The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-09-10

himself, calmly. IF be wasn't . fool
1 should exli him . brute. 70 work up
on the romance and enthusiasm Of
silly girl. and ask her 70 waste ks
bright, happy young lie for his sells
qualification, among . pack Of infsrns
dirty savages- But he's just . Zoo
and 9 boy. While you"-he looked Z
me with such strangely tender. quiz
cal eyes-"you are . little goosei I
don't believe you really love the fellow
n Al, Liz"
He was perfectly right. and in that
minute l knew it-for the first time I
knew my own heart. But I was too
much offended to acknowledge it.
You are mistaken" / said, very
coldly. Should I have humbled my
self TO ask you for the means to Join
him. If l did not love himrh
"A nice n he must be to let you do
1t. toor' he cried. getting angry in his
turn. and rising. well. if you can
love q fellow like that. you are not the
girl / took you for. and the sooner YOU
60 TO him the betteri Yes; you shall
have all you need, my girl, and God
grant you don't repent your follyr' He
took a paper from his pocket-book.
There's q blank cheque. 1 signed il
for you. though 1 did hope you'd use 1t
to q better purpose. No matter-fl il
up for any amount you need; take
enough. for you'll get but little from
the fellow you're going 10! Aud mind
you're welcome to the money"-his
voice and look softened q little-s.you'd
be welcome to my life. il it could Sc
cure your happiness. Liz! l hate to
e you spoil your own-that's all."-
He turned to go. Goodbye. my dear
= wish you happiness" and he was
gone.
l sat there and burst crying.
Qnite quietly gave way to an inward
storm of rage and grief at my own be-
sotted folly. Johni My dear old joint
If l had spoken the truth to him. how
different might be my fate! Surely
John loved me. Arthur was right,
John wished to win me for himself
And now he had given me upl And ]
-decency. consistency. pride, required
that l should abide by my own decision
Il belonged to Arthur, whom 1 was
beginning to despise.
One hope remained to me-my moth.
er. She would entreat and beg me moi
to go, and l could gracefully yield to
her wishes. / hastened home-alas! ]
found her resigned to my marriage
with Arthur-ohn had talked her over.
HE would sacrifice everything t
your happiness" she said. "Oh, you
have been such q foolr'
The preparations were hurriedly
made-I had no time to lose-and
mother accompanied me on my jour
ney. She was to take me to London
and leave me in my husbands care.
John saw us off; actually accompan-
led us to the station, and babe us good
bye. As the train moved slowly away,
and | realized that l had seen the last
of him, ! bit my lips to keep the outcry
Of my anguish down, and resolved. in
a blind, stupid way. to do anything
rather than marry Arthur Elton.
The fatigue of my journey. the an
guish of r1y heart, the effort to conceal
my feelings-al these things were too
much me. When we got to our hotel !
fell into Mysteries. and the secret came
out in spite of me.
Il hate Arthur Eltoni l hate the
heathens! I'll never marry himr' !
sobbed incoherently.
.'Then why did you snub poor
JohnP" asked my mother, pitilessly.
John, who has loved you since you
were q wee thing; John, who would die
for you il need be. Why didn't you
marry Johnf"
''Why didn't he ask me?" ! sobbed,
miserably. could I marry him by
forceP You were both so bent on driv.
ing me into Arthur's arms; you never
seemed to think q girl might change
her mind; l believe you both hate me.
Oh. dear! oh, dearr
My misery, however absurd, was real
enough, and mother found it difficult
to soothe me. She succeeded after
awhile. however, and promising to
think out some way to escape from our
difficulty. left me to lie down and rest
We had = sitting-room and bedroom
at the hotel-presently mother called
to me from the former. I had been
falling into a doze, but her voice reused
the.
.Come here, Lizzie" she called.
i went-slowly and wearily.
What is ita' I asked. listlessly. -.
! pushed open the door; then l gave
scream Of fright and Joy. for John
camo forward and clasped mo In bis
arms.
He had come down on the car behind
us, deceitful thing; and mother and he
had plotted against me all the timei All
well-after all it vas my happiness they
plotted for; for I loved him, and. when
you love, what a you do but yieldP
We were married the very next day.
l believe I felt some qualms Of con
science about Arthur and those poor,
dear heathens, but they were quite
over when we got home, two week.
later, and found q letter from Arthur
waiting for me.
He released me from my engagement
and was SO kind Is to add that he ha,
never thought me really suited for tn
work" Moreover, he informed m,
that he believed he had made Q mis-
take on his OWE part. Awealthy widow
lady. whom he had met on his voyage
had shown him that much might b,
done to convert the peasantry in Rome
and therefore he had married her, ant
they were starting on q bridal tour Il
the Eternal City. He hoped that
would find q worthy partner, and be q.
happy as he wished me; and thus b.
babe me farewell. The cannibals-
whom we were to have taken to Heav
en-seemed to have no place in hi
thoughts!
But John and Arthur's rich widow
saved us, by showing us our mistake
and l have shown you how We recti
fed it. -.
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