and chil l, I pai
money. ’ ’
“I must again ask you,” said 21r.
liarucs, “for nioi f that yon aro not tin
woman s husband. 1
“Dees not tho fact that she fold me
those papers indicate that?”
‘‘Not at all,” replied tho dotedivo.
“Supposing you
I
“That is what 1 mean to de. 1 have
only been enjoying a little sparring
with Mr. Barnes. But it is cruel to Mr.
Neuilly, who, I hope, will pardou me.
To begin at tho beginning, I must go
back to my youth in New Orleans,
was in love with a beautiful young girl.
Hero ho pressed bis wife’s hand, and she
returned it, us though to say that sho
understood. “I think I need not men
tion the name of Rose’s mother. Mr.
Neuilly, unless you have already dono
BO. ’ *
“Heaven forbid that I should havo
betrayed tho secret,” said the old umn.
“I did not suppose that you had, b.r
I know you to 1 o a true man, though l
have never met yon before. This state
ment may surprise you, but it is tine.
I am not the man for whom you tnko
me. Ho is now in a lunatic asylum,
while I am his cousin 1 know it is sup
posed that I am the eraay man, but that
is an error, promulgated by tho Mi n-ul-
bon to serve her own cuds. The facts
then are thus: While a hoy at school I
loved my girl companion, little Rose’,-,
mother. Just before T left th" suutli to
enter Harvard, I told my little sweet
heart—she was then but 1)—that 1
would marry her upon my return. L h is
was my first lovo and hers. I had a cous
in, older than myself by ten years,
handsome and wealthy, but a gambhr
and addicted to heavy drinking. This
woman Montalbon, as yon know, kept
a gambling den, and naturally my un
fortunate cousin was a constant visitor
at tho house. One night, while intoxi
cated with wine, she persuade, 1 him to
marry her, a clergyman being called in
and a ceremony privately per firmed.
He boouino entirely sober only after sev
eral days had passed and then had ur-
would do wlicu driven to desperation.
Ho decided to r.so pistols, though 1
wished to try our can .so with knives. 1
confess that 1 w
anted tho satisfaction
aeuiu and again. I
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to tjlillli
ie mar:
insidiously persuaded him :
should bo a married man. fi
suggested a bride, none other than my
little sweetheart. Her object in tin.
was twofold, money and revenge. By
leading my cousin into a bigamous alli
ance, with her own marriage certificate)
ns a weapon, sho could readily extort
money from him. Her rewngo v.as to
bo against the family of my little sweet
heart, ngairnd whom sho thou:’’ ;!,e
had a grievaneo. Her plotting \. i; en
tirely successful. My cousin wau hand-
some, I was away, and once he I ad be
come thoroughly acquaint' ', wit!: tho
young creole’s charms h" became so ar
dent a suitor that at length fh" listen' d
to his pleading and married him. Thou
, ho was in the power of tho Mental bun,
and sho bled him for live years, by
-1 which' time little R so had been born.
“Meanwhile I had completed my cul
lego earner, but had not returned to
Hew Orleans beeauso of my d< ep disap
pointment upon learning that my swi t-
heurt had married another man. At
this time I was in Paris, when mo day
' I received a piteous letter from tho gill
.wife, telling me that tho blow had fall
en; that tho Moutglbon had pn-dnccl
her marriage certificate and claimed her
husband, thus dishonoring t! o da rditor
of her ciH iny. The letter also begged
my forgiveness for tho wrong d ;a to
mo. 1 read between t!:» lim ai:d vtceg-
nized the cry of a brokui her.rt, tlio
bleat of a lamb left to die on tho frozen
plain. I hurried homo with but one
thought uppermost—to have revenge up
on my cousin. I arrived too hit:. Hot
only was the girl dead, but my cou. in
had disappeared.
