Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-01

keep nothing back. ! will tell you what I
am going to do. Until Annis gives me her
c~onfidence.-I never force confidences-I
know nothing Of these things. / I'm not
angry with her; and, when / die, / shall
leave her just what l always intended to do
neither more nor less. As to Gilbert, al
though / regret for some reasons he did not,
as / certainly expected Of him, court his
cousin HiIda, because now he has bafied
my plans lam satisfied wiz, his choice. But,
for the present, things remain as they were. ]
am not going to let him come back; j know
we should get on no better now than ever.
j rescind none of my orders, / shall notleaye
him any of my money, for l am not In the
habit OF changing my mind"
''There IL something which would be more
precious TO him than your money may tell
him that you forgive hlmy"
"Yes, you may" he said, after a few mo-
ments' hesitation-''but not at present.
When you are married, you may tell him all
you please Of what L have said to you now;
until then ii must remain sealed, and, like
everything else that goes on in this room,
not a word will / have repeated. III Gilbert
knows 1 forgive, he will hold out hopes Of
the Grange, and neglect his work, and be in
o hurry for me to die"
40, mop / exclaimed.
"Yes, yes" he said testify; and / should
be suspicious Of him, and won't have
IT! I'll think about 1t when you are mar
ried, but not a syllable shall he hear till
then. You can keep a secret, Miss Thorne.
Believe me, my dear, / know him better
than you do yet, and it's best for you he
should not know, whether / am alive or
dead, that he had my pardon. / dare say
he'd think you were marrying him for the
chance of the Grange; he would find some
thing TO be suspicious about, one way or an
other. He has all the Gascoigne pride and
the Gaseoigne jealousyw
OF course / did not agree that he knew
Gilbert half so well as l did, and | was sure
Gilbert trusted me a great deal too we'll 70
be jealous. / knew he had not any linger.
ing hopes Of the Grange which Mr.. Gas.
coigne took for granted only wanted q puff
TO set them alight.
"YOu must promise" he said.
'tSlnce you wish it," I answered slowly,
II cannot refuse, sir; but"
Leave the butts; | can't argue. It's a
question Of that or the withdrawal Of the
pardon altogether" he said, with his die
~tatorial directness. Now for the Times, II
you please, anu SuSlHtss.
And so things relapsed into their previous
state, and the days passed on. We were
fettered, and were conscious Of our shackles,
but we could do nothing. 1t was a strange
life, and at times / fretted and struggled
against my bonds; but Gilbert and I were
all in all TO each other, and l could not be
unhappy while he was near. As for Craw
for Garden, Mr.. Gascoigne, at my earnest
request, let me leave him when he came
but no hint of my dislike served to stop tn,
visits Of the spy or his assiduous attention.
TO me when / CHANGED to see him, although
he must have been aware / was the promis
ed wife of Gilbert Gascoigne.
Nor were M i~nnuendoes more ~effectual
with Gilbert. Naturally he thought ii al
due to illogical prejudice.
Il don't Ike him myself" he said, In hi
frank way. But he Is a clever fellow, ant
we are partners. You shall not see more o
him than | con help when we are married
darling"
was to stay three months longer at-St
Gabriel's Grange, in accordance with Mr.
Gascoigne's request; and II wa now mid
June. Ii seemed that my last three month
under that roof were 10 be more full of anon
allies and contradictions than the frs
three, only that Gilbert's love and Mr.. Gas
coigne's words TO Inc were enough to IA
oyerbalance the trials his demands entaile,
on me. Yet / felt that he was unintentiOn
ally hard on us, that our lives were unnatui
al, our relations strained.
Annis, encouraged by her unele's receip
Of my engagement, impaired her W t
him n evening when only l was wit
them.
You young people act by contraries now
a-days," was the old gentleman's character
istie answer. II conclude your affection 70
each other quite overcame your care for IN
views on the subject; and your meeting
were doubly sweet because they were secret
/ suppose Miss Thorne set you the bad eA
anIQleg?,