The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-22

her hea1- hat are you going To do
you stupid woman"
II a:u a-going win he." she said. IL
the midst Of a torrent 81 sobs and tears
Its a dooiy. They SAYS If YOU doe.
your dooiy all will come right in Oh.
end. II NAV he. but ] dom, see il nc
further than taking him back 70 Ports
mouth"
What on earth are you going 20
Portsmouth for Low? And why? VIII,
now? He's not more drunk than n.
has been before. nor vet Jess abom.
Unable. Let the police lock him up for
the night. and seLd him back TO Ports
mouth IN the morning. Why should
YOU wasn't To % with him now?'
because you're going 10 take
missus." said Mrs. Baggett. still sob,
hing.
1T more than | know. or you know;
or any m knows and Mr.. Nhittle-
siatf spoke As though he had nearly
reduced himself u his housekeeper' ,,
position.
40; marry her she exclaimed.
Il can not say. II YOU will let me
alone 10 manage my own affairs, it Will
be best"
That man has been here interfering.
You dom mean To say that you're 60
ing 10 he put upon BY such a savage rs
that, a. has ju,: come home from South
Africa. Diamonds, indeed, Id dia.
moad him. | don't believe, no. in a
single diamond. They're all rubbish
and paste II you're going to give her
up 10 that fellow you're not the gentle
man | take you f0,."
But Il | don't marry YOU won't have
to GO he said, unable 10 refrain from
so s~elf-eviden. an argument.
ME going, hat : me going?
hat ; me or that drunken old repro
bate out there 20 the likes of YOU? Id
stay, only ii il was TO see that Mr.. John
Gordon isn't let IN put his 10 here in
this house; and then I'd 90. John Cor
Gun. indeed, To come up between YOU
and her. when YOU hal settled YOUR
mind and she had settled hern, II she
favors John Gordon I'll tear her best
frock off her back"
''iiow dare YOU speak in that way of
the lady vino i Ia be your Mistress
She ain'ttO be my mistress. ! won't
have no mistress. WhcE her time is
come i shall be in the poor-house at
Portsmouth, because | shan't be able
TO earn a penny to buy g;n for him."
AS she said this Mrs. baggett sobbed
bitterly.
YOU'RE enough to drive a man mad.
| don't know what it is you want. or
you don't want
Il wishes to see Miss Lawrie do her
dooty. and become your wife, rs a lady
should do. You wishes it. and she ought
10 wish it. too. Drat her. y she is go
ing back from her word"
">he is not going back from her
word. Nothing is more excellent, notn-
ing more true. nothing more trust
worthy than Miss Lawrie. You should
not allow yourself TO speak Of her in
such language"
1T is you. then, rs is going back?'
Il do not know. To tell the truth.
Mrs. Baggett. l do not know
Then let me tell you, sir. I'm an
old woman whom you've known all
your life pretty nigh, and you can trust
me. Don't give up to none of 'em.
You We got her word. and keep her 10
il. What 5 the good q your tine feel
ings if you're to break your heart. You
meal well by her, aud will make her
happy. Can you say rs much for him?
When them diamonds is gone. what's
to come next? | amt no trust in q a.
monds. not to live out Of. bnt only in
the funds. which is regular. | wouldn';
let Ter see john Gordon again never,
ill she was Mrs. Whittlestai. After
that she'll never 20 aStray, nor yet won't
her thoughts.
God bless you. Mrs. Baggett,' he
said.
She's one of them when she's your
own she'll remain your own all out
Shell stand the washing. I'm an old
woman, and knows EN-
And yet you can not live with such
a lady as her?'
mo. if she was one of them namby-
pambys as'd let an old keep her
old place. it might do
.>he shall love you always for what
you said just now"
Love me. | don't doubt her loving
me. She'll love me because she is low
ing-not that | am loyable. Shell
want to do 4 most everything about thu
house. and | shall want the same; and
her wants are TO stand uppermost-that
is. if she is 10 be Mrs. Whittlestaf."'
II do not know; | have 10 think
about it."
Don't think about it no more: but
just go in and do it. Don't have no
more words with him nor vet with her
o yet with yourself. Let il come on
just as though it were fixed by fate.
It's in your own hands now, sir. ami
don't you be thinking of being too good.
naturcd; there amt no good ome
from it. 4 man may maunder away
his mini in Sofinesses till he amt worth
nothing, and don't do no good to no
one. You can give her breao TO eat,
and clothes TO wear. and can make her
respectable before all men and women.
What has he to say? Only that he is
twenty years younger than you. Love!
it. l suppose you'll come in just
now, sir. and see my boxes when they're
ready to start" So saying, she turned
round sharply and left him.
In spite of the excellent advice which
Mr.. Whi;tleSiai had received from his
houSeheeper. bidding him not have any
more words. even with himself. on the
matter, he could but think of all the
arguments which John Gordon bad
used to him. According 10 Mrs. Bag
gett. he ought TO coLtert himself with
knowing that he could find food and
raiment and shelter for his intended
wife, and in feeling that he had her
promise and her assurance that that
promise SHOULD DE respected. There
was TO him a rock in all this. upon
which he could build with absolute
safety. And he did not believe that,
Were he 20 Il act, she would turn round
upon hhm with future years or neglect
her dury, because she was ever thinking
of John Gordon. He knew that she
NyoulR h. ton S-aal..-. t>r.n ~. 81