“I heard that ho had gono cut wr?t.
and ^Ihitlur I followed him. I would
get track of him fr< m tin e to thu r , hut
it seemed fated always that ho should
have just left a place when I confident
ly expected to come up with him. Tims
hvo years passed, and at last I did r
him. I uf once charged him witli his
crime and asked for icvecgc. Ho laugh
ed at mound refused to liglit. 1 then
warned him that I should take hi: life
• nt the first chuiiec that offi -ed, when I
t could do so either under sei ming provo-
v cation or choc where I could not be rus-
” pectcd. ”
v , . “Arc you not admitting,” inforrupt-
pjl Mr. Barnes, “that you Inn bond u
f; - murderous spirit?”
. “Mr. Barnes, if all men were puuish-
* ed for tlieir thoughts, the erimii:i!l (de s
, would ho greatly enlarged. You cannot
call mo to account for anything except
my acts. At last my chance came. 1
followed him one dark night us ho went
oil pros]* cting in an i ntiroly new di-
• notion; we were in a Mining eountiy.
He tramped most of the night, and I
pursued. By dawn we were mil s away
from a habitation. 1 then made myself
known to him mid once more asked
him to fight it out. He saw that I was
in earnest and that ho was simply com
pelled to buttlo for his life.
“Under these oiicuuietunie.,, of
couruc. he fought us the worst coward
of stabbing him
wanted to see his life’s blood flow at
each stroke. It teemed to mo tamo to j
stand off at a distance and send ono lit
tle leaden l ull in his direction. Sctill 1
admitted Ins right of choice, and deter
mined to aim as accurately as possible
nnd to send my bullet straight. You
to:. I did not think of my own life. I
ha; 1 made ibis vengeance my one ob
ject, u:d at.or accomplishing that I
th'jivdit 1 hero would bo nothing more
fur me to do. Consequently I expected
to hill him easily, and I did not earn if
his bullet found my heart or not. Per
haps I hoped it would, dust as we were
. tamling up and preparing to fight,
something occurred that almost com
pletely unnerved mo and changed the
whole result. Ho lowered hie pistol and
said:
“ ‘Wait a moment; I havo a favor to
ask. I feel certain that yon will kill
me. Yen have been seeking my life so
long that I am sure you will get it. It
is fate. But I, too, have snlfered in tho
last five years. The favor that I ask is
that if I die yon wiK promise to got nay
child out of th:.’: fieu.'.’s clutches.’
“ ‘Your child!’ I gasped. ‘I thought
it died. ’
“ ‘Thar was the Jlnifi’lx n’s lie. The
I'ttle girl lived, and she took it. I havo
made a will in fan r of my child, leav
ing her nil my wealth; yon will find it
in my coat. Oddly enough, I named
yon as executor. I knew that you had
loved tho mother, though, as (led is my
judge, I did not know it when I mar
ried her. But I am ready if you are.’
“Thus wo stood up and fired at each
ether. Th.e startling news just received
made my aim bad, for instead of hitting
him in tho heart, as I could easily havo
dene, my bullet struck him in the head.
He fell, and I rushed toward him, to
discover whether ho was badly hurt,
lie was bleeding profusely, and I hasti
ly bandaged up tho wound and so stop
ped tho How of blood. I then went on
to the next mining camp beyond. We
returned with a lifter, and took him
back. There was a man among us who
claimed that ho had studied medicine,
and he attended my cousin. lie removed
tho bull t, and found that the wound
was not very deep, tint the skull was
LIo was ill for two m rhs,
owly recovered his th.
ui was entirely gone. I tool:
Orleans and placed him in
and there ha has been over
“Very good, Mr. Mitchcl,” said Mr.
Barnes. “But what proof have you that
you aio not tho farher and the lunatic
the innocent cousin, as so many believe?”
“Why, in tho first place, though wo
had the same name, we aro totally r.n-
•»
fractured.
iagn.
and tben «!<
1 not
But lii.n reiif':
work
him to Now
ho
an ary him,
even
since*. ’ ’
thinl
l imit that ho would
1 •
Ncniilv
not have n s
a* i:e know the gu.’Tu,
However, wo will take that u;
I have no fear of not proving rs,
like in feature,
will
< gn e
man.
later.
identity. Too many > oplo i.i Now Or
loans know me. To continue my tab., I
determined to get pe:>«-ssion of ih)
child. 1 knew that the Montalbon would
resist and that I would find it difficult
to prove my story. More than all. I
know that I could not obtain legal pns-
ses.-ion of her without disclosing the se
en t of her birth, which I wished to
avoid for her own sake as well as for
her mother’s. I therefore stole her open
ly in the streets. Detectives were sent
out to search for me, but perhaps Mr.
