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

Author of "Luralry Life.n "BootleS Babv.s
"Houp La" "a Mun Of Honor" Eta
CHAPTER VII.
OLIVES vAlES-1S.
or cxpsc.as!on ia Is, all no =, ,hcrs
Where mrst it promises; ard OH 1nts
Where hops Is coolest. aid Il y y E mart ata.
Ats We'll TIA; En- Is Will.
An Low!
Perjured, false. 1rcac. oroIs Love!
ENEMY
OF all that man Ind may 10, ri!
Most untrua
To him who keeps most faith with tac..
Woe 9 me.
The falcon has the eyes .: thn .!nv.
All love.
Pcrjurei. false. tre.ah 'r"ls Nv!
IN Slha.t III :i':rlsnt.
The month Of Jannary pass.d owe. In.
Olive Weyland's bliss did noa lessen. ;,;ui
nothi, G happened to make the true sta G of
Hardness feelings clear to her.
Daring the first week in F. bruary, how
ever, he went up to town OF a two days
leave-a fact which Olive learned while ut
a large reception near Gays:own. to which
she had gon, so,c.y ieclu Q she expected
that he would be there.
Lucy was III the room when Shs and her
mother entered, as also was D'A .biac. N w,
D'Aibiac, although n very great admirer OF
Miss Weyland, was Not IL man Of brilliant
conversat. onal powers. and, IS a general
RUE, when holding intercourse with u lady,
was, If not very literally he'll ed out, apt to
stick fast. On that occasion he managed to
get possession of a seat next 10 ger; In:
Olive was MT inclined 10 ta!S. Con .eqlen:-
~. NJ. DAibi.;c ve y SOON relaps~d into
silence; and 0 i've, While apparently attend
ing vary closely % he Mus c which was
going on at that moment, wss trying hard
to hear a conversation which won't o, in
whispers. or at least III an under.one, Just
behind her.
90, but Hardness is going to leave" size
hearl Lu v say.
ayes; bny 20 be married." That was the
voice of tbs co.o::e.'s vito.
~ haven't Eearl anything about his being
marwr:oi," said Lucy.
"No? Oh, bu7 you navo been away ten
days, lare you no.? I a>sure you it is allts
true; tho colouel toid M. tins morning. l,
was til S way: when my ~liusuanl heard he
Gas gong 10 .cav ie loid iii1n 10 opposed
ae mean: TO satt.e down. and SO on. Cap.
darkness wsat worry :ei, aud said no should
nnou: l. 20. ma,ly as soon as the day was
fxpd"
Never r"arl u hwrea.h Of it before"
Lucy ccc! ~el, decil oily. > "Fancy old
t1arknesS loil. to b. marwriei! Positively
:l.ewrs won't I've Il single b.che or lett in tic
wregtmenL boiore long. Why. ut the wrate
We are gn:ng Oh. l snail have lhs whole
mess to myself long before a.Iisnon grows
ur into a marwria cab o young lady. But
wreal y-ar-l can hardly cwresiit the news
,tof III 1.,,a 6 e ~ps,,, ,> l@
DIV .c"e2led the news as Absolutely true
Ut onc.. H. was going TO I've married! She
sat jus. where the bow had fal. en up.n her.
changed place, Oil ul sides o: her. Men of
all age, rofe>sioMS and appearance { lie
md S,oke To he; bu, Olive, with to fai.n-
tut Al.i.c sui ny ler size. i aged lust
where :ns was unit. her movher rose ,o take
ee ave.
Sue heard the music. listened to n variety
Of !; ore or aess va lie os remarks, and rave
answer 10 them. Size S urei d A,blac sh,
was net in the lels: ,!e.r y fai:it Sac lade
Rd'eu TO the lady .: The house, and went
ti!to the Ginning room for a cup OF c,fPe. be-
tore they le.t-a.l to the echo Of four words
&c ing TO ia married"
What lour terrible words they wcrel
They formed themselves into a sort of sing
ong Giant, ant lie ularly boat themselves
into her brain-"Going to DO inarrlai-rou,y
20 be lna:r.ed!
My pen will hardly describe the litter
night wh Oh . i've passed. Ga, tie So | tears
which re ! upo.i her pillow for the enI of al
her hole--'he pain Ut wounled pride, for
the horrible rea.izltion Of the truth that sue
had been sliglLad. passed over for another.
III only" sne rrisl. p~assionately, to her.
self in the midst Il her tears, IF on.y she
hal not said nay to Ceci. Lucy-!f only she
lad not rejected tbs honest love which he
had offered ll-r!"
He would never ask her again now, Of
c urse; she knew him too we'll ever to hope
that .Sns knew that although il was almos,
impossible to of nd hun, yet that, once
really angered. 1t was almost Us impossible
to put hin 8 right with him.
II she mad but known it, three line, on n
sheet OF note paper would have brought him
to her side. if not win tue rapidly of a
d Ssh of ! ghtning. cer;a,n'y as fast as the
four god legs OF his best horse could carr;
him Pride, ange::. offended dignity-rooh,
he had no pride where she was c0ncernt
anger would have melted at her sn,il,, like I.
snow wreath before the heat Of ON August
sun; and as for offended dignity-why,
what was all the dignity in the world,
whether 1t happened to be- offended or not,
In comparison with the trea >ure of Olives
promises But Olive knew nothing of this
and so the wretched night passed over in do
ing nothing.
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