The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-17
WOMAN'S REVENGE.
CHAPTER /.

oiN anu lhuin IldIlOIQ WAS Q1dWlT
near. BLY, was the most promisir
young man in the n~eighborhood
Gray Eagle church, Arkansaw. i
possessed many good traits of chara'
ter, yet he had not that steadiness
purpose necessary to the achievemer
dwell, people who knew him sal
that unless he cultivated tenacity h
would never set the world afire.
Ruth was a quiet, even tempere
girl. In the picturing OF gentleness
she could have appropriately served a
a model.
Saturday evening, Ned was to com,
and spend Sunday. Ruth stood at tn
farm gate, looking down the road
She saw Ned coming and she waved
her handkerchief at HIM. "He is tn,
dearest man in the world" she unused
81 will spend my life in devotion to
him."
There she stands" Ned unused.
Good girl, the right kind of a girl to
make a good wife but--heigho."
Ned, thought you never would
come" she said advancing to meet
hin.
IL thought that 1 was making good
time. Ruth"
Oh, you might have thought SO for
1T is much more wearisome to wait
than it is to travel"
res. 1 suppose so. Is your father
wellP" he asked as he opened the gate
for her.
"No, not very. His cough does not
seem to get any better"
Sorry to hear it. Shall we 90 to
the house or walk awhileP"
You have walked enough, Ned.
Why didn't you rideP"
We'll, l was out ia the woods,
thinking, when the time for me to set
out arrived, so l thought that it would
De saving time to walk rather thai to
go back to the house and catch a
horse"
MI. Hartford, with feeble tread, was
walking up and down the porch. He
cordially greeted the young man, for
Wnom he had a pronounced regard.
believing that he could not live much
longer, and with a natural anxiety for
the welfare of his daughter, he looked
upon Ned as he would have looked
upon a son.
"How are you feeling, Mr.. Hat
Iord? the young man asked as he
seated himself in a large arm chair
which Ruth had drawn out from an
adjoining room.
Il am not at all well, Ned. To tell
you the truth, l believe that nv time
here Is short"
"Oh. don't say that, father" the
girl implored.
Il cannot help but say it, Ruth,
when | feel it so strongly. 1t should
not make you sad, for it is much bet
ter to be dead han it is to suffer with
out the slightest hope of recovery. 1t
is the pain of this world that makes us F,
willing to try the fortunes of the
world to come. There is one thing
that l cannot help but regret: This
tarm is mortgaged for all it is worth.
Being hard pressed. in consequence of 6
inability to look after my affairs, COM
PEELED me to go in debt"
Ned made no reply. Ruth looked at z
him with an expression of eagerness. !
She longed to hear him tell her father 8
hatltmad no difference. HE is devils d
ing some noble PLAN" she unused, but d
Ned face showed no signs of generous {
contemplation. h
WELL" said the old man, al must
lie down. am afraid of the pleasant
air out here" !,
'Ruth." Ned remarked when the old 81
man had withdrawn, 'let us walk out
into the garden"
They walked among the flowers &c
which the girl had so carefully Guilt n,
waited The air was sweet with the rich Of
perfume of roses. n,
"Ned, something seems 10 be weigh
ing on your mind" fo
Il am not very we'll" w
81 am so sorry. Can 1 do anything CO
FOR you?" G,
No. I'll be all right after "
awhile" -.
They walked in silence. Ned's man br
ner was restless, and his frequent fo
signs did not escape the girls obser-
walton. AT
Med, please tell RE what is the W.
matter with you. Something must be a
troublingyou." no
Ruth, let us sit down here" he
Ihey sat on a rustic bench. After a no
moments of meditation, Ned re- so,
marked: 90,
lfear that you are deceived in me, DR.,
am 4
Now please don'tupbraid Yourself. ne,
GU are the best, the noblest man in los
he world" 40,
He sighed YEARLY. "No, I have be- j
TO believe that there is nothing moi
God about me. Ruth, L" ter
"What. Ned?" too
Il cannot marry you now. My cir tho
instances bin
Now, Ned, you know that makes hin
!, difference" a
Let me get through. My circum- Wit,
ances are such that cannot afford qui
marry-cannot in justice to you af- adv
81 - III
ro IL. Another thing, L have lived wal
re in the country all my life and the
We never seen anything OF the world. brir
is all right with a woman, but a a.
an who has never been around don't am
lount to anything. have thought, Llti