Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-03-17

, warning ringing In his ears: the goddess
would hold him to his involuntary
pledge. Even he could see it was pride
and no affection, which rendered her so
, determined; and he trembled at the
thought of placing himself irrevocably
in her power.
But what was he to do: The alterna,
tive was too awful: and then. in either
case, he must lose Matilda. Here the
recollection of how he had left her
came over him with 4 vivid force. What
must she be thinking OF him at that mo-
nent? And WHO would ever tell he!
the truth when he had been spirited
away forever:
''Oh, Matilda he cried, If YOU only
knew the hideous position I'm inf
you could only advise me what to do
L could bear it better!''
And then he resolved that he would
ask that advice without delay, and de-
eide nothing until she replied. There
was no reason for any further conceal
ment; she had seen the statue herself
and must know the worst. What she
could not know was his perfect inno-
cence of any real unfaithfulness to her.
and that he must explain
He sat up all night composing a letter
that should touch her to the heart,
with the following result:
My Own Dearest Girl: Ii such YOU
Will Still allow me TO qualify YOU. |
write to you in a state of mind that |
really hardly know what L am about.
but L cannot endure making no effort
to clear up the gaping abiss which the
events of the past fatal afternoon has
raised between us.
In spite Of all l could do you have
now seen and been justly alarmed ut
the Person with whom IL allowed my
self to become involved in such a I'M
happy and unprecedented manner, and
having done SO you can think for your
self whether art of stone was able for
toto suppiant yours for asingle moment.
though the way in which suhc hidge-
Gus event TRANSFERRED | cannot rust nv
pen to describe except in the remark
that it was purely occidental. 1t all
nappned on that 1ll-omened Saturday
when we eWnt down to those gardens
where my doom was saving up to lay
III wait for me, and i scorn to deny
that Bella's sister Ada was one of the
party. But as to anything serious ia that
Iqua1ter, oh lilly. the whole time 1 was
contrasting you with her and thinking
how truly superior, and never did |
sWerve not what could be termed a
ISWerVe for ainStant. | did dance half
Il waltz with her-but why? Because
she asked me to it and as a gentleman
was bound to oblige! And that was
afterwards, too, when L put that ring
Oh which is the source OF all my recent
agony. All the while | was dancing
my thoughts Wer eisewhere-oH how
could L get the ring back again, for
so 4 still hoped | could, though when
came to have try, oh my dear girl.
No one couldn't persuade her that's she
that obstinate and yet unless L do it
is all over iwth me, and soon too,
AND now, il it is the last ime | shall
ever write words with Il mortal pen. |
must request your support IN this
Edlemmer which is sounding 5ts dread
horns at my very door
You know what she is and who she
Is, and you cannot doubt but what she
Is a goddess, lOslth as you must feel to
admit such q thing and | ask Won if if
would be downright wicked i'll me to
fdo what she tells me | must do. In
deed L wouldn't do it, being no less
than flying with her to Il distant climb
ana oyU know how repugnamt am to
such acfion-nOt if oyu advise me
against 1T or even if you was but to
assure me your affections were I'M
changed in spite of oil. Bur Won know
know eW parted under pig,laier circs
and | cannot disguise from myself
that you may be thinking wlass of me
than what, Matilda, l can honest
ly say | deserve
| Now L tell you soiimIy that if this
is the fact and you've been thinking
of your proper pride and your woman
" dignity and things like that-there's
no time for to do it in, Matilda if YOU
Ct YOU don't want to break with me
tor me all eternity!
For she's pressing me to carry out
the pledge as she calls it, and L must
decide before this time tomorrow, and
want to feel oNu are not lost to me
before l can support my trial and what
with countless pe1plexities and bll1-
glars threatening, and giving false
lnformations, and police searchings,
there's no saying what L may do or
what mayn't do il I'm left to myself,
for indeed l am very unhappy Matilda
and II ever man was made victim
through acting without intentions, or
IL with, of the best am that party!
q Matilda don't, don't desert ME, unless
you have ceased to care for me, and in
that contingency l can look upon my
late, whatever it be, with 4 apathy
that will supply the courage which will
not even Vince at it's approach. But ii
L am Still of value, come, and precious
soon, or it viii bee too late. to the as
sistance OF Your truly penitent and I'M
fortunate
| Leander Tweddle
| L. S.-1ou will see the conditions OF
my feelings from my spelIingII have
not the heart to SPELL
| Dawn was breaking as he put the
the final touches to his appeal, and
re;ld 1t over with gloomy appreciation
He had alwaSy cherished the conviction
he was put to it, and felt now that he
had more than risen to the occasion.
villain shall take it down to Bays