The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-31

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himself with any prospect Of meeting
friends who would know anything Of
bis ways Of life he did go down on the
following daY. One consc ,ucnce Of
this vas that Mary had received from
her lover the letter which he had writ
ten almost rs soon "a he had recciTcd
Mr.. WhittlestaTs permission 10 write.
The letter vas a. follows:
DEAR AAgr-I do not know whether you
are SURPRISED by what Mr.. Wh!ttlestad has
done: btt ! arn-so much 30 that ! hardly
Know how To wDtcfo you on the matter. II you
viii fbinS or u. l have never written TO you.
and have never b en- In n position IN wnicA
writing seemed 10 he pos-io G. Nor DO /
know n. yet whether you are aware OF 'he
business which has brought Mr.. whIttlcstaH
70 town.
II suppose I am 70 take IL for granted tina,
al he tells ia. II true: though when ] think
what IL - that ] have 10 accept aud that on
the word OF u man woo &. no; your father.
hnc vino IL a perfect stranger 10 nc-i; docs
seem ~ though ] were assarniny a great deal.
And yet IL IL no IN IRE than ! asked him TO DO
Tor me when ! sa~ him NJ his own house
II had no time then 10 ask for vour permits
sion: nor. had ASKED for u would you have
granted IL " me. You had ri-dyed yourself.
and won i not have broken your pledge. If
! asked for your hand at al. IL VA. from him
THAI ! had Ia ask. How viii IL be- WITH nc
IL you shall refuse to come To me AT his bid
ding
II Fave never told you that ! lov-i you.
nor have you expressed your willingness -
rvcci. e my love. Dear Mary. how IN ! u be.
No douut ! do count upon you in my very
heart as being my own. After tnis week of
troubles 10 seems - though ! can look hack
upon a former time In wGtcn you AMI ] had
tn ked to another rs though We had teen .oy-
crs. May ! not think tuht II was sot May
IL not tc soS May | not call you my Mary
And. indeed. between man and man. as |
wou d say. only that you are not a man. have
] not "a right to assume that IL II 80 told
him that IL was so down n trOkcrs Hall. and
he did not contradict me. And now he has
been the most indiscrcet OF men, AMI ba. al
lowed all your secrets To escape from his
breast. He has TOD me that you love me, and
has babe med as seems good To me IN speak
Ing 10 you of ms love
But, Mary, why should there be any mock
modesty or prctcnS: between u-. When u
man and woman mean to Ice htne husbani
and vi q they shOu q at any ra'c De earnest IN
their profession. ! am sure OF my love for
you. and OF my earnest longing To make you
my wife. Tell me ami nor right in counting
upon YOU for wishing the same thing:
What shall say iu wrffinS TO You OF Mr..
Whittic-taf! But he cpntriVc- To do 50 IN
such a way that I can take IL only as the cK-
p'c ssiOb Of HIS regret ihatl should tie found
TO tie standing Ia bis way. HAs devotion to
you i the most beautiful expression of self
apnega'iOn that ! have ever mot. lie tells
me that nothing il done Tor me; but II - oniv
that J may understand how much more l.
: done for you. Next Ia me-ycs. Mary. newt
TO myself he should Toe the dearest I'D rou OF
human beings ! In jealous AREA ~, almost
Jealous OF his goodness. WoIli that ! could
loo forward - n lie in which l would be re-
gard "a "a his fricuI
"irt me have "a Inc from you 10 say TINT IL
IL IA | would wish IL, and name Il lay IN which
! may come to visit you. ] shall now r. .nain
in LOudJ n only u obey your telrsis. As Tor
NV future L. q. ! can settle nothing I'LL ] can
Il scu-s II with You. a. IL viii be your lie also.
/ Tod b ess YOU. INV own one.
Yours aI~ cclgonately,
"JoHSG ORDOS.
I'VE are not to return To the dianond
feds. ! have .sed Sir. Whittlcstaf that
it shall be So
Mary, when she received this letter,
retired into her own room TO read il.
For, indeed. her life in pubiic-h her life.
that is. to which Mrs. Baggert has ac-
cess-had been i'm some degree dis
turbed since the departure of the mas.
ter IF the house. Mrs. Baggett GER
tainlv proved herself to be n most un-
reasonable old woman. She praised
Mary Lawrie up to the sky IS being the
only woman fitted to be her master 5
wife. at the same time abusing Mary
for driving her out of the house were
the marriage to take place: and then
abusing her also a Mr.. White
stat had gone To town TO look up an
other lover on Mary's benalf. 1t ism
my fault; | did not send him. said
Mary.
You could make his going Of no &C,
count. You needn't have the young
man when he comes back. He has
come here, disturbing Us all with hi,
diamonds, in a most Objectionable
manner"
..You would be able to remain here,
and not have TO 90 away with that
dreadfully drunken old lar Thi.
Mary had said because there had beer
rather / violent scene with the u
legged hero in the stable.
What that to do with it, Bagget
amt the worst man in the world by any
means. Ii he WAS a little cross las,
night. he amt % always. You'd b,
cross yourself, miss, if you didn't ge
straw enough under you to take off thu
hardness OF the stones"
but you would go and live will
him.
Amt he my husband? Why
shouldn't a oma live with her hus
band? And what does it matter where
/ live, or how. You amt goin. Il
marry John Gordon, l know. to say,
me from Timothy Baggctt." Then Tho
letter had come-the letter from MARY:
lover, and Mary retired to her owl
room to read it. The letter she though
was r~erfect, but not so perfect rs wa
Mr.. Whittlestatf. When she had reac
the letter. although she had pressed il
TO her bosom and kissed it a score O
times. although she had declared tina
it was the letter of one who was iron
head TO foot a man, still there wa,
room for that jealousy of which Johr
Gordon had spoken. When Mary hat
said to herself tina. he was OF all human
beings surely the best, i: was to Mr.
Whittlestaff and lot to John Gordon
that she made allusion.