The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-17
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Nm. wuITTLEsTgF TAXES HIS JOURNEY.

Nh. TfiITTLE~1EF TAXES HIS tisEN-
M. WhittlestaT did at last get into
the train and have himself carried up
to London. And he ate his sandwiches
and drank his sherry with an air Of
supreme satis!actiCn--as though ne had
carried his point. And so he had. He
had made up his mind on a certain
matter: and. with the object of do.ng a
certain piece of work. he had escaped
from the two dominant women of his
household. who had done their best 10
intercept him. so far his triumph was
complete. But. Is he sat silent in the
corner OF the carriage. his mind revert
ed to the purpose of his journey, and
he can moi be- said 10 have been tri-
umphant. All Arlcsford would know
il. and would sympathizc with John
Gordon. And aS il came to be known
that he himself had given up the girl
whom he loved. he could read the ridi-
Guile which would be conveyed by the
smiles of his neighbors.
TO tell the truth OF Mr.. Whittlestaff.
he vas a man very open 10 such shafts
Of ridicule. The "roJHr Il GS tripL.r"
which fortified his heart went only 10
the doing of a good and unscltish action.
and did not extend 10 providing him
with that adamantine shield which vir-
tue should of itself supply. he was as
peryiOuS 10 these st'ngs rs n man might
re who had not the strength 10 act in
opposition To them. Tie could screw
himself up To the doing Of a great deedfo
the benefit of another. and could. rs he
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the punishment which the world would
accord TO him for the deed. rs he sat
there liz the corner OF his carriage, he
was thinking of the punishment rather
than Of the glory. And the punishment:
must certainly come now. II would he
Q punishment; lasting for the remainder
of his life, and so bitter in It's kind as to
make II further living almost impoS-
siblc TO him. Ii was not that he would
Kill himself. He did not mediate any
such step As that. He was a man who
considered that by doing IN outrage to
Gods work, an o:tcnsc would tc com
40 repentance. lie must live through
il TO The last. But he must live rs 4
man who was degraded. He had made
his effort. bat has effort would be known
10 all Alresford. Mr.. Montagu Blaze
would take care of that.
The evil done to him would be one
which would admit of no complaint
from his own mouth. He would be left
alone. living with Mrs. Baggett-who.
! of course. knew all the facts. The idea
OF Mrs. Baggett going away with her
husband WAS, OF course. not to be
thought OF. That was another nui-
sance; a small evil in comparison with
the great misfortune of his life.
He had brought this girl home to his
house 10 be the companion of his DAYS.
and she had come To have in his mouth
n flavor. Is ii were, and sweetness be-
vond all other sweetness. She had lent
a grace TO his DAYS OF which for many
wears lie had not bel eyed them 10 be ca
pable. He was a man who had though.
much of love. reading about il in all the
poets with whose lines he was CONVEX
SAINT. lie was who. IN all that ne
read. wou,d take the giSt of il home
20 himself, and ask himself how il was
with him in that matter. His ~favortc
Horace had had \ fresh love for every
day: but be had told himself that Iior-
ace knew nothing OF love. OF rettarc!
and Laura he had thought; but even "a
Petrarch Laura had been a subject for
expression rather than :Cr p~aSSion.
irince Arthur. II his love for Ga never.
Aent nearer 10 the mark which he had
fancicd for himself. lno-en. in heI
lorc for Pos;humuS, gave to aim 4 pict-
ure OF all that love shoGld BE-. Il was
thus that he hal thought of himself il
all his readings, and Is ear had cone
by he had told himself tina; for h;nl
there was to be nothing better than
reading. But vet his mind had been
full. aud be had still thought to himself
that, IN spite of his N stake in reference
TO Catherine Bailey. there was still rooul
for a strong passion.
Then Marie Lawrie had come upo-
him. and the sun seemed 10 shine no.
where but in her eyes and in the eN.
preston of her face. He had told him.
sell distinctly that he was in love. and
that his life had not gone so far for
ward Is to leave him stranded on the
/ dry sand-hiliS. She was there living
in his house, subject to his oriers, If,
fectioaasc aud docile: but As far rs lac
could Judge, a perfect oma And.
as far Is he could judge. there wa nc
otcer man whom she loved. Then,
with many doubtings. he asked her tbs
question, and he soon learned the truth
but not the whole truth.
There had been a man, but ne wa:
one who seemed - have passed 10y and
! left his mark, and then to have gone
| on 0ltocetbcr out of Sioht She had