Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-06

tcntly, but without any pretcnse Of
penitence and, DIR n as it seems. the
tvo'were verygood friends probably
because they met % seldom.
''Howeyer that may be. the stingy
old brother avays threateued never u
help Frank. but awassiid II; he stood
Between him andfls mother 5 wrath on
many occasions, until at last Frank
gave deadly oiTense 70 both lie COM
mltted the nnpardonable crime of
secretly marrying the onk daughter
of = poor cirate. This terrible fact be-
came known by Franks confession
when his mother had completed nego-
tiations for his union with lady of
title and fortune. and issued her COM
mands that he, was Tn prepare for the
bridal Mother and brother had been
aware that there was a good deal more
than ordinary love-mRking between
frank md the curate's daughter. They
only shrugged the r shoulders. shut
their eyes. and confidently waited for
the time when he, seeing the folly OF
his ways. would desert the girl So
long rs II was only commonplace af-
far. in which the woman alone could
suffer any particular harm. nothing was
said; but rs soon as II became known
that the matter was serious, and that,
without consulting any one or asking
\. anybody 3 leave. he had really bound
himself for life TO the woman he loved.
there was the dickens to pay. He was
banished the house; the mother said h.
Should never have penny OF her
money. and the old fogy declared that
he would himself marry the lady who
had been Intended Tor Frank. i'm order
4 T.. alxaaar l.. 1. z . Il
HolTford And he would have done
Il, too. only the lady did not see the
fun OF the arrangement" sN
These details interest me, sir.
Maurice interrupted for the. first time:
"but am lite impatient to arrive
atithe9stagc where the particular ex-
PLANTATION l desire comes in" .-.
4 F"lyheg your. pardon. YOU are right To
\ rem'nd me OF that |, too. am inter
! ested, and am apt 10 become so garru-
lous about those DAYS OF myyouth rs to
forget my object in recalling them.
Having reused these o Il memories,
can not help looking at myse through
n the big endb the telescope Time, and
= avn amused TO think what an eXtraOrdi-
nary figure must nave cut long ago.
However. II is of Gu hbert L have to
\ speak. not Of myself. You will see
presently hat all these tn ngs bear di-
rectly on our subject. Well. 10 contin-
TIC Prank stood his ground like man.
and with quiet pluck that none of us
had ever given him creditfo We had
known, o. course. that he was brave
fellow, and that he would make an ex-
cellent soldier. any IMAM will fight
well enough when he is i'm the heat of
/ hs.N l.. q - 4
IL but IL give and take bard blow IS
] The renl trial o. what stuff YOU are
made y IS when you have absolutely
no hing to do but 70 stand still at your
post hearing eping los your enemies
outets as they pass YOU. and .eeling
tlIa bite Of those which Craze the flesh,
while you have no ammunition To- reply
with. and no Wis bic foe 20 knock down
while. in fact YOU can only stand
there ready 20 die for Your cause That
is just what he did" IA --...- r..
Mr.. Cal hoppe became so much excit.
cd by his own eloquencc that ne took q
4 short turn ncross the toor. and back TO
"Hc must have suffered good deal. -
said Maurice. who wns sitting by the
open window, nursing his knee.
HE suffered most abom nablv. and
most of all on account of the poor Girl
who was his wife. But she was as brave
4 rs himself. and poor Is they were (ior
he had now nothing but his Licuten-
ants pay TO live upon, and some old
scores 10 hamper him), she made the
couple of rooms they had more bright
and cheer vi i'm Cuthhert's ewes than
any mansion he had ever been in-at
least, SO he said, and suppose we must
believe him. / know that spent two
very pleasant evenings with them. and
they seemed to be happy. The young
wife was charming. and made me, at
any rate. at once forgive ,ErankLhis
folly. l.ueY-that was wha, he called
rher-vas Just the sort OF girl TO make
any man believe that love aud Moth
ing a,year were a beautiful combina-
TOM tfIT0I
II '.And you eau Il folly. SIR, said aIau-
rice, with ngo. OF bitterness, for the
name had ,quicEened his pulse - q
"Well, | was pretty mach OF that Opin-
ION when | was your age, and / am
a raid thai experience has Onlvcon-
ifnlcd Il. mover pretended, to be n
man of feeling. but j didfeeI something
for the plight OF these two young idiots.
and fortunately II was then In my pow
er'to be of some service to them.
Doo't be impatient; we are coming to
the part which will chiely interest You.
l do no, believe in anybody maintain
ing n regular, s eady=going hate; but if
I over anybodyiwaseapab laof it. Frank 5
motEer was, in my opinion. She not
only kept her own word about money
matters. but she contrived to make her
brother keep his. also. IL would have
been bad enough II that had been the
worst. but that was not abe worst.
Il Frank reQiment keas ordered out to
India; and although he was eager for
n tive service, he was in. no cheerful
mood while he was max NO what ar
rangements he could for his wi q COM
fort until he could send for her. He
trusted me to help her if she should be
in any tronble. A promised TO do 81,
and would have kept my promise faith
fully she had not rendered il impos-
\ sihle. b disappear ng on the very day
: frank sailed. They had spent the pre-
yions, dag, together, and he has told
me how bright she tried 10 look. al
though he could see that the thought Of
their approaching separation was never
absent from her mend: and how She
tried. To cheer him- Nv hopefdi pictures
( their spec " reunion, TThey'parted
4 on his ARRIVAL at Caleutta. he found
J t~o letters waitingf for HIM 0neswas
from his wifeAand asAy oll-Are q senti-
mental fellow. you can guess how he
!. felt When hoAread it. 1t was short. and
bSlfucl me 10 much when he sent me
acoby otitthat I can remember every
word. This was all:
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