Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-01-14

Poor girls, l frightened than, but I did noe
give them money as q briba. You might
have thought better Of a fellow than that
he said, very s%orrowfully; although Why
you should l don't know exactly"
"You had no right to 60 into my lodssrs'
rooms and search for that trumpsry umhraL
you lost"
mo right" hs repeated
"Certanly-no right"
but one of those two old begean has cot
it, he cried, s~nsrgsucaly; Tim sur Of
that"
"dow dafS you Say this to msw
who slss can it bel know ysu havsnt
got it," b cried. II am surs your two ssr-
wants ars a. innocent a. babes unborn; and
sley were the only two besides 1 the houss
mat mght-the upstairs lot bad gous to Tuu.
bridge Tor two days"
"dow did you know thatr'
"Oh, l made every inquiry" he explained,
coolly; "aud as the umOreiia was q precious
possession to nle-It hluk l told you botoro il
%as q gilt from my father on his dying bod
y mado every effort to tind out what had
become OF it."
And a very mean way to find out 1t was"
| said, with asperity; ".and-good morning"
"Go-ood morning" he said, in q low, croak.
ing voice. He ru,sel his bilious straw hat.
dropped his telescope, which he picked up
aud tucked once more under his arm, came
suddenly to q full stop, and let me 60 ON my
way unmolested any further by him.
When had got a good distance from him,
l began to feel a little sorry-cven q little in
doubt If had not been too hard upon him.
He had appeared so utterly dumfouuded BY
my last opinion Of his conduct, and he had
turned Of such . variety Of coloraI Perhaps,
from his point OF Wow, and with an umbrella
which had vanished from every point Of Wow,
he was not wholly to b. blamed. Perhaps
tue captain had-no, that was quite impos-
s'ble. Perhaps Mr.. Goode-oh! l was getting
as miserahly distrustful as this unhappy man.
Yes. l was a little sorry. As ! went OF tbs
fort stole one glance behind me to make
sure what had become Of hiln-that his i'm
pulsive nature even bad not led him to jump
oil the Gill. He was all right; he was q long
way off-tndeed, in tho very place where /
had left im-no overwhelmed or mad with
grief and shame. as had almost feurrd he
might he. but standing with his legs planted
widely apart looking at mo through his tcl.>
scope. When he SAW | hal turned ho
wheeled quickly round and fcisncl an inter.
est in tho sea, knocking tho hat oil u bath
chairman just passing him with an carly faro
who bad lost the use of his legs.
Well, there is an end OF tho intruder. I
thought, and ] could have wished-ycs. l did
actually wish-tllut l had boon moro of q
young lady and less Of "a vixen in my 70.
proaches to him. l had been put out by his
appearance at Margate, by his vcuturing to
address mo, and bad lost my self composure.
but then u more obtuso and aggravutinx Dor.
son l had never encountered before.
Not SO very obtuse either, but very Quick
to take a hint and " guess when he was dis.
liked aud his company objected to. We
passed cach other twice or thrice a day after
that, but lc never ventured to speak to mo
again. lilo bowed with great gravity and
exhibited extraordinary formality In taking
OH his hat, seizing it In the middle Of tho
crown aud raising it like the lid oil a saucs.
pan, and there was no further occasion 70
object to his expansive smile. lie was q
stolid, even a woebegone young man, with
something OH his mind. Had it not been for
that everlasting telescope under his arm ono
conld have imagined him q prey to the deep
est rooted sorrow.
think ho was tho most sod when I passed
hin in company with the captain who some
times condcsccndod to promenade with me,
and tho most angry whom l was out with Mr..
Goodo, to whom | was a relief from the wcar
ail tear of two boys wonderfully full Of ami.
nal spirits ON unreasonable occasions. When
l was with Lilly Brian, lo sooncd to brighten
up n little, and Lily was curious concerning
him, and asked Inc many questions.
WHO is that good looking young man,
Jane, who is always taking his hat oifr' she
asked ono morning.
lilo is q carver and glider; I don't know
him-that is, ! hardly know him." l sold.
"Ho called once about something he had
dropped down our area, and he has claimed
an acquaintance ever since"
"Ihon why doesn't he speakf' asked Tho
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