The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-08

with agony.
There was no relief from his thought
but work At his desk in The Dawn of
ice Rush could forget the frightful past
and he thanked God for work that mus
be done The 18th of September came
and he knew that the Germanic was (,
arrive that day lie would not 60 dowr
To meet it, but would wait for Helen t,
take some steps that would esd his sIs
pense, What if ne never heard from
her? He almost believed that he would
take his life, as his brother had done.
Archie Tillinghast, who OWNED wha
was going on in Rush's mind, went dow
to the steamer and met Helen and tolC
her what had happened His heart wa.
with his friend in his trouble, and hi.
recital filed Helen with sorrow. Hel
beautiful brown eyes swan with tears
All, if Rush might. have seen them!
Poor boyi poor boy!" said she; 81
long to see him, to tell him how deeply
sympatllize with him"
| ''Have him round at once, Helen
Poor fellow, we must cheer him up,
said Aunt Rebecca, in her hearty voice.
lyon are awfully kind, am sure, but
! | am confident that he will not come
unless you ask him; he feels that he is q
disgraced man, and he will not volun.
tarily go before any. one, much less you
Miss Knowlton,n answered Archie.
| Il will send him word at once. Have
! you q pencil? Thank you; that is just
the thing" End, taking card from
her card case, she wrote, Aunt Rebecca
and were disappointed not to see you
at the steamer. If you will come in the
! evening at nine we will be alone. II. K. y
This she gave Archie to deliver, and
and after putting her in her carriage, he
went at once to Rush's lodgings He
found Rush slipping his cafe au lait in a
listless fashion.
well, Rush, my boy, | have seen
herr said Archie, throwing himself upon
! convenient chair; land / never thought
/ better of your taste than did today.
She is simply superb. Her trip has done
her world of good. Stick to it, old
man; she is too great prize to lose. /
believe am half in love with her my
self"
Il know you mean well. Archie, but
your tone does not harmonic with nv
mood. can't feel very gay when /
know that my chances with Helen
Knowlton are simmer today than they
ever were and that any balance there
may have been on my side of the ledger
is now against me. The prospect is not
pleasing, and | wish were dead"
Nonsense, Rush! Tn ashamed Of you
You are not talking like man. begin
to think you don't deserve so fine wo-
man. Why should you fly to the con-
clusion that she will turn her back upon
you because you are in trouble? You
have no right to do her so great an injus-
tice, and believe she would be hurt to
the quick if she knew you thought SO
poorly of her."
You forget, Archie, answered Rush,
sadly, that l am not an accepted lover
of Helen Knowlton. If was, l should
expect her to stand by me through thick
and thin. am only friend, new
friend at that, and l have my place in her
regard still to win. Whether am sue
cessful or not depends upon myself. If
l can prove myself to be everything
should like to have her believe me, well
and good; but have got to fight my
way inch by inch, and for many reasons
my claims are not strong enough to give
me an instant hearing. My success is a
question of time and fortunate circum-
stances"
Il suppose what you say is so," said
Archie, pacing the room excitedly, "but,
by heaven, it is strange law Of nature!
Ono would think that any woman would
be proud of the honest love of an honest
man. Not a bit of i'll Women are queer
creatures; they don't seem to know when
the right man comes along"
after all, how are they to know"
asked Rush. Every man thinks he is
the right one. Look at the men who have
loved Helen. for instance. won't say
she has given them any encouragement,
but tho J have loved her just rs truly all
the same. heard only the other day of
a man who loved her with an honest,
sincere love. lie was lieutenant in the
army. He only met her once, and then
as only one of q dozen who were pre-
scented to her, but he saw her many times
on the stage of the Academy. He be-
lieved there was no hope for him. He
was stationed at Governors Island, but
he asked to be sent ont on the frontier, so
that he might run chance of being
killed. He was transferred as he re-
quested. and, whenever there was
skirmish with the Indians, put himself
in the front of the fight. One day he
was rewarded: bullet hit him in a vital
part and he died on the field. A friend
of mine. an officer in the same regiment,
found him dying, and asked him if he
had any message he wanted delivered.
Yes. said the dying man; cut n lock of
hair from my head and take it to Helen
Knowiton, and tell her that loved herr
and with these words upon his lips he
died. My friend took his penknife and
cut off the lock of hair and delivered it
as requested. Helen was very much af-
fected by the incident, though she didn't
the man at all. Now, who
shall say this poor fellow was not the
right man, if only he and she had known
ii? Certainly he loved her with an hon
est love"
True indeed" answered Archie, still
pacing the floor-''true indeed. The
whole subject seems to be involved in
mystery. l don't know, after all, if an
other war maxim is not to be applied to
affairs of the heart: To the victor belong
the spoils. But while we are dealing in
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