Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-08-13
A GIRL FROM REDHORSE.

say beauty" when speaking of a man
He is handsome enough, heaven knows; |
should not even care to trust you with him
-faithfulest of all possible wives that you
are-when he looks his best as he always
does Nor do ! think the fascination of
his manners has much to do with it, You
recollect that the charm of art inheres in
that which is indefnable, and to you and
me, my dear Irene, | fancy there is rather
less of that in the branch of art under con-
sideration than to girls in their first season.
| fancy ! know how my fine gentleman
produces many of his effects, and could
perhaps instruct him to heighten them.
Nevertheless, his manner is something
truly delightful Isuppose what interests
me chiefly is the mans brains His CON
versation is the best have ever heard. and
altogether unlike any ones else He seems
to know everything, as indeed he ought,
for he has been everywhere, read every
thing, seen all there is to see-sometimes I
think rather more than is good for him
and had acquaintance with the queerest
peoplel And then his voice-Irene. when
hear it actually feel as if ought TO have
paid at the door, though of course it is my
own door.
July 3.
fear my remarks about DR. Barritz
must have been, being thoughtless. very
silly, or you would not have written of
him with such levty, not to say disre-
spect Believe me, dearest, he has more
dignity and seriousness (of the kind |
mean, which is not inconsistent with a
manner sometimes playful and always
charming) than any Of the men that you
and ever met. And young Raynor-you
knew Raynor ut Monterey-tells me that
the men all like him, and that he is treated
with something like Difference everywhere.
There is n mystery too-something about
his connection with the Blavatsky people
in northern India. Raynor either would
not or could not tell me the particulars.
infer that DR.. Barritz is thought-don't
you dare to laugh-a magician Could
anything be finer than that2
An ordinary mystery is not Of course,
as good as n scandal, but when it relates
to dark and dreadful practices-to the ex-
ercise Of un"arthly powers-could any
thing be more piquant? 1t explains, too,
the singular influence the man has upon
me It is the indefnable in his art-black
art Seriously, dear, quite tremble when
he looks me full i'm the eyes with those I'M
ready vainly attempted to describe to you.
How dreadful if he have the power to
make one fall in lovel Do you know if the
Blavatsky crowd have that power-outside
Of Sepoy'
July 1G.
The strangest thingl Last evening while
aunt was attending one Of the hotel hops
q hate them DR.. Barritz called. It was
scandalously late-I actually believe he had
talked with aunty in the ballroom and
learned from her that was alone | had
been all the evening contriving how to
worm out Of him the truth about his con
necton with the Thugs in Sepoy, and all Of
that black business, but the moment he
fixed his eyes on me, for ! admitted him
Pm ashamed to say | was helpless.
trembled. blushed. I-oh, Irenel irene
love the man beyond expression and you
know how it is YOURSELF
Fancy /, an ugly duckling from Red
horse-daughter they say, Of old "Calam
ity Jim"-certainly his heiress, with NJ
living relation but an absurd old aunt
who spoils me a thousand and fifty ways
absolutely destitute of everything bu
100000 and a hope in Paris-I, darling
to love a god like himl, My dear, if | ha,
you here could tear your hair out will
modification.
am convinced that he is aware of m,
feeling, for he staid but a few moments
said nothing but what another msn nigh
have said half as we'll, and, pretending
that he had an engagement went away.
learned today "a little bird told meth
bell boy) that he went straight to bed
How does that strike you rs an evidenc
of exemplary habits'
July IL.
That little wretch Raynor called yester
day, and his babble set me almost wild
He never runs downfall is to say, whe
he does run down a score Of reputation
more or less he does not pause between on
reputation and the next. (By the way, h
inquired about you, and his manifestation
OF interest in you had, | confess, goo
deal of genuine vraisemblance) Mr.. Kay
nor observes no game laws; like the deaf
which he would infict if ISLANDERS wei
fatal, he has all seasons for his own. Bu
like him, for we knew one another &
Redhorse, when we were young and tru
hearted and barefooted He was known
those fair days. as "Giggles, B" and 10 Iren
can you ever forgive mel was calle
"Gunny." God knows why; perhaps
allusion to the material Of my pinafore
perhaps because the maize is an Glliteratio
with "Giggles;" for Gig and were inse
arabic playmates, ami the miners ma
have thought it a delicate compliment
recognize some kind Of relationship b
tween us.
Later we took in a third-another OF N
versity's brood who, like Garrick betwee
tragedy and comedy, had a chronic inabi
ty to adiudicate the rival claims ito hir
SELF of frost and famine. Between hi
and the grave there was seldom anythir
more than a single suspender and the hol
Of meal, which would at the same TIN
support life and make it insupportabl
lie literally picked up precarious livlI
for himself and an aged mother by "chlo
id.ng the Dumps" that is to say, q
miners permitted him to search the hea
of waste rock for such pieces of pay orr
as had been overlooked, and these
sacked up and sold at the Syndicate mill
He became a member OF our hrm
"Gunny, Giggles e. Dumps" thenceforth
through my favor, for | could not the
nor can | now, be Indifferent to his cot
age and proves in defending against vi
giles the immemorial right Of his sex TO /
suit a strange and unprotected female
myself. After Old Jim struck it in t
Calamity and | began to wear shoes
school, and In emulation Giggles took
washing his face, and became Jack ia
nor, of Wells, Fargo 81 Co, and OLD M
Barts was herself "chlorided" to her tathe
Dumps drifted over to San Juan SIM
4 md Killed