Barnes will testify that 1 am not much
afraid of detectives. Perhaps, too, ho
will understand better now why I know
something about detective methods. I
led them a dance for two years, until in
disgust they abandoned the search.
Thi a I went abroad, for I must tell you
that as 1 ;ag as I was houudt d I ro-
muiiiod close at hand. I enjoyed tho ex-
cii'’n<ent. It made mo forgot, or at least
it gave me occupation.
“I remained in Europe until my io*
cent return to New York. It was not
very long- after that when I received
tho letter frem Montalbon and the
photograph which I showed to yon. I
nr; gnizod the picture, though,of course,
I should not have known tho signature,
which was Rose Mitchcl. 1 did not fear
tlio woman, hut 1 expected some enjoy
ment at In r discomfiture) when I should
ti ll h r to do her worst. I was not pre
pared for what occurred. When sho met
me, sho began by saying:
“‘I havo not the leant idea cf at
tempting to blackmail yon, though per
haps l could do that. But I have that to
sell which I think you would ho glad
to buy. ’ I asked what it was, and she
told mo:
“‘A ceii fier.te of marriage between
yi ur cousin and tho child’u mother, a
certificate of marriage between him and
my seif, antedating that, and another
certificate of marriage between myself
and aaothi r man who was alive at tho
time that I inveigled your cousin into
marrying me. ’ ”
“Great heaven!” orcJaimed Mr.
he really her hus
band, wishing to ho married to Miss
Rcmscu, you would readily pay the
woman her price for the paper which
proved that your marriage to her had
been fraudulent. You might have found
it difficult to prove the existence of her
first husband without knowing his name,
even though she had given you tho hint
that there was such a person. ”
“I declare, Mr. Barnes, you are a
doubting Thomas. But I will give yon
one mole bit of evidence. ” Ho went to
his do.!: and returned with some pup: rs.
“Here is a confession which T. ex. ted
from th.e woman at the time l hut I made
the bargain with her. You see, it Con
firms my story. But even that you
might think manufactured. Hero per
haps is better proof. This,” handing it
to Mr. Neuilly, “is the coitifieateof the.
marriage between my cousin and tho
Montalbon. As is sometimes dune, you
see, the woman has pasted the likeni ucs
of herself and my cousin upon tho pa
per. Now, Mr. Neuilly, I ask you, i ••
not that the man who was known t'>
yon?"
“You aro quite right, Mr. Mitchcl. f
recognize the face pi rfectly. This is the
man 1 have all along supposed to bo a
cou.-ummato villain. Now* I must con
fess that ho was more sinned against
than sinning. His one crime was drink
ing, and tho entanglement which
, wrecked his wife’s life and his own v is
but a wicked plot of which ho was *;i-
nocrut. I am glad that it is so, as it
S leaves tho dear little girl without the
danger of hereditary taint.”
“Como, Mr. Barnes,” said Mr. Mitch-
el. “What have you to say now?”
Mr. Barnes’ reply was calculated to
startle his hearers, but seemed to havo
little effect. Ho said :
“Mr. Mitchcl, who do you think
; killed Ro: e Mitchcl?”
“I don’t think I am bound to answer, ”
replied Mr. Mitchcl quickly.
1 “I wish you a good afternoon,” said
the detective dryly. "Will you go witli
; me, Mr. Neuilly?”
Before the old gentleman could reply
Mrs. Mitchcl interposed:
"Don’t g ', Mr. Neuilly. Y i have
seen nothing of Rose y«J, and b . oks
we would Bko you to attend our recep
tion tonight."
