Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-09
CHATTER XXXyIiI.

CHATTER AAAN Ia
MY Herbert LinIey, ask permission TO
reply your inquiries III writing. because
IL is quite likely that some of the opinions
you will find here might offend you II / eX-
pressed them personally. | can relieve your
anxiety on the subject of Miss sydney West
erield But | must be allowed to do so IN
my own way, without any other restraints
than those which | think it becoming to an
honorable man 10 impose on himself.
You are quite right in surprising that
Miss WeSterted had heard me spoken OF at
Mount Moryen as the agent and legal ADVISER
OF the lady who was formerly your VIE.
What purpose led her 10 apply tn me under
these circumstances you WI presently dis
cover. As To the means by which She found
her way to my office | may remind you that
any directory would give her tho necessary
information.
Miss Westerfeld's object was to tell me,
in the tirst place, that her guilty life with
Won was at am end. Acting under motives
which | am sure you must understand, and
which hope you viii also respect, She has
left your prOtectiOn-nOt to return To 1t. |
was sorry to see Though she tried To hide 1t
from mel how keenIy she felt the parting.
You have been dearly loved by two sweet
women, aud they have thrown their hearts
away on yOu-aS women VIII.
Having explained the circumstances 50
far, Miss WeSterncld next mentioned the mo-
tive which had brought her to my office. She
nOnds address.
This request, | confess, astoniShed me.
TO my mind she was, of all persons, the
last who ought 10 contemplate commitment
Ing in any way with Mrs. OrHond. | say
this to YOU: but retranrd from saying it To
her What did venture to do was 10 ask
for her reasons. She answered that they
were reasons which would cmbaIraSS her II
she communicated them 10 a stranger.
After this Teply-speaktn- Is gently and
CONSIDERABLY as possible declined II give
her the information She wanted.
Not unprrpared, as it appeared to me, for
nv refusal. she asked next If ! WAS willing
to tell her where she might lind your brother,
Nj Randall LIn.ry. In this case | was glad
t. comply with her request She could adj
dress herself 10 no person Worthicr to advise
her than your brother. In giving her his adj
dress in London ! told her that he was alb
sent on a visit to some friends, and that he
WAS expected To- return in a week time.
she thanked me and rose to 20.
81 confess wa, Interested in her Per
hans thOught of the time when she might
have been ~ dear Ia her father Is my own
daughter, were Ia me. | asked II her par
eats were living; they were dead. NJ next
question was: Have Nuu any friends in
Ipndon" She answered: 4 have no friends.
Il was said with Il resignation 50 very sad in
So Young Il creature that | was really dis
tlcS~cd. | ran the risk Of Offending her
and asked il She felt amy embarrassment III
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visit from my ruud fri.lI Randall fr,lry
ole had ON that day seen Miss WrStrr-
field She had said ia INN what she. had
said to me and had rcpcntrd the rpunIrSt
which | Thought il right To decline: owning
To your brother. however. the motives which
She had refused To- cnnfdc to me. lie was so
strongly IMPRESSED hy the sacrllIre of herself