The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-01-01
moor ,r,, s1istle; Mabel, and these speo-
ple ase determined to get me married.
Ia batter break my bond before it's too

Ihereupon, you.were his heir at-law.
A few DAYS since,s however We made,
what to you must prove apainful dlseov-$
ery-yiz., the certificate OF his marriage
and haif-drawn.up will, in which he
bequeathadan he possessed TO- hig u uIL,,s
acknowledged wife, or her children,
should she have any. After dilligent
inquiries we have; discovered that the:
late Mrs: Creighton died in giving birth
to q child, but the child is still living.
SO, my dear Mr.. Creighton, with deep
sorrow, I must inform you that you
are" s.. :. W.
!"Pennilessl" finished Con, gloomily,
but with deliberation. y. 3,53
"Not quite, Mr.. Creighton. Your Ia Ell
Their left you 92 1000, which is some-
thing, though considerably less than
e1O0, 900. Your cousin arrived to-day,
I believe 5fsf I. i{f5.5 {: e; ]
Poor Conl He didn't care very much
if she never arrived but he managed
to get into the street without Disgrace
fully showing his feelings, and then,
by way Of keeping up the illusion tried
to whistle. +. "a 81 e
But the effort was miserable failure,
for, after all, it's no joke to find one
self suddenly precipitated from the pin-a
nacleR Of MILL alreship. r II
B "4Weli. after al, there's one comforts
he said. returning to his soliloquy;
Emily Cummings won't want me now,
80 I fancy I'll give her warning. Mabel
will take me. rich or poor, and I hope
I'm not such a miserable coward as to
shirk the labor of q man. s.. Il.
His meditationss brought him up in
front of the Cummings residence.
Five minutes. after; he was sitting in
the daintiest Of boudoirs, Emily before
him in the mist recherche Of French
morning robes, fragrant with the sub
TEST of French perfumes. 5ss5:5
"You look dreadfully tired, Con.
Have you been walking very far?" she
asked, q sweet sympathy percepti-
BILE in her voice, and q tender anxiety,
in her luminous ewes. S553 "a
Not particularly far. but I have had
bad news; and, as general thing, that
is more harassing than the mere effort
of walking" 81. Z. & I: .s
Con had q. way 81 plunging right in.
to difficulties, and now he wanted to be
over with it. IN q
Why, what news have you had 2.
Nothing very serious; / hope.
OH not at ALL Only that I've lost
every penny of the fortune my uncle
left me r. Z. e s.. l,3ss Ia
He now noticed with great satisfao-
ton that her fair face grew very white,
and that she instantly put on an inde-
scribably expression Of withdrawal,
n Lost, eha Oh, no! How?n 81
Il "Oh, in Q romantic way Of course.
II seems that my supposed bachelor un-
ole was in reality Q Benedict, but as his
marriage was q secret one, and the girl
was not Of his own social status, nobody
knew anything about It, SO he told her
the ceremony was false, and left her.
She died heartbrok ken, but left an heir
Tor heiress, i don't know which. This
child takes the silver spoon ont Of my nj,
smanth, and I, as you see, lose, ye1O0. O0o
and am ruined. Plain and lucid 4 sisn,i
it?
But Emily didn't answer; she was
grleYing over her fallen castles, musinp
over her unpaid bills, and wonde rine
whether 4 her father could stand this
last stroke of misfortune.
Of course, Emily il came to you at
once to relense YOU, il you wished, from
isour engagement. Reared as YOU have
been, 4 could not expect you to marry d
poor man; and, indeed, ] fear that, in
my, changed circumstances 4 would be
no fit husband for yon. 4 Il SRI s1ss.
Then Emily Cummings showed that,
girl that she was, she was equal to the
occasion. 5, NJ; 81
Standing fully before him, where the
Light fell directly on. the beautiful.
naughty face and slender, graceful 10.
Iqre, she assisted him ont Of his difficnl.
tty with an ease and grace that was al
N ost superb. n
can readily perceive, MI. Creigh-
ton that IL is yonr wish that our en.
gagement should end, and kno wing tlia,
y should be the last one to oppose j 'your
inclnations. As regards your loss i
lsympathize with You sincerely. Int i
cannot fail to rejoice that it happened
before Y awoke to the fate Of Al Il nm n.
loved wife y -,
She paused for breath: and tha,,S 1 4
t Con stood in shameful and Il must ia
con essed, aslig htly Disguised silence,
~ she went q. 8 And now, Mr.. Graeigh.
ton, rather than prolong our unpleas.
ant teryiew. had we better not ~
good by Is Cd, III ss'
$50, for the last time, Con went 4 dow,
the marble stairs, saving 10 Shimsalf
Atany rate, II still have two thonaand
land Mabel. s..
~ He walked along the streets. feaI;na
his Spirits considerably HOTTER i, ~
troubled conscience comparatively a
rest but just as he rea6hed histmothsr'I
residence Gray once more encountered
All here iyou 3 are i'a again 4 The III,
fellow want q Your cousin has ~
rived and Is anxious Ia see YOU. Womb
yoa go to her az once /? She III VIII
some relatives at the Grand Hotel, q
M Con turned on him, d sulky express
sion wreathing his; HAND some face. I.
Look here, Gray! Isn't it .erono ii
fos a fellow to he left penniless;s with
ont. making him play lackey 10 tie ar
that's got his money I? As you're % desg.
perately interested, You can tell; m
cousin that ! am very much engaged Il,
day, and can't go TO her. II she wishe;,
e Z gee ny mother, Z presume she al,
Arthur Gray whistled as be turnee "a 3,
his back upon his late client. Ss'
He was g young man, and still unrnar
I1edi go " may be presumed he didn't
ieel very badly az he returned to pay his
hut Con felt far from comfortable Il
ne passed the massive portals 81 i III
mothers door and strobe impatientiy
down the stately halls that were theirs
oilonge Isl 81
Asi be stood inside Tie lofty yoo,,, M ss; j,