The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
THE NEIGHBORHOOD FAILURE.
CHAPTER I

81 am plain woman, Mr.. Forester
very plain woman"
Eyes, madam, you are very plain
still for woman OF your age, | thin
that you appear well enough"
81 didn't mean that" she said will
jerk of her head, accompanied by
sharp noise that sounded like a snap
-'lf you think that | am so. i'll looking
you needn't come where am. Yes,
am plain woman, and | think that il
is best to be frank with you. Frank
ness is one of the virtues that should
receive special cultivation, and 1 have
cultivated it. l do not approve OF
your attentions to Caroline. You are
a kind-hearted and generous man, per-
haps, but-but-I dislike to say it
but your habits are bad"
"HowP"
well, you gamble"
$50 do you"
"What! you impudent man; I never
grambled in my life."
you are gambling now"
"Whati"
eyes, gambling now. Specializing
on my lack of morality"
I'LL. OilOotCl, III opltt VI Myself,
you keep me in a good humor, but
good humor is one thing and judgment
is another"
THAT'S fact, Mrs. Andrews, and 1
have noticed that persons of best hu-
NOR are frequently people of poorest
judgement. l can commend you for
the former, but of the latter, l fear
you are somewhat short. 1t is true
that bet on an occasional horse race.
but hope you do not think that I'd
put up my wife on the bob-tail horse
against anything put up on the bay. 1
have won about as much money as
have lost, and taking the amusement
as profits. my net gains have been
quite large"
THAT'S all very well, Mr.. Forester,
but i cannot tolerate gambling"
''Let me see. Madam, / once heard
of widowed lady who dabbled some
what in cotton futures. The market
went against her, and-well, she was
slightly frost-bitten.'
'Whe told you that?"
''Never mind. This lady, according
to her own confession. is very Plain.
but it seemed that the sharpers |
found her to be decidedly attractive"
"You ought to be ashamed of YOUR
self to stand up there and talk to me
that way"
"Well, I'll sit down"
mo, you needn't. 1 do not wish to
give you any evidence of my approval.
You may make this visit as short as YOU
please. You cannot make it too short
to suit me-. !"
"Now. of all gambling" said the
young man, seating himself, "basing
hopes on cotton futures is the most
hazardous. My father lost his head
that way"
Don't taunt me. l was advised to
invest few hundred dollars. lost,
but Learned lesson"
"fes, never to put your money on
the red when you should have put it on
the black. That's all very well, but
suppose you had won? Don't you think
that you would have risked few more
dollarsP"
mo, don't, for saw the evil
AFTER you had lost; but that has
nothing to do with Caroline. | love
that girl, hanged if don't. She is not
beautiful-taking somewhat after her ,
mother, but she is attractive-tak ,
ing somewhat after her father.
love her very devotedly; yes, more
50 than l can ever love any one else. !
think that can make good wife !
Of her."
you good for nothing, audacious !
rascal, you ought to be ashamed of ,
yourself to sit there and talk that :
way"
"l'll stand up, then"
I'D rather see you walk" {
(which I'll have to do if swap
horses many more times. Now. i
Mrs. Andrews, any one can speak
lightly of marriage Caroline loves
ne.
''She does not.'
"She is truthful girl, Mrs. An '
irews. You may not have discovered
his, but it is a fact. Where is the b
lamsel?" r
"None of your business"
III course not, but where is she? G
tut chasing the tawdry butterfly or n
ngaged IN the exciting ride of a stick
orse?" =,
''You are fool"
''You compliment me. Oh. crested :,
rs Andrews, in perilous night, whose "
'nners arise on the battlements
'ight-" Sc
tom Forester, you are crazy9" C,
''Can see the damselp"
"When in sight, yes" ec
f'Oh, crested"
Mrs. Andrews rushed from the
ON. The young man sauntered m
lily away. Stepping for moment,
leaned on the gate, then with low
IN, as though he were too lazy to
9, he crossed the road, climbed dl