The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-30

nOlner was, because ner uncle, DIX
keene had began in my brothers regi-
ment; because her father had died in
Strengthened circumstances and her life
with her aunt had not been pleasant,
she wanted to leave; Mr.. Rhodes had
fallen in love with her, but she had
him, as an older man. but
had not loved him. She wanted to
know whether he could compel her to
marry him. l treated the matter with
some levity; said there was no law by
which she could be compelled to spe
cific performance if she did not like.
She looked as though she felt like cry
ing, took out her handkerchief, put it
to her face, and I got up and walked
the room. l asked her if her mother
was alive. l had not seen her mother.
l never have, in fact; but she said her
mother had not approved of the con-
tract and it had made unplasantness
in the family. l spoke of her grand
father. 1 knew her grandpa and uncles.
We had ceased to walk the room; she
was sitting on the divan and L was
standing beside her. l started to leave
after some expressions of sympathy, but
she detained me. She said: It's much
worse than that; it's much worse than
that. He insited on marrying me. L
did not want to be like Aunt Lou, with
a house full of kids and unable to edu-
to her face"
Here Colonel Breckenridge spoke very
Slowly and produced the mournful tones
which a young woman might use in
making such a confession.
''She said: 1 gave him higher
proof than the contract Then l said
she ought to marry him anyway. She
said: L can't, l have grown away from
him. I know what other men are and
hi SC off n
L replied: You can't afford not to marry
him, young girl as you are
He Grows Pathetic.
''Then the conversation driftad away.
There was nothing more 1 could say.
She seemed to have said all she cared
to-
There was an exquisite nlinor key of
retrospective pathos as the colonel
sunk his voice through these passages.
Tho conversation drifted away"
he repeated, refectiveiy, lingering the
bible at hand. tAs l stood there with
my hat in my hand, she said: I have
set my heart on becoming an author
ess.'
Il said, I don't see why you can't
do that, you must remember this
double life'-here he assumed the stern
tone of moralist, a man stainless,
above reproach, reproducing the pa
ternal, advisory manner, Of the coun-
sci he said he gave to the young wo-
man.
This double life said, may come
up against you any time. He has you
in his power. A young girl can't af-
ford that You should marry lin as
soon as you can She said, L won't
do thif now, anyway; no danger Of
his giving me up Then she spoke of
an entertainment at Vine street She
said there was to be a cornetist play
have been going to Cincinnati ever
since l was boy, but [ never knew
which one of the hills Vine street was
on. She said in an entirely proper
perfectly proper-(COlonel Breckenridge
seems anxious to make assurance
doubly sure on this .)oint)-that we
might ride. [ asked if they would lei
her go. She said she was a summer
boarder and she knew no rule against
I it. Then young man came into thC
room whom l recognized as MIR. Brown
although [ did not know he was con.
nected with the school, ne had repre.
scented Jessamine county in the legis
lature. We shook hands, and he sale
1t would be perfectly proper for US t.
go. Then [ took dinner at the Barnett
house, and after dinner / walked uD Il
a stable and selected a carriage with
out any particular thought about wha
KIND 1t was. 1t was warm Angus
evening. There was quite a little grou,
on the Dortico. Nothing was said abou
a closed carriage or about nv HAVING
a sore throat No allusion. Whatever
no excuse nor any reason for excuse.
Brushing Away the Breath of Sus
piciOn.
In a mild deprecatory gesture witt
which the colonel brushed away tn
breath of a suspicion of impropriet,
from his action at that time, he knock
ed tumbler from the stand with
crash which startled the room, an,
men looked around apprehensively a
| though they thought of Kantuck,
shooting irons.
We started in an entirely prope
way" he resumed. ANY excuse wouI
have been wholly out of place, no
was any reason asked
For the first time the flow of siIve
depreciation was harshly rorn by tn
matter of fact query of Major Butter
worth. How long were You ut tn
college that afternoon?"
'Oh, about an hour, or an hour an
a half. There was a light Converse
ton which deepened into a tense gray
conversation and afterward becam
light again"
Did you speak of going to Lexingto
then day.
Nothing was said about going t
Lexington that day, aud the next da
when | started TO Lexington l wa
surprised to find her on the train
What do you know about any be
gus telegrams?"
Il never heard of any such telegram
until after this suit was brought. Their
was no way / could have sent any be-
gus kilograms. This is entirely new
me-
What do you know of her going
Sayre institute in Lexington?"
L knew nothing Of it whatever III
til terward-nothing whatever
anyway"
How long were you driving tha
evening""
81 can't say, Mr.. Butterworth. w
got back before the school was close
Just about 10 o'clock
Did you have any conversati
about your first wife?''
None whatever. My first wife wa
not allured to. My dead little boy wa
not mentioned. There was no allusio
to my family surroundings in an
way"
Did you make protestations of lo1
to this woman?"
Il did not
night?"
SWe did not"
Was a Very Proper Young Woman
What was there in the convers;
ton, bearing, dress or appearance
plaintiff to indicate that she was not
girl of mature years?"
She seemed to be a young woma
: of 20 or %. She might have been l
She was a fully grown young woma
of perfectly proper manner"
CHANGING for the first time at IL
plaintiff he said, Very deferentia
very"
Anything to indicate that she VIZ
not a proper young woman?" aske