“Ha, ha, Mr. Dames! Is she net
worthy of being my wife? idle takes
your witness away fom y w., f. :• I think
you will stay, will you not, Mr. NVc.il-
| ly?”
“It will boa joy to do ro. Hr. Barnes,
unue-r theeiioumstances I know y ra will
excuse mo and fuegivo me, will you
not?”
“Certainly. You are rigid to stay. I
will leave you all to your happiness.
And I hope it will last. Good day.”
With which ho left them.
“Really it is too bad,” said Mr. Mitck-
el, “but these detectives are always so
sanguine. Just think of it, yucca, ho
thinks, or hi' tho.:giit perhaps would be
more cornet, that you wore a i inrder-
er’s wife. What do you say, eh?”
For answer .'!:■) kissed him gently i n
tlio forchcrii, . •; l then went out and
biuiiohr b:.'cl: Ih >: c.
me pmznn, mui ro snared tne outerrain-
nieut that she offered.
“What a pity, ” she was saying, “that
yon did not come up yesterday. You
havo missed the grandest sights that
mortal ever beheld. 1 suppose on your
trip up yon saw nothing beautiful in
the rainstorm that we had this aiier-
UGon?”
“Iw-tlrng whatever,” raid Mr. Ran
dolph. “Il j'.vever it may havo been hero
nns.ngi!:" mountains, the rain did not
make the valleys move attractive. In
deed I tie egl.t it simply a beastly day. ”
“V, hat a mistake that you were not
here instead of in tho horrid cars. Why,
I tell you that I haven’t words with
which to dcscribo tho magnificent pic
tures that I have enjoyed. Yet I am
about to try. You must nut lose it all,
you knew. May I toll you about it?”
"Assuredly. I shall bo delighted.”
“Well, thru, to begin. Look out over
the valley. What do you see?”
"Tho moonlight shedding a beautiful
ray over the lake. ”
c!y, ” said Dora, laughing heart
ily. “That is just the funny mistake I
thought you would make. That is not a
lake at all. It is mist, or clouds rather.
In tlio morning, if I had not told you,
you would have been astonished to find
that your hike is all trees and meadows.
To begin, tie n. About -1 o’clock it be
gan to cloud up. That was very inter-
e. ting. The sun was shining brightly
here, but wo c aid see that it was rain
ing hard over in the direction of Lnn-
e.is:> c. Slowly it began to come toward
l mean suppression ot an emotion is
considered so necessary in a woman in
these days. ”
" Suppress i on!” and sho laughed
hcarlily. “Now do yon think that 1
could ever he seppri ssid?”
“No. indeed, and certainly 1 ho|)c
that you never will be. Bet if you have
!>."t been lonely, perhaps you havo
thought some, of that otlnrt abject, love,
1 mean.”
“Oht That!”
“Yes. That is cue quest mu. supremo
to mo, about which 1 wish to have your
views. Do you think you would he hap
pier or uahappicr—if you were mar
ried ?’’
"That is a question. It would eh pend
upon—my husband, would it not?”
“Suppose that wo were” —
“Don’t (••’.il nanus, please. I couldn’t
suppose such a thing. 1 havo promised
not to. ”
“Promised cut to. I don’t under
stand?”
“I mean that 1 have made abet. Y’on
don’t think 1 am horrid to bet, do you?
Of courso you don’t. Well, I have inado
a curious bet with Bob, Mr. Mitchcl,
yon know. I call him Dub now, and 1
used to do it sometimes before. That
was when 1 wanted him to do anything
for mo. It made him feel like one of tho
family. Well, to tell you about my bit.
You see. sometimes, when Emily was
out, Bub would play make love to me.
He said it would
me; would teach
world and all that sort of
us. So:no of the boys made wagers as to Bob is a curious man, but he
Don’t you like him?”
how soon it would rain here. Then cna
of the proprietors came out and .sur
prised ns all by saying that it would
probably rain over on the Presidential
i an go before it did here. This seemed
extraordinary to us, you know, because
why should it skin right over ns and go
io 1 he big lui.'untains?’ ’
“Well, did it? It docs seem impossi
ble.”
