The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-08

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sAhi but yoh dsd,,s says she.
'.Even II poe should not be tho one tn ~
'c SScs. "' f'ha ssss sr, ne. I'm hound tn yo...-
IN am ewsd tone. .whcn will you tell her
She hesitatcd so admirably over the pro-
%nc o. IA. n9m n tim Seorxs LAUGHS
sFirst thing to-n,orrow,N say. he. .To
tell you the truth, I think she has an ink
the other day That looked as Il she was jcai-
"shc co.ldn't, he RELATIONSHIPS doe.n,.
with a little, lone@!rawn sigh "it is dr~ad-
"fou needn't have felt it," says he ten
"But I did. Icouldn't hear To think she
WINS tn belong tn you, while I-well," with
tears into her eyes, II am not Jealous now.
l wonder what she'll say to your"
,o sc, oven r' q sSfa %ss: o np ba aS1ns; and r. A.
ter all, she was throwing herself away. A
girl with a couple of millions might easily
than I am likely to prove"
"She could nave made no better
match" in~dienansiy: OH starting; "is
tin,e:"
ing her i'm his arms and kissing her. $40
morrow, l pray heaven. will leave me
free to- tell all the world that I love you"
plans. With the hot water at q which a
man brings him, u vcritablc bombshell.
i'm the shape of "A letter, that blows all his
His uncle, Lord Farnham. il dead. So
writes Lord Farnham's lawyer, and has
he couldn't keep from him, hut his entire
fortune. El4.OUO n year. Al the last the
name had been too much for the old man.
He had given his all for the keeping
up of IL. He had even given up his re-
vengc. though. IL he had known it., he
unhappy Imam by the bestowal OF his
Observation-Disclosures gift.
How is he to 20 to Miss Mosland now
and the fortune both ia his hands, how is
he to ask her tai break oil her engage
nient: His soul sinks like lead within
him. 1t was such an open engagement
between them-she To give money. he the
title-that now when he feels himself i'm
sibie for him to ask her to let him go free
from the dctested bond.
A last fight for life %animatcs him. He
will seek an interview with Miss Morland
after and put the case fairly be-
fore her. If she stiff elected to adhere to
then to life and joy and happiness. The
honor that alone remain will he but a
poor comforter. knowledge Of Miss
Morland tells him that she will he very
quick to assert her rights and decide ON
keeping her hold ON title AMI estate. He
MANAGES to ask her for few minutes
fast room. Something new i'm her face as
she him; granting the requirtd
no, forcibly. of late her moods have
been sNo Ss! !. S saEin has
THE sooner the better" returns she
shortly. THE library is always vacant at
this hour. Shall we go there ="
.. IA good Si plha ; c says he: trying to Look
against his side, as though IL would burst
~ - = - " p-. A.
closes the library door behind him. 'Onc
word ~ as good as ten"-this is the usual
graceful style i'm which she carries ON her
you arc here, and I may as well have the
first word. You are sick Of mss and 1 am
sic: ak OF SS". TH Sssin IL: S isn,s isH iecb,y. He
il indeed SO o-verpowered by the briliiancy
Of his attack that he finds words difficult
"Ihe fact is,' goes on Miss .Moriand,
waving his attempt at a reply aside with 2
gesture OF her large, firm hand, II don't
old gentleman dying. Farnham. you
know-and y.o,u without the title aren't
= 81 can quite understand that says he,
graveiy shocked at her coarseI,ess. 1T il.
however, u pity that you didn't think of
then, II was only the title"
"Well, as far AS hat 9ocs,' says she, 81
presume IL was never ns either; II wa
She laughs. .'Does thai trouble you ~
says she. "Well, money clings to money,
You know, and l have decided that one i'm
the hand IL worth two i'm the BUSH" This
is n dark saying To him, but time explains
IL. "The truth is, l saw Lord Farnham in
town just before i came down here, and
he looks as IL he would last orevcr; as IL
he would never get older"
"No, he will never get older" repeats
Brooke, i'm "a curious tone. With the old
man lying dead, this heartless speech. of
hcrs-this cruel longing for his death
sounds even more detestable than it would
have were he living. He himself had not
loved the old lord, but he had never wished
him dead.
"As To that. I suppose he will have to,
whether he likes IL or not, says she, vim
dictively. "But I don't feel inclined to
wait for him. And-er- as Lord Totem
ham"
"Yes? PSI says he, his heart giving n great
bound.
"As Lord Tottcnham asked me last
night tn marry him., I decided hat il would
be better to bring our engagement to an
end"
81 am to understand, then. that you are
about to marry Lord T~ottenham ?' asks
he formally. subduinR all expression OF
his passionate relief by a supreme effort.
So Tottenham was ''the bird in the hand!"
A tough one, truly.
EXACTLY so."
"You are wise I'm your own 0encration,'
says he, with "a passing smile, 'and sound
i'm your ~proverhs.'
"Youd don't cxprcss much regret, at all