Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-02

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without trace Of sternness or Dis
pleasure. which followed. He did not
speak: be seemed 10 be lost in refec-
ton, till At last. looking up 10 Mabelle,
after what appeared to her week
OF Agitated notion. she found his eyes
as calm, rs steady, as serene as those of
a child.
"Are you angry?" she murmured,
timidly touching his arm. Il did MT
mean to say thar; but, oh! | have
never forgotten It, and now 1 believe
you haze"
Philip arrested the hand, and held IL
In his own as be said:
''Do you think me so vindictive, Ma
belle9"'
"You have been so dreadtuIly in
| jurei" she said.
You really believe me so vindic-
tive, he repeated and though he was
amused he found he could no, smile.
II remember you suffered dreadful " at
that time. You were punished Tor n
sin which you could not have commit
ted II your life hid depended upon il.
You were i'll. and before it all came out
You had endured fortunes. / remember!
Grace wrote me about IL at the time,
but at The time. instead Of plying you,
/ was. am afraid. hardening my heart,
and cursing your sister"
A little quick sob broke from Mabelle
rs she tr ed 10 draw her hand away, but
could not, and Philip went on:
"And IL is you who su.Ier still. You
are SO constituted. suppose. All the
consc entiOusneSs Of your family was
bestowed upon YOU. and you have too
4 much OF il, aud others have too little.
| And YOU imagine me nursing anger in
| my heart against you; cberishing envy.
hatred and malice all these years.
must say you have rs nearly "a posi-
bic succeeded in offending me. II
shows me that I must have behaved
abOminably in my first moments Of dis
nlusioEism for you 10 have thought thus
OF me-
| OF course. by this time Mabelle was
dissolved In tears, with DIR. johnson by
her side IN an attitude of profound
melancholy, his head and ears droop ny
with dOlOrOus curve. She managed
To say. however:
''And Won mean that Won have quite.
quite got ovcr-forgiven, l mean that
-"
"Inever loved your sister for one mo-
ment. after found she had lied to me-"
he said. in voice whose hardness dried
Mabclle's tears like magic. ION the
contrary. hated her with an unreason-
ing. cOntemptuous hatred a bad feel
ing for, after all, she was male so.
| What enraged me was that I could not.
with nv love for her. shake of its ef-
e. T. upon nv mind and chara ter.
Il That ~ fu,,... 1fI.1n - 4.
had made me so {, Suppose, and her
deceit made me hard; and hard and
rough shall remain all nv life in conse-
| quence. No doubt YOU know. Miss
Fair AK, that there is said to be tide
in the affairs o. men and there is also,
| generally speaking. a time when the
stuff OF which man is made hardens
into shape, and no after-eyents can do
more than somewhat mod ~ the cor
ners and outlines of that shape. Moth
ing short Of smashing him To pie es-
making an end of him--can 90 more
When your sister tilted me forgive the
word | am apt To speak rather too
plainly for the ears of young lad .es, 1
know ----'
"But not for those of women who re-
spect the trIth,' interpOsed Mabelle,
de isively. though in n >mOthered vo. ce.
." No; that is well said. You are
like Grace, | see. and prefer straight
forward expressions. Well, when Your
sister Tilted me, the stuf | was made
of took very rou n. married sort of
shape; IL got twist, and nothing can
ever make 1t straight again, or turn me
into an agreeable, or gentle. amiable
character. But it d d not make me an
utter brute, ~ you seem TO think. IT
did not deprive me of the rover to dis
tnguish between your sister. to whom
Truth was stranger, and you, to
whom she was the dearest friend--"
ID (, If you could ever forgive mel
! II have thought too much Of il. 1t
was all the world to mel hated il so
what size d; and | fancied it was
all the world to you, too"
Wen, you owe me some little repa-
ration, don't YOU think, for having
fancied such things OF meP"
4" Indeed. 1 do; and anything-any
single thing YOU can name"
Then stay here until Grace sets you
free to 60 home. and let me endeayor
to show myself to YOU in a more favor
able light than hitherto"
Z" Very well. l must appear very
foolish TO you. and-oh, my letter TO
Apgelai 1t will have gone"
1T has gone just rs Iar as my coat
pocket" he answered, producing it,
and Mabelle made n snatch a il.
mo, non said Philip. "Suppcse we
tear II up and scatter it to the ocean
wave. I'll do il. aud you sit still"
Mabelle and DIR. johnson watched
him tear the letter into tiny fragments
and scatter them in n little shower over
the cliff ..
$50 Is dispersed the absurd idea of
your going away from Red Lees vet. A"
said re, cOmposedly. while she sat with
her hands folded before her. not feeling
equal to opening conversation, till
Philip said
''And how is she-Angela, mean
your sister. Mrs. Fordyce?"
''Sne IS very well, thank you"
"And hapiyP"
mot exac'ly."
"MiserableP"
"Oh, no!'' 20
What NJ odd state of mind. And
you live with her?'
Yes"
"Do you Like itP'
mo"
"Why?'
"Our-l don't think our tastes
agree
You quarrel, perhaps?"
"No, never"
"Iou each go on your own way, and
never speak to each otherP'' ..
Not at all. We see q great deal of
each other. We get on somehow"
And go out n great deal. I suppose.
and have a lot of visiting? They saw
chat Is wonderful help wheL one i
dull at home g., ~
But we don't 90 out much. Mr..
Fordyce does not like il. We are very.
very quiet"
Then. perhaps. you are rather
"Dreadfully dull"
..rou must be. And you find it less
dull here. do voupn