New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26

! SELF. he meant to pay that woman OIL. II suited
him to stay there far better than it had suited
him at Mrs Jacohs's He never went near the
widows. Daily came to see him. lie wondered
why she would come. He was in q good many
places unsupported; he SAW o good many things
which one would not have dreamed he saw.
Meanwhile he did enough work for the Dodsons
to nc sure OF staying there as long as ne pleased
particularly as he never asked for any wages or
for any morc clothes than they gave him. Mrs.
Dodson believed she controlled him. and he was
Wiling she should continue in that Denei.
The rest Of the week went by and Marietta
began to wonder why Thodor did not call. She
had not seen him since the day he had stopped
on his way to Boston.
| Mrs. Winslow mode herself agreeable by fire.
quently remarking that no young man would
| ever have dared to slight her so; and she won
dered if Thodor had given them things to William.
1t would be Jest like him II he hadn't Thought a
word Of it. If William took his death-a-cold for
lack Of them faunels it would be Thodor's fault.
| Mr.. Winslow made things worse by advising
| his wife not to fret. lie sposcd Thodor was
busy. Upon this he was asked il he enjoyed
seeing his only daughter sighted. and his son
| likely s not having pneumonia. AS for her
| part, she had some feelin'; she had mother S
| heart.
At this stage of the discourse Mr. Winslow so
far forgot himself as to say, "Oh, Lord Then
| Marietta looked reproachuly at him and pressed
| his foot under the table as she passed him the
hot biscuit lie dciecteGly took biscuit. Marietta
said briskly that for her part She wasn't worried
| one grain about Thodor. She guessed he'd turn
up all right If he didn't. they'd all try to bear it,
| Mrs Winslow how announced that if Marietta
could bear the disgrace of gittin' the mitten from
her beau. and she or nNin'. why, her mother
| couldn't And she began to eat crusts with
| marked ostentation-a sure sign of a serious storm
| brewing.
Marietta followed her father to the woodhouse
after supper to tell him that if Thodor let another
day 20 by without calling. she should have TO
send for him, just to pacify mar.
Mr.. Winslow leaned on his axe and looked
at the girl
| There amt nothin' amiss between you n
him, is there" he asked
Not thing" she answered. It's often been
| as long as TINS without his coming.
Her father, shook his head. We couldn't
| live here with yer mar, he sald emphatlcaIly,
| not if Thodor stopped coming.
Marietta laughed. Nevertheless she was glad
when, in tie evening, she heard the well-lnown
| She rose from where she was stringlng apples u
dry, and said She would Immediately light u fire
| in the alright. This fire in the alright in the
stting-room always ignlted in honor OF
Graham. If Mrs. Wnslow had not approved of
| him, her family felt that it would have been
almost Impossible to have had that fire;
| Now, by the time the young man had put his
| horse in tie barn and tucked the blanket Oh
him, the sheetiron stove was almost red hot
Marietta greeted him as usual. When he came
! forward into the light, and had taken off his
| greatcoat, she asked him if he had been sick.
He looked so. Had anything happened -.
He stood in the middle Of the room His face
| was careworn and resolved lie took Marietta 5
| hands and drew her nearer.
| when ] was here last l made up my mind
l would not come again until / could tell you
| something that's on my conscience that you ought
| to know. | thought | should see you the next
day after I'd been to Boston, bat | couldn't quite
You bs see hHns little ke as she
But she kept her honest eyes on his face While
he spoke
lie hcsifated. it is hard to tell woman who
expects TO be your wife that you love some one
She saw the intensity of his unhappiness. and
she also became pale
Can help you any, she asked. a.,
not help it. It sprang on me like wild beast :.
1t would have me! Don't think yelled with
He still kept fast hold of her hands. and she
| was obliged to stand there before him. She was
now quite white. 1t was moment before She
said:
1T is Daily he repeated with great gentle
|
| Marietta succeeded in releasing her hands. She
| caspel them together. She recalled WIN a
| MERGING thrill rhe expression that had been In
| Daly's ewes that morning when Graham had gone
I Ia Boston Not one shadow of suspicion con
cerning her friend crossed Marietta's loyal heart
| But perhaps Daily loved G1ham-perhaps-
Marietta tried to shut her mind 10 all suppositions
| You blame me-" humbly said Graham.
| His companion now looked fully at him. But
her voice. when she spoke, was not as steady as her
| glance ~
| : Blame you-or any onc-for loving Daily ??
| She said "Oh. no. How could You help II :
How could YOU help it, Oh, love her so much
myself l..
| She turned away and sat down covering her
| face with her hands. Mingled with her own
personal emotions was a wild thought Of her
brother What did he now think Of Daily ,
| He had never told her. She did not know but
| that he had forgotten her since he had been a.,
| college She was sure that. as a hoy. he had
| a strong affection for her Bnt boys change so.
| She had sometimes fancied he had seen some
| one else: she had never had his confidence lrrhl'
| direction He would not have told any one.
| Always. when he came home. he visited Daily
Bat that went for nothing. for they Aere OLD
friends. That fact did not make, Inst his
| having forgotten her in the sens, Mnetta had
| in mind. ~ 1900
| Sic tried TO think clearly. 1t was all over
| now between herself and ThOdor. That was clear
| enough.