The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-19

daIfd To pity her Tor nor vain love. -
tbossgh. ike some village maiden. she
had gone a5out in tears b=wsiling her
self tho some groom or gardener had
been faithlcss. But sitting thus for the
inst mile. she choked herself 10 kecp
down her sob..
Mary" At las; he whispered 10 Der.
We'll. Mr.. Whit,Iestafs"
MARY. We are both Of u unhappy"
81 am not unhappy she said pluck
ing up herself suddenly. why do YOU
say iha, lam unhappy"
You m 50. AZ any rate am un-
happy.
What makes you sos'
Il did wrong to take YOU to dine in
company with that man
1T was not for me TO refuse To 60"
No: there - no blame to you in II,
nor is there blame 10 ne. But IL
would have been better for US both had
we remained away" Then be drove
ON in silence. and did rot speak ano,h-
er word Till they reached home.
Well laid Mrs. Baggett. following
! them into the dining-room-
what do YOU mean by 'wcll""
VIZ "a s-N "a ~ " -
Mrs. Hail. >? | caa see by your a
| that some of them have been saying
suInmat.'
Nobody has been saying anything
that I know Of" sad MIR. whittlestaf.
..Do YOU 90 10 bed" Then when Mrs
BiggeCt was gone. and Mary had list
lesslv seated herself on 4 chair. her
lover again addressed her. IL wish !
knew VIVA, there is in Your heart
Yet she would not tell him; but turned
away her face and sat silent. Have
you nothing To saw 10 me-
What should | have To say to you?
/ have nothing to say Of that Of which
, you are thinking
He has gone now, Mary
''ies; he has gene
"And you are contentedT' II did
seem hard upon her that She should be
called upon IA tell a ie-io say that
which he must know tn be a lie-and ia
| DO so in order that he might bc en-.
couraged &C. pcrsevere in achieving his
own Oh ect. But she did o quite un-
dcr,tand him. Are you contented?"
he repeated again.
Then she thought that she would tell
the lie. II il was well that she should
make the sacrifice for his sake. why
should it not be completed? II she hal
to give herself 10 him, why should not
the gift be rs satisfactory as il might be
made to his feeling? ..Ies: | am con
tented"
And you 10 not wish TO see him
again."
.Certainlysnot. a your wife
You do not wish it n ALL" he re.
joined. whether YOU be my wife oil
Otherwise
II think YOU press me too hard"
Then she remembered herself, and the
perfect sacrifice which she was minded
To make. NO: | do not wish again &c
see Mr.. Gordon !. all. Now. if you
will allow me. I will 90 TO bed. | AN
thoroughly tired out. and l hardly know
what | am saving"
..Yes: YOU can 90 to bed he said,
Then she gave him her hand in silence,
and went OF To her own room.
She had no sooner reached her bet
than she threw herself on it and burst
into tears. All this which she had ~
endure-all that she would have to beai
would be. she thought. too much fol
her. And there came upon her a feel.
ing of contempt for his CT .eltv. Had
he sternly resolved 20 keep her to hel
promised word. and to forbid her al
happiness for the futurc-tO make hel
his vie, let her heart be as it might
had he said: .'You have come To my
house and have eaten my bread anc
have drunk of my cup, and have ther
promised TO become my wife, and nov
you shall not depart from it because
this interloper has come between u.s.
then. though she might have felt min
To he cruel. still she would have re
spected him. He would have done. a.
she believed. rs other men do. But h,
wished to cain his OBJECT, and yet Do'
appear to / e cruel. 1t was so that sh,
thought of him. "And ii shall be as
he would have it, she said to herself
But, though she saw far into his char
acter. she did not quite read it Alright
He remained there alone in his H.
brary inio the late hours of tie night
But he did not even take up a bOol
with the idea Of solacing his hours. He
too. had his idea of self-Sacrilice, which
went quite rs far rs hers But yet HI
was not rs sure rs was she that the self
sacrifice would be a duty. He did no
believe. rs she did. in the character o
John Cord n. What if he should Civ,
her M TO one who did not deserve he
to one whose future would not b,
stable enough To secure the happincs:
and welfare OF such n woman as wa!
Mary Lawrie, He hal no knowledge t,
guide him. nor had she;-nor, for th'
matter of that. had John Gordon him
self any knowledge OF what his w fu'
ture might be. OF his future Mr.. Whit
t~lestaff could speak and think with the
greatest confidence. 1t would be safe
happy and bright. should Mary Lawri'
become his vile. Should she not do so
it must be altogether ruined and con
found ed.
He could not conceive it to be posi-
bic that he should he required by dut,
to make such a sacrifice: but he knew
of himself that if her happiness, hel
true and permanent happiness. woult
require it, then the sacrifice should b,
made.
CHAPTER XVI.
NRs B,GGETT's PHILOSOPHY.