The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-11-11

leaned against lamp.pos smoking
anG thinking IL rather pity that
Hates eyes should be wasted on Jim.
lie was aroused by Jim rushing down
the steps. almost knocking him down
and swearing at him. They walked
London that night by way of getting
up sire rgth for :ha journey. The
next they started.
Rushin, who advocated once a
period of heightened probationary
absence for the young man in love,
probably foresaw the advantage of
] taking steps which would cancel fifty
I per cent of first engagements. Pad
! don was not To be relied upon with
impunity. Ills lung grew lusty and
! strong in the bracing air of the rocky
| mountains, but he fell in love with u
settlers daughter Just before the time
when he should have returned to
Kate. llalkctt had noticed this emo.
ton in its incipient stages, but Paddon
had not. nor had it even tingcd his
letters To Kate, when he contracted
prevalent form of fever and the set
| tiers daughter Eursed him through it,
As soon rs he became convalescent he
bestowed on her new Colorado cdi-
tion of his old love for Kate.
Now. Paddon's illness had been
llalkctts opportunity. Whatever
swcrvcd in him il was never his loyal
" To his friends. lie wrote to Kate
regularly, reporting the invalid's
health. When Jim regaincd Gonzales
ccnce il was promptly brought home
To him that he should resume manage
mcnt of his own affairs, but his new
sentiment barred the way 10 this At
this crisis il seemed good To Jim Pad
don, whose simple brain was not capa-
Bile of dealing with two sets Of emo.
tionS, To unceremoniously depart with
the settlers daughter and marry her
lie considerably left u note request
ing lialkett to deal with his honor as
he saw fit.
Getfrcy lialkett was a gentleman by
instinct and at best but an amateur
liar lie had the British aversion to
taxing away mans character to q
girl. After much delib,ration. he said
10 himself IF know katc-and l
Halter myself that do know her She
would rather retain her faith in
dead Jim than lose her faith in liv-
ing jim. =" 80 he wrote that Jim had rot
worse and died He did not consider
himself in this. which vas to his
credit
Then, being no longer REQUIRED in
Colorado, he followed his letter home.
On the way home common sense ar
gued with him and brought home Ia
him very forcibiy that he had made !;
mistake. sooner or later Kate must
learn the truth. IL would be better
for her to hear ii from him now than
to have it brutally broken to her later
when it might injurc her more 1t
was not pleasant mission. this mis-
sion of confession on which he went a
short time after his return, but he
comforted himself with the thought
that She would at least acknowledge
that al he had done was ont of con
for her.
Godfrey. lIalkett never told any,
one what happened at that interview.
As matter of fact. the girl heard
him all through, and then, white and
trembling with indignation infinitely
scorn!ul with herself for having al
lowed anyone Ia defam" her lover
while she listened. She turned and
left him not, though, before She had
suggested that he should
never enter the house again.
'She had never trusted him from
the very beginning, SO She said, and
now
Halkett took mp his hat and went.
This man. who had thought himself
never be astonished again, was an
obstinate man hut not too obstinate
10 acknowledge himself aStuniShed.
He wasted no time over useless aryn-
nentS or letters, but nc went Il broad.
md some time subsequently, he met
lin Paddon. Theintarview was short.
put satisfactory, All, il appeared.
hat liallictt required of his former
friend was a letter written Ia Kate.
ceiling her how matters stood. Pad.
Ion demurred and Mrs paddon
.hous lat lialkett a Nuisance.
II may be a sneak. said Jim but
I'll be --- If III write myself down
me"
lIalkett declined to enter into the
distinction. 'lon can put il in d
way. IL You can. he SAID
y man with only one lung and Z
bad case il M match for a man with
.wo lungs and a good ease and Il rap
Idly developing passion for Il, woman.
In less than Il month ll;tlltett was
home with the letter.
kate is devili>h obstinate when
She is in a bad temper he said To
himself. Il know what she'll do now:
she'll refuse To see me. aud I'm not =
going to trust the letter to the post" y
Still. he wrote and asked her To make
an appointment. She replied bv re-
turn. naming a dav and hour Ha!,sptt
sa>prtt Il little at this but went for "a
walk To think how lie would meet her.
He need not have troubled about
arranging speeches or lines of conduct
Kate took the initiative at the inter-
view. as he might have known she
must. She was very civil. only rather
distant, and asked him why he wanted
10 see her,
81 have brought You letter" he
said.
She held out her hand.
lie gave IL To her. She looked at
The writing. and murmured an excuse
md left him.
When she came back there was little
about her, except a hcsitancy
n her speech.
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