Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-10-13


With few words of greeting, and
few more of excuse, he put his mother
and sister aside for the present and
went up to his own room.
Ralph Warden drew long breath,
and the light faded slowly out of his
face. In q single moment he had seen
the whole secret of the misunderStand-
ing. Down went his head upon his
hands on the table-the winter sun
shine shone that day on no nobler head
and from his lips came those words
Of which frail humanity has deepest
need, Lead us not into temptation"
He thought it all out. Bertram
Kingsley owned the finest place in all
Marsham, or had until the deed was
made which conveyed it to George Fen
by. Estella Kingsley, the daughter of
Bertram, was beauty and something
of flirt.
More than one lady of Marsham had
quarreled with her lover on Estella
Kingsley's account. And last night
there he'd been little gathering of the
young people in the church, and cir
cumstances had done their worst
seemingly. In the first place George
Fenby came with Estella Kingsley; the
meeting was not of q character to make
it unkind for him to leave his promised
wife to come with her father, as she
had, but his coming with Miss Kings
ley had been noticed by several. With
the deed before him, Ralph Warden
had no difficulty in deciding why George
had been at Mr.. Kingsley's, and sub
sequently why he had come as he had.
Ralph was well acquainted with 81
young man living where the Kingsleys
had formerly resided, and through him
he knew of the engagement of Miss
Kingsley to gentleman living there.
He had known this for a long time;
and knowing this had thought little of
events which might otherwise have
deeply affected him.
Last night, for instance, n laughing
group of gentlemen had spoken OF Miss
Kingsley. One had said
"She is beauty and an heiress.
Whoever wins her will have beauti.
full home. The Kingsley estate is the
finest one in Marsham.''
''It's my highest ambition to be the
master of that estate, laughed George,
land l have made an offer which |
think will be accepted. am to have
an answer tonight. If l succeed
shall be supremely happy. If not
why, | will do as other men have done
failing of what l want, l will take
what | can get"
lph could not remember where
Alice Arnden had been when those in
nocsnt words had been spoken. That
she had been near enough to hear
them was evidenced by her letter,
which was before him; SO he sat their
and pitied Alice Arnden for the faith
in man which she had lost, as well as
for the man himself VINO had been put
from her.
Ralph raised his head. The time
had not been long since he sat down
to think. But he knew it ALL Two
proud and obstinate young creatures
had been parted by fate. And he NUT
tered with white, compressed lips:
II alone understand it all. | alone,
of all the world can set it right. What
a temptation?'
We will not seek to follow his
thoughts. What man does should
be the bases of our Judgment, not what
he "Oulu w Al nc InOuSnI Oi Jne
curative effect of time on suffering
hearts, we can forgive him; if posi-
BILE future, in which 4 happy home OF
his own was the central figure, rose W
to meet him, we can do no less than
pity him.
The band of sunshine rested on his
head like golden crown. His face
was almost glorified as he raised it to
the light again. And surely the angels
made record of a second gift that day
coming to the lot of those whose lives
fall for little time within the line o.