The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-08

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they'll be married, then. 1t won't be
her fault, if they amt"
s'She is fond of himg" Lansing man
aged to say. The words felt like cast
iron, as they dropped from his lips.
ooh, is she7 You ought TO see her
hang around his neck. His listener
started up as if he had been stung.l
"Say. If Stitfy Bates comes around
asking FOR me you just tell ~him-going
now?" Lansing was reaching wildly
for his hat. ut ain't 9 o'clock. Oh,
look here, don't 60 yet"
II must" sad Lansingquickly, ard
he spoke the truth. He shook Bake's
hand and stared q moment wretched-
ly at the bright, indifferent face. with
its strange sweet likeness to that 9th.
er face on which he must not look
again, and went out from Paradise
with an aching heart.
"Say, Phillips, when are you COM
ing up? Mother thinks you're mean.
She says you ought TO come and see
them sometimes"
Since his recovery Bake had been
~aggressively friendly as well as oppres.
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while the torlorn meekness OF that
gentlemen's demeanor had been a
source OF unendIng comment among
his fellow suffers in the latter case.
"If you want TO see Eda you will
have to come soon.- She'll be gone
next week, sure pop"
'That so2" asked Lansing, lightly,
smiling as q victim on the rack might
smile.
"Yes; she's of, settled anddonefo for.
Say, if you come this week, don't come
Thursday-I won't be home, and
mother won't either"
"Nor Eda?"
ooh, Eda; she's most always home.
She has to be, now"
No more was said, Bake's attention
being suddenly diverted to a cat on
an adjoining roof.
But when Thursday evening came ii
found Mr.. Phillips mind set to a firm
purpose. At eight o'clock he had rung
the doorbell Of Bake's abode and was
shaking hands with Eda.
II am all alone" she explained to
him at once, and it actually seemed
as ii abe expected the statement to
deter HIM from entering. 1t appeared
to strengthen him in the contrary
course, however, and he followed her.
with much determination, in the coy
parlor where he had sesn her at work
30 often.
She looked pale q little, but kind
and pretty, and very, very bright.
Lansing could never tell what they
talked about for the first few mo-
ments, but from the time he rose and
crossed the room and sat down by
her on the little lounge he remembered
everything.
She glanced at him in establishment
as he took his seat.
HEda" he said, quickly, II came TO
congratulate you, but | can't; not as
| ought to. | wish and hope you
may be happy-only-well-you know
dear, don't you, that / loved your
Yes; and it is hard to wish youhsppy
with some one elsel" He had both
her hands=by this time. II felt that
/ must come and tell you, and say
and-say and good by"
Good by" she repeated slowly,
looking at him with earnest eyes.
What for? Are you going away?"
II am not going away" Emphasis
on tho pronoun.
rWell, surely, / am not"
"No!D supposedly. 'fYour brother
said that after your marriage
"What?"
'eThat after your marriage you
would not live here any more
"My marriage? Idon't understand
you, MI. Phillips" She looked both
proud and hurG.
"Bake-Harry told me-" hefaltered,
perhaps you did not wish it known
He told me you were to be married
next week"
"Isn't he a mischief" 81 said with
gentle depreciation, but blushing
beautifully. The idea! Married"
"It isn't true?'
sfTrue2 OF course not. / should
think you would know Harry's fun
by this time"
"And you're not engaged2"
Not even engaged, shaking her
head with a contented smile.
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Are you free? May / tell you how
love your"
But indeed it did not take much
telling. No very lavish outlay Of
words is needed when hands clasps
hands and young eyes are meeting
with loves story in their depths.
"And that young a-a-that-
Harry! Oh, Eda, if you could know
how miserable / have beenl"
~ know how miserable I've been.
But OF course. We won't blame him;
he would not willingly make any one
suffer. He Is such a darlinel'
"WeIl he is" said Lansing, prompt
" sitting his conscience like a man
and a lover. but thinking meanwhile
what delight it would give him to
soundly beat the darling in question.
II am so glad you love him. she
muImured, gratefully. "Of course he
is mischievous.a little-but no one can
be perfect Why,he told me from the
first that you were engaged. Yes, and
described the young lady. And some.
how it occurred TO me TO doubt
him, SO of course
nOh, Eda,
Eyes, / was terribly cold to you.
could not be otherwise, but all the
same I had remembered vOf1 from