The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-28

Josephine what is the matter with
your"
1t was the first time Henry had
called upon her since she had been in
formed of his treachery.
What in the world is it, d~arling2"
he urged, attempting to put an arm
around her. But she pushed him in
dignantly away.
And you ask me what it is?"
He stood back, and looked upon her
in utter bewilderment. For the life of
him he could not understand it; and
he told her SO.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS she spite
fully exclaimed.
"Indeed | cannot"
"Then," she said, drawing q long,
Geep breath and bestowing upon him
a look which she thought would ami
hilate him, "you had better go-and
-ask-your-pretty-wido your
sweet Kitty Coryden!'
A bomb bursting at his feet
could not have startled him. more
deeply; but it was only for the mo-
ment.
He was a man whose conscious in
tegrity-whose ever present Ems OF
truth and honor-rendered him imper-
vious to fear from such attack.
Presently the look of CONSERVATION
gave way to a pitying smile, and he
gently said:
poor child, who has been whisper
ing that nonsense into your carp"
"Oh! its nonsense, is it? Perhaps
there isn't any Kitty Coryden?"
"But there is; and she has calledup.
on me at my Office"
Eyes, and you are going to find a
house for her here in our village?"
81 have promised her that | will do
So"
ooh, how coolly you take it,"
"But, my dear Josephine, will you
listen to me for just one minute. Let
me"
"No, sirl | will not! want moth.
ing more to do with you. Go to your
Kitty Oh, don't tell me! She's been
IN your office, how many times? And
and"
"Well, what more? Let us havethe
whole charge"
ooh, didn't you-didn't you only
yesterday, when she got out of the
coach, didn'tyou-oh, youfalse-heart-
ed mani
Didn't Iwhat, Josey?"
Don't call me Joseyl Don't ever
dare to do it again! Oh, you took
Kitty in your arms"
mo, no, | deny that in TOTO broke
in Henry smiling in spite ofhis efforts
to theAcontrary.
"Well, you-you kissed her! So
there!"
"My dear Josephine, to that | plead
guilty"
.You-you do" gasped the stricken
girl, utterly COMPOUNDED by the mans
~impervious a~udacity. She struggled
up from the blow, and pointed to the
door.
'There!-therc, sir,is the doorl Go!
and never let me look upon your
face again. Nota word. Ihaveh heard
enough. Col"
He gazed upon her for abriefspace-
a few secondhand then with some
thing very much like a smile upon his
frank and honest face, he turned and
left the room-and left the house, say
ing to himself as he went:
poor child! / will not blame her.
If she did not love me truly and well,
she would not feel so deeply"
He knew very well who had made the
mischief. A certain maiden, who had
sought in vain to win his smiles-who
had thrown herself almost into his
arms repeteadly and whom he had been
forced to r~epulse-had seen his fair
client alight at the door of his office,
and had very likely, seen him kiss her;
for he had done that thing; and had
done it most lovingly.
Meanwhile an unhappy maiden sat
oil alone in the great drawing-room OF
Judge Archer's Che had been Judge of
probatel imposing residence. She had
never in all her life been so unhappy
before.
AS she called back the face Of her
lover, and again, in fancy, heard the
rich music of his voice, she could not
believe that he was q traitor.
Could he be false to her? Oh, she
would not believe it'll
Anu yeJ-ycb-bHdU KlSS-hdLe II
Belle both saw it; or Kate did, at any
rate. And he acknowledged it, tool
Oh, that is too much. If he had a sis
ter, O. cousin, or anythingof that kind
but he has not-he has told me so
himself
Thus sat the maiden of the crushed
and bleeding heart, buried beneath an
avalanche of horror and despair; hor-
ror-stricken at the peridy ofherlover
and in despair because he would
never come back to ~her--never any
~more-thus pale and shivering-when
her father and mother entered the
room.
They looked at her in wonder and
alarm.
n,Insephine!-mY dear child! what in