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


= with agony.
y There was no relief from his though
0 but work. At his desk in The Dawn O
ice Rush could forget the frightful pas
{ and he thanked God for work that mn
j be done. The nth of September cam
t and he knew that the Germanic was
{ arrive that day. lie would not go dow
q To meet it, but would wait for Helen
= take some steps that would esd his SUI
; pense. What if he never heard fror
I her? He almost believed that he woul
take his life, as his brother had done.
l Archie Tillinghast. who OWNED wha
; was going on in Rush's mind. went dow
to the steamer and met Helen and toll
her what had happened His heart wa
, with his friend in his trouble, and hi
recital filed Helen with sorrow. He
beautiful brown eyes swan with tears
All, if Rush might have seen them!
Poor boyi poor boy!' said she; :.
long to see him, to tell him how deepl,
sympatllize with him"
Have him round at once, Helen
Poor fellow, we must cheer him I'D.
said Aunt Rebecca, in her hearty voice.
lyon are awfully kind, am sure, bu
| am confident that he will not come
unless you ask him; he feels that he is 8
dlsgraced man, and he will not volun.
tarily go before any. one, much less you
Miss Knowlton, answered Archie.
Il will send him word at once. Have
! you a pencil? Thank you; that is lust
the thing" End, taking card from
her card case, she wrote, Aunt Rebecca
and l were disappointed not TO see you
at the steamer. If you will come in the
! evening at nine we viii DO alone. II. K"
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 !.
| listless fashion.
well, Rush, my boy, | have seen
herr! said Archie, throwing himself upon
convenient chair; land never thought
better of your taste than I 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 Won,
You are not talking like man. Ibegin
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 inius-
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 am not an accepted lover
of Helen Knowlton- If was, l should |
expect her to stand by me through thick
and thin. l am only friend, new
friend at that, and have my place in her
regard still to win. Whether l am sue
cessful or not depends upon myself. If
L can prove myself to be everything I
should like to have her believe me, well
and good; but l 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 circun-
stances"
Il suppose what you say is So" said
Archie, pacing the room excitedly, "but,
y heaven, it is strange law Of nature!
)ne would think that any woman would
'e proud of the honest love of an honest
nan. Not bit of til Women are queer
Features; they don't seem to know when
he right man comes along"
AFTER all, how are they to know"
sked Rush. Every man thinks he is
he right one. Look at the men who have
oved Helen. for instance. l won't say {
he has given them any encouragement,
ut they have loved her just rs truly all t
he same. heard only the other day of
man who loved her with an honest, c
lncere love. lie was lieutenant in the t
rmy. He only met her once. and then c
S only one of q dozen who were pre- t
ented to her. but he saw her many times
n the stage of the Academy. He be- I
eyed there was no hope for him. He Il
as stationed at Governors Island, but s
9 asked to be sent ont on, the frontier, so y
lat he might run chance of being v
lied. He was transferred rs he re- a
leSted, and. whenever there was "
lirmish with the Indians, put himself S,
the front of the fight. One day he h
as rewarded; bullet hit him in a vital W
lrt and he died on the field A friend G:
mine, an officer in the same regiment, III
und him dying, and asked him if he te
I'd any message he wanted delivered. b.
es. said the dying man: cut lock of 81
.ir from my head and take it to Helen D
and tell her that loved herr hi
d with these words upon his lips he Ill
I'd. My friend took his penknife and HI
off the lock of hair and delivered it m
requested. Helen was very much af-
ted by the incident, though she didn't I'll
member the man at all. Now. who CT
all say this poor fellow was not the SO
Int man, if only he and she had known 70
Certainly he loved her with an hon XII
love" hs
True indeed" answered Archie, still nc
cling the floor-''true indeed The nc
lole subject seems to be involved in is
'stery. don't know, after all, if an We
Ter war maxim is not to be applied to m
airs of the heart: To the victor belong to
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