The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-31
A LOVERS QUARREL.
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS

forgotten. We had each sid things thAs
could not be unsaid. and done things thai
could not be undone. and she had given
me back the letters that had sent her.
and the ring that she had worn. and all
those little presents that every man iayiShes
on the woman he loves liz was All over
and We were free again; and | tried 10
believe il was better 20. but could not.
Poor little Millicent. her face wss very
sad. and her eyes very heavy. when l
CHANGED TO meet her; but she had told me
that she hated me a. much a. she once
loved me. and so | tried TO look merry and
unconoerned as passed her. and got up
filtration with red-haired Lucy Martin.
and was seen about with her good deal
Her father had made a great deal Of
money by certain shoddy Transactions
during the war. and she was al
heiress. and very much sought after.
and all that sort OF thing. IL | had been
the kind of man who marries TOR money |
might have tried 10 win the prize. per
haps. for. after A real. honest love affair
has come TO an untimely end. either man
or woman l. just ripe for something
wrong in that line : and Of all the wrongs
that are. though many may have worse
names there isn't one that i really worse
than a mercenary or loveless marriage
Ntlsii ItN enough lNT LilAl- DuA ~
bad enough 20 flirr ab0minahly with VERY
decent young woman, who fancied that !
meant everything. and was pleasantly
frank with me in consequence. and a NJ
port even arose that was engaged 20 her
liked il. for ! knew that Millicent must
hear il.
Of course. when | heard that she WAS
engaged 10 Tom Brown | was not pleased
You never can he sufficiently of with the
old love TO hear such news without a
pang. had not sworn myself 10 oeliha-
cy. but il seemed 10 me. in measure.
Millicenf's duty 70 DO 20. Al least il
would b. better taste. I thought. remem-
bering how fond she had once seemed 10
me. Going into convent. or something
Of that sort-at least no more love or love
making-I had supposed would he her
course. And here she was al the opera
with fan. opera-glass. bouquet. and attend
ant adorer. a. if nothing had happened
| sat in the next row with Miss Martin
and looked into her eyes. and Whispered
compliments In terrible sort Of way-
considering that | had no intentions what
ever. All well (, she was a very practical
girl. not romantic / knew she had q
budding fsncy for me, but | do M think
she would ever let
- Concealmenf lake q worm i the bud.
Feed on htr damAsk cheek"
am sure that she married the retired
grocer. who proved 10 be her fate. with a
light heart and 1 know her appetite did
not fail her for | sat opposite her AZ the
table one day not long since. and she took
kindly to roast beef and gravy. and must
have weighed AZ least hundred and sixfv
pounds; but il she had been the most
spiyTfueiis creature. who ever broke her
heart. | doubt If i should have remeIn-
bered anything but nv own selfish self
that night aud all the while was think
ing. Just a. we remember snafches IL
some familiar song while we are busy
with something very different from music.
Of the pleasant hours my little black-eyed
love and had had together-Of the soft
ness Of the velvet palm that lay unresisf-
ingly IL mine a. we walked in the moon
light by the river brink. the summer b.
fore, when twenty Of ns stopped AZ tn
sane gay hotel AZ -. OF the kisses she
n-ed 10 LEI me take. aud the bushes fbev
brought to her cheeks. and I wanted 70
kill Brown. He was a harmless Young
man. with lisp and an eye-glass. but /
l0nged 10 assassinafe him.
This sort Of thing happened more than
once during the season. and felt glad
when il was gone and summer senr so
ciety" flying 10 woods and glens and Ma
terfalls 4 did not SEX the usual resort
Invent 10 n wild. ouf-of-tht-way plar- and
fished per~i~fenily- did some shooting.
too. and formed a friendship with oer-
tain Mr.. Briggs. who was fond 81 sport.
so he said though | never knew him -
catch fish or to shoot anything what
ever
No one knew where I was. I knew
nothing ~ the whereabouts 81 anv Of nv
acquainiances. There were a few LADIES'
at the hotel. principally invalids. f0r there
were springs thereab0uf that had a great
medicinal reputation: bur II Wa not the
sort Of place 10 tempt our set
Anticipated no unpleasant meeting with
people who would want 10 know why
Miily ant | had parted. And fancy nv
establishment and horror when. one even
ing a. took my seat NJ the table. saw
straight opposite me. little. pale shadow
which recognized a all that Wa leff II
Millicent Hood. Her porfly graDdmoth.r
was with her. and the way that old lasir
didn't look at me was more dreadful than
The most awful looks could have been.
! made a short meal that day. and re-
solved 70 leave the place by the morning
train. Unfortunately | oversight mvself.
wait minute-was II unfortunately. III
SEEMED 30 20 me for a good while.
missed the stage az all events. There was
NO Other way Of reaching the cars. and I
went out to spend the whole September
day with Briggs and our guns. There was
an evening stage also. ! intended to go
down on that.
Gut IN the woods. and having purypoaelv
To-, slght ~ my companion for a little
wiiile. sat down al the foot u tree and
leil 70 thinking Of Milbcenf. Poor little
glrl how worn she was-did she's But.