The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-08-22

regard to Mary, Mrs. Baggett ap-
peate.i before him with her bonnet on
her head What are you going to do,
YOU stupid woman?"
Il am a-going with he" she said. in
the midst of n torrent of sobs and tears
Its dooty. They says if You does
your dooty all will come right in the
end. 1t NAV be, but | don't see il no
further than taking him back to Ports
mouth.
..What on earth are you going to
Portsmouth for. Low? And why? why
now? He's not more drunk than he
has been before, nor yet less abom-
Unable. Let the police lock him up for
the night, and send him back to Ports
mouth IN the morning. Why should
YOU want to 60 with him now?"
because you're going to take q
missus," said Mrs. Baggett, still sob
| hing.
its more than know, or yoa know;
| or any one knows" and Mr.. Wbittle
staff spoke as though he had nearly
reduced himself to his houSekeeper's
position. %
Not marry herr she exclaimed.
Il can not say. If you will let me-
alone to manage my own affairs, it will
| be best
That man has been here interfering.
You don't mean to say that you're GO
ing to be put upon by such n savage as
that, as has Just come home from South
Africa. diamonds. indeed! I'd dia-
mond him, don't believe, not in a
single diamond. They're all rubbish
and paste. II you're going to give her
+, up to that fellow you re not the gentle
man take You tor."
"But If don't marry you won't have
to CO. he said. unable TO refrain from
so self-evident an argument.
Me going, What's. me going?
What me or that drunken old repro-
bate out there TO the likes of you? I'd
stay. only If it was to see that Mr.. John
Gordon isn't let to put his foot here in
this house: and then I'd go. John Cor
con, indeed To come up between you
| aud her, when you had settled Your
mind and she had settled hern! If she
favors John Gordon FL tear her best
frock of her back ~.
..How dare you speak in that way Of
the lady who is to be your mistressp'
I one dtfl W Uc Ii1 uliStACSS. L WIN
have no mistress When her time is
come l shall be in the poor-house at
Portsmouth, because | shan't be able
to earn penny to buy gin for HIM"
As she said this Mrs. baggert sobbed
| bitterly. - -
You're enough to drive man mad
1 don't know what it is you want, or
YOU don't want"
Il wishes to see Miss Lawrie do her
dooty. and become your wife, "a lady
should do You wishes it, and she ought
to wish it. too. Drat her! IL she is GO
| ing back from her word"
..She is not going back from her
word. Nothing is more excellent, notn-
ing more true, nothing more trust.
worthy. than Miss Lawrie. You shoufd
not allow yourself to speak of her in
such language"
1T is you. then. as is going back7'
Il do not know. To tell the truth,
Mrs Bagget,, do not know"
Then let me tell you, sir. I'm an
old woman whom you've known all
your life pretty nigh, and you can trust
me. Don't give up to none OF 'em.
| You've got her word. and keep her to
| it. What's the good o. your fine feel
/ ines if YOU re to break your heart You
mean wen by her. and will make her
happy. Can You say as much for him?
When them diamonds is gone, what's
to come next? | amt no trust in d:a-
monds, no. TO live out of, but only in
the funds. which is regular. wousdn''
let her see Joan Gordon again never,
ill she was Mrs. NhNtlesssf. After
that she'll never 60 aStray, nor yet won't
her thoughts
..God bless youi Mrs. Baggett, he
said.
shes one of them when she's your
own she'll remain your own all out
She'll stand the washing. I'm an ole
woman, and knows 'em-''
And yet you can not live With such
lady aS herr"
NO, if she was one of them namby
pambys as'd let al old woman keep hel
old pace. it might do
s.,he shall love you always for wha'
you said Just now"
Love mel don't doubt her loving
me. She'll love me because she is low
ing-not that / am lovable. Shell
want to do most everything about tn,
house. and [ shall want the same; anc
her wants are To stand uppermoSt-tha
is, if she is to be Mrs. Whittlestaff."
: Il do not know; have TO thinE
about il" .
Don't think about it no more; bu
lust 90 in and do it. Don't have NJ
more words with him nor Vet with her
nor vet with Yourself Let it come oil
just as though it were fixed by fate
It's in your own hands now, sir, ans
don't you be thinking of being too good
natured; there amt no good come
from it. A man may maunder ava,
: his mind in softnesses till he amt wortl
nothing, and don't do no good to NJ
one. You can give her breaa to eat
: and clothes to wear, and can make he
respectable before all men and women
What has he to say? Only that he i
, twenty years younger than you. Love
: Rot i'll suppose you Il come in jus
: now, sir. and see my boxes when thes'r
= ready to start" So saying, she turne'
round sharply and left him
In spite of the excellent advice whicl
Mr.. Whittlestaf had received from hi
housekeeper, bidding him not have an,
l more words, even with himself. on tn
matter, he could but think of all tn
arguments which John Gordon hal
4 used to him According to Mrs. Bag
e gett, he ought to cortent himself wit
: knowing that he could find food an
l raanlent and shelter for his intends
, wife, and in feeling that he had he
: promise aud her assurance that tina
r promise should be respected. Their