The Red Cloud chief., 1893-09-01
THE CHEF
Circulation, Per week, 1850.
4. 9, MosMER,E Editor.

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CHAPTER XII.
The day following our call at Mr..
Moses Wharton's, We devoted mostly
to the writing Of letters a~cquainting
our people with Dicks intentions,
- to his studies and mine a. to be.
coming . reporter; It would be re.
freshing to here produce some Of
Dicks letters, written as they we're
with that quick, strong hand so ready
to send au adversary into the gutter,
and 50 perfectly in harmony with the
strong and vigorous brain a. the lat
ter indicted matter to be hastily
thrown into words and sentences by
tho former. But, the temptation to
here copy one Of his letters to the
good quakcress is so irresistible that
l must ask the reader to bear with
me. Here It 10:
"DEAR FRIENDs:-I thank you for
the privilege Of writing you freely
and fully - you requested me to do,
and IN obedience to which kind re.
quest I now proceed 70 DO: l am
glad that you did not charge me with
being heartloss ia the matter Of the
deception practiced by myself and
friend Bill while in your city, and
shall eyer thank you for tho conserva.
tive way 10 which you have treated
the subject. | thank you, too, for
permitting your niece to communicate
TO me in the lady-likc yet positive
manner. Had she tried TO shield her
real position in the little drama and
treated II % . mere passing diversion.
l should not have regarded her in the
light Of being the true woman which
l now do. Had she tried to pass the
matter - . joke, I had not felt as l
now do. But having been 50 true to
her own womauhood as to admit the
part she had acted I Wal only tho
more convinced Of her royal grandeur
Of character, and the superiority Of
her worth. Believe me when I Dc.
clare to you that Naomi is to me the
dearest, most precious, and the only
woman in the whole world for whom l
care with the view to one day making
her . companion for life.
say to you now-much as you
may dislike to hear me-that l do
hope for these clouds aud shadows to
be cleared away so that there. may be
no longer any prejudice 10 your minds
against me.
Think Of the fate that must be Ma.
omi's and mine il we are never more
to meet and love IS we did during our
short acquaintance.
Think Of the life Of q man whose
heart Is bound up in the person Of q
lovely and loving woman, and who
must bury those feelings deep down
in the soul.
., think Of all this, and then say
that you can and do forgive me.
Say to me that as God forgives, even
so do you forgive. ! enclose q letter
to Naomi, with the assurance that you
will hand it her, in casc my language
therein employed may strike you as
being entirely ft for her pure young
mind to lay hold upon. I also here.
with hand you the address Of my par
ents, and trust that you may find it
convenient to correspond with
them. ! am now devoting much Of
my time to my neglected studies; and
hope not to suffer to any great extent
by this ~sojourn in this, to me, strange
land. Bill sends kind regards:
Yours to command,
DICK Major"
l think those Of my readers who
have followed me 10 my narrative thus
for, will agree that Dick was no COW.
ard either in the rough and tumble
affairs Of life, nor yet IN the affairs Of
sentiment. But now the time had
come when we must keep our appoint
meat with Mr.. Moses Wharton, and so
We were on hand almost to the min.
ute, and were received with hearty
welcome, not only by that worthy
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