Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-02-14

them with her; and my voice sounded
hoarse and unnatural, Just a. . novel
hero's would under similar circum-
stances
81 have them here, she answered.
and took them from her pocket a. she
spoke; If you will give me two hum
dred dollars win destroy them here.
in your presence; If you refuse, 1 will
scream until the attention of people in
the building is attracted
1T happened that had received q
remittance of two hundred dollars that
very morning; it was nearly every cent
/ had in the world, but I resolved that
would have those letters tried my
best to beat her down in price. but she
was obdurate. She told me that she
knew I had the money, and that il
was foolish to expect her to sell them
for any less So I paid her. got hold
of the letters, and burned them. That's
all"
DR.. Raymond sat silent
Come now, old boy, that won't
do" demonstrated Mr.. Carter; 1--WE
told you what a fool was; let's have
your experience.
"You needn't emphasize your pro-
nouns in that way" returned the other,
with an air of offended dignity; ere
member that l went into it fancy-free.
Have you never heard of such things
resulting in lifelong happiness?"
well, yes, in stories," admitted the
lawyer. reluctantly; ''but always sus-
pected that the author stood in with
the publisher for a share of the adver-
Using profits"
'Like you," continued DR.. Raymond,
serenely disregarding this Extensively
matter-of-fact explanation. II re-
ceived a number of answers, but did
not practice on confding femininity as
you confess to have done; it did not
occur to me- I made separate ap-
pointments with each one; if I failed
to keep most of them, it was because q
distant view Of the waiting female con-
WINGED me that had better not take
any chances; SO I skipped, without
giving any sign of my presence. Like
you, I received one letter which ex-
cited my curiosity-shall l say my in
terest? But she was not q widow
widows are apt to be tricky. She was
an unmarried lady of twenty-odd
years. halling from Boston, although
much travel had made her rather cos
mopolitan. A personal interview
showed that she was all my fancy
painted her. and l was inclined to
think that had indeed discovered the
not impossible She.'
{" I had my doubts of the delicacy of
any woman who would answer such an
advertisement, but she confessed to
SO much shame at having yielded to
the within that I could not help but
forgive her. Any man can forgive q
charming woman an indiscretion, par
when he is the cause of it;
and l waited impatiently for second
interview. She told me that she was
engaged to cousin, whom she detest-
ed; but family pride had forced her
into it, and she dreaded the day when
she must stand at the altar with him.
I hated that cousin; I wished that I
might meet him under circumstances
that would give me half an excuse to
knock him down. l revolved plans
for breaking that engagement, and de-
termined to discuss the subject with
her at our second interview"
"And did you break it?" inquired
Mr.. Carter, eagerly,
Don't interrupt; it's impolite when
am talking, although necessary and
when you are holding forth.
She sent an excuse the next day. To
say was disappointed is to put it very
mildly; and I wrote her a note telling
her how I longed to break the hated
bonds that kept her from me. Yes, it
was rather sudden. I know; but I
really couldn't help it. She answered
evasively. and I wrote again. urging
her to see me. That's the way it went
on. One day was surprised to hear
that my professional services were re-
quired."
II should think it would be q sur
PRISE" remarked Mr.. Carter. "Was
It the fair Bostonian?''
1.-The messenger told me that Mrs.
Gray wanted me to come at once. and
Of course / went had no thought of
any thing but surprise at receiving
such a summons from any one, and |
had never heard of Mrs. Gray before.
| reached the house, and was con-
lucted upstairs; then, for the first
lime, saw that it was my inamorata
hat was to attend.
"She blushed and stammered charm
ngly when she saw me. She had not |
been feeling well. she said. and had
asked Mrs. Gray to send for physi-
ian, but did not know that I had been
Mrs Gray was consider
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