Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-11-13
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AN1ll--COxTINCED.
am as good as my word.''
don't know about that. Gordon"
but1 do, and I won't hear any as
Seruon to the contrary. offered you
.ne shares for certain price, and you
rejected them y
Ibid not do that
fouA did do that-exactly. Then
Inere came up in my mind a feeling
mat might probably wish to change
my purpose"
And am to suffer for that?''
Not in the least then told YOU
that YOU should still have the shares for
the price named. But 1 did not offer
them to any one else. So came home
and you chose to come with me. But
before | started, and again after, told
you that the offer did not hold good,
and that [ should not make up nv mind
as to selling till after got to England
We understood that you meant to be
married."
Il never said SO. never said word
about marriage. am now going back,
ana mean to manage the mine myself"
"Without asking me?"
Yes; L shall ask you. But / have
two-thirds. ! will give you for your
snare Sten per cent. more than the
price you offered me for each of my
shares- If you do not like that. you
need not accept the offer; but / don't
mean to have any words about it,
MIR. Fitzwalker Jockeys face be-
came longer and longer, and he did in
truth feel himself to be much
aggrieved within his very soul. There
were still two lines of conduct open to
him. He might move the stern man
by q reeapitulation of the sorrow of
his circumstances, or he might burst
out into passionate wrath, and lay all
his ruin to his partners doing. He
might still hope that in this latter way
he could rouse all Kimberley against
Gordon. and thus creep back into some
vestlge of property under the shadow
OF Gordon's iniquities. He would try
both. He would first endeavor to move
the stern man to pity. 81 don't think
you can imagine the condition in which
you are about to place me-"
81 can't admit that am placing you
anywhere.
-. I Y just explain. Of course know
that can tell you everything in strict
est confidence. y
s=ass'' Oh. yes; l can. You remember the
story of my poor wife,"
.'Yes; L remember."' ....-
''She's in London now"
''What, She got back from the Port
tuguese settlelnent?''
ayes. She did not stay there long.
Idon't suppose that the Portuguese are
very nice people,
:. Perhaps not"
'.At any rate they don't have much
money among them.h
mot after the lavish expenditure of
the diamond-felds," suggested Gordon.
stJust so. Poor Matilda had been
accustomed TO all that money could buy
for her. j never used to be ciose-fisted
with her, though sometimes I would he
tight
..As far as l could understand, you
never used to agree at ALL
5 al don't think we did hit it off. Per-
haps it was my fault
..You used to be a little free in your
way of living"
II was. confess that was so.
was young then, but am older now
/ haven't touched b. and S. before
eleven O'Clock since have been in Lon
don above two or three times. l do
mean to do the best / can for nv young
fam W. 1t was the fact that Mr..
Tookey had three little children board
ing Out in Kimberley.
''And what is the lady doing in Lon
DOM"
$40 tell the truth, she's at my lodg-
ings."
.sOh-hr'
's.I do admit it. She is"
''She is Indifferent to the gent emau
in the Cape Town penal settlement
r 4
really cared for him. To tell the truth,
she only wanted some one to take her
away from--me."
''And now she trusts you again?'
.Oh dear, yes;-completely She is
my wife, you know, STILL"
4 suppose So"
THAT sacred tie has never been sew
cred. You must always remember
that. / don't know what your feelings
are on such sub ect, but according to
my views it should not be severed
roughly. When there are children,
that should always be borne in mind.
Don't you think SOP
The children should be borne in
mind.''
Just so. That's what I mean
Who can look after q family of young
children SO well rs their young mother?
Men have various WAYS of looking at
the NATTER To this John Gordon
gave his ready assent, and was anxious
to hear in what way his assistance was
to be asked in again putting Mr.. and
Mrs. Tookey. with their young chill
dren, respectfully on their feet. There
are men, you know, stand-off sort of
fellows, who think that woman should
never be forgiven"
at must depend on how far the hus-
band has been in fault
Exactly. Now these stand off sort
a fellows will never admit that they
have been in fault st all. That's not nv
ease
..You drank little.''
.s For the matter of that so did she.
When s woman drinks she gets herself
to bed somehow. A man gets out upon
8 spree. That's what / used to do, and
then would hit about me rather reck-
lessly. l have no doubt Matilda did
qetit sometimes. When there has been
that kind of thing, forgive and forget
IS the best thing you can do
81 suppose So"
sand then at the Fields there isn't
the same sort of prudish life which one
is accustomed to in England Here in
q ondona man is nowhere if he takes
his wife back. Nobody knows her, be- |
CstSc there are plenty to know of an
other sort Bnt there things are not
quite SO strict OF course she oughtn't
20 have gone off with Atkinson vul-
mar, low fellow. too
Ana Won oughtpft To hsva 1iekad