The Lamar register., 1893-01-21

~ was nStc-nOW srlll.
~ seemed as though everything were
unchanged but his own heart H.,
SOFT and fond and overiiowin, with
love it used to be; how cold and s,err
he felt now.
yet | was siouchinr, purposeless
sort OF boy" he said TO himself. "no
one ever thought would make any,
thing OF myself. was despised. lanyb-
| Ell at. Now nm a prosperous man
oil business. live well, | dress well I
am on my way to fortune, am Mr.
James Jardine, 'one OF tile youn. men
sure to rise in the world'-as | heard
an old banker say the other day.
''Do want to be the poor how with
the shabby clothes and the soft heart
-for the sake OF a girl VINO really car
ed noting about me-a girl who could
marry an old man for. money!
Would | like to be idle Jim Jardine
again II | could2" and suddenly he
cried out. "Oh, my God YES. YES
Oh, for an hour of that old timelr
And leaned against chestnut-tree
IN which bird was singing blithely
and hid his face in his arm and stood
there until foot upon the fallen
leaves disturbed the silence and he
heard the rustic OF "a woman's skirt
then stepping forward he came face to
lace with lady in black dress, who
wore a shade hat and carried a tiny
basket in her hand
As she lifted her head and looked at
him she uttered n cry; q brief exclan..
alton burst from his lips.
~ Jim she had said, and he had
cried "Susyi'
Then he recovered himself
Quite an unexpected meeting" he
SAID, with bow. II hope | see you
well, madam"
"she shall not so home and tell her
husband that she met her discarded
suitor and that he was still misera-
BILE. he said to himself, "she shall at
least see how much have improved.
she shall hear how have succeeded. !"
When people meet only once in ten
years, is Is wise to forget anything
not quite agreeable in the past" he
said aloud, laughing. May | walk a
little way with you, and talk about
the PRESENT."
Certainly" she said, "as for the
past. as you say. we need not recall it
AZ all. | wonder know you-you
have such a different air and man
ner."
City liie.' he said. Activity and
prosperity must alter a man. Then
a get ny clothes made in New York
now and my hats are English-that
poor. old soft hat OF mine, that /
could double any way"
II remember" she said this is
moe fashionable. OF course. but that
became you best
'lt became lazy Jim Jardine, had
something inherited from my French
parents then. But that hat would
make n sensation 10 Broadway. You
are not much changed, but you smile
less. you don't look so happy"
II am very happy" she answered
Indignantly, "that isl should be but
that have lost my parents-other-
wise"
Otherwise you are quite content
ed, aud haYe nothing TO regret.
madam, he said. The position in
which you havePlaced yourself pieases
you"
She turned her head.
Certainly" she said
II am glad to hear it, he said.
''And why, feel that fate has been
very kind TO mel must have had n
sort OF genius for success after ali.
have go on step by step. / shall
be a millionaire alter awhile. | have
no doubt ! shall be quite As rich as
MIR. obed Bunting before | am half
as old. speak OF him as shining
example. you know. a, one TO pat
tern after. fancy that thought OF
him as swore TO be no longer lazy
Jim Jardine. Put money before you
as the greatest good OF life, and you
are sure to get it.
II thought we were not to talk OF
the pastln Susy said, coldiy. II am
glad you have got on, but Mr.. Bunt-
iny need not be referred to at all. -
''He is not OF the past, is he? He ID
still living. believe said Jardine.
..Oh, yes" Susan answered. Law
ing and very well.
sRather a compliment to speak OF |
him as an example, should say"
said Jardine. still, If you OBJ
iect-"
II do. decidedly" said Susy. curtly. |
Suddenly she turned from him and |
sat down on a log by the roadside.
Don't let me detain you, Mr.. Jar |
dine" she said She had taken OIL her |
hat as though TO elieye herself OF its
weight. She was very pretty, but |
paler, thinner, sadder than he had |
been aware until this moment.
The old wretch does not make her |
happy, am sure ofthat," he Thought /
'.and / could-l could" lie looked /
down upon her more kindly; itshe had |
only been willing to be sentimental /
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