The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-10
CHAPTER XVIII-Co-TI-UED.

CHAPTER XvIL-CoxrTzUgo.
81 am as good as my word"
IL don't know about that. Gordon"
but | do. and | won't neal any as
sertion % the contrary. / offered you
the shares for a certain price, and you
rejected them"
II did not do that"
You did do t~hat-exactlv. Then
there came up in my mind q feeling
that | might Probably wssh To change
my purpose"
land | am to suffer for that"'
"Not i'm the least. / then told you
That Won should still have the shares for
the price named. But | did not offer
them 10 any one else. SO lcame home
and Won 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 my mind
Is to selling till after | got II England"
Ave understood tEat you meant to be
carried"
II never said so. / never said word
about marriage. ! am now going back,
and mean to manage the mile myself.
without asking mc:?"
Yes; | shall ask YOU. But ! have
. two-thirds. will give You for your
share ten per cent. more b a the
price YOU offered me for each of my
shares. IF YOU do not like that. you
need pot accept the offer; but 1 don't
mean To have any words about it."
Mr.. Fitzwalkcr Jockeys face be-
came longer and LONGER. and he did in
truth feel himself t. he much
aggricvcd within his very soul. There
were still two lines Of conduct open To
him. He might move the stern man
by a rccap.tu,ation Of the sorrow of
his circumstances or he might burst
ont into passionate wrath. and lay all
his run 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
vcSligc of property under the shadow
of Gurdon'S mi 4%nitics. He would Try
both. lie would first endeavor TO move
the stern man To pity. II don't think
YOU can imagine the condition in which
YOU are about To place me
II can't admit that | am placing YOU
anywhere"
IN ,uSt explain. OF course | know
that | can tell you everything in strict
est confidence
IL don't know il at all
"oh. yes; | can. You remember the
story Of my poor Wife,"
Yes; | remember"
Shes IN London now
What, She got back from the Port
tugucsc Scitlcmcnt?'
Yes. 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"
Not after the lavish expenditure OF
the diamuud-iiclds. suggested Gordon.
Just 50. Poor Matilda had been
accustomed 10 all that money could buy
for her. | never used To he close listed
with her. though sometimes l would be
iEat.'
..As far rs | could understand, you
never used TO agree at all
Il don't think we did hit il of. Per.
hapS il was my fault
'.lou used 10 bc a little free in your
WAY of living"
Il was. | confess that | was so.
WAS Young then, but 1 am older now.
1 haven't touched 4 II. and 5. before
eleven O'Clock since | have been in Lon,
don above two or three times. | dc
mean 10 do the best | can for my young
fam ly.' Ii was the fact that Mr..
Too!ler had three little children board
ing oit in Kimberley.
And what is the lady doing in Lon
don:?"
40 tell the truth. she's ct my lodg-
in@S."
''Oh-h,"
Il do admit il. She is"
.'Slc is Indifferent TO the gent cmaH
ia The Cape Town penal settlement
..Al.o~cthcr, don't think she ever
really cared for him. To tell the truth,
she only wanted some one 10 take hci
AWAY from-me.'
And now she trusts You aga
''iGh dear. ycs-completely. She I:
my vile. you know, still"
Il Suppose So
.-rha, sacred tie has never been sew,
Crel. You must always remcmbei
, that. ! Cont know what your feeling,
are on such = sub Get. but according tC
my Views il should not be severed
roughly. When there are children
: thai should always he borne III mind
Don ; you think so?:"
Tie children should be borne IL
mind"
h Just so. That's what l mean.
' Who caa look after 4 family OF young
children 40 well IL their young mother:
Men have var.ous WAYS of looking III
the matter" To this John Gordon
gave his ready assent, and WAS anxious
20 hear in what way his assistance was
10 be a>keG in again putting Mr.. and
Mrs. Tookey. with their young chill
Gren, respectfully on their feet. There
are men. YOU know. stand-otf sort o.
fellows. who think that woman should
never be forgiven"
1T must depend on how far the hus'
band has been in fault.
Exactly. Now these stand-off sor'
of fellows will never admit that they
have been in fault 81 Ill. That's not m,
case
You drank = little"
'sFor the matter of that so did she.
When a woman drinES she gets herself
10 bed somehow. A man gets ont upon
a spree. That's whist | used to do. and
then | would hit about me rather reck,
lessly. | have no doubt Matilda did
get it sometimes. When there has been
that kind of thing. forgive and FORCES
is TIC best thing You can do
q suppose So"
"And then a. the Fields there isn't
the same sort of prudiSh lie which M
is accustomed to il England Here IT
London a maE is nowhere If he takes
his W.T.. back. Nobody knows her, be-
cause there are plenty TO know of an
othcs ~t. Bnt there things are not
quite 50 ..ri-t. Oh Course she oughtn',