Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-10-12
BLIND LOVE
wILKIE 9.

IL seemed 10 me to be also a bad sign
that she made her request with dry eyes.
She must have cried, when she first heard
that he was likely TO sink under an attack
OF fever. Why were her tears kept hidden
In her own roOms When she came back
TO me, her face was pale md hard aud
fearless. Don't you think she might have
forgotten my jealousy, when | was so
careful myself not to show itg Ny own
belief il that she was longing TO go TO Lon
don and help your wife TO nurse the poor
man, and catch the fever, and die with
him IL he died.
Is this better, Perhaps II is. Tear it
on, and light your pipe with it.
Well, the correspondence relating 10 the
sick man continued every day: and every
day--oh. Vimpany, another concession 20
my Jealousyl-she handed the letters to
me TO read. ] made excuses 1--WE Irish are
good at that. II we are guuti at nothing
else). aud dec,'ned to read the medical re-
ports. One morning, when she opened
the letter OF that day, there passed over
her n change which IL likely to remain i'm
my memory as long as ! live. Never have
1 seen such an ecstasy Of happiness IN any
woman face a. | saw when she read the
lines which informed her that the fever
was mastered. Iris is sweet and delicate
and Enthusiastically fascinating. in n
word. But she was never a beautiful wO-
man, until she knew that Mountjoy's life
was safe: aud she will never be a beautiful
woman again. unless the time ZONES
when my death leaves her free TO marry
him. On her wedding day he will see the
Transformation that j saw-and he will be
dsZzled, as / was.
She looked az me, as II she expected me
to speak.
II no glad indeed" ] said, 'that he is
out of danger"
Che RIM 10 ma--cha EfacaH ,,a. \ u.nrldnff
have believed il was In her 10 give such
kisses. Nov | have your sympathy"
she said, my happiness IL compile e!' Do
you think was indebted for those kisses
10 myself, or 10 that other MAUI? No, no
here is an unworthy doubt. discard
II. Vile suspicion shall not wrong Iris this
time.
And yet
Shall 20 on. and write the rest of itf
Poor, dear Arthur Mountjo; once told
ne OF q foreign author, who was In great
doubt of the right answer 10 some tough
question that troubled him. He went into
his garden and threw a stone At a tree. IL
be hit the tree, he answer would be-Yes.
III he missed the tree, the answer would
be--No. ] am going into the garden TO
initiate the foreign author. You shall hear
bow IL ends.
j have hit tho tree. AS a necessary con-
sequence, ! Bits: &c CO AID write the rest
Of IL.
There is n growing arrangement be-
tween Iris aud myself--and my jealousy
uoesn [ altogether account FOR II. Some
times, II occurs 10 me that we are thiuk-
Ing Of what orr future relations with
MOunttoy are likely 10 be, aud are ashamed
10 confess 10 each other. Sometimes-aud
perhaps this second, and easiest. guess,
may be the right oue-I am apt to cou.
elude that we are only anxious about
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touch on the snhtect. and she Is waiting
Tor me: and there We are a, "a deadlock.
wish | had some reason for gong 10
some other place. wish / was lost among
strangers. 1 should like TO iud myself In
B state OF danger, meeting the risks that |
nsed 20 run In my vagsb0nd days. Now |
think OF IL, ! might enjoy this last ex-
s.tement by going back 10 England. anu
giving the invinciblcs "A ane of shooting
me as a traitor to the cause. But my wife
would object 10 that.
Suppose we change TIE subject.
fou will be glad TO hear that YOU know
something OF law, Hs well rs or medicine
l sent instructions to my solicitor in Lon
don 10 raise a loan on my life insurance.
What you said to me Turns out TO he
right. cant raise n farthing. for three
years 10 come. out Of all the thousands OF
pounds which | snail leave behind me
when I die.
Are my prospects from my newspaper
likely TO cheer me after such a d~isappOint
ment as thiss The new journal, | have
the pleasure of informing You. is much
admired. When inquire for my profits
j hear that the expenses are heavy, and ]
am told that / must wait for a raise In
our circulation. How longs Nobody
knows.
shall keep these pages open for a few
days more, on the chance of something
happening which may alter my present
position for the better.
Ny position has altered for the worse.
nave been Obliged To ill my empty
purse, for "A little while. by means Of IA BIZ
OF stamped paper. And how shall | meet
ms liabilities when the note falls dnei
Let time answer the question: for the
present the evil day is put of. Ia the
meanwhile. IL that literary speculation OF
yours is answering no better than nv
newspaper | can lend you "A few pounds
10 get on with. What do you say Ton sec
ond thoughts) 10 coming back 10 your OLD
quarters AZ Passy aud giving me your val
uable advice by word OF mouth instead ol
by letter.
Come, and feel my pulse and look at ms
ton.ne-and tell me how these various
Rnxieties OF mine are going TO end before
we are any Of MS a year older. shall l.,
like yeu, be aparated from nv WHEAT
her request: oh, not at minei Or shall
be locked mp in prison? And what VIII
become of you, Do you take the hint