The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-23

who cannot help yourself! / do wish
to be eighty years old, or to have q wife
and house that you and Katie could
come to me. My wife and I've should
be good to you, and bring the roses
baek.u
Judith looked up to see him smiling
down upon her curlously. IrresistabIy
9 fiery little demon Of anger took pos-
session Of her. She hated him for wish
ing to be old; she hated him for wishing
for wife, who should adopt and pat
ronize her. Mrs. Shultz to patronize
her, indeed! She would die in prefer
encei
"I do not want what you say" she
cried out, passionately. az do not want
to be taken care of, or have your wife
good to me. Did / not tell you that
there had been too many favors already?
And now tell you that you need not
marry on my account; for 1 can live as
1 always have, and my Pap's house is
good enough for me-" Then finding her
self on the point Of crying, and covered
with shame for her angry utterance,
Judith fed into the kitchen.
Mr.. Shultz did not follow her, but
called Katie to him and entertained
himself with her prattle for five min
utes. At the end of that time he dis
missed the child and made-believe to be
going, which movement, as he expected,
brought Judith from her retreat. Her
cheeks were a bed Of roses now, and her
trembling lips carnations, while the
dew had not quite disappeared from the
softly-beseeching eyes.
"Mr. Shultz," she said, with return
of her old diffidence, 81 am ashamed
and sorry. What makes me- so bad
cannot tell, but hope you will forgive
my rudeness."
at is easy forgiving YOU that gen
tleman returned, smiling into her
humid eyes;f "bG: why will you not be
friends with me, If marry do think
that cannot live without you; so, either
l must marry and take you for my sis
ter, or must"
"Paps coming,r called Katie from
her lookout, and what it was that Mr..
Shultz was about to declare he must do
in the other case remained unexplained
except by one rapid action. He en-
closed the girls form in his strong arms,
held her one moment closely to his
breast, and kissed her lips repeatedly.
"Go, CO." she cried when she had
struggled herself free, more concerned
to prevent meeting between her father
and Mr.. Shultz, than to hear what ex-
PLANTATION he had to offer for his conduct.
With hasty dddio, he turned away,
kissing his hand to Katie, and was gone.
Judith retreated up stairs, taking
Katie with her, anx ious to prevent the
mention by the child of the name most
obnoxious to her father. So great was
her uneasiness and so constant her ef-
forts to keep Katie amused until the
visit was forgotten, that no time was
left her to reflect on what had happened,
except in that agitated, fluttering, sur
prised way, which kept he cheeks afiame
the whole afternoon.
But with the night eometh counsel.
In the silence and darkness Of her little
chamber Judith remembered and
thought. She remembered what Boone
said to her, that a good and true man
"would not make up TO girl only one
Of his own sort," and felt that 1t must be
true. Pride and suspicion were aroused
by this line of thinking, and she was,
oh, so wretched and resentful. Directly
she remembered the uniform kindness
and delicacy which characterized Mr..
Shultz's behavior during the two year:
of their acquaintance, and itseemed un-
likely that he should depart from it in
the way she blushed to think of. Had
he not always treated her with respect
as il she had been a lady, except.
Was 1t possible he could mean to offel
marriage to her after that?' He haC
said he could not live without her
could he-dare he mean anything elsC
but marriage? Was he treating her al
it had been hinted he had treated Seilo
rita Inez? No wonder Inez had tried L
shoot him dead! She felt as if, coulC
that suspicion be true, she could kill hin
with her own hand. Then came thought
Of what her father would do or say
should Mr.. Shultz really wish to marry
/ her. She knew he would never consent
but would he go away and take Kati,
with him? ? Or could she allow him to e
away alone, broken-hearted, as she sus
pected him to be? IL it was possible t
quit the life she was living for one shr
might live with Mr.. Shultz, her idea
would be realized. To love and live Will
him would be cduea tion, society, every
thing! Not only to her, but to Katie, VIII,
need not then to he dragged from frontie
to frontier rs she had been aud might b
again, If not saved by Mr.. Sbultz.
From half-waking dreams Of this pos
sible heavenly future, Judith slid ava.
! into such a soft, refreshing sleep as sh
had not known for weeks.
ITO be continued.I