Telegram-herald., 1889-08-03

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a. tAs sbsasdlsy ~ Sic QUESTION
Archie resented his tC.na
s-Yoa oSslliinx .sve = bess<r gtrf n yc0
tried.s he SAD. and think ysuE Ta&nnsz
extEs1saaly offensive"
lie ts.rsw MS cagAx "a the grass .na
arose - ~ lo>ade
why. Archie. Cd frieod.s said Rush.
taking las hand s'tlseEe - nc woman III
the wsrld for whom ! have "a nlore pro
found regard than ] have Tor Miss
Archer; bug th0Gght sous who used Il
t~it NE Sglth IL, anew II ny love Tor an
other woman, aud "a sseZned % ne 30
absurd 70 think that cood love 9ns one
else, thai could 40; help lsughlDg - !
answered yonT question
I'm forgive YOU. sld b0y, - SAID Archie,
resaatsng himself aud hghung fresh
cigar; and since YOU are 80 oonnding
III oOntlde in yoa IL turn. ! love my
cousin Bessie. She rec N lsBt my cousin,
YOU know; no more relation 70 me than
yoa 2Te; ana Is she gives 1ae no encOur-
agement | supposed il Was because there
was another man IL tire field. You and she
seemed 70 be SO intimate that have look Cd
upon you as 8 successful rival for some
time past. and have only been waiting
knowledge my error. IL you are not my
rival know / have none, and I'll 80 IN
Ia win now, or know the reason why. |
did once think Of challenging thai black
guard OHara, or whatever his name
was, but the law took him in hand and
saved me the job. Imprisonment for
life he got, wasn't il; thought so-tbe
rsscali Hanging would have been too
good for him. But tell me. old man. are
you stlll reauy and seriously IN IONe viii
the KnowltonY'
Really and seriously, Archie. But
wish you would not call her the Knowl-
ton;' that sounds as though she was
nothing but a public character, when
really that is the least part of her. Ii Is
as a woman that ! admire her. though !
consider her the greatest singer Of our
time"
Rush's experience Of prime dome was
limited, but he had heard this statement
advanced by excellent authority and felt
safe In echoingit il. MY confession 20 you
tonight" he continued. lis in the most
sacred confidence. No one suspects what
have told you, Miss Knowltcn least of
any one: but / am going TO win her or
die in the attempt"
81 admire your pluck, old man, for il
it is plucky Of you, deuced piucky, when
you have 10 fight against 40 many suit
ors. give you my blessing; go in and
win. You possibly think. with becoming
modesty, that if you win Helen Knowl-
ton you are the one upon whom con
CALCULATIONS are 10 be heaped: certainly
you deserve some; but Miss Knowlton is
the one whom | shall congratulate. And
now TO bed, and 10 dream OF our sweet
hearts-God bless them. You have made
me happy man. Rush. or perhaps
should say comparatively happy man. >
And the friends pressed each others
hands and said good night
The next and last week Of Rush's va
cation was spent with the dear ones at
Farnsted. Itwss the middle Of August.
and all the village was in a futter Of e1-
element over the arrival or SO 0istIn-
guished n townsman. Old Bennie Miles,
the scotsman, said that be 'knOwed Rush
Hurlstone was going u make place for
himself in York. There was the right