Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-09-29

him. But 1T contained some reveia-
lions that he could not help but be-
lieve were quite true even IL unwel.
come Was he not egotistic and un.
popular?
So that is the kind OF q fellow I.
am. No wonder nobody likes me.
The professor sized me up pretty we'll,
and 1 am afraid he didn't toll the
whole truth either. Still 1 wonder IL
he discovered all that in my hand.
writing? I wonder IL johnson didn't
have a hand in it9 However, 1 shall
try to do better" he said, after some
little Thought. "I've been a fool"
He did try, and l am pleased to
learn that he is succeeding.
CHOW for the other letter." said
Jaynes. ''From the professor, too"
Opening it. Jaynes with much
wonder and surprise read:
'.This specimen shows the writer to be q
most commonplace woman: no intellectual
tastes; selfish and narrow-minded; care
less and thoughtless in matters Of deport-
ment; vain. ignorant. fond of dress. Alto
gether not o desirable companion"
"Hello," cried Jaynes, when he
finished reading the foregoing para
graph. II wonder whom the pro-
lessor intended this complimentary
delihcation of character for? ls it
possible" Then he stopped short.
He began to wonder If he had sent
the professor the verses written by
Emma. He was pretty sure he had
not He had charged his mind.
"Mother," he asked, .'what became
of that envelope I left ON my desk a
week ago addressed to Prot. North?:
Do you remember it?:"
"Why, yes. I mailed it. 1t was
sealed and stamped ready for mailing
and I thought you had forgotten 1T
So I mailed it myself, thinking it
might be something important 1
saw 1t lying on your desk after you
had gone out. Is it all rightY:"
"Far from it," groaned Jaynea 81
only wish you hadn't mailed il. /
didn't intend to send it to the pro.
f%essor."
but this is not the true delinea.
tion of Emma's character" he said to
himself. 81 know it IS not. The pro-
lessor lied, and I'll make him eat his
words" He went to see the professor
Immediately. Perhaps there was
some mistake. The professor might
have sent the result Of his examina-
tion of Miss Gordon's handwriting to
some n other than Jaynes and
Jaynes mad received a missive not in
tended for him. But whatever hopes
Jaynes had in this direction were
soon dissipated. The professor had
not made any mistake. He recol-
lected the receipt of the two speci-
mems of writing from JaYnes
"You know you desired me to tell
the whole TRUTH" he said, .and Ibid
So l hope 1 haven't given offence"
Jayncs cut the interview short. He
did not compel the professor to eat
his words. AT the same time he re-
fused to believe that the professor
had told the truth about Emma Cor.
don. His faith in her and his knowl.
edge of her beautiful nature were
too strong to be readily assaulted even
by a character reading g%raphologist.
"Perhaps Emma was ill when she
penned those lines" Thought Jaynes.
THAT would undoubtedly make a
difference"
He questioned her about it on his
next visit to her.
.'Emma, were you i'll when you
sent me those verses of Heine, you
Know"
eyes, l was quite ill. How did
you guess it?"
1.-THE writing looked SO unfamil-
lar" replied Jaynes, who suddenly
r%ecollected that he had never seen
any other specimen Of her hand.
writing.
"No wonder it looked unfamiliar.
1t wasn't my writing"
mot yours!" exclaimed Jaynes,
with a warmth and eagerness which
Miss Gordon could not understand.
''Then you didn't copy the verses?:;
"No. as I said before, I was ill,
and I asked a friend who CHANGED to
be visiting me to copy them. 1 for.
got to mention the fact"
A heavy weight seemed suddenly
lifted from Jayne's shoulders.
81 presume you would have pre-.
ferred that 1 had copied them my.
self" continued Miss Gordon. puzzled
at sight of Jayne's strange conduct.
Her lover did not reply. He was
using all his surplus breath in breath.
ing easier. 81 pity her lover or hus.
band" he said to himself, his
thoughts upon the friend who had
obliged his sweetheart by copying
those verses from Heine.
Several years later, after his mar.
riage, he asked his wife about this
friend.
"Jennie is married." replied his
wife.
"Does she live happily with hel
husband?" inquired Jaynes.
Eyes. indeed. They are lovers
STILL"
"She makes a good, neat house.
wife. does she? keeps everything
herself included-neat aud clean?:"
s'She is a most excellent wife. I
wish I were half as good"
isn't jealous of her husband, is
she?:"