Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-12-26

Denman.
Bah exclaimed Ted Indignantly,
Il am beginning TO understand YOU At
last, Maud You are undertaking. my
cure with vengeance. do not do it
too effectually, though let me think
there is some womanly feeling left in
The world. And then he flung him.
self out OF the conservatory, leaving
lis cousin a little sorry and very
much amused
Poor fellow" she muttered. softly.
how ridiculouSly unworldly he is TO
expect me TO marry him when he has
TO work for his living. Why wasn't
he wealthy, although am afraid
then he would nav, bored me dread
fully"
Meanwhile Ted. his heart beating
unanimously, endeayored to wend his
way To his own room. but he was
stopped by Ais Cuclr, Who locked quite
white and Worn and haggard.
Come i'll here, he said opening the
smoklng-room door, Il want to speak
TO YOU, my boy; | want TO tell YOU ao1
TO take amy notice OF what your auat
said; She just spoke in temper, Of
course she was bound to feel bit
disappointed about YOU not being so
we'll of AS we thouGht, bat that has
nothing to do with us. or course YOU
will stay here and make this your
homo MS lolg as YOU like"
Thank Won very much indeed, an
swered Ted, simply
And, continued his uncle hur-
riedly, II think heard something
about you being hard up. !iere, M,
boy, is something for you to be going
on with, and he cndeayorcd to press
into his hand some slips of rustling
paper.
You are a brick, uncle" said Ted,
the cold, numb feeling at his heart
melting under the warmth of SO much
Kindness, but | will not take il now,
thank YOU. am not so hard up us ali
that, but when am" he continued
hurredly, be sure | will come to
you"
What is the matter with YOU" said
his uncle. You look grave, and years
older Somehow than YOU did this
morning. Have YOU spoken TO Maud? >"
he asked suddenly with a sense of ap.
prehension and pity.
Yes, responded the young man bit .
terly; Il asked her to become my wife;
that is to say | begged OF her to wait
till | could get her home; but she
very properly and sensibly refused
me; she did it in a kindly and friendly
way and in a measure | cannot help
feeling grateful that l lost my for
tune, for otherwise it might have pur.
chased for me an unloving wife"
And then uncle and nephew shook
hands silently, but with evident sym
pathy and the latter felt tina, poverty
after all was not so bad if ii enabled
a man TO recognize who were his
friends and who not.
AS he proceeded to his bedroom he
laughed aloud What change :.
short hour had made in his prospects;
guest, he was suddenly reduced to the
role of dependent, to be tolerated
and got rid of as soon as possible.
Yet he was no different; he was just
the same as he had ever been the diff.
ference lay in his banking account
that was all, but there was differ
enCe certainly. He was sore at heart
and troubled; he had received dis
appointment in Maud's aVowal Of her
own worldliness, for, like most men,
he had endowed the woman he loved
with a thousand PROJECTIONS which
never existed; because her face was
beautiful and placid because her
eyes were large blue and limpid, her
voice soft and low and her movements
full of unduIatng and unconscious
grace, he had enormously thought her
an angel a being Of infinite purity,
tenderness and compassion and sud
denly without warning his ideal had
been hurled down from the high pin
nacle on which he had placed her and
he had found that she was Of The
earth earthly, heartess and selfish and
yet possessed Of a selfish good nature
that somehow seemed to strengthen
the impression OF her own callousncss.
i wonder" he unused, If all women
are like that, sort of dead sea fruit.
only beautiful without suppose
they are. Wei, | do not think shall
avail myself OF unele's invitation
will 90 up town today; little excite
ment and dissipation will help me to
forget" He laughed grimly and his
white face bore All expression not
good to see.
When he entered his bedroom. ne
saw on the writing table a little par
eel directed TO him; he tore II open
and TO his amazcment there dropped
out eight golden sovereigns; he took
hold Of the sheet Of paper and read
the following:
My Dearest Cousin Please do not
feel offended at what | am writing,
but | was 50 shocked and grieyed
when heard YOU say at breakfast
this morning you were short OF
money for | have quite a lot living nv