The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-05-16

worm road 10 the affections Of q lady. Had
b been content 70 advance the money, and
then BY and by-thougb even that would mo-
have been gentleman like-haVe gently let d
tranSpirO what he had done at great personal
O1pSnsO and Inconvenience, her Imagination
might have been touched, and her gratituds
would certainly have teen excited But thS
idea Of bargaining, the idea Of purchase,
which, after what bad passed, could never b
put aide. would Of necessity be fatal to any
hope Of tender feeling Shylock might ret
bis bond, but Of bis own act be had debaTred
himself from the possibility Of ever getting
more
Nov Edward cossey was not lacking in
that after glow Of refnenlent which d lsft
behind by . course Of public school and uni
vOrSity education No education can make .
gentleman Of man who b not q gentleman
at heart; for whethor bis station In life b
that Of . plOWboy or an earl, the gentleman,
like the poet, Il born and not made But u
can and does. II he lie Of an Ohservant nature,
give him certain insight into the habits Of
thought and probable CvIrIe Of action Of tho
members Of that clnSs tn which be outWardly,
and BY rePute, belongs Such an insight I'd
ward Cossey possessed. and at the present
moment it, POSSESSION was troubling him
very much His trading InStineta, the desire
bred In him to get something for his money,
had led him to make the bargain. but now
that It was done bis better Judgment roso up
against It For tho truth may a. well Be told
at once, although be would a. yet scarcely
acknoWledgs It to himself. Edward COsSsy
was already violently enamored Of Ida He
was BY nature q passionate man, and a. It
CHANGED, she had proved the magnet with
power TO draw his passion. But a. the
reader e aware, there existed another com
plication In bis life for which hO was not per.
haps entirely responsible when still quite Q
youth In mind be had suddenly found him
SOlf the object Of the love Of Q beautiful
and inthralling woman, and hS had, after .
more or lesS severe struggle, yielded TO the
temptation, q, out Of Q book, many young
men would have dOnA Now 70 b the object
OF the violent affection Of such q woman as
Belle Quest IL no doubt very nattering and
even charming for awhile But u that alfeo
ton n not returned In kind-if, In short, the
gentleman does not love the lady quite 90
warmly a. she loves him-then In c0urss Of
time the charm d apt 10 vanish, and even
the hattery 10 cease to please Also, when,
a. In the present case, the connection Is
wrong In itself and universally condemned
by society, the affection which can still
triumph and endure on both sides must bo Of
. very strong ana lasting order. Even an
unprincipled man dislixRS the acting Of one
long lie such as an intimacy Of the sort necos
Sarily involves, and II tbs man happens TO DO
rather weak than unprincipled the dislike iS
apt 70 turn to loathihg, some portion Of
which will certainly In time Be reelected on
10 the partner Of his III doing.
Tnis was the state Of AFFAIR." before be
became attached to Ida do Ia Molle, after
which the horizon grew blacker than
ever. At drst be tried to get out Of the diff
aculty BY avoiding Ida, but IL did not an
SWer She exercised an irresistible attraction
over him Her calm and stately presenUo
was TO him what the sight Of the mountain
SnowS are to one Scorched by continual heat
He was weary Of passionate outbursts, tears,
Agonie1. alarms, presentim0ntl and all the
parRpheFnalia Of secret love Il appeared TO
him. looking up at the beautiful snow, that II
once be could reach IL, life would all Be
BweotnsS and light, that there would be no
more thirst, no more fear, and no more
forced marches through those III odored
quagmireS Of deceit The more ho allowed bis
Imagination TO dwell upon the picture the
eSaSoa ~" NAN tOnBlnb " poA11Nle Allo ne
knew well enough that to marry q woman
IKE Ida Dc "A Mole would 30 the greatest
blessing that could happen 70 him, for she
would Of necessity lift him up above himself
She had no money, IL Is true, but that was a
very minor matter TO him, and she bad birth
and breeding and beauty and that presence
which commands homage. And % 10 came
to pan that be fell deeply and Jet more
deeply In love with Ida, and that - b did
% his connection with MrS GUST although
We have seen him but yesterday Offering In Q
passing d ct tenderness and rOmorBo 70 run
away with her, became more and more irk.
some TO him. And now Is be drove loIsurely
back 70 BoisIngham, be felt that he had i'm.
poriled ali bis hopes BY q rash INDULGENCE In
bis trading inStinctS
Presently the road be was following took q
turn and revealed q sight that ala not tend
to improve his already irritable mood, Just
here the roadway was bordened BY a deep
bank covered with trees which Slopsd down
to the valley Of the Ell, At this time Of the
year looking it, l0velieSt In the soft autumn
iiRhtA And here, seated on . slope Of turf
beneath the shadow Of Q following chestnut
treo, IN such q position a. 10 ret 4 view Of
the green valley and flashing river, where
cattio red and Ihits stood chewing the still
IuxurIaut aftermath, was none other than
ida hsrsslE, and, what was more, Ida accom-
panied By Col ouaritch They were seated
on camp stools, and In front Of each Of them
was an easel Clearly they were painting
toQuthor. for even as Edward easod the
colonial rose. came IN close behind his com.
panionS stool, made 4 ring Of his thumb and
drSt finger. cEsed critically through Il At the
ladyls porfoFmancs, and then sadIy shook his
head and made some remark, whereupon Ida
turned round and commenced an animated
diScurSion.
"Hang me-" aid Edward TO himself, "if
she has not taken up with that confounded
ola military frumn Painting toretherl All,