The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-12

and swindler will ever know the con-
trary? What paper that has vilified you
will have the decency or the courage,
now that it knows the truth, to make
the faintest amends? Not one.
''The time has come for you now to
quit at once and for all profession
which the people of the north SO little
appreciate and so persistently decry. /
am aging fast, and shall be glad to have
your strong arm to lean upon. "A year
or two in my Office will fit you for the
bar Meantime you can have nearly
double the income that the government
pays you, and when am gone all have,
practically, will be yours. Come back
to us, my boy; come to the mother, the
father, and the people who love you;
come home to us who know and need
you; you are not wanted where you are. :"
For some time Maj. Kenyon stood in
silence. At last, seeing that he was ex-
pected to express his opinion, he slowly
spoke:
81 feared that that first letter would
come, and I might have known that this
would follow. When will you answer?"
mot just yet. I must think it over.
Not-not until after tonight, anyway"
That evening Mrs. Morris insisted
upon everybodys coming to her house
''to celebrate" The news that Hearn
had been released by telegraphic orders
was all over the post in half an hour, and
that he would start to rejoin the regi-
En fol Of
gone conclusion. Only, said that all i'm
portant parsonage referred to generally
as 'everybody"-only he will probably
want to delay little while on Miss Mar
shall's account, for if they are not al
ready engaged it is solely her fault. Any
one can see he is utterly in love with her.
Once in while Everybody" makes a
mistake. This time Everybody was
practically right No one more thor
oughly than Hearn himself knew how
utterly he was in love with Georgia
Marshall, and nobody but Kenyon knew
that, yielding to the plea in his fathers
letter, Hearn might not return to the
regiment at all.
1t was a joyous gathering at the Nor
rises, and yet there had been a singular
conversion at the Lanes before Mabel
could induce her friend to go at all.
s'Mr. Hearn will certainly come and
ask to be your escort" said Mabel the
moment Mrs. Morris was gone. Glow
can you say no?'
HE will ask you, Mabel, as I shall
not be visible, and you must accept. II
you will walk over there and back with
Mr.. Hearn, will go; otherwise L shall
have splitting headache and be confined
to my ROOM
Glow utterly absurd, Portia! Every.
body expects him to escort you. No other
man in this post will ask you so long as
he is here. 1t is foregone conclusion
that Mr.. Hearn will"
'That is why want you to go with
him. If go it will be with Maj. Ken
yon." And then Miss Marshall took the
flushed, perplexed, but lovely face of hel
hostess between her slender hands ant
kissed it. mabel, I must not go with
Mr.. Hearn. Some day I'll tell you why.
And then she ran to her room.
'Tell me, indeed! know too well,
was the almost fearful answer "Yo1
are prouder, far prouder, than I eve,
was"
And so, though she gained her poin
for the time being, though Hearn had t.
, offer his services to Mrs. Lane when h
called and could not see Miss Marshall
though Mabel went on that mood,
: young gentleman's arm and Miss Mar
shall followed with her stanch frienr
the major-Hearn raging with jealou
: pain the while-the time came when sh
+ found her precaution of no avail. MI
. Hearn was too much in earnest, to
deeply in love, to be longer held at bay.
''Mrs. Lane" he stammered at last
, as they were walking home late at night
81 must speak to Miss Marshall. Sure
ly you know why. Have [ not you
3 good wishes? Will you not help me?"
3 How could Mabel Lane refuse? Ono
: the gate was reached she babe both mel
come in, though Miss Marshall woul
! have dismissed the major; and the
! slipping from the parlor along the hal
l gay SC the dining room she left Mis-
Marshall to entertain her guests, Will
with nervous hands she set forth wine
a and then presently called Kenyon, a
1 though to her aid. He came instantly
f and Miss Marshall would have followed
a but Hearn was too quick and sprang BIZ
fore her to the doorway. For three
>, four minutes, nerYously, incoherentlJ
Mrs. Lane strove to keep up laughin
g chat with the bulky major; but he, too
g saw the ruse as he slipped his wine, an
s neither was practiced in the art of di
q sembling.
O Suddenly Hearn's footsteps, quick an
+ firm, were heard in the hallway, th
a front door closed with sudden bang
= and without word to his hostess b
; was gone. Mrs. Lanes heart sank will
II in her. Conversation was at an enc
s Kenyon stood for an instant in awkwar
silence. Then Miss Marshalrs Skin
= were heard as she fairly rushed up til
" stairs, and the major took himself off {
:, quickly as clumsy man could effect a
~ escape. An instant later Mabel Lar
e stood at Georgias door. 1t was closed
is ''Portia," she called, il low, pleadin
is tones, ''Portia, mayn't come I'M"
d For moment no answer at all.
d Georgia. dear, do speak to me-"
a AT last quick, impetuous step; tx
le door was thrown open. All was darl
10 ness, but as Mrs. Lane entered with on
- stretched arms there came a low, almo
- wailing voice from the bedside:
u "Oh, Mabel, Mabel, how could your
y CHAPTER XVIII.