Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-02-08

>s.Whv mott" cried he, surprised,
though at the same instant an an
swer flashed into his brain !,
"Young gentlemen cannot asa
beautiful young ladies to be their i ih-
structors," said Connie. III not ior
your sake, Gerald, be wise Tor hers
Suppose she fell in love with you'
Gerald whistlcd, colored and protiiiS'
ed to relinquish the Italian lessons
Though merely out ofdeterenee 20
YOU, my sage sister, For that ana
| that alone. am not such u VAN
fellow as to dream that lovely MISS
Marston will break her heart for my
sake while should be numbering her
soft mother tongue. No matter;
have your wishl Good-by 70 the
Italian lessons; only manageto make
it up to her in some other manner.
"Good, dear boy!" exclaimed
Connie. THAT l win do you may be
sure. =
With an easy heart she made all
arrangements for the lessons, ana
(incited by her brotherl ordered three
| borders for chimney pieces. Delphlne
had abundance OF work now; but MS
she sat at her embroidery she thought
how much she would like TO see MIR.
Oakley sometimes. He had said ne,
too, would take lessons, buthe never
appeared.
And Gerald? He also longed 10 s>e
again that lovely, Incompatible
young creature who had so moved
his interest and pity; but how coutl
he break his word to Connie? Mo-
he would not do that, but he hau
more than once strolled ut dusk
down the street in which Delphins
was located, and on two occasions
fortune had favored him so far that
he had obtained distinct view Of her
once as sheentered the baker shop.
and at another time as she passed
out.
| How he wished TO go forward TO
exchange a word with her! He dwelt
continually on her image, and that
which his sister dreaded had come to
pass. Love had blossOmed in his
soul for the penniless Delphinc One
evening, when December SHOWS were
falling, he sat hate in his own room,
dreaming of his future. The young
man was restless and i'll at ease,
| knowing that il would give pain 10
his family il he asked the hand ofthis
friendless girl, OF whose antecetlrnts
he know nothing. Ought he not to
think something of his mothcr-ot
Connie? And might not happiness
fly away when the irreYocable step
was taken; but more and more be
thought that he would take that
step, confess all to Connie, inll ON his
knees before Delphine and whisper to
her that he had loved her ever since
he and she met in the Gloomy Lon.
don street.
Midnight sounded! This night was a
sort of era in his life; for the cousin
from whom he had inherited his
wealth and who had died five years
ago had left with his bequrst a letter,
enjoining his heir to open ! after the
lapse Of five years, ON theaLniyersary
of the testator's death, Mt .aidnight,
when in complete solitude.
The hour and the time had arrived
tonight; the secret ne was To- learn
would soon be in his possession.
The life Of his relative, now dead and
gone, had been a fair aud open career,
full of Kindness and courtesy. II
could not, then, I've d .eaded deed he
was to learn from the land now in.
active for ever. Neye rtheless, the
young man opened the envelope with
II certain thrill 0f emotion.
Poor Horace" murnured no. II
wonder If ann TO learn q love secret
He never married
His eyes were fastened or thn pagc;
his checks fiji 'hed, his brow knit.
What was his he saw before him
II wish to ct some time pi,ss be-
fore you read this, FIR time sottens
lls and gives future possibilities.
Besides, you a,e So .mpetous, you
might refuse to tukc my request un.
less yon had opportunity first fcr re-
fiection and for s,ring hat you IRE
the person who u>ght IT, admins or
0
1t when am dead aud gone.
Then there is 4 secret" broke
from Gerald's lips, Shsn lo had repc!
thus far.
Yes, there was indeed. And ns he
read on he learned that pncc-when
boyhood trenched on manhood-ut
an hour when sorely, cruelty tried.
his dead cousin had yielded to temp.
tation and had used the sum oftwenfy
pounds belonging TO his employer.
and intrusted TO another. a sum no
knew he could replace within d week
This employer was then absent; il
was the most unlikely thing in the
world that the fraud would be dis.
covered.
But the unlikely thing occurred
Ills employer came home three daya
before he was expected. Gernli'a
cousin was absent for few honrs--
accounts were called for-the twenty
pounds were missing. In win tha
young man to whom this money had
been intrusted insisted on his inno.
cence-declared that he had placed
the money safely in the desk-thouch
ne had certainly neglected To lock Il