The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-09
is. said his Iordship.

Even that is very hard, said Madge
tiff Oh, I'm afraid / haven't tn,
courage after all. "
IN be glad TO do anything can.
"It's-woll-oh. dear, can't. Let,
walk little, while l think how to pu
ii.
They began to walk, which took q
weight off my mind, as / had beer
forced to hear every word said thus fan
and was drcading what might follow,
since | was perfectly helpless to warn
them. The platform was built around
the station and in moment they Were
out of hearing.
Before many seconds We're over, how
ever they had walked round the build
ing, and heard Lord Rallies say:
''You really don't mean that he's in
suited you?"
"That is just what / do mean, F" cried
Madge Indignantly. tits been almost
past endurance. haven't dared TO tell
any one, but he had the cruelty, the
meanness, on Hances trail to threaten
that
corner again, and / could not hear the
rest of the sentence. But had heard
more than enough TO make me grow hot
with modification, even while could
hardly believe had understood Alright.
MSCGe had been so kind to me lately
--..J l couldn't think she had been feel
lAg as bitterly as she spoke. That such
IN apparently frank girl was a consum-
mate actress wasn't to be thought and
yeti remembered how well she had
played her part on Hance's trail. But
even that wouldn't convince me. Proof
oe her duplicity came quickly enough,
for while was still thinking the walk
ers were round again, and Lord Rallies
was saying:
why haven't you complained to
your father or brothers,
Because 1 knew they would resent
his conduct to me, and''-
"Of course they would" cried her
companion, interrupting. "But why
should you object to that?"
Because of the letters, F" said Madge.
Don't you see that if we made him
angry he would betray us to Mr., Camp
and"-
THEN they passed out Of hearing, leav-
ing me almost desperate both at being
an eavesdropper to such conversation
and that Madge could think so meanly
of me. To say it, too, to Lord Rallies
made it cut all the deeper, as any fell
low who has been in love will under
stand
Round they came again I'm q moment,
and I braced myself for the lash of the
whip that felt was coming. I didn't
escape it, for Madge was saying:
Can you conceive of a man pretend
ing to care for girl and yet treating
her so2 1 can't tell you the grief, the
modification, have felt" She spoke
with half sob in her throat, as if she
was struggling not to cry, which made
me wish / had never been born. Its
been all could do to control myself in
his presence have come so utterly to
hate and despise him." she added
II don't wonder" said Lord Rallies.
My only surprise Isl
With that they passed out of hearing
again, leaving me fairly desperate with
shame, grief, and, I'm afraid, with an
ger. Ifelt at once guilty and yet wrong
ed. l knew had been ungentlemanly
ON the trail, but l had done my best to
retrieve my conduct and was running
big risks, both present and eventual, for
Madge's sake. Yet here she was ac-
that thus far she had used
me as puppet, while all the time dis
liking me. 1t was terrible blow, made
all the harder by the fact that she was
proving herself such different girl
from the one 1 loved-so different, in
fact, that, despite what had heard, l
couldn't quite believe it of her and
found myself seeking to extenuate and
even justify her conduct. While l was
1oing this they came within hearing,
and Lord Rallies was speaking.
with you, he said. but l still
10 not see what l can do, however much
may wish to serve you.
Cant you go to him and insist that
ne-or tell him what 1 really feel to-
ward him-or anything, in fact, to
shame him9 I really can't go ON acting
onger.
That reached the limit of my endur-
lnce, and l crawled from my burrow,
Intending to get out from under that
platform whether was caught or not.
know it was foolish move-after hav-
ng heard what had a little more or
less was quite immaterial. But entire |
y forgot my danger in the sting Of what |
Madge had said, and my one thought |
vas to stand face to face with her long !
enough to-I'm sure / don't know what !
did intend to say.
Just as l had got to the plank, how (
'ver, heard Lord Rallies ask:
who's thatp"
It's me, )" said a voice, 1.-THE station
gent. Then / heard a door close.
some one walked out to the center of
he platform and remarked:
THAT ere local freight is late
At least the letters were recovered.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE SJTRRENDER OF THE E1vrEpc