The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-25

but "a To her.
Then Ahaklng 81 all inns and mar
malades. for which he did NOT care a
straw. and which he only ate TO oblige
her. was q comfort to hef. She could
manage occasionally to lte kept out OF
her bed over some boiling till one
o'clock; and then-the making. Of butter
in the summer would desuand that she
should De up At three. Thus she was
enabled to consider that her normal
hours Of work were twenty out of the
twenty-four. She did not begrudgc
them in the least. thinking that they
we're all due to Mr.. Whittlestaf. Now
Mr.. Whittlestaff wanted . wife. and. OF
course. he ought to have her. But she
could not be expected to remain and
behold Mary Lawrie's triumph and
Mary Lawrie's power. That was out
| Of the question; and, az she was thus
| driven II Of the house, she was en-
| titled to show q little of her ill-humor
to til. proud bride. She must go to
| Portsmouth - which she knew was
tantamount to a living death. She
hated only one person in all the world.
and In. as she knew well. wa living 1t
Portsmouth. There were to her only
two places in the world in which any
BODY could live-Croker's Hall and
P~ortsrnouth. Cookers Hall was on the
whole tie proper region set apart for
the habhation of the blest. Potts
mouth us the other place-and thither
she mts1 go. To remain. even ip
Heayena as housekeeper to . young
woman. WAS not TO be thought OF. II
was wrioen in the book of fate that
she must 60; but not on that accosant
need sb( even pretend to keep Der
"Whats all this that you have becn
saving to Miss Lawrie?" began Nj.
Whittlestsf. with all the dignity of
anger.
"What have 1 been saying of to Mss
Mary"
II am not at all we'll pleased with
you"
II haven't said a word again you.
sir, nor not Iagain nothing as you are
likely to do.f =.
Miss Lasie is TO become my wife"
$50 l hears her say"
"You have taught her to think thai
she should not do rs We have proposed
because of your wishes"
IL never said no hing Of the kind-ss
help me. That should put myself 10
again you, sir. Oh, no! / knows mS
place better than that. l w0uldnSt
stand in the way Of anything as was fOs
YOUR good--or even of what you though
was good not 20 be made ~hOusekceper
to- Well. it don't matter where.
} couldn't change for the better, nor
wages wouldn't tempt me-"
: "What was it you said about going
away?" Here Mr.. Baggett shook he,
! head. "YOu told Miss Lawrie that you
} thought il was a shame that you should
r have to leave because of her."
IL never said a word of the kind, Mr..
r Whittlestaff; nor vet. sir, l don't thh
? as Miss Lawrie ever said so. FmSey.
: ging YOUR pardon for cOntradicting You.
t and we'll | ought. But anything is bet
ter than making iil-bloOd between low
l ers." Mr.. Whiltlestaff WINGED at being
I called a lover, but allowed the word to
! pass by: 81 meyer said nothing about
q shame.'
..What did YOU say?'
81 said rs how | must leave you
. nothing but that. 1t amt a matter o.
the slightest consequence to you. sir
"RuDbish.."
? Every well, sir. / mustn't demear
me to say rs anything | had sad WASH
rubbish when you said As it was. Blu
for ell that, I've got to co."
r Nonsense
..Yes, in course"
9 "VVhy have you got TO go?'
Because of my feelings. sir"
u Il never heard such trash"
Il That true, no doubt, sir. Bu
still, if You'll think of it. old wOmeI
does have feelings. Not As a young one
$ but still they're there"
e who's going to hurt your feel
! ings?"
I'm this house, sir, for the last fiji
I teen years I've been t~op-sawyer OF tn
l female gender"
: Then I'm not to marry ut all?"
"YOu've gone on and YOU haven't
that's all. / amt a-finding no fault
S But YOU haven't-and I'm the sufferer.
Y Here Mrs. Baggett tegan to wipe he
l eyes with a clean handkerchief. whic
she surely must have brought into tn
: room for the purpose. IF you ha
5 taken some beautiful young lady"
t II have taken a beautiful youn'
lady," said Mr.. Whittlestafl, becomin;
{ more angry than ever.
t ..You won't listen to me-. sir, and thel
r YOU boil over like that. No doubt Mis-
Q Mary is as beautiful AS the best on 'em
knew how it would be wien she cam
4 .raono us with her streaky brown
cheeks. 'ou'd make an anchor wish tt
L;ss 'em." Here Mr., Whittlestatf be
g came ~appeased. and made up his mine
that he would tell Mary about the an
l. Choir rs soon as things were smooth be
tween them. 'But if it had beer some
# beautfu full young lady ont Of anotheI
l. house, one of them from the Park. fol
d instance, who hadn't been here amos
: under nv own thumb. ! shouldn't W
minded it."
r The long and the short of it is, Mrs
'f Baggett, that I'm going to be married"
IS 81 suppose you are. sir"
is "And. As it happens, the lady l hav'
e selected happens to have been your mis-
d tress for the last two years.
..She won't be my missus no more
said Mrs. Baggett, with an air o. nxe'
Z determination.
..Of course you can do as You hk
about that. / can't compel any one I
live in this house against her viii; o.
9 l would compel you if l knew how. =
J, YOUR own tenetit."
t There amt no compelling"
..What other place have you got yd
!! can 90 to? can't 1t PoSSiol
Won should live in any other family.
t Not in no family. Wages wouldn
n ,om,, mo Rut there's them rs su;