Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-12-04

The short winter days passed quietly over,
q days do about Christmas tim but Lucy
never mads his appearance, at c ,ppl
thwai ., and the quarrel" with o ", did
not seem at all neal to tein, made up.
True, one evening they me, him at din.
ner at Barnard wis,le, when Mrs. Ark.
wright, a unKno wi ,g of the state o.: affairs
-"tue 8 Ii" as o i've once or TWICE e.e.
gan ly put it to her ia her in the p lvacy Of
absolute conf lenc sent them in 10 dlnn r
together, through the long c ,urses Of which
Lucy talked 10 her preci ely as he m gut
have talked to a due less with wuom he was
not very we'll acq ,a1ntet.
1t cannot be SAID tnat Olive exactly en-.
joyel that evening"; she felt So like-and, if
tho truth bs told. looked so like-a culpr.t.
! almost thiak 1. Lucy b I'd thrown his ang r
10 he winds, and had plead d mis- cause once
m re, she In her turn would hav, c st asi,le
likes AMI better likes, and oult have
taken him. But. unfortunately, Lucy was,
as he had been over s.nce the aflerno J
dance. IN a towering age-sucn RACES ms ex.
Gee .ingly amiabls and lmper. urbaule PEG |,
do indu &c IN when they are fairly reused
out Of their haLi;ual seren ity. So, though
he. out of common poll. ene>s, paid all due
attention to his sisters gu st in his sisters
house. he never SO mach as once conde-
scenied to look at her, and SO lost a golden
opportunity Of making up everything. and
winning what his near. vas so sore at los n2.
Alas! alas! oppor. un lies which hav. one.
been ours. but which we nave put aside or
missed, seldom. It ever, cont ag I'm, .u. arr
gone forever. A post ia, put it, as poets
do. poe lcally:
THIS year knows no hing of las: year:
Tomorrow has n" more to say
10 yesterday.
1t Is so true. 20 very tru.; it is SO easy, so
usual, to >ay. "Tnere', ano ner day ;o-no.
row." Ay: bu. tomorrow has ~ more 10
say 10 YES. erday."
AMI Tony Hartog Went and wort nj Cop
rlethwa.te very fr gu nlly; md ed &c qule
seemed to have taken Lucys p.ac. u. Tread
Of tue house.
he came and went upon all DECISIONS.
paving as much nt;e ,iiou 10 lii. mother as
to the daug tier; n. even f,on Murray
Weyiand nim'e verv- soon wm: lac culr-
actr OF II right -ool failow. wi,nou, a.y
numuug abou. hiu,.
must u init INA Olive nirted wi il HIN
di'sraceiuily. III she rev+r ,or cot
II .rkIess for a NOM III. cor, no ev rru NC,
or many tine anu, st n.n 8 she ",!L IL Tor,
was till. hold ie ba AN u:nn her Il. art
weak 'ned or 100 east for Il sing /. III, meut.
1t was wonderful hos c rve..r he could
contrive to lead n converse, un ruu.sA o he
reg ant ami ,Gen O Ct:,.. II r.."e> ana
there ktcois Sa. heart rom 4 ut... :.lat
ne was comm. LAC II line iov t T. la OIL
the d. III, aud IN .reiO 4. 10 iie i,f.a::, o. lle
new year did she 100, forward nue.. ~ do
the eyes OF . NJ hamlnedan pii.ri II to
Mecca. the holy CITY; Tor he wa, comm,
bacx, and lhen-aud tnen she would ue IN
paradise.
Now. it happened that Harknes; re urn.i
to q ,ystown Oil The morning of III" S il, II
alter .unch s rol e | into Lacy's q a. ers.
"Wsl, III ch p, ROW ar. yuut' lie de
manded, push,u, an easy CHAR u iitllo
nearer to the FIR.
70 pretty ii thanks," answered L,ct.,
wit, a shade more crawl than usua.
"Anl how has Tao word usel you
latel r
20 much as usu,l'-smok.nS very hard
an l looking tixedli ~; no mag"
"Au!' mur,nur, d HarSness.
For fun tea minutes nei her of item Sni,l
one WORT; then Ha-k.le,s' voice sounI d
through tue fog OF tobacco s,no1s whoa
aid The little r. om.
SHOWS Miss Weylan IT, he .skad abruptly.
u b l.e>e she's all rlgh,,s answ.re Lie,
In - formal ton.
"You beiiere'' rapsatel H,rkno,s. in rs.
tonishmen WHAT! are you not going
tn re nowr
"i've not-er-been vewry %latel;;."
"Qu .rreiedi' Axe | %t.arKuesi.
"No-ros exactly quarw,led," returned
Lucy. awkwardiy.
"OI. a mi>un t%erstandin> y Oh. take my
advice, old m m; get it ma lie up at onre.
Is she linking atou; hat little Irritation
It yours in the summers"
Il don't think So"
swell. as I told you aft rwards, l think
you behaveu rather >hanb.ly over that"
ut was not abolt amt" said Lucy. dog
gediy. Look here. Hal kness. IL, ju i this,
Sue don't a lit o hang Tor rle aud
that's the whole secwret Sue MS good as
told me SO and l haven't got over j.. l
suppo . l shall some day. bat"-.hak ng his
head doleful.y-"l .oa't feel Ike it Just
now"
Il shouldn't mind laying a hundred that
she's desperately in love with you," Hark-
nos declared.
Lucy SHOOK his head again He knew
better than that
"On no. A~arkne.s; you'wre mistaken
quite mistaken, a, you will ses tonight.
At pwrese 1t. Tony Hartog is FIRST favowr1te
at Copl le'hwa.e u. The fellow positively
lives the~re l don't think, though, that
she wreal y cares about him." r m.mherlup
that o i've had admitted that there was
soniebody else the very Gay on whica he
had introduced Hartog to her. Never tor
one moment did he suspect That it might b
Hardness himself.
And Hardness certainly did see that night
9 good many things. bus not the one that