Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-25

All his wants ana WCuiI uidht hin ~
happy Ia ms way, my dear, dear
| father"
"Of counse I have beer calculating
ON that two hundred year partially
| dressing you
Partially dressing me. NOW II -
| you who are unreasonable and talking
nonsense, Sholto. | don't spend a
quarter Of it ir dress.
THAT'S all very we'll while you are
Miss LaugheIne, but when you are
Nrs Sholto Graham you will find that
YOUR two hundred a year will mel
over four or FIVE 'frooks, as you wo-
men call them. and then you VIII nave
~ come to me for the etceteras re
pulled up short something in ner
face arrested tine stream Of his self-de-
fensiye eloquence.
Don't be alarmed. l will not come
TO you for any etceteras,' she salu'
ouietly. 'let us change the subject.
Tell me about your new work; 90 YOU
like it9 Do you like the men you are
working with?'
There a sheer dt I'M 80
| word YOU are saying now, ne protest
ed. but she shook her head, and told
| him
"Now she was only trying TO be
reasonable. and to look at things from
| his point of view.
You want a change-you are out Oh
sorts. You're trying TO pick a quar-
rel with me-" he grumbled, feeling IN
teusely ashamed Of himself, and IN
tensely annoyed with her for causing
him TO feel so II dent know how II
is ne went on. ever since your in
creased intimacy with that Thorburn
lot you have been very much less
agreeable and very much more DIS
posed to cavil at everything | say ana
do than you used ID be"
1T is untrue that | cavil at every
thing YOU say and do, Sholto; It's
poor spirit that uses such means lot an
end. have not changed to you since
my increased intimacy with the THOR
burns. which dates from the day Mr.
Thorburn rescued my poor, dear father
from a wretched position and brought
| him home.
"A policeman would have done as
much, equally we'll he jeered.
Not equally WE'LL not with such
kind. thoughtful consideration for my
father and me"
I'm sick of the subject he inter-
! rupted. 81 have your poor, dear
| father and ThorburEs consideration
for you thrust down my throat every
| two minutes
! He checked himself, in confusion,
| coloring deeply but at the same time
| there was an angry, vindictive sparkle
| in his eyes TINT showed he felt more
cn1agcd with her for BEING the unin-
territorial calse and object Of his
rudeness, than with himself for hay
ing been guilty of it.
She looked at him steadily. "Sholto,
release you from your engagement
| to me-" she said, quietly. 1T has be-
come irksome to YOU it frets you into
saying things that must be abhorrent
to the more manly part of your nature
when you reflect on them.
How like a woman to punish fell
low through lis pocket directly
| he accidentally wounds her vanity
| he scoffed.
Punish you through your poe
! ket, You must be mad to say such a
! thing Releasing you insures your
pocket from every possible inroads
being made upon it by me" she said,
! proudly. but her heart ached pitifully
in spite of the proud air
you know that old Gwenap will
| give me the sack unless | stick to my
engagement with you"
Il know nothing OF the kind. More
over. he can't be so unreasonable as to
punish YOU for my fault. 1 break off
| the engagement. not you, and COD
! knows" she went on, with little
gasp. "thet | don't do it TO