The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-10-07

and seemed to be averse to an early
marriage. In justice to US all she
must lay aside all caprice and consent
soon"
1t was a very refractory rosebush
that had become loosened from its sup
port, and the day was well nigh spent
ere the task of securing it TO the frame
work was completed A happy smile
lighted Arthur's face when they again
joined the trio on the piazza.
Congratulate US he said ioyously
''She has yielded at last, the day is set,
and am the most blessed mortal in
existence"
Don't be silly, Arthur, dear" Helen
said, with a smile of reproof You
are always so extravagant in your con-
versation. did not want you to reveal
our little secret just yet, especially in
the presence of our austere friend, Mr..
Lynn"
"My knowledge of it need cause you
no uneasiness, Miss Marshall I am
glad of your happiness. My best
wishes shall always attend you"
There's many slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip. You have her promise,
but you are not sure Of her till you get
her. Girls are as slippery as eels,n
Colonel Marshall interposed senten-
tiously, but as he spoke he stroked his
daughters golden hair in a manner
that belied his assertion and gave
abundant evidence of his faith in her
once her word was given.
In July Helen's cousin came to assist
in the preparations for the wedding,
which was to be solemnized in the
autumn. 1t was not with a high degree
of pleasure that Arthur Wyatt hailed
the arrival of Amy Randall. There had
been a time, several years before,
when the dainty, coaxiug little lady
had aroused in his heart an emotion
that had never been called to existence
by the rather proud and imperious
Helen.
He did not fear repetition of what
might have been termed a summer
Irritation, for was not Helen the woman
in the world for him-the one who had
been the object of his lifetime, and the
only one he could ever care to marry?
Still be almost wished she would stay
awat.
Helen welcomed the addition to the
little family circle with delight. Amy
would be a companion fot Horace
Lynn, with whom she still came in con
tact as frequently as ever, for the for.
NAL announcement of the engagement
had caused no alteration in the home
life. She sometimes wondered if she
was not treading quicksands in which
there was danger of being engulfed al
any moment and she regarded Amy as
her preserver from such a fate.
Horace Lynn was as intensely calm
as ever in those days, and his own will
became subservient TO that of the
others to degree that exasperated
Helen almost beyond the bounds o.
endurance. He walked with Amy
talked with her, because, indeed, the
devoted attendant that Helen hat
planned and desired him to be, but i
CALLED her so.
why doesn't he sometimes demur9'
she said to Arthur once. "Why doesn't
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own? He has degenerated into mere
automaton. 1t is unlike his real self
He was born to command. Why is h,
so docile?"
''Why should he not be- asked Arthur
what has he to complain off Ism.
Amy all he could desire for a compan
ion9 Neither can understand VIII,
you should work Yourself up in such
fever over him. wish you would no
display such deep interest in him
dear"
She did not reply at once. ''Don'
you think, Arthur" she said at length
''that you have made a mistake
Aren't you afraid that you will Away
be unhappy with mea am bundl
of idiosyncrasies-at least, that i
what have always been told-and
am afraid will make you miserable TO
life. Don't you think you had bette
reconsider the matter before it is to-
latel Amy or some one with simila
disposition would make you a splendi
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