The Red Cloud chief., 1882-03-09

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because. though Won fancy that YOU
are Interested ia me, | know it was only
that L pigucd your vanity, and have
amused and filled M hour for YOU. You
viii iorgct TINT such 4 person exists by
the fine Won reach home
VERY well: if | FORGET Won | shall
not write. If should happen t" re-
member you. may | remind You OF il Thy
a letter."
"You do not know Int I am Il mar
ricd woman. with an invalid husband
and nine small childrcn.n
at i not written on your face
well. then. perhaps L have 4 lover
waiting somewhere for me-
THIN Won will tell me- so. Perfect
frankncSS is true courtesy, and surely
You would not jest when YOU can see
that | am in earnest
There was no withstandinw his SINGER
lily. said:
Il an ashamed If my foolish testing.
| seem determined la do myself all pos
Sihlc injustice; AMI if Your persistence
dcrS m now
II see it does, aud that oppression.
made UP of piquc. surprise and inrrcdu-
Iity. is charming. really Your most be.
orning one | think"
- 1t promises To be my only "hiie
talk with you." 1 rcturt-
\. And | Shall w I" Won and You
VIII vritn, = .n1. and Your name IS
".,e.rSaret Doylc." i SAID. Write
tine. and he sorry for ii, for prompt
|, IS is nv falling. When nv fir>t letter
homes. YOU viii read it with pleasure.
and answer il soon; the second. Won viii
say. Oh. another letter from that Miss
DOYLE the third. Bless me. this *
getting To be monotonouS. a bore. in
fact-Scc if it is not So
Miss Dovfc. w hayr reached Ham
mond. wlut 10 thank YOU f"r,i.c per-
mission You have Shch ION d" not
know how sincerely / thank Won. |
have no faith in YOU * a prophecies. i
shall write 10 Won rs soon As | reach
. homa," and he helped me oil the ears,
! gave my hsnd:a warm. friendly clasp.
and whispered. "Gooi-hve. Margaret
! Doylc.' The next minute the ears
swept on. and 'he fact that sever music
sclfIrS awaited me pressed itself upon
~ mind.
+ What a foolish, imprudcnt thing had
donctah,iay Ion" l thought # il. His
sac looked W from the page of Rich
ardsol,S aud abose the false notes and
disceris tlEa. M rS%ktorturcd out Of
the piano heard his Slow Pheasant ones.
He had that rare POSSESSIONS odrri<&
ted voice. But somehow I could not
feel any great remorse over my mis-
conduct. The troubles of the morning
were quite forgotten. andtI made up.
my mlnd that the world wasn't such Il
bad, unhappy world, after all. and
that eYen muSic-teaching had its
bright side. The day went by. the
week went BY, and though said L did
not look. for his letter, I did not sue
coed IN ~deceiving myself 1t came, a
frank. honest epistle, full OF strong
thought, expressed in strong, simple
words; it contained pleasant illusions
to our strangely begun ACQUAINTANCE,
and, without being in the least a love
letter. was suggestive OF more than
mere friendly interest Ii made me
glad. l answered it. The next weeks
mail bore a letter to '.Louis c. Hamil-
ton. Box IS9. St. Louis, No" which
was the address he gave, or which J
read in his letter.
IpEided myself on my letter-wri,ine.
I found that writing 10 this new friend
was very pleasant.
In a short time another letter I'M
L thought the writing q triie different
from the first. Neither the manner
nor the matter was Of the same degree
Of excellence. If it had not been that 1
fAad the first in my possession, and SO
kxeos positive of his
~xkfisht. inte1