Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-10-12

Jim regained convalescence it was
promptly brought home to him that he
should resume management OF his own
affairs, but his new sentiment barred
the way to this. At this crisis it seemed
good to Jim Paddon, whose simple
brain was not capable of dealing with
two sets of emotions, to unceremoni-
ously depart with the settlers daughter
and marry her. He considerably left
a note requesting Halkett to deal with
his honor as he thought fit.
Godfrey Halkett was a gentleman by
instinct, and at the best but an anna
teur liar. He had the British aversion
to taking away a mans character to a
girl. After much deliberation he said
to himself: eff I know .Kate-and I
fatter myself that do know her-she
would rather retain her faith in a dead
Jim than lose her faith iii living Jim. =
SO he wrote that Jim had got worse and
died. He did not consider himself in
this. which was to his credit
Then, being no longer required in
Colorado, he followed his letter home.
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gued with him and brought home to
him very forcibly that he had made q
mistake. Sooner or later Kate must
learn the truth. 1t would be better for
her to hear it from him now than to have
it brutally broken to her later, when it
might injure her life more. 1t was not
| a pl easant mission, this mission Of con-
fession on which he went short time
after his return, but he confronted him
self with the thought that she would at
least acknowledge that all he had done
was out Of consideration for her.
Godfrey Halkett never told anyone
what happened at that interview. AS a
matter of fact, the girl heard him all
through, and then, white and rembling
with indignation, infinitely scornful
with herself for having allowed anyone
to defame her lover while she listened,
she turned and left him-not, though,
before she had pointedly 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 up his hat and went.
LIS AAuAs VIM AAoN hAAAAoCAA
never to be astonished again, was: an
obstinate man, but not too obstinate to
acknowledge himself astonished. He
wasted no time over useless arguments
or letters, but he went abroad and some
time subsequently he met Jim Paddon.
The interview was short, but satisfac-
tory. All, it appeared, that Halkett re-
quired of his former friend was a letter
written TO Kate, telling her how mat
tiers stood. Paddon demurred, and
Mrs. Paddon thought Halkett nui-
sance.
Il may be sneak, said Jim; "sbut I'll
be = if I'll write myself down one.''
Halkett declined to enter into the
distinction. ''You can put it in gen.
tlemanly way if you can" he said.
A man with only one lung and bad
case is no match for man with two
lungs and a good case and rapidly de-
veloping passion for woman. In less
than q month Halkett was home with
the letter.
Kate is devilish obstinate when
she's in bad temper he said to him
self. q know what she'll do now;
she'll refuse to see me, and I'm not
going to trust the letter to the post y
Still, he wrote and asked her to make
an appointment She replied by re-
turn, naming day and hour. Hal
kett gasped little at this, but went
for walk to think how he should
| meet her.
He need not have troubled about
! arranging speeches or lines of con-
duct. Kate took the initiative at the
interview, as he might have known she
must. She was very civil, only rather
distant, and asked him why he wanted
to see her.
Il have brought you letter." he
said.
She held out her hand.
He gave it to her. She looked at the
writing, murmured an excuse and left
him.
When she came back there was little
changed about her except . hcsitancy
in her speech.
Don't make me apologize" she said,
''but. of course, knew you were right
when you told me, only wasn't going
to allow anyone but Jim to say such
things about himself, was -"
Certainly not, said Halkett, too
blinded by the sentiment of tho SEN
tence to consider its grammar. st is
l who have to apologize
So they parted good friends and the
student of women went home satisfied,
and on the whole rather pleased than
not with the sensation of establishment
rs wiki he ~
accustomed.
After a decent interval of these
friendly relations he asked her to
marry him.
Then the friendly intercourse
snapped like pipestem and she told
him he had insultetl her. You ought
by this time,' she said, ito know me
too well to imagine that could ever
love again.
This finished off Godfrey Halkett.
He spent a miserable month making
up his mind whether to go abroad or
to the devil, and he finally decided
on a combination, when this letter
came: 1881: Il
DEAR MIR. HALKETT-Have we annoyed you
in any way? II not, why do you never came to
see us now? We shall both be in, and very
pleased to see you any afternoon this week II
you care to look us up again. Very sincerely
yours, ss KATE TEMPLE
p S-Aunt says she may have to go out
Wednesday,, but every ether afternoon she will
be at home
Godfrey Halkett read this letter, but
not all his experience could make him
look as though he had expected It.
After little while he smiled and lit
his pipe, and was happy. He might
not understand women, but he UNDER
stood that letter. On Wednesday
morning he spent twenty guneas on a
ring, on Wednesday afternoon he
called at the Temples and saw Kate.
After all, now that he was cured Of
his chief weakness, he was q very
good fellow, and there is never better
wife thanvsthe girl who is capable Of
astonishing you on occasion. San
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