The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-24

made yourself. as it were, > father TO
her
IL had no. made myself her father.
nor yet her mother. | had loved her.
as you profess 10 do"
My profession is at ANY rate true
Il dare say. You NAV or you
maynt; ] 1t any rate know nothing
about it,
why otherwise should I have come
home and left my business in South
Africa? i think you may take il fox
granted that ] love her
81 don't care twopence whether you
10 or don't. said Mr.. .WhittlestatI.
1t $ nothing 10 me whom YOU love /
should have been inclined 10 say n first
sight that a man cropping in the dirt for
diamonds wouldn't love any one. And
even if you did. though you might break
your heart and die. il would be nothing
To ne. Had YOU done so. | should not
have heard Of you, o should / have
wished 10 hear Of YOU"
There was an lncivility in al this Of
which John Gordon felt that he was
Obliged TO take some notice. There
was q want VI courtesy in the mans
manner rather than his words. which
he could not quite pass by, although he
was most anxious to do 80. II dare say
not said he: but here | am. and here
also IL Miss Lawrie. / had said whist /
had 10 say down AT Alrcsford. and OF
course il is for YOU now TO decide what
is 10 be done. / have never supposed
that YOU would care personally for me.
'tYou needn't he SO concelted o
yourself"
Il don't know that ] am said Cor
don. except that a man can not but be
a little conceited who has VOL the love
Of Mary Lawric.'
You think itimpossible that ! should
have done So
AT any rate | dii il before YOU had
seen her. Though | may be conceded.
j am not more cOnccltcd Tor myself
than vou are for yourself. Had ] not
known her. you would probably have
engaged her affections. l had known
her. and YOU are aware al the result.
But it is for YOU - decide. Miss
Lawrie thinks that she owes YOU 4 debt
which she IS bound TO pay if you exact
it"
Exact it"' exclaimed Mr.. White
staff. There is no question OF exact
ing,' John Gordon shrugged his
shoulders. Il say there Is no question
of ~cxaciing. The words should not
have been used. She has nv full per
mission to choose A. she mas think fit,
and she knows that she has il. What
right rave YOU 10 speak TO me Of exact
ing?'
Mr.. Whittlestaf had now talked HIM
self into such a passion, and was a.
parently so angry at the word which his
companion had used. that John Gordon
began to doubt whether he did in truth
know the purpose for which the man
had come to London. Could L be that
he had made the Journey merely with
the object of asserting that he had the
power OF making the girl his wife, and
of proving his power by marrying her?
What is that YOU wish, MIR. white
statf?' he asked.
Wish, What business have you to
ask after my wishes. But you know
what nv Wishes are very well. l will
not pretend 10 keep them in the dark.
She came TO NV house, and l soon
learned To desire that she should be my
wife. II | know what love is, | do love
her still. She Is all the world to me. |
have no diamonds TO care for; l have no
rich mines t~osoccupy my heart; | am
not eager IN the pursuit Of wealth. |
have lived a melancholy, lonely lie til
this young woman had come to my
table-till / had felt her sweet hand
upon mine--till she had lowered around
me, covering everything with bright
sunshine. Then | asked her to be my
wife, and she told me of YOU
'.She told You of me-
Yes; that she would think Of you
always. But she did not say that she
would always love you. And in the
same breath she promised to be my
wife. | was contentcd-and yet not
quite contenteG. Why should she think
of YOU always? But l believed that it
would not be so. l thought that if l
were good 10 her | should overcome
her. 1 knew that | should be better to
her than you would be-
why should | not he good to her:?"
"There i an Old SAYING OF a Young
mans slave and an old mans darling.
She would ct any rate have been my
darling. Ii might lie that she would
have beer your slave"
My icllow-workman in all things"
"lou think 5 o now; but the mar al
ways becomes the master. If you
CroVc,cd in the earth Tor diamonds. she
would have 10 look for them among the
mud and slime
Il have never dreamed of taking her
10 the diamond fields"
1T would have been so in all other
pursuits
'She would have had none that she
had not chosen" said John Gordon.
How an | to know that? How am
| TO rest assured that the world would
be smootl TO her il she were your Great
ure? l am o assured-I do not
know
WHO can tell, as YOU say? Can l
promise her n sue eSSion of rows if she
be my wife? She is not one who will he
likely 10 look for such a lie rs that.
She VIII know that she must take the
rough and smooth together"
There would have been no rough
with me-" said Mr.. Whittlestaff.
Il do not believe in such a life." said
John Gordon. "A woman should not
wear a stuff gown always: but the silk
finecy and The stuff gown should follow
each other. To my taste. the more
there may he Of the stuff gown and the
less of the tinery. the more it viii be TO
my wishes
Il am not speaking of her gown. II
is not Of such things rs those that | am
thinking Here Mr.. WhittleStafT got
up from the bench. and began walking
rapidly backward and forward under
the imperfect shade on the path. You
VIII beat hcr."
Il think not"
Beat her in The spirit. You viii