New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-03-24

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aBut you shall apologizel Your
language is simply insulting. Youshall
apologize, or
"Eustace! Eustace!" cried Ethel.
care you crazy? What are you say
ing? You make me ashamed OF you!
Walter is right, and you are wrong!''
Excuse me. Unjust bid you good
day.. and | was turning away, when
Ethel sprang. after me.
go Walter, forgive him!'' she cried.
'Do notgo yet. OEustace, for mercy's
sake, don't part with him in snch en-
nifty as this!''
She grasped my arm, and tried to
lead me back. For moment / was
almost persuaded to say to Eustace
that | was wrong, and he was right.
But could not so belle my convic-
| tions, and the words were unspoken.
It might have been better had l ut
| tered them; I cannot say; BUTT seems
as though the with holding them
| brought all the misery that followed.
~ am sorry Eustace is so unreason-
able" l said. II have no doubt he
will be sorry, too, as soon as his tenn
per cools little. I think / had better
go now.''
"Let him go'' cried Eustace. eve
want no towards here! 1.-The ever comes
back without full apology, Pills the
hounds on him''
'sI'll not trouble you to do that, y
and then strobe away.
Casting onelook behind, Isaw Ethel,
with clasped hands and an imploring
look, halfkneeling where l had left
her, while Eustace stood statue-like,
one out-stretched hand upon his rifle,
the other resting on his hip, regarding
me with sullen frown. 1t was a
picture that has never faded from my
sight.
l met Eustace only once again till
we returned to college that fall. We
had both entered college the year be-
fore, and for the first year had been
room-mates. The scene l have de-
scribed occurred in August, and we did
not return to college till the last Of
September
Meantime Iwaited, hoping that Eus-
tace, who was frank and generous
to fault when not in anger, would
come with an apology to me. Wehad
always been on such good terms that
it did not seem possible he could have
any other feeling than that of regret
for his fiery and unreasonable treat
| ment Of me. That he should call me
a coward surprised me, for once Ihad,
at very great risk, saved his life.
A whole month went past, and [
| had neither seen nor heard from him.
Then we met.
Twas hunting wild turkeys. Eustace
and l had often hunted them, and
had learned to initiate their CALL It
was an afternoon in September, and
as Twas carefully looking for my game,
thought heard the cluck of a tur-
key some distance away. Going
towards the sound. and stop
ping at every few rods to
utter my call and listen, I soon got a
distinct response, and stepping care
fully behind a fallen tree, that | might
not be seen, repeated the call at fire.
quent intervals, and got several more
responses. The approaching bird,
however, seemed very shy.
Between the calls the woods were so
quiet that | could hear the slightest
sound. Two OF three times thought
l could hear the bird approaching.
There was slight rustling OF the dry
leaves, the cracking of a twig, and
now and then sound likethefaintest
football.
At length got aglimpse Of grayish
object through a clump OF dense un-
de1growth. Feeling sure that this was
the turkey, I levelled my rifle and
fired. Just at the second that the
hammer fell, there was another move
ment, and l saw Eustace Halleck's
head just peering above the leaves.
You can understand my horror For
tunately | failed in my aim. The
ping of the bullet and thesharp report
brought him from his cover with a
bound. He looked wildly at the little
wreath OF smoke aboveme. My heart
almost ceased to beat Then I stepped
into view, and said,-
''Thank God, Eustace my aim failed!
I thought you were the turkey"
$50 it's you, is it?" he merely an
swered. ''Well, it's no more than 1
might have expected" and without
another word, he threw his rife across
his arm and walked away.
My pride would not allow me to go
after him. He must have known that
Icould not have fired Intentionally at
him. No explanation was needed for
that.
He went in the direction opposite to
that OF his fathers plantation, and
the thought occurred to me that he
would tell Ethel of the accidental shot
to my disadvantage. l was anxious
to meet her again before going back
to college, so | concluded to go at once
to see her, and give my own version
of the unfortunate encounter.
She met me cordially, yet sadly, de-
claring that since our last meeting
Eustace had not mentioned my name.
20 Walter" she said, che hasn't been
like himself at all since you left us
that day! I never was so unhappy
before in my life!"
Not wishing to add to her unhappi-
ness, and feeling from what she had
said that perhaps he would not men
ton it himself, [ did not speak of our