The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-11-19
1HE End OF HIS TIME.
By JAMES Knapp REEVE


Chalmers flushed Indignantly at this
use of Hiss Tenants name.
I'VE will not discuss that lady," he
said briefly.
'You may not-I will, said the WON
an deiiantly. 81 have seen her; she is
very beautiful. | grant you that: and
she thinks she cares for him. But she
did not know how to keep him by her,
and If she knew of me she would never
forgive him. That is how she cares
But would forgive him everything.
Il told you that would not discuss
that" said Chalmers. Il will make
you proposal. If you will go to Eu-
rope at once and stay there, you shall be
paid five thousand dollars every year.
But If you ever come back, if you hold
any intercourse with him, if you let
him know where you are, this shall stop
and at once. want to make sure that
he will never see you again. Do you
consent?'
There was perhaps needless brutality
In Chalmers words and manner, and
there was an angry CLEAN in her eyes as
she answered:
''You make very hard conditions. but
] will do it for his sake"
"Put it as you WILL" answered her
companion colby, "only SO that you do
It. It is settled, then?"
She nodded at him by way Of reply.
Every well, then" he said, rising to
go. my lawyer will call on you in the
morning and complete all arrange
ments."
From there Chalmers went at once to
Lima Tenants, feeling the while that it
was almost crime to go from so un-
clean presence into the circle Of her
pure life.
She met him, and put out both her
hands impulsively. He took them in his
and held them just an instant, but long
enough for the girl to become conscious
Of the intensity of his clasp and for that
consciousness to mirror itself in her
face.
II shall 60 to Columbus tonight" he
said. II came only to tell you that.
have done what could today, but am
afraid IL is not much"
Then he told her what he had done.
That he had seen Rodney and some other
of the directors Of the bank. That he
had also conferred with Georges at+or-
neys; had called upon some old and in
fuential friends of his own and secured
letters to the governor, which he should
present in person tomorrow. Not very
much. but Chalmers encouraged her to
hope for the best.
After he had finished this recital, dur.
ing which it required his utmost eau
ton to avoid any reference to Leonie n.
to her part in Georges trouble, he said
to her:
''Last night you told me that you
were still ready to marry him. If have
no success, and he must remain there
his full time, will you wait for him and
marry him then?1
1t was cruel question, but the girl
did not finch.
II will If he wishes it. l promised
him that" she answered readily.
"And you said last night" no con.
tinued, ''that you would do this because
you knew he had not meant wrong. II
he had been really wicked, criminal
at heart, would you then marry him.
II don't see how we can know that
any man is wicked at heart" said the
girl slowly. "But if you mean, If he
had done this from base or sordid
motives. If he had taken this money
meanly and used it for low purposes'-
It you mean that, can answer you.
could never marry one who had willfully
forfeited his claim to my respect.
George has not done that"
It was hard to keep his peace when
abe said that. With . word he could
shatter every tie that bound her to him,
that linked her future with the future
OF this man who had proved himself Sd
unworthy Of her; and If loosed from him
and from this false idol that she had set
mp in her heart and endowed with every
manly and virtuous attribute las wo,,,c.,
60 endow all men whom they endow
likewise with their love-, would there
not in tilce 90 u chance for him to gain
that which he had hoped for SO long ago:
:. He could not help asking himself
these things, although never for a mo,
ment did it r,ally occur to him that he
might thus play his brother false, to the
better accomplishment of his Cwn ends:
and IT 1t had, and if he had done so.
would it have profited him? Did any
woman ever learn to think kindly of the
one who unmasl,ed to her her own de-
fusion! I'VE will do our best" said
Chalmers, breaking the silence that had
fallen between them, ITO put Georae
speedily back in the world and anon;
men again, where he may have the
chance to make IA new place for himself"
Don't speak Us if he had lost his
place ia the world. answered Miss Ten
no M i.nnasiouAl..