The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-08-10
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land. but surely no other TO whom the
implication. which l read between the
lines of this advertisement. of broken
faith with woman would so well ap-
ply And she seemed in urgent dis
tress: she begged him to go to her. 1t
was scarcely probable. | thought, that
Stenhardt would see it; he read little
Of newspaper literature. | knew. and
his usual paper was the local daily.
What. then? In spite of my adherence
OF him and my wish to avoid him.
should not. for the woman'S sake. in
form him of this: | pcnlered this idea
all tho rest of the day. until the even
ing. when | took il to Rilley.
"Ccrtainly" said he: the scamp. lst
him know Of it, | suppose he only
married my sister because she had a
bit Of brass
So | called on Stcinharlt that very
evening.
Thank YOU. Mr.. Uuwin' said he,
when l had told him my crrand: but
some kind friend has already sent me
the paper taking up copy of the
Tines. Yes" he continued. reading
ii over and chuckling at the compost
ton. II suppose she thought she must
write English for an English paper.
de laid the paper downl Poor
Emile. she wants me: but | cant 20.
YOU know. ! must &C TO London about
my law suit again. | might send
Frank. but | really want him here"
He paused and looked 1T me, mrdi-
tatively. You are doing nothing. Mr.
Inwin. Would you 90 for me: You
would. really and truly do better than
| should. She thinks she would like
70 see. me and speak to me. but she
wouldn't. She seems TO be very Ill
dying, l suppose she thinks herself
poor womanand to speak to people
sick and dying is more in your way
than mine. She will like to hear you:
she always liked cle:gymen; she liked
me Il little when we thought | was
going to be IA clergyman.
He turned slowly to the fire, took up
the poker and carefully raked out the
ashes from the bottom of the CRATE
Was memory leading him back rcluct
an1ly to those days of his youth. and
compelling him to ask himself whether
for all he had gancd since then he had
not paid too great a price:
Well said he. manifcsuy shaking
something off. and turning to me-
what do you say. Mr.. Unwin? | WILL
OF course pay Your expenses. and YOU
will take to Emile Il letter from me-
and money! daresay she means She
needs it,
Il am much obliged to You, Mr.. Stein
hardt' said J. But
1T is SO unexpected | continued: |
might have added, and eNtraortli-
nary
Well. yes: | earesay it is. But YOU
know what the Frenchman says about
the unexpected.
Let me consider ii for 4 day: and if
! decide 10 60 | shall be ready to set
out ut once
oh. yes: consider it. and consult
your friends. But if you do not 90.
nobody will GO
! went Immediately from him to Bir-
ley. and stated at once the extraorlin-
ary offer l had received.
Go. lad. said he. 1T will be pleas
ant holiday for you. and the poor wonl-
an. Of course would rather see some
body from Manuel than only get a let
ter from him
| hesitated: l did not desire holi-
day then. even on the continent. where
| had never been. but 1T the same time
some change was becoming necessary.
considering the low condition to which
my finances had sunk
But said !. II believe he has ask
ed me only TO get me out of the Way
for some purpose. ! thing he suspects
! have been finding out something
more
And what does that matter?" asked
Birley. Look here. my lad: l know
you're in a way about Louise. Now it
strikes me that if you go away for Il lit
tie while (and YOU may as well 90 at
ManueIs eNpense,1 things may turn
out better for YOU than you may think
You see at the same time as you are
away. he is away too. Frank must
come back to the works. and there will
be no reason for keeping Louise at
Blackpool. Take my word for it he'll
bring her home: shall manage to see
her. and if She claims my protection
as her other guardian. shall take her
home with me. and when he comes
back he can't take her from me Don't
YOU see. lad?'
But. l again objected. II feel that l
ought to stay here to attend to that
other matter.
"Oh, that can wait said he. "it will
take no harm for Il week or two
/ admitted the force of tho reasons
he urged. and all next day (Which was
Sunday turned them over Ny going
might certainly be to Louises adyan-
tage and to my own. Even if Stein
hardt brought her back to Timpcrley
only for 4 visit Of few days. there
| would be sufficient opportunity for
Birley to take her home to himself.
| On the other hand, my refusal to go
would bring no advantage. And might
not, indeed. Steinhardt's offer be a sug-
gestion Of Providence?
So on Monday morning ! called on