Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

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|, You take in the Field, sir. and I
nave often seen you absorbed in the
crlcketing news.' And a to dancing,
sir' no one can see you walk without
knowing that you can dance !n
The master smiled.
Eyes, Catherine, I have been a preat
oancer. l was iovial among men and
poiished among ladies. l was social
anu l loved society. I am not vain,
put l should like you to know that
many people expressed regret when 1
retired from the world.n
~ don't wonder, SIR"
You are very kind, Catherine. Yes,
eney regretted my departure. Only
n aid nothing. Her unkindness
wounded me and 1 fed"
IL am sorry for that" said the
housekeeper.
You are a faithful friend, Catherine,
and l feel it due to you that I should
tell you something of my past life.
How many years is it since we have
lived together in this solitary placer"
! is only three months. sir?"
"Only three months! Well, it must
then be o months since I became the
owner of this property-since l left the
world and became a hypochondriacal
book-worm. Before that, 1 was active
and in good health. But 1 was poor.
and not all my prowess in cricket and
dancing could win me my hearts de-
Sire. 81 loved, Catherine"
"Indeed, sir!"
Eyes, l loved. loved my beautiful
cousin Kate. But her father was rich,
and l dared not say to her: Come,
share h poor barrister's crust so 1
loved her, but did not speak,"
"You loved her, sir? 1 wonder how
men love?"
81 loved her from the bottom of nv
heart. l liked to be always with her.
L couldn't bear to see her talking to
other men. [ loved to give her pres
ents. Catherine. 1 denied myself the
necessaries of life to give her flowers
and pretty things. She smiled swoetly
and took them, and then she turned
round and flirted with another mana
wretch called Lord Angelo"
"She turned and f1irted at once, sir,
do you mean?"
"No. She smiled on me for some
years. Then Lord Angelo came into
the neighborhood and she smiled on
him. l was at q discount. She
clapped her hands when he made one
ridiculous run, and she looked aside
while l was bowling down half a dozen
wickets. And when Lady x gave a
ball she danced with Lord Angelo
all the evening, and never once with
me. She tore my heart to pieces,
Catherine. We had been playmates
from childhood, and she knew I loved
her, and yet she turned voluntarily
from me and gave herself to this miser-
able Angelo!"
"Gave herself! Did she become en-
gagged to him, sir?"
mo. But she encouraged his atten-
tons and sighted me. She may be
engaged to him now-or even married
to him. I do not care She was heart
less"
"Nay, sir, you must not abuse one
woman to another. Surprising you
misled the lady? Supposed she loved
you and was mortified by your silence?
Surprising she employed Lord Angelo
as a bait to lure you on? To be sure,
that is an old artifice and a stupid one.
But when a woman loves-and thinks
her lover half-hearted-even an old ar
tifice may serve her turn"
''Half-hearted Catherine! But l
loved her so dearly that 1 went on
thorns when I saw her with that little
jacxanapes!"
THAT is how men love, sir. You
can not understand how she loved"
"But she did not love, Catherine"
"How are you sure of that, sir, if you
never spoke to her;?"
"She would have given me to under
stand, had she loved me. We were
cousins and very intimate"
'Ah, sir, the most intimate cousin is
still a woman! Perhaps she thought
that she would give you to understand,
and you understood not. A woman's
hint is sometimes too fine for a man to
see. You should remember, sir, that
when you deal with woman, you deal
with organisms so tender and delicate
that no masculine eye but Shakes
peare's has ever been able to detect
their subtleties."
"Catharine. you speak from a noble
heart! But Who have loved-know
more"
IL SeouS W liz, Sic, tuaI you HIS.
took manly jealousy for love, and
womanly pride for Indifference"
''You think she loved me?"
cit is not for me to express an opin-
ion, SIR"
"Oh, Catharine, if I thought! But
no. must steel my wounded heart.
You have not heard all. Four months
ago my godfather died; he left me his
fortune and this place. Suddenly, I
found I was a rich man."
"And-you fastened to your cousin.
sir, and-told her of your fortune and
asked her to share it?"
.Not so, Catherine. I employed
tnesse. l could not forget the
monkey Angelo who had been
always rich, and I determined to
discover if she really loved me. So I
went to her and said, Cranky, Kate,
I love you we'll, and I live in two
rooms in a narrow street, and 1 fare
hardly, and when I go abroad, l walk
or take an omnibus, and my pleasures
are few and cheap. VIII you share