Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-06-23

Ho had double incentive to work.
1t was not self that he toiled for only.
now; he knewsth he was working for
her.
Mr.. Cox had not been located in Mrs.
Moore's small though comfortable
apartm ents more than fortnight be-
fore Clara's evening rambles with Ca
rev became less frequent.
Clara had all along been very silent
as to the ledger. and at first it never
entered into Arnold Carew's mind that
that accounted in any way for her less
frequent appearance at their usual rem
devious.
One evening, however, he ventured
to complain, and CHANGED in his tenn
porary annoyance to say; ''Oh, sup
pose there is some attraction about
this heavy swell who is staying at your
mothers"
Clara flushed up in moment, and
answered, holly: "You are quite well
come to think what you please in that
respect. He is a perfect gentleman,
which is saying more for him than one
can say for everybody"
81 don't pretend to be gentleman"
was Arnold's cool answer; ''nbr do r
profess to be an educated fellow. L
know you can beat me hollow as far as
learning goes; but learning is not
everything in this world; and people
can feel and think with only little
Of it,"
Now Clara was very fairly educated,
indeed; and, certainly, was what is vul-
gurlarly called more of scholar" than
her sweetheart; but he was not an ig-
noramus by any means.
His words made her feel little ashatn-
ed Of herself; so she answered:
IL didn't mean to insinuate that L m
better educated than you, or that you
are not a gentleman at heart; but do
consider it most unreasonable and UNI
justifiable that you should throw out
hints against Mr.. Cox, simply because
he's a gentleman OF superior educa-
ton"
"It's very certain I've seen much less
of you. Clara, since he came here" an
swered Arnold Carew, with melancholy
reproach manifest in his tone Of
voice.
We'll, if you must know the truth,
ahoWCiCO SidId, out YOU 10 ~ nOt-
headed and unreasonable I've never
liked to name it to you before; he's
kindly undertaken to teach me French;
and that accounts for my evenings being
more occupied than they were"
ut was your duty to have told me
BEFORE" answered Arnold SURPRISING
his jealous Indignation. "Where does
he teach your"
"ln the sitting-room, of course"
"His private sitting-room?"
"Yes."
"And so you are alone together for
hours?"
"Of course; why shouldn't we be?'
81 wonder how you'd like me to teach
some pretty girl French, all alone with
her in cozy parlor?"
"Why shonld l mind?" answered
Clara. eff couldn't trust you that
far, should have nothing to do with
you"
This retort disarme,l Arnold Carew
in moment He began to think what
q william he was for ever doubling
ClarA's loyalty, and for suggesting inn
propriety by his jealous suspicious.
He asked her pardon, and when they
parted he was much happier than he
had been for days.
Another six weeks flew by and in
about The French lessons were so
frequent that if Arnold Carew saw
Clara Moore an hour in the whole
week he was lucky fellow.
And what we're Clara's real feelings
all of this time? Alas! she had grown
infatuated with Mr.. Cox. She believed
that he had grown really fond Of her.
Prehaps he was in kind Of way. The
French lessons had led to something so
very like love-making that it would
have taken very clever analyst to
to have told the difference. And, nat
uraly, as her feelings strengthened for
her French master, they declined for
Arnold Carew,
Francis Cox was better teacher of
love than of French.
Haven help her! Infa ,uated crea-
ture that she was, she believed it posi-
BILE that this wealthy young scion of a
good family might make her his wife.
Over and over again he seemed on the
point of asking her to be his wife.
Sweet honeyed words were they that he
whispered in her willing ear; beautiful
pictures of what married life should be
he drew in flowing speeches.
He mad Few letters; but twice in a
week he received an epistle directed IN
lady's hand writing. This had excit-
ed Clara's jealousy. Yes, it had come
to that, she was jealous of him.
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