Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-12-18

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"My darling, my darlingr' he cried.
Eventually, o I've drew herself away, and
Logan to dry ner eyes, saying. meekly, that
she was very sorry; she hadn't meant to be
stupid; bul-hut-she couldn't help it; this
last with a wretched little sob, to end the
sentence.
AT this Hartog took another tack.
"You couldn't no p i'll" he c.ied. "Why,
You shall cry al day long, if you like," 81
which olive hurst ont la,,ohins az nnav-
gtc eddy and rs suddenly a., two minutes
tetore, she had burst out CRYING.
@Iher., that's betterl' ho exclaimed, ad.
miringly. II thought it was something
rather new to see you like this. You are
ups't by ell this. darling--no wonder. l
was nearly out of my mind with suspense all
yesterday. Oh, if you only knew the utter
relief it was to see my locket resting on your
pr tty white neck!"
Thought you said Just now that it nearly
sufocated you" Olive objected. She had
t'u d her voice at last, and made an i'm.
mense effort to appear natural and at ease.
"so it did; but it was with W. Why, I
very nearly jumped over the people in front
OF NE to give you a kiss there and thenl
And, by the Ivy, Olive, you'll give me one
now, won't yous"
s." vi We d.d-at least she submitted in a
passive, unresisting way to be- kis cd by
him, and in his bliss Har,og never noticed
it
sand you like your ,ockets' he asked, after
a while.
Immensely" answered she; which was
true enough, POOR little soul.
u have brought you a ring-not quite to
mattel it. hut Still with sap hires. he went
on. you will let me put it on your finger,
o .ive"
Ca. yes" she said; but all at once she
began to ioel faint and six.
II was n love y ring, as she admitted when
the saw Ia large hali-hoop of three dia-
monds and two sapp Tres; the diamonds
very white and full of f.e; the sapphires of
the true ".ucky" blue.
ut is q beautiful ring" she said, holding
it between finger and numb.
L Q NE put il OIL" Then he took it from
Ter anil slipl ed it on the right fAger. III
hopr it fits well. Ihave heard it is unlucky
to have them altered; and we must lave no
ILL., uck. must wei"
"1,hink it is all ri"ht," she said, feeling
very much rs # a policeman had slipped a
p'r'f handouts over her wrists
"You are not we'll" he said. looking al
her nxiously. 81 hop, you did not take
:o.d WHOM coming out Of that hot room last
nightp
"oa, no; I am we'll l all nothing" care
lessly.
"Im afraid you've taken cold. l hope not.
And how does it f 2 o., a little large. Well,
that will leave room for your fingers to
grow, eh? Do you know, darling, l can
hardly believe my good luck vet. We won't
stay III the regiment, chi You don't car>
about it, do yous It's really very stupid
and you do get SO sick and weary of contin.
ua.ly moving about. Besides, what is oil
very well for a bachelor becomes gu to an
other tnirg when ones got a wife to tax.
about; for one gets mixed up with all sorts
Of greer people,
you have got mixed up with meqn
b is different; just the difference be-
tween a horril bore and the most blessed
piece o good fortune that ever befell mo.
But you won't care for me to stay III The ser.
vice, will ynua am so tired of it'll We will
20 abroad and see a lite of her countries
Y II would like that, wouldn't your
"ld i not like it when we were abroad be-
FORE" she answere b~lushing hotly as she
rcmemb req tchy she was so anxious to come
home. But it will ~ different now, you
kiow," she add'd hastily. lest he should
make u wild but accurate guess at the truth.
"Yes,o of course; and we can soon come
lone aglin il you don't like it,"
II lie rather like it at first, only l got 80
tired OF everything foreign. l hated foreign
ways; the ho"ril bare houses; the horrid
oily, greasy cooking; lie horrld jabber, jab-
oer-aye. aye, aye-that : mt Oh all dav
.ong. md all night, ,oo."
Hartog laughed a'ond. I'm glad you're
such a II ororgh Englishwomau. l can't
hep wondering sometimes how it is En- y.ish-
men bring II Themselves to marry French
women"
% E,clishwomeni Fancy marrying an
,utraceou>iy b"oad- >houluered Frenchman,
Ill pad and wadding; Or a horrid Ital an,
all temp r n melodrama; or-or anything
90 E .gllshr
You should have said anythin, not
Harto >" he d, smiling.
0 I'VE pcs lively stu !dered. As a friend
the ma liked him so much that in his soci-N
e:y she was at times almost able 10 forget
Il iknesS; asa lover he was insupportnble,
v"n to loathing.
'e-im n !" he went on, presently. When
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;ninc. But you've heard all about him, Of
course. Then the CO. onel leaves at the emo
81 the year-and a Good thing. too. for those
who ar Saying. for he's rather a duffer-
AMI Han kness leaves almost directly. He,
7on know, is going to be married, too"
Yves" she managed 10 say.
"rm awfully glad alb ut 1t, for Hardness
Is one Of the Lest fellows cut; do anything
'or any one, AMI always ready to hep a
anne dog over a slile. Besides, he has been
n love With the girl forever; and she's so
pre- lyl Real Y, Olive, after you. think
she's tn pretl.est woman l ever saw"
sand he has been in love with her for
,vers"
Eyes; tver since t!ey were big boy and
it'll. girl together. h; rkne 5 was not well
If then, and her e 'p'e obj cted 20 him; not
ony oil je ted, but forced the poor girl at
seventeen into a marriage with a man she
aatel. Poor old Ashf I'D. l quite thought
ae would have zone NAL ut the time, which
was 1us, wi en- l en:ered the service. He
md l wer. old fri.nds-for our reop.e were
! %asjRhbors, and ] was his fsc ut E.ou-so l