The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-07-15
could never. never be>so cruel as to re-

| LIZ buiueu away anu lDeSau paClnE
the lawn in an undecided, wayerine
fashion, quite unlike his usual firm
step. The girl followed him and laid
| one hand ON his ARM
'tTell me, she whispered beseech-
lngly. Then she raised herself on tiptoe
and kissed him.
| Il cannot resist, = he murmured, then
stopped suddenly aud whispered some
thing into her ear.
rs that all?" she asked, in evident
surprise. He nodded
| The next afternoon Elsie refused all
offers of conlpanionship and went off
| for q solitary stroll. AS she approached
| q little wooded oopse about hall a mile
from 9he house a young man sauntered
| slowly toward her
We'll. what success this timer" he
| daiqan3ed, without troubling to make
aiy preliminary greeting.
Wait a nllnute, Hugh, !" the girl an
| sWerea. Il an quite breaFhlas8 with
b.lrrgl1ig. That 5sEs8o11e Enid wanted
| to eQ-aa with me- And / Waan It q 8 all
sufe-of AIan uoB cQra3pg Toa.''
lle .a}l stcQa E9r q inmate or two
| in silence, lien glsaUsd adj ais eCal1an-
| ion ilY,Ds is.
have et ~ Sic answered aatet-
! ty. rs5asa5l2 Ills elanca
g. f5ee o.14Dged ana el8Wea
fi.i.f d,
q yon Idle aarflnr, Won clever little
darIDz. a azcIail165. md then teok
hec 5l his azlss ana iis s8d her uassfJa-
ataly. She lay Q5ils passive il sis en-
brace, Ilar 3al.k e7sa SIeal4iIig Win ten
darast love.
oH re Gan marry = he whispered.
sEatsyou have 1ot told n1a yet, Elsie.
are yen sure you have got tho exact
dsaaiis?''
sI5 is al written here, word for
word, as 4 Ian repeated it to me, she
replied.
He read the paper greedily which she
handed to him, then placed it in his
pockesbcok. and drew a deep breath Of
relief.
So that is all the secret Of De-
names wonderful purple dye he
said "WeIl, / rather think now that
the monopoly Isl destroyed. Won't the,
old fashioned firm be astonished when
they find themselves undersold in the
market by dye exactly like their own. -
And he laughed cruel laugh of tri-
umph II always hated Demaine," he
continued. always. This will be splen-
did revenge, besides making all our for
tunes But come, Elsie, y he added, sit
is time we were moving. I'll see you to
the park gates, and then I must get
back to town"
A month passed away, and Elsie was
still visiting the Demaines, still out
wardly engaged so Alan, of whom new
ertleless she saw very little.
Hugh Elsie said to her lover one
evening, 'tdon't you think and then
she stopped in confusion.
Think what?" said Hugh idly, with
out locking at her.
''That it is not very nice or pleasant
when betrayed him?" she ended
bravely.
u don't see what else you can do."+
retorted Hugh lazily, unless you go
back to your aunt S. -
The girl crimsoned to her brow.
"Couldn't we, be married now?'' she
whispered in shamed tones
He looked at her sharply, then replied:
'Look here, Elsie, it is best to be
straightforward, so we may as wen end
this farce at once. / am engaged to my
cousin Marian, and we are to be mar
ried next month
There was long silence. Up in the
bright blue heavens a bird was caroling
merrily, and in a strange, mechanical
manner Elsie counted five daisies which
were in cluster at her feet. Then she
spoke:
$50 you just used me as a tool,
Hugh?"1
Yes he acquiesced shamefacedly.
She laughed-a strange, hard laugh.
"It does not hurt very much after all
NOT very much, she repeated pite-
onsly, and then without another word
turned and left him.
When Alan Domaine reached home
that night, his mother and sisters met
him with the news that Elsie had been
suddenly summoned to meet her aunt.
Though when she got the letter I'm
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