The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-26


the only fool about the place. II wouldn';
be no wise booming"
..But you think il would he true"
81 says po,hing about that. Tlhsi's
not the sor Of language any body has
heard 10 cone ont OF nv mouth. either
before yo,F face OF behind your back.
Blu. ] do ssy a. = fnan ought 20 behave
like 2 man What, Give I'D TO a chap
as spends mis- tine in digging for dia-
monds. Sever!'
What does IL matter wha; he digs
for: YOU know nothing about his bust
ness
But / know something about yours.
Mir. Whittiestaf. / know where Won
have set your wishes. And / know that
when a nan has made up his mind in
such ali affair as this. he shouldn't give
way TO any young diamond dealer of
them all"
Not 20 him"
"And what's she? Arc vor 10 give
up everything because she's loye-sick
. for a dsy or Two? l. everything t0 be
knocked 20 pieces here at Croker Hall.
because be has come and made ewes "a
herr She was glad enough TO take
what Tou offered before he had come
this sty."
..Sie was lot glad enough. This is il.
She was o glad enough"
..She took you. at any rate. and I'd
never make myself mean enough 10
make way for such a fellow 4 that
Ii isn't for him, Mr. Bag-etf.'
at is for him. Who else? To walk
AVA and just Leave the game open be-
cause he has come down 10 Hampshire
There ain. no spirit Of standing up and
fighting about it,
witt whom am I 10 fi~ht?'
with both VI 'em-,ill Won have
yonr own way. Abolish. stupid, weak
girl like that
II won't have her abused"
shes very well / amt a-saying
nothing against her. IL she'll do what
YOU bid her, she'll turn out right
enough. You asked her. and she said
She do II. l. not that so? There s
nothing ! hate so much as them roman
tic ways. And everything is to be made
20 give way because a young chap Is six
foot high, ! hates romance and manly
beauty, as they call i, and all the rest
Of il. Where is she 10 get her bread
and meat! That's what / want to
know"
..Thcre'll be bread and meat for
Ter"
Il dare say. But voul II have 10 paw
for it. while she's philandering about
with him, And that's what you call
fine feelings. ! call il all rubbish. II
you've a mind To make her Mrs. Whit
t~lestaff. make her Mrs. WhittleStatf.
Drat them fine feelings. | never knew
| no good come OF what people call fine
: feelings. l. 4 young woman does her
r work rs il should be, she's got no time
10 think OF en-. And if a man Is mas
Ter, he should be master. How's man
10 rive way TO n girl like that. and then
stand up and face the world around
= him? A man has TO b. master; and
, when he's come to be a little old-like,
! he has TO see that he will be master.
never knew no good come of n q
| them soft-@oing fellows who is minded
To give up whenever a woman want:
, ANYTHING. What's Z woman? 1t ain
+. natural that she should haIe her way
= and she don't like 4 man abit better IL
the lonU-run because he lets her
There's Miss Mary; if you're stiff witt
4 her now, she'll come out right enough
in n month or two. She's lived with
: out Mr.. Gordon well enough since She.
teen here. Now he's come, and W,
' hear a deal about these fine feelings
You take my word. and say nothing t.
nobody about the young man. He:
d gone by this time, or he's a-going. lie
him 90, say L; and if Miss Marv take
S on TO whimper a bit don't You see it.
Mrs. Baggett took her departure. a n
Mr.. Whittiestaff felt that he had re
y ccived the comfort, or at any rate TIT
5 strength, of which he had been in quest
d In all that the woman had said 10 him
G there had been 4 re-echo of his owl
thoughts-of one side, at rate, O
his own thoughts. He knew that tru'
q affection, and the substantial comfort
t of the world. would hold their Owl
n against all romance. And he did no
believe-in his theory OF ethics he di'
belicve-that ly Welding 10 what Mrs
d Baggeit called line feelings, he would il
g the long-run do good 10 those wit
whom he was concerned in the world
Were he to marry Mary Lawric now
Mary WhittleStatr would. he thought, i
ten years time, be a happier woma
n than were he TO leave her. That WA
the solid conviction of his mind. and j
n that he had been strengthened Dy Mrs
Baggett's arguments. He had desires
IL TO be so strengthened, and therefore IN
interview had been successful.
n But as the minutes passed by, 4
every quarter of an hour added itself {
Y the hours that were gone, and rs Ia
hours flew on. and the weakness O
evening fell upon HIM. all his softnes
e. came pack again. They had dincd a
six o'clock. and IT seven he declared hi
" purpose of strolling out by himself. d
III these summer evenings he would ofte
Id take Mary with him but he now tol
her. with n sort of apology. that h
Id woald rather 20 alone. DO sh
as said. smiling up into his face don
rs LET me ever he in your way. Of course
n n mar does not always want to have
Il, md conversation for Z young lady
ne III YOU are the young lady. ! shoul
IN always a tit-only that l have thing
:" to think Of"
,u go and think of vour things. 1wi
ne sit in the garden and do my stitching.
q About y mile distant, where In
o. downs began to rise, there WAS = wal
q. supposed 10 he common TO ali VIII
)" chose to frequent it, but which was eli
e. tered through a gate which gave til
Ut place within the appearance of privac,
e. There wa n little lake inside crowde
ut with water-lilies, when the time Il
ut water-lilieS had come; and above III
lake n path ran up through the wood
b. very steep. and rs it rose higher an
he higher. altogether sheltered. 1t w:
as about a mile in length till another ca
go. roaahaJ. hint 3r-;pr tho milo ~