McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-12

She and Forester fell in love with
each other, the people said, on account
of similarity of ''triflingness."
CHAPTER III.
When Forester reached home, or
rather the farm house where he board
ed ION time" he went to his room,
seated himself at table and began to
write. The table was covered with
manuscript and the floor was strewn
with scraps of paper-rejected ex-
pressions of thought.
Some one entered the room and said
that dinner was ready, but he paid no
attention. Evening found him still
seated at the table. He stopped long
enough to light lamp, but disregard
ing summons to supper, he bent
himself to his work. Late at night he
turned down the light and went to
bed, but unable to sleep he arose and
went to work again. Occasionally he
would scratch out a word-a line, and
then, after finishing a page, he would
read it, tear it into little bits and
throw it on the floor When the sun
came up and made the lamp-light look
dim, he went to bed and slept until
dinner time. After dinner he went
over TO the Andrews place. He found
Caroline in the sitting room. Looking
around, and seeing no one else, he
kissed the girl.
where's the old lady P''
"Ma ?"
''Of course"
s'Gone out to the field"
''She says that we shall not marry
each other"
Eyes, but she does not know, does
she Tom?" kissing him.
Il hope that she is in error
"What have you been doing? Your
eyes are red"
"Working on my book. When
saw you the other day, you remember,
1 assured you that it would be a sue
cess"
"Well?"
"Now, however. I do not believe
that it will be-
"Why?''
"Oh, 1 don't know. 1 just don't see
why it should. Sometimes l have great
faith in it, and the first thing 1 know it
becomes SO stupid that l can scarcely
keep from burning it."
81 have no doubt of its success,
Tom"
'.You do not know. Your belief is
in me, and your love for me gives you
a good opinion of the work; bat truly
l don't believe that I'll ever find a
publisher.
''Now, Tom, for my sake, keep on
trying. 1t will be success"
Chow can it? The world is full of
books"
''But none like the one you will
write"
''None so poor, probably"
"Oh, don't be discouraged.
eff it should fail, you would desert
me.n
tom, you are respondent to-day,
You have worked too hard" putting
back lock of hair from his forehead.
1.-The success of the book, so far as my
affections are concerned. will not
make the slightest difference. You
know that 1 love you devotedly and
that even though mother should per-
sist in her unreasonable objections
here comes mother"
When Mrs. Andrews entered the
room. Tom and Caroline were sitting
on opposite sides of the room.
Caroline, go up stairs" The young
lady obeyed. "Mr. Forester, did /
not make myself plain Yesterday"
''Oh, no, Mrs. Andrews. you did not
make yourself plain yesterday. Many
years have elapsed since you were
made plain"
"Well, sir, if kind advice will not
keep you away from my house, shall
see what virtue there is in the law"
"You won't find any, madam. /
have studied it thoroughly and am
prepared to speak"
ats lack of virtue caused your pur-
suance of it, doubtless.
''No, the sad discovery caused me
to SO soon throw it aside"
Caroline tells me that you are writ
ing book"
81 am"
'What sort of book?''
ga novel;"
ga fddle-stick. Ididn't know but
you were revising Hoyle.''
''Wonder you hadn't thought it TO
be entitled What May Come or
Quiet Speculation in Futures.
Don't you taunt me. l lost no
ones money but my own. and it is
none of your business, sir
"Oh, no, and it did not seem to be
very much business for yourself
"Why we're you and Caroline sitting
so far apart when 1 came in? Had
you been quarrelingP"
mo, it was because we were sitting
so close together when we saw YOU
coming"
"Well, Mr.. Forester, I have worri-
ed with you about as long as 1 can"
Don't be in % hurry"
"You are certainly the most insolent
man ! ever saw"
"But not the most courageous"
mo, indeed you are not"
II should think that the late Mr. An
drews was a man of courage. No off,