The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-07-04

Hos do you do, Mr. COsSsyF' she aid
ID am glad 20 Sc you out, and hops tAAs -
are better"
81 beg your pardon, Z cannot hear you"
10 said, turning round; Il en- seons deaf y
my right ear"
A Pang Of pity shot through her heart
Edward Cossey, feeble, detected and limping
from the Jaws Of death, waS very Different
being TO Edward COSBY In the full bloom q
his youth and health and siren ID. Indeed,
% much did his condition appeal 10 her sym.
pathiea, that for the nFSt time since heg
mental attitude toward him bad been one a
entire indiHerSnos, Shs looked on him with
out rspugTance.
Meanwhile her father had SHAKEN him By
tbs hand, and led him 70 an armchair before
the ilra g.
Then, after few questions and answer as
70 bis accident and Hierciful recovery, there
came pause.
AZ lsngth he broke IL ~ have come 10 ~
you both,' he aid, with . faint, neEvouS
alile. about the lettcrs you wrote me- II
my conditiJn would have allowed 10 would
have coapO before. but il would not"
Yea" mid the squ!a'. attentively. While
Ida folded Der hands IN hsr lap aud ut Gilll
with her eyes Axsd upon the Gre.
ut seems" be went on, shat The old
proverb has applied to my cass . 70 % many
otherS-being absent, have suffered un
derStand from these letters that my 0ngage
ment 70 you, Ida, iS broken OFF,
She made motion of assent
And that IL 10 70 b broken % on the
ground that, having LsSn forced BY comb
nation Of circumstances which cannot entsi
| into, to transfer the mortgages 70 Mr.. ouesi.
consequently, ! brOks my bargain With
your .-.
"YeS.s aid Ida ........
"vory we'll, then, e1DS 20 tall you both
TINT am ready 70 And the money - uASsa
thoss mortgages and pay them OF"
"Ahr' aid the squire. ....
ALSO. that am ready % do what oRsTsA
to do befors, and which, - my father b nov
dead, am perfectly In . position 70 do.
namely, 10 settls two hundred thouAnd
pounds absolutely upon Ida, and, indeed,
| generally to do anything else that she o. y0u
NAV wish" and be looked At the squire
"lG 10 no ne looking At me Tor an answer,
voice In the matter"
He turned to Ida, who pot her hand befcri
Der faco and shook her head
terly, II should not bO far wrong 10 ] SRh
that Col Quariteh has mOrs to do with you
change Of mind than ths fact Of Tire transit
! Of thess mortgageA"
ShO dropped her had and looked hisa fl.
| in the iacsL
"You are quite right, Mr. Cosssy. she at
boldly. "Col Quaritch and ! are attacht,
20 each other, and We hope ono day 70 b
married"
"ConfOund that fellow ouAritch," ErOwIr
the squire
Edward WINGED visibly at this OatspOksi
statement
Ida" he aaid, II make one last appeal b
you, am devoted to you with all my heart
70 devoted thnt though 1t may seem foolish q
say %, especially before your father, really
Think that would rather not have recovered
from my accident than that should havl
\ recovered for thiR ! will give you every
thing that woman can want, and my monej
will make your family what IL was csntuTie
ago, the greatest In the country Side. don
pretend to have been q saint-perhaps yol
may have heard something against ne In tha
wny-or 70 be anything. out Of the common
4 am only On ordinary everyday man, but
am dsvoted to you Think, then, bsforO yoO
refuse mo altogether"
az have thought, Mr.. Coasy," anSwere,
Ida, almost passiOnately, II have though
until / am tired Of thinking, and do no
consider that Il iS fair that you should pres
me like this, especially before my father"
Then" be Said, rising with difficulty,
have aid all that have 70 say, and done a
that can do shall still hope that you ma.
change your mind; shall not yet abandoI
hope 0ood-by.p
she touched hls hand, and then The SOUR
4 Offering him hia arm. be went down TIE step
20 his carriage
~ hope, Mr.. Do Ia Molle." hs MD, ''tha
bad ~ thlngS are for ne, u they should tak
turn, shall have your support"
NY dear sir, answered the squire. u 81
you frankly that wish my daughter Woul
marry you A. ! said before. Il would 70
obvious reasons Be desirable. But Ida b No
like ordinary women. When she astS b
mind upon . thing she Ssts 10 like aini
ThingS may change, boV'ovsr, and that 4 q
can say. Y6, II ! were you, should n
msmbsF that this b . ehangSabls world an
that women arO The most changsabls thing
In L." ~ l.-
WHEN The carriage bad gone b rOSntsrO
The VestIbulG Ida, who WD going ava
: much disturbed In mind, NV him comm
|, and know from the expression Of bis fac
that there was going 70 be trouble. Wit
, characteristic courage she turned, Determine
80 hrnNo n ouA