Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-01-05


Il never intended tbs.n
swered. IN troubled voice NV
For year now my SON. you Ia
PAID her constant attention bavo 49,,
others from wooIng her by your nres.
snce beside her at all times, and. !
Tear have won her love.
II never sought H."
not ~ words perhaps, but sureIy
70 other ways II made me yerv hsn.
~ 70 mink i was so. Laurence. for
love Sue dearly but now grieyo ,ba,
my son should have trifled with SO true
and warm heartn : y
"Molher-l--you are sure Of what
you now sayP''
mo, ] have no confidence from sns
Laureneei she is 100 maldenly 70 AZ.
sumo your love unless you had spoken
II Only woman reads a yomap's
heart guess what have told YOU .
Il will think Of H."
Very gravsly. with serious sens.
OF The responsibility of his task. Ian.
renee Halstead thought Of his moth
ers words. The result was a letter
70 sus. offering her his hAnd--a manly
letter. promising her all happiness II
was his 70 give hor as his wife, but not
a lovers letter.
But In the light Of her own love II
seemed TO want nothing 10 Sue. He
would como for the answer in The
evening he said. and her heart was
full Of pure. trusting happiness as she
awaited him For In spite of her
merry nature Sue had true earnest
heart full Of tenderness; and sill her
love was given TO the grave. reserved
man who asked her TO 10 his wife.
u chilled her little when b G came.
that be asked her 10 hear him q few
minutes, before she answered bis let.
ter.
II wrote 10 you,' be said. In a grave
voice that was habltual 10 him. '.ask-
Ing i yon could love me well enough
10 10 my wlte and get, Susan. feel
that ! must make confession before
hear your answer ! will give you. !
trust tender. true love II gu can
MARRY ms but | cannot dece We you
BY letting you think yOa are the first
lore Of my heart ! would spare the
story. but a. my wife on viii I've sure
10 bear Il.
A hand Of Ice seemed 10 be grasplng
Sues heart. bu, she waited. pale aud
silent for whs, was 10 follow.
You have met Adela lIaineS my
scennd cousin. have you nots" I.su-
renee asked
''No; was away when she visited
your mother.
Seven ycsrs ago she was my prom.
ICED wife, iid not write 10 nv
mother. sure Of her consent and wlsli-
Ing to give Dor a happy surprise on
my return homo A year ago when
was on my way bcrc. l proposed
going 20 Baltimore, urging Adcla to
aanin visit nav mother. aud announc.
Ing our engagement But In Wash
layton met school friend had moi
seen for years and 10 exchange o.
confidence found Adela bad given the
love believed mine 10 him ! could
have forgiven her II she bad frankly
confessed 20 mo that the love ] had
owned bad slrayed away from me- bu
she wrote to me as II her heart wa
still all mine. knowing every line
fAlashood, She had seemed 10 me al
Rentleues& purity modes,r and sweet
ness; bul hy her falsehood she tor
away The mask she bad worn for me
and I saw her forward. bold and un
maldsniy Il was q bitter waking
sue, for had given her a strong man
love"
"But might there not have beef
soma mistaken" said Sue forgetting
herself 10 the sight Of Laurence
anguish.
sue. / will tell you all Adela' m.
betro,hod wIfe-a girl ! believed a.
. modest--had seen in c.. younl
; man. my schoolmaie, as ] told you
handsome, braInlcss fellow Of wealth
! She had written 10 him In a careiull
J dlseulsed hand. such letters as n
. modest girl could have written 10
! stranger. signed in Fictitious name
but--sue you will scarcely believe m
she had actually inserted her photo
graph 10 such fellow as Ned Hazard
for him to parade among his eIonie'
! and display as his last conquest
White as death, she turned her iao
aside, but Laurence unheeding ne
? agitation. said'
"In nv own breast in a ioeket'
, wore also that photograph beliovin
/, had been taken for me only dutiu
Adola's visit to my mother ! aba,
: donod my trip TO Baltimore and wro,
! - Adela. / told her she might nav
4 nan free before, had she but frank
{ MA mo her love was no longer mln'
s mi enclosed the lookct IN my iaF'
y 49, gue Won know oil, no