“Thai is oxno'.ly v. ke.t recurred. You
t-re, it is like this: Y, hem ver a storm
Mines from Lancaster way, tho clouds
when they get heto arc divided by the
Pliny rang" and 'pass on either side,
paving us dry. Tin n they strike against
d:e side.' of the Presidential range and
loll buck into or.r valley. It was a curi
ous sight, i assure yen, to sen the cloud.!
(lying in exactly opposite directions. ”
“Y.’t ll, hut, after all, there could not
have hi "ii any great beauty in tho rain,
it must have blotted out all tho view.”
“Y’es. but think how odd it was to
find all these tremendous peaks sudden
ly gone. Not a mountain in sight in
any direction. Bat, then, the thunder,
fib, that was grand! The way it rolls
about and revnberates gives one a good
iib a of a great battle,
thing afterward that
umilarity. too. which
: describe. It was aftei
pass' d and the bright retting
; forth. Try to see the picture, naagi
: vou’S' lf sitting just where I a n now,
and looking t .wind the Presidential
r.iix.v, th.e sun setting red behind ns.
Mount Y/ashirgten Is::'! shaken tho
clouds from his head raid was encircled
by a gorgeous halo, in the form < f a
brilliant double rainbow. Ono did of it
leemed to come up right out of tho val
ley there, while tho other disappeared
behind ,Starr King mountain. Tho fly-
i ing clouds, still black and heavy,whirled
' .wiftly along, hanging low, and, with,
tho i-r.ii approaching the In riuon, made
was doing
out h;i' he
fun’ll he
our merr
‘As much
him if !:o
whistled .
But I don t thii
?anso 1 was to
course I wanted
flue. So it was ;
down on papa*,
lime if you like
before tho 1st ( f
cad f aid, ‘I)' ra. I’ll ’
ta- god. wi bin six ivonth**
■ ' •" v much?’ said L
as yon like,’ said h . I a. ked
would. if f i,(.bO, and ho
nd e: :! d me a lit t h* gambler.
,k it wa- pa.id ling be
have a eeiraiidy. Of
th • stake to be a large
g-.oed, and he wrote it
iTLshovit to you some
if I am not engaged
nuar
to pay me f 1 .GOO. ”
il
1
And you mean to wi
carried out this
I wish I could
• the storm had
cm shone
.-Lifting shadow
tho base of
X .r- A tr- •
V J.
Ai:.vn:>Li cov;
miodis.te.y afic:
gw.
HIM:
It.
Mitchcl and his bride started west, in
tending tosp' ud their honeymoon in t’so
Y’osemito valli y, having premised Mrs.
Remscn and Dora, however, to join
them in tho White mountains lx fore tlio
end of the season. About tho 1st of
July tho Rcmsenn and tho Van F.awl-
stona wont to Jefferson, N. II., a small
town along tlio base of the Pliny ru:g •
of mountains, from which a maguifiemt
view of tho Presidential range, only fen
miles away, is to bo obtained. Ab.»ut
tho middle of tho month Mr. Randolph
determined to visit tho same place and
waa intensely disgusted o.i alighting
from tho stage, which reaches tho
Yfaiinib'.ck hotel about fj o’clock at
night, to bo greeted familiarly by Mr.
Alphonso Tlmuret. It was evident that
his. rival did not intend to B e any
chanvi towin the hand cl: Dora Rem. su.
If ono has anything of the artistic m
his nature, ho could sea;, oly fail to ( a-
joy himself at Jeiferxuu. Tho town is
I lacti -ally a ciiiglc read, well un the
ride of the mountain range. Tims tho
hotulrt all look cut over a long and beau
tiful valley. From the piazza of tho
Yi’uuinb ek, on a clear day, no loss than
mountain peaks can be easily count
ed, the Gri n mountains over in Ver
mont being vi; iblo as u distant lino uf
blue and nut in the total.
