The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-22

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There are circumstances here"
"WEat does she say hers If? Their,
are no circumstances to Just f. YOU. /
you would come here a. q friend | OF
fered to receive YOU. As YOU had beer
known 20 her ] did not turn my BAG,
upon you. But now YOU conduct j. -
peculiar that ! can not ask you TO re
main n longer" They we're walk
ing up and down the long walk, ant
now Mr.. Whittlcstaff stood still. a,
though TO declare that the interview
should be considered "a over.
Il know that you wish me TO 90
away" said Gordon.
well. YES; unless you withdraw al
idea OF a claim TO the young LADY,
hand"
But ! think you should first hear
what have TO say. You will not sure.
iy have done your duty by her unless
you hear me-"
You can speak If you wish to-"
1t was not till yesterday that YOU
made your proposition to Miss Lawrie.''
Nv hat has that To DO with it?'
Had | come on the previous day.
and had been able then 10 tell her all
that a tell her now, would il have
made no difference"
odd she say so?" asked the fortu-
mate lover, in "A very angry tone.
"No; she did not say 50. Ii was
with difficulty that | forced from her an
avowal that her engagement was so re-
cent. But she did con eSs that il was
so. And she confessed in her manner
that she found il impossible 10 refuse
you the request that you had asked"
II never heard Il nan assert 50 i'm
p%udently that he a the sole owner OF
a lady's favors. Upon my word. |
think you are the vainest man | cIer
met
''Let it be so. ! do not care to de
fend myself, but only her. Whether 1
am vain or not, Is il not true that which
l say? / put ii 10 You. a man TO man.
whether you do not know that il is
true? If you marry this girl, will yon
marry one whose heart belongs 10
me? VIII YOU not marry one of whom
you knew two DAYS since that her heart
WAS mine? VIII you not marry one
who. if she was free this moment,
would give herself TO ne without u pang
Of -emorse?"
II never heard anything like tl.e
mans vanity
But is it true? Whatever NAV be
NV vanity, or s~elf-seeking. or unmanii-
ness if you VIII, is not what | say Gods
truth? 1t is not about my weaknesses,
or your weaknesses, hat we should
speak, but about her happiness"
Just so; | don't think she would be
happy with YOU"
Then it i tn save her from me that
You are marrying her-so that she may
not sink into the abyss of my unworthi-
ness"
Partly that"
But if | had come two days since,
when she would have received me with
open arms
You have no right to make such a
statement"
She would have received me with open
arms, and would YOU hen have dared.
as her guardian, to bid her refuse the
offer ma lie to her, when you had learned.
rs you would have done, that she loved
me: that had loved her with all NV
heart before l left England; that | had
left it with the view IF enabling myself
to marry her; that l had been wonder
fully successful; that | had come back
with no other hope in The world than that
of giving it all to her; that | had BEEN
able to show YOU my whole life, so that
no girl need be afraid 10 become my
wife"
VIVA do l know about your life?
You may have another wife living at
this moment"
NO doubt; | may be guilty of any
amount of ~villainy, but then. as her
friend. you should make inquiry. You
would not break a girls heart because
the man to whom she is attached may
possibly be a rogue. In this case YOU
have no ground for the suspicion
"Inever heard of a man who spoke
of himself so grandiloquently."
There is ample reason why you
you should make inquiry. In truth, as
/ said before, it is her happiness and
not mine . Your own, that YOU should
look TO. If she has taken your offer be
cause you had been good to her in her
observation-disclosures she hal found her
self unable to refuse aught TO one who
had treated her SO well; if she had done
all this, believing that l had diSap-
peared from her knowledge, and doubt
ing altogether my return; if it be So
and You know that il is so-thcn YOU
should hesitate before you lead her TO
her DOOM
.'Iou heard her say that | was not to
believe any of these things unless | got
them from her own mouth"
al did: and her word should 60 for
nothing either with YOU or with me
She has promised. and is willing TO sac
ritice herself to her promise. She will
sacrifice me. too, because of your good
ness-and because she is utterly unable
to put a fair value upon herself. To me
she is all the world. From the first
hour in which l saw her to the present,
the idea of gaining her has been every
thing. Pat aside the words which she
Just spoke. Whist Is your belief OF the
state of her wishes"
81 can tell you my belief of the state
Of her welfare"
There Your own pre- udice creeps in, !
and | might retaliaJe by chargn g YOU
with vanity as you have done me. only
hat l think such vanity very natural.
But it is her you should consult on such
A matter. She is no. 40 be treated like
4 child. OF whom does she wish to be-
the wife? 1 boldly SAY that l
have won her love, and that if it be so.
rou should desire 10 take her t. your
sell. You have not answered me, o
| expect You to answer lie; but
.ook into yourself aud answer It there.
Think how it will be with YOU. when
he girl who lies upon your shoulder
'hall be thinking ever OF some other
nan from whom vcu have robbed her.
bye. Mr.. Whit:leStaf. | do not
ioubt but that YOU will turf ii all over