Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26

Wy oecame more friendly than he
~. o,,t aid not breach the subject Of
WINCH thought so much.
occasionally l would find Harriet in
aeep sS"oy' and one noon, after She had
seeMeu particularly sad. she told me. in
d = low words, that sho intended leaving
.nat evening on visit to New York, and
sllao she would be giving up her position
S 81 soou. was annoyed and astonished.
one ueslred that we part without cere
mony' ana said that when she returned
We Gould meet In a less restrained way
: uiu not appreciate this Indifferent part.
.us ana l was really angry. I began to
S"'nh 1nere was no love IN her part, but
. soEt OF sympathy and desire not to
l,.r my ieeilngs by telling me SO. | felt
s,'shleu ana found consolation the first
night of her departure in anger at bcino
so heartlessly treated; but after a ru.,,ad
hlehts slnmber, ! awoke in the morning
as deep in love as ever Ibusied myself
al the Office next day, and i'm rearranc-
ing Miss Harriet's desk for the now
st,nographer l came across a note
neatly folded, addressed to Mr.. VIM n.
! read it and as pernsed the 70 lowing
lines, fairly boiled with indignation.
'sDEAR FRIEND-I have thought over m,
you have said. and IL must forever cease.
VIII be plain with you. l love another,
l am leaving Chicago Tonight. There is
no need to answer, as all is at an end. For
give the seeming cruelty Of your friend.
HARRIET HALE.
an B.--Please don't d
"Wcll, when l read that note ! was
hot, sure enough What did she mean
by 'Please don't d-?' Please don't
damn, or perhaps she meant please don't
drink. This was awful. Did she believe
She was going to drive me to drink, when
don't believe l had touched drop of
liquor during the whole time of our ac.
quaintance. And she loved another.
That was bitter indeed.
"Oh, how | hated women that day.
First l would laugh, then get angry,
then make up my mind to leave town:
but amidst all resolves was positively
decided on one point, that l was forever
through with the other sex. I went to
her uncle, obtained her address, and
then telegraphed this message. as did
not want her to be in suspense q moment
on my account.
Gently was mistake Forget it, Don't
be uneasy about me: still eat three
meals a day and don't intend to drink,
"'WM. H..
"Days and weeks slipped by and no
communication ever passed between us.
l should have left the city for while,
but pride forbade it now. Her uncle and
talked over business matters frequent
ly, and occasionally / visited at his
house. Whenever called there now
became particularly gay, because l
knew Harriet heard from her folks regu-
larly, and perhaps they would allude to
me as the Jolly old bachelor and
desired that she should not know the
real condition of my feelings. How
ever, gay as appeared, found it only
a make believe, for, try as l would to
forget her, could not drive her image
from my mind
1.-TWO months had nearly passed awav.
had only heard of Harriet incidentally,
through her uncle. One night he in
formed me that she was going back to
Dixon, and would remain one day in
Chicago on her way home. Her uncle
became quite communicative on this
occasion.
"'By the way said he. Il never told
you the sequel of Harriet's employment
at our house, was nervous, but in
terested. and listened eagerly as he went
on. You see,' said he, there was a
dissipated young fellow in Dixon, madly
in love with Harriet, and he annoyed her
so much that she took fancy to leave
her home until time might eradicate his
infatuation. She did not wish to be
cruel or severe, so she broke off from his
society by coming to Chicago, as you re-
member. Even while she was with US
he bothered her with his attentions, and
knowing her to be extremely fond Of
flowers, he would send her bouquets clear
from the town of Dixon. He recently
made last appeal to her and said he
was coming to Chicago This worried
her, and that was the reason why she
left us so suddenly.
Gas MIR. Willis went on, began to get
uneasy, but | listened with sort of
dazed attention.
"sWell, went on her uncle, this young
man has recently left Dixon for good,
with surveying party, for South Amer
lea, and now Harriet is coming home to
earn the peace her fancy and patience
have brought about.
"'What is this young mans name"
said l.
"sWilliam Hazlitt, was the answer.
"Great Scott, thought 1, that note
which / found and read was intended
for him, and was lost by her, and then l
became excited, sure enough. What
should I do? See her personally? That
wouldn't do. Write? That would take
too many bottles of ink to explain. 1
began to pace the floor, and Mr.. Willis
wanted to know what was up. finally
told him the story. He was interested
and promised to help me. but doubted,
as Harriet, he said, was very proud.
The morning of her arrival in Chicago,
as sort of stratagem, l procured
handsome basket of flowers and wrote
on card simply these words:
uForriye me- WILLIAM HI.
("The Chicago one.n)
.Well, was invited to the house, and
the first sight got of Harriet l knew
was forgiven, and have found out since
that it was through that basket OF flow
ers. bows, that ESCAPED being bache-
lOr" JAMES HANNERT1.
How He Learned to Spell.
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