Of course the most conspicnor.s and
most admired pcr.k is M"uut Washing
ton. One who has not visited the legion
might suppose that he would soon bo-
coino sated with tlio sight cf tho tamo
, rnuuniaiiiH day after day. Th s is a great
error. All the mountains, and especially
Mount Yfushiugton, aro cv< r presenting
new aspects. All changes of atmosphi ie
produce corresponding variations. Tho
shadows of pas ing clouds, the clfi sis at
Hunriso cr at Gurnet, tho moonlight, the
partly cloudy weather when tho t: p of
Mount Washington, while between tho
rifts the red rays of the sun striking dif
ferent parts made fcomiti mis timings
1 among the grai n and tho brown of trees
and nek. till, if an artist could only
have seen th:-t! Bat then it would have
111 n useiess, for the band of man could
ni t paint sneh grandeur. It was i:i the
fori ground that tho resemblance to tho
! battlefields was to ho seen again. Every
of clouds dis-
n tho tn <• taps
1
ii.RO 4*.*tl
ly, v, by. t
Janr.aay t
raid iaT.i
holies rai.!
! us she ra
1 not mean
; think me hard. Bat
: wug( r. Not so nn eh
| for tho gr: tifiealimi i f proving to Bob
! that. I have seine control ever myself.
Purely if yen liuly lew: mo you will
I not begrudge me that :;:!i -faction?”
I “Ho, ne, rwei t one. Have your own
way. I'll wait. Only ray that there is
some chance cf my sum eding. ”
“Why. ef ciur.;.', every one bus a
i must not t Tl yen how
hi cause if ] did 1 would
chance. But
great yearn is
not be vim.”
mart' say m .
my l et fairly. And I
hi:
u.
here and tin ro rt
(•mangled tkciurc
and re: e tn smok
him, and
could she
till one could im- were good
tin
agme them to bo from tlrr.j.ai.ds cf
"umpfirc.;. Oil, it was simply wonder
ful!”
“ It was indeed, ” Said Mr. Thunret.
“raid your description brings it all back
again to me. ”
“Then the beautiful long twilight,”
Don:cniitlime:!, ahuestunheeding.“that
was lev ly iSlmvly these stray bits of
mist met and joined others, till as tl.o
dau km ss came and the moon brightened,
that k.'uutifi.l shu t of water—for after
all y—ar lake is real water—accr.Ululat
ed, and thero it ia At least you can en
joy that. ”
He did. But what lie enjoyed more
was the simple happiness < f being with
night,” with which :!:u
iugued with
,k co;: fort. Fi r what
Lnt that his chances
if otherwise how canid
Her last word
he to
mean
, ,- ince
i the tellirg prevent her from winning
; her wager ? Kevin bell as, as tho weeks
| went in ho tried many time:! to get a
j more definite reply from her, but never
succeeded- .‘'till lie hugged tho rhiri. h-
ed hope to his heart ami waited us pa
tiently as man could
( IIXTIN'FIT) NEXT YiT'IiK .
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her. After a sliort time
was deprived of that, for
howcvi r, ho
M.a. Kem-eii
: 1’
’If Tie had t!:o:-.o iiapen:, they
’.e that her marria.ge to your
. • ilk gal, and that would
the mountain is
n, tho m
and
mother
would jr
ee:::n \
tia.!- ■ tl.o ) un riiigo to iiuMi'
pe.fietly ri gular. ”
"Exactly : o I paid tlio woman ‘<;10.*
OfiO, or the i op 1 .;viil-nt of that rani, for
tli o d' i .mi nts. Wi re they nui worth
it?”
“I.id"t'd, indeed they arc. I would
have j’ivui t„ieo tl.o sum.”
“New let ;uo hbo’.v you thy audacity
tho rain, all offer such totally different
coloring and pictme. ijuo < fi'cets that thu
avti: tic eye is never tired.
Dorn was an artist in every fi! r of
hov holng, as ono would l;»ow wh < lis-
temdto her talking to Mr. Rudolph
half nn hour after Ids arrival, us they
sal together on the p’unza. In his de
light to be with her and to hear her, ho
’.vi.t:M • Inrg'.tti n thu vi ry ex is tern
of Mr. Tbaumt
ueur them in tin,
claimed his atti ntien, and took him up
to the ballroom to introdueo him to
some of tho many young women who
were dancing with ouch other and with
boys of 1-1 for want of batter partners.
If Mr. Thanret annoyed Mr Ran
dolph by b ing at this resort, tlio latter
gentleman was none the move pleased at
his arrival. E ing left alone with Dora,
: i d construing her present mood to ho
one fa vi liable to his wooing, ho deter
mined to speak to hi r before the other
man might find a ik.e.nca. Moving his
chair nearer hers, he began, getting to
his subject without mucU circumlocu
tion.
“Miss Dora,” raid ho, “do you recall
a couvcrration that I had wiih you eno
day? I mern about h m liuess and tho
longing one Jias for eonipanionship?”
“Oh, yes,” raid she frankly ; “why?
Do yon wish to continue it new?”
“If you p! aro. Yen u miii.hi r you
said yon would bo l etter ublo to do bo
after your sister's marriage. ”
“Beeanso I thought that I would
miss her no much and Lo I tidy myself,
was not that if? Well, ef course I havo
mis-id Queen very uinch, but I havo
leareely bi en lencry. You have taken
cue of that, and I am .sure that I am
very grateful to you. You havo been
very nice to me. ”
“You think ro? Yea admit that?”
Ho rpoko eagerly.
“Why, yes! Why not, sincu it is
true?”
Of cours^, but then you know so
sy voung ladies hido their feelings.
Medicinal value la a p. jgj ( ,[ Ilooii's Sarsa-
ini ilb. tlnu tn ci < ■ i
tlfloro -aill Dn-'ii!:.-•d,m;):-• I SI t.' - ... noro
expense ineui-r.-1 in iiv inxiaiiaeturc.
It eiiitj tie; ncl'ir a id tu • li 'iilcr
More I it it • until th - r /. . u , 'tc
G 't i more dus.-s ,,,r jus j ■ i.- •.
More < ur*tlv9 iwwi r : < set an d liy H i iieciillar
comtnnation, ji porPisi mui j.'>.< •
whicli ask-s it j. uHar t > its. P.
More |i«o|iK;i ire I'illlilop I I llK.T V.- ' OC-
cuplcd nIts i - th in ai •
More wnii'i 'I'fni <■... . ; ; ; .,-„d .
tiin »ni:.!s | ii la i, l,y nn. . t.
More Ml *s * * • mor ream \ ;ai I •
arc n , |iort"d l.y dni UL ,,,ts.
More PMplo are taking li « 8ar;
toilay ‘-i:"i nj «U| ntid I , ■ are
fcikHig it i-i:-.\ Gian . v.,- Im-I
More and >7ii.i. moi:i r us in lit :.
given vliy y ,n .should a.'.,-
be good practice for
mo the ways of tho
thing. Oh,
sport
“Inmiensely. But
n:o yet about your bet. ”
“lam coming to it. Well, ono day
when he wa* making love to me and 1
■7 b.'.'t, rraldcnlv lui bur.-t
ob will l.uvo
:i that bet?"
"Iiideed 1 do. I am young and can
nfford to wait that long, 1 am sure.
There will he time enough afterward to
get a husband. ”
“Then it wcr.Id not make a ay differ
ence how anxious a suitor might be to
havo his reply at cnee?”
“No, e rffunly not. If a. mnn did not
love mo enough to wait a f< w months
for his answer, I should thL.k myself
well rid of him. Besides it would give
mo a chanoo to stu.ly him. ”
“Eur posp—but, no—I do :uk you.
Miss Bora—D.u.i—1 lovo you madly,
pass:: 'lately, and”—
"V.'iil, d. n't say : ;:7 i. • '0. If that is
veil love me mad!”, u sionr.te-
t'.ien xon will ion !y wait till
fi i your iiit.-wi r. ” Tins was
her curtly, and Mr. Tluurct's
.!:, 1 i’t !•(": ('. i.aain to fevir hi at
aid Miy sofi’.y: ’’There, 1 did
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