The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-01

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~ ines, j. more high in
..n;S succeed in selling
,sn YOU to Mr.. Woodhofiea?"
She erc,sI ''How perfectly splen-
did. WIN ~ harperson. I am posi-
lively gs.t;rJ o be quite an heiress.
Isn't there son mistake?"
NO"
"And the s. B is really made?"
.'For three = housand d~ollars'"
"Yea"
..Nr. Sasrwoon. / have the greatest
nina feMofj I'D in this world to kiss
Tie wfd4w NJ 80 astonished at hav-
| ing ellc&teA . monosyllable of such q
| c6sfncter iron the bachelor that she
| almagt f&gEs1t 70 bride. but fortunately
rsnsmbsSfsd IN time what was expected
ssRooIIv.f she simpered, 'you are
posi6vely Areadful l wouldn't have
beiisssdh ofyoa-"
ity o(6dding somsthing more shocking.
but t. 6harperson bad already ex-
cceded$ke ordinary limits of his habit
nal retic2R ce. and by a not unnatural
recoil va now more silent than ever.
Il shall Boon bsgin to look out for
fortune b&nters, renarked Mrs. Wild
gin. archlf. Il hope you'll protect me
from them when they come"
MI. .SRarperson's looks expressed
such s9eihe willingness to undertake
the defed& Of his fair client that he ev-
idently did nes feel it necessary to put
iSfnto words.ds
II don't XIV" pursued the widow,
gazing abstrs 3edly into the fire. ''but
I shall have 10 look shout for somebody
to take care Of me-. What do you say.
Mr.. Sharperson?
ZIP"
Certainly; you. You know my bust
ness afiairs perfectly and can advise me
better than any body I can think of.
Now do b perfectly frank, what say
yon to my being married sgain?"
Nothing"
''Oh, YOU think I onght not to talk
so plainly abou: Il. Well, very likely
not, but you'll at least allow that there
might be circumstances which would
make it best for me to marry again"
"Yes."
"I've been a widow five years, and if
the right man turned up
She paused with a secret desire to
shake the gentleman opposite, to see if
by thatAQeEatioD his laciturn tongue
nigts1 1posencd.
a. echtNl Ahe. significantly. as she
why. of coIvSA,'she retorted, ..you
will allow that Sb1e must be a right
man somewhere, II SHcould find him"
"Yes."
"And perhaps sG1a16nued she, a
m~ischevious smile revesS1L to the law
yer's eyes a quite new dLsn11e, hitherto
wholly unsupported in her Oh1ek. land
perhaps you would ever let ans come to
you for legal advice in my c1oisa. if 1
paid WELL"
Certainly"
"Well. then. advise" cried the widow,
| desperately. .H
She had been perfectly sure for two
or three months that Mr.. Sharperson
was longing to propose to her could he
but get the words Owe his tongue, and
she had said to herself that this after
noon he should do 1t if feminine wit
could devise q way. Anything short
of deliberately proposing herself she
was prepared to do, and she began now
TO fear lest she should be forced to oven
that extreme measure.
Now when everything had been so
admirably worked up to q speaking
point for him. instead of uttering the
decisive word, the lawyer only smiled
amorously and was silent. To tell the
truth he was as eager to get the import
ant question asked as was the widow,
could he but overcome his natural Ia
comic habit and the ~sbashfulness which
just now exaggerated it. Mrs. Wild
gins mouth set itself q tr1fie more firm
ly than before.
'That is always the way if one really
wants advice. If l didn't you'd prob
ably be ready enough to give it." This
was SO obviously absurd that they both
smiled. and both, pretending to move
nearer the fire, moved their chairs q
little nearer together.
81 see." Mrs. Widgin said, with an
air of mock despair, Il shall have to
make it a catechism. DO you think l
had better get married; yes or no?"
"Yes." he replied. with a significant
smile.
'.Have you any idea of where I had
better look for q husbands"
"Yes."
p Good! Now we are getting on.
Where is it?"
Here"
NHere in Westerley? Oh, very well,
4fsSAarperson, but who is there in
Ues{ Fgllsy for me to marry? l assure
you ~ QGdn't think of Mr.. Smithers,
with h5AAkye small children ; I never
could entSyTNM MI. Green, the tailor |; I'm
sure yon csft.mean me to marry Mr..
Church the 3kcher; and Mr.. Stinch-
field is too ocS(ns for anything. You
see. don't y0u. ~ / can't marry any
of them?" NM
ssYes." IN
''Wcll. who else isRRSres"
..Me." I'M
"Youw mn
Me" INN
1t was done at last andSN2ke lawyer
could but have so far coz Ssred the
habit of half a century q b 4fElness
as to follow up his advantagSA6 4ery-
thing would have gone on swimil Ply