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

Young womxA has often to change kea
mind as to whom size loves, before sh<
can settle down as one mans wife Of
another's."
..You do not dare to be truo. Han
rough with you, it is for your sake a;
well as my own. We are young, and
as was natural, we learned to love each
other. Then You came here and were
&lone in the world, and / was gone
Though there had been no word Of
marriage between Us, / had hoped thai
] might be remembered in my absence
Perhaps you did remember me. 1 car
not think that was ever absent from
! your heart; but I was away, and you
could not know how loyal 1 was to my
thoughts of you. ! am not blaming
you, Mary. can well understand thai
! you were eating his bread and drinking
/ his cup, and that it appeared to you
1 that everything was due to him YOU
could not have gone on eating his bread
unless you had surrendered yourself V
his wishes. You must have gone. and
have had no home to which to go. 4
is all true. But the pity of it, Mary
the pity of iti''
HE has done the best he could BY
me-"
..Perhaps so: but if done from tia;
reason. the surrender will be thu
easier"
.No, no, no; I know more Of hin
than you do. No such surrender wiz
come easy to him He has set hi,
heart upon this thing. and so far as
am concerned he shall have IT.
''You will so to him <ith lie in
your MOUTH"
Il do not know. can not say wha.
the words may be. If there be lie,
viii tell it"
Then you do love me still?'
"You may cheat me out Of my
thoughts, but it will do no good
Whether lie or tell the truth, will d.
my duty by him. There will be no ly
ing. To the best of my ability l vii
love him, and him only. All my car,
shall be for him. have resolved, :nd
I will force myself to love him. Anhil
qualities are good. There is not 6
thought in his mind of which he neeG
be ashamed"
Not when he will use his power t.
take you out of my arms"
..No, sir; for am not your property
/ You speak of dealing with me, a!
though must belong to you if 1 die
not belong to him. 1t is not so.''
''Oh, Nary"
1T is not so. What might be vii
not say-or what might have been.
was Yesterday free woman. and my
! thoughts were nv own. To-day l an
! bound to him, and whether it be fol
/ Joy or sorrow. l will be true to him
Now, Mr.. Gordon, will leave you"
s.Half moment" he said, standing
between her and the door. 1T can moi
| be that this should be the end of all be
tween us. shall go to him and tel
him what believe to be the truth"
II can not hinder you; but l shall tel
/ him what you say is false"
..You know it to be true"
Il shall tell him that it is false"
''Can you bring yourself to utter liz
such as that9"
II can bring myself to say whatever
may be best for him, and most con-
! ducive to his wishes" But as she said
this, she was aware that she had told
! Mr.. Whittlestatf only this morning
that she had given her heart to John
Gordon. and that she would be unable
to keep her thoughts from him Sha
I had implored him to leave her to her
[ self, so that the memory of her love
might be spared. Then, when thi.
young man had been still absent, WEI
/ there was no dream of his appearing
I again before her, when the conSe Juence
would be that she must 90 forth anC
earn her own bitter bread alone-a.
that moment she knew that she had
been true to the memory OF the man
/ What had occurred since to alter hel
purpose so violently? Was it the pres
ence of the man she did love. and the
maidenly instincts which forbade hel
to declare her passion in his presence?
, Or was it simply the conviction thai
her promise to Mr.. Whittlestaff had
been twice repeated, and could moi
now admit of being withdrawn? But
in spite of her aSseverations, there
must have been present to her mind
some feeling that If Mr.. Whittlestas
would yield to the prayer OF joan
Gordon, all the gulf would be bridged
over which yawned between herself
and perfect happiness Kimberley
| Yes. indeed; or anywhere else in the
wide world. As he left the room, she
did now tell herself that in spite of al
that she had said she could accompany
him anywhere with perfect bliss. How
well had he spoken for himself ana
| for his love. How like man he had
! looked, when he asked her that ques.
i ton: .'Will you dare to tell me thai
YOU do not love me?" She had moi
dared; even though at the moment she
had longed to leave upon him the inn
! preston that it was so. She had told
/ him that she weuld lie to Mr.. White.
staf-lie on Mr.. Whittlestaf S own be
half But such lie as this she could
not tell to John Gordon. He had hearc
/ it in her voice and seen it in her face,
She knew it well, and was aware thai
{ it must be 50.
The pity of it, she, too, said to her
self; ..the pity of it," If he hsd but
come day sooner-before Mr.. White
staff had spoken out his m.nd-no love,
/ tale would ever have run smoother. In
I that case she would have accepted John
/ Gordon without moments considers
ton. When he should have told hel
OF his distant home. of the roughness Of
his life, of the changes and chances to
which his career must be subject she
would have assured him. with her heart
: full of Joy, that she would accept It al
and think her lot so happy as to admit
of no complaint Mr.. Whittlestaf
! would then have known the condition
of her heart before he had himself
spoken a word. And as the trouble
would ALWAYS have been in his OWL