Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-02

own mind when 1 am not beside Miss
Cuthbert: but when am beside her l
can only distinguish Lucy, and vet 1
am somehow aware who it is am adj
dressing. so as to observe the necessary
Temp , : "a 'f,.,. go 4 =
No, it is much too hard a nut for
me to crack" said Arkwood, smiling
quietly; land see it is not case in
which you require my assistance. You
will find the answer yourself by mar
ryipg her some day"
impossible, was the decisive re-
Spouse, '.I :,
Nothing of the kind. You can not
60 on loving shadow in such very
pretty and substantial form as Miss
Cuthbert-more especially if she hap
pens to think about you at all" -
(" There Is no danger of that" said
Maurice, Struggling his shoulders: - for
have never felt myself so awkward in
any one presence as in hers, and
know what very poor figure / must
cut in her eyes under such cireum-
stances. But / do not wish to be other
wise. +" 90 q . ~, KY. 49, h, ns
!" Ex-act-ly.n and Mr. Arkwood en-
phasized each syllable, looking at
Maurice the while with a curious
twinkle in h eyes. ''You dosnot wish
it to be otherwise. and vet YOU have
thought about it, or else you could not
Know that you did not wish i. The
SYMPTOMS are very marked, indeed. "
.lt'You are mistaken, Arlsu6ods44 am
not deceiving myself in this matter, and
when become aware of any change in
my feelings | shall certainly cease to
visit HollyforG. -fr
that?" -TTS -
"She! 1t never Scenmtred to me
that she would1think about it at ALL
Probably she would be glad enoug oh
to have seen the last of a tiresome WIS.,
itOr. y r.--
"But she does not think YOU tire
some; in fact. she is rather interested
in you. and l Know 1t. for she told me
so herself" .
1.-The interest can be nothing more
than that which she might take in
any one who was Intimate with her
! father. " - -)i.. .. A.L J--l
something more than that, l am
certain. Understand. don't say she S
in love with you; only that she is inter-
ested in you. She knew that you and
j were a good deal together, and before
| suspected that she had any special
/ place in your thoughts, the fact that she
took every opportunity of questioning
me about you set me a-thinking She
did it very cleverly, and without the
/ least shade OF mere inquisitiveness.
| Any one who had kindly regard for
YOU might have asked the same q1es-
/ tiOns, and would have received the same
answers; but any one would not have 50
| pefsistently turned the conversation up
on the same subject. | am not am
bilious to shine as talker, especially
with women. but can not say that Ifelt
flattered when l discovered that the
only way 70 obtain her attention was to
talk about you. Ny word for it. you
have only to 60 in and conquer. There
| did not mean TO say this TO YOU, but
nonsense begetS nonsense. and so YOU
have made me commit what might al.
most be called breach OF confidence.
7 On my soul. you look so gloomy lust
now, that | wonder such bright, clear.
sighted creature as she is would
bother her head for moment about
such a morbid. slow witted fellow as
you are" .....,
Maurice got up and paced the floor
with dull EXPRESSION on his face and
an inward look in his eyes. Presently
he halted before Arkwood, who sat
silently smoking and watching him. 7
IF felt sure that your conviction
was correct. ] should feel satisfied thai
you had said enough to make me fine
reasons for an Immediate journey tC
JerichO--that being the limbo to which
troublesome people are usually con
signed. But the trip will not be neces
sary. for know the lady has too much
sense to care about me or to misunder
stand me. And | cannot love her.
Prove it then" said Arkwood.
''ln any way YOU please"
1.-The test is an easy one. We shall
be together all the evening, we shal
have no companions, and during the
whole of the time YOU must not re ,er Il
the subject, and YOU mist show me b,
your conduct that you are not thinking
about it, 600 rctfu.lfe
The. first part of the test lis geas,
enough; the second is somewhat diff
cur, Tor while my thoughts were entire
" of another you have now given m,
cause TO think about her, ylfrar.
81 shall be lenient as to You,
thoughts then; but | shall have ne
doubt as to the real state OF the case if
catch you tripping your speech. Now,
then; that bargain is signed. sealed anC
delivered. Let as takela waikiki -iL4