Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-11
CHATTER Xxx.

p =" n her own free. unbrnnpted re-
quest. and certainly think YOU have
40 alternative bat Ia comply with. IL. -
mat y your way 81 putting IL, but
Fhs must have been influenced by vmt
you said, ur she would never have
Thought of sending such pressing, mes
sage To me, after what occurred only the
other day, and knowing that | must be
aware OF her engagement"
can say nothing ON that head. /
nave brought the message simply be-
cause ] wish tO serve two friends"
am obliged 10 YOU for all the Kind
ness you intended; but | should have
been more grateful. Arkwood. IL Won
nut uotmeddled So much i'm NV affairs"
For the next week give YOU license
To pc "a disagrccahlc Co me = Won may
und relief in being am not going to
be hurt by anything YOU may say in
Your present humOr | knew that the
idea at being called to her ould startle
lou' AMI ! Know that rs soon as YOU
nave cooled down You will own that 7
nave acted the part II frirr>I and "A
most thanklcss part that often Is. n yu,,
arr teaching me.
" can not help feeling that il would
have been best for all parties IL you had
lett things alUtW.' .f 1....
MAY be-; hat il have been mod
cling. A. you call it'll has been because
TIE ordinary expressions Of friendship
have assumed that form. There was
nOthing ohtr1sivc In nv acromp,nviuer
Colonel Cuthhcrt and his daughter
homo after % Bryan hail been acauittcd
for you know nv acquaintance with
Them has not been interrupted. There
was nothiug unusual in the fact that
the convCrsatiOn should turn upon the
-seTapo her old een,l.aisis,n had got ins.,.
ar In my telling how much interest You
lad tRkon in the ease
"But u was not necessary To sro IN
To tell her about my efforts To discsycr
Lucy-it was not necessary ~ shoN
what nm absolute fool | ann
II don't know that such was the r.
suit If my conversation; aud nj abv
rate you need not bc afuid that was
SGptimeftal or that she i ikylVt5 ba
40 Shc simply SAYS there isnn rSblnna.
lion due tu YOU that IL can only bc
properly made by her own Nos. ;nnJ
that, fearing that she may lose
strrngtli ~ Courage 90 make II if,here
- delay. she bcgs YOU will grant her
~ f'svvr 90 rurnc backwith me; and
says Come along!'
But what j. the good 81 ftp"
'lIow can tellp She seemed 10 me
to be- much disturbed and | promised
that YOU should grant the favor she
asked And 81. / agaiH, say. Come
along. There l. nothing very ,lreasiful
an few minutes interview with A
PRETTY woman, even IL YOU have once
proisgsscd to be desperately in love with
t',pufcs~dl'' erhocl Maurice. bitter
~ ~IWish q had bctn bhly that."
90 u Is my opinion She would cordially
rcciprucatc that wish"
Very well. / shall gosbui hope
thcrr viii be- NO Mysteries or nonsense.
~ simply, BECAUSE do not wish TO.
thiukhcretit,'ts that 7 wilfully did INV
thing To give her pain. = 9f. 'rr
His tncc became hard and dark: his
. niovrnFenls quic an1 decisive.
- lhttd IA hoA steLling on his side.
whatever there may b1 ON. hers
thought Arkw sptl faS he watched his
fricplis Sloopy .lco,iptenqhdc ID ,
On the way to Kcnsington. Maurice
Y YVES rilrn zlIo-fele-vcry cold. lie was
sH'i'ig ~ eeeli,sS again. and. instead of
ths-psl-s- bsaasliRsr -sNitt-iay. he- Aa.lal.s.
sensation of being numbcd from bead 10
foot - V .,
No good could come Of this meeting;
10 was only ranothcr tug A. Ia heart
stringsa surely this ting thew wAIldl
break. Me I'D NOT see whaS LIE -coliIdl
possibly have to say TO him. unless Ark
wood In his mistaken kindlincss had
persuaded hcr-or spggested--that- she
might still have the power to rouse him
out Of his apathy. She should find that
she had lost.an power to move him
outwardly nc least He would do any,
thing rather than betray the longing
which he had had 80 much difficulty In
conccaling during her recent visit 20 his
chambers. lie would treat the whole
matter in q conventional way; there was
some fun TO be got out Of the idea that
he was doing no more than civility de-
mandcd IN returning her call-only he
did not get the hln. ~
Arkw.ood had said that she had been
much disturbed. and Il made him UNI
comfortable TO think II her in distress
fears. perhaps, with pale face and agi-
laicd voice. He did not know how he