Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-06-09

not the girls. It's mans privilege
j to speak his mind; woman's desti-
nv is to fold her hands and watt
lShe eaH never Be QUITE sure Unless
be hAsSspSkea ON. 3 Then, -peshaps,
| another, who has learned to love
her, does speak. She feels the need
of love in her life; women as often
marry to be loYed as because they
love. Then instead of wasting her
life for that, which may never come
TO her, she takes up the fate lying at
her feet. Does she goivery much
astray?'s S3 gaal11slk "A
! Lumley's Pardner dropped his head
Upon 4lis breast. issP Poor girIl'' new
thought Of that, . he said. 4
Ia / do not kaow jast how itiwas that
I remembered all the words so plain.
There was no more said, and feeling
fgulltglike, fbtstealihg5 q mates Sc
cret which it was not meant for me
TO know, Icrept to my shanty, bunk
/ ed in, and let the broken pipk lie
over until morning. u htaH0
f. / always felt sorry for Bumley's
PaFdner after that.
Well. for time things went on in
| the old way. Then Luniey's Pard-
ner came down with nountain-fever,
and Lunley nnrsed him through it.
He was as tender as a woman, was
LumIey! When nsed to drop in of
ulghts, occasionally, to lend hand
at watching, tHe sick mans eyes
would follow him about the room, in
a helpless, beseeching way, that was
| pitiful to see.
1t Was only the gA6stOf Lumley's
Pardner that got up fram it; but the
two men were higher together after
that. 8 ,i ~ .f,. Ia
When LHmley got back to the
claim, and Lnnlley's Pardner was
just able to crawl about, they came
into 3 wonderful streak of luck
Lumley struck into a big pocket,
and there they were, ,sinithe turn Of |
die rich men. Minings after all, is
a game of chanee-you buy your
ticket, but it does not always win
there are plenty Of blanks Rl Y X to every
1t does not matter the exact |
amount. this prize hetted, if had re-
membered it. Lumley was jubiiant |
over his Tpile," anxious to sell out,
and leave the mines; so nobody was
surprised when his partner, bought |
him cut for . good round sum, say
ing, in his quiet way, that he guess
ed he'd zstay and see the thing
through. lasy sT9 - 'arf@-a 8
twas very quiet in camp the
morning that ,Lunley went away. |
The boys were sorry 10 lose him,
for be had not any but we'll wishers
among US. ia '.'i -slii i''E a5'f.isi
Well, six months went by, and
then came little white letter,
'fscribed" in dainty woman's hand, |
to Bun1iey's aPardner. The man |
trembled all over like q leaf when |
it was put into his hand, took it in- |
TO his cabin, and shut the door
Within the next half hour he came
cut again in a desperate hurry, sad
died his mule and rode off down the
trail. ,.t VrJ9RW9 sIGF
Unexpected business!' was his
hasty explanation. Gould not say
how soon he might be back. {, az
The news camg 70 Gus at last by a
party Of traders, stopping to noon in
camp. 0 Then 1 knew what those
marks of weakness about his mouth
stood for; Luniley had never left the
city at all! He had sat down to the
gaming table, one night, and got
ten up from it, the next morning,
poorer than he had come into the
mines,9 He had first won, then lost.
and lost and won, and won again
and then that last total blank stared
him in the face. q AfAi-t}a 'ko'Ao-
Lumley eoald never give up that.
He must win it all back! Luck wasII
surely in store for him vet! HeI
haunted the gambling-hells, playing
-eekIessly desperately, SO long as
he could win enough to keep the ball /
rolliHgs pawnihg Bis watch, his ring, 4
even his clothing when other re- /
sources failed .siisG OF .sino g ss-i9i9,e
So Lamley's Pardner found him
heayy7eyed, with a seedy, fashiness
in bis dress, marks of dissipation on
mis- fair Womanish face.-a pretty
nearly Played-out individual ''
The blood rushed ali over his face,
for the manlihess yet left in him
could but feel the shame Of that
meeting. But there was no back.
ing out now. Lumleyh Pardner
took hiEa to one side. 20 70 .saa9le e. g'E
s 5s@Isve heard OF you, old imam, said
hs, in his lnatter-of-fact way, sand
I've come 70 see you out Of this.
How much do yoH say will clear
you up, and have a triie ahead2
Lnmley never raised his eyes.
as'Cid pard," he answered, choking
up, @yeur're better friend than /
deserve. Don't ask me to take any
thing from you. / went IL with my
ayes open, and, thanking you all the
same, III have nobody's kelp out.,i
sLumley'ss Pardner laid broad
hand on each Of the pitifuliy droop.
| ing shoulders. Z iiasaa5 b ssiqlasf'I -aV
"Old man, when the fever had
me down, Ia ha' gone underi if it
hadn't been for you, Sc help me
4 Godi I'd rather ha' died than have
taken what 7 did at your hands. Do
you dare deny me this small return,
nows 3 hats a paltry sum of mon
eY between you and me, and the |
little mother Wsitin at homes a.
| Lulnley put down bis head upon
that. and cried like a baby; the |
which, If it be not manly, like him
4 the better for. 10 There are tears, I |
am thinking, that are far from dis.
| greeing even the eyes aof a man.
| Tsm ashamed Of myself, through !
and through, foro what'ss gone by"
we're LGmley's next words, but L
can't give it up now. Matters can't
be any worse, and there's chance
Of bettering. Perhaps tonight /
shall win il all back. a sst a'.,T, .'1 e 's, s.
| There were old rwilfulness and
pride, and the new fascination of the
gsmingtable. There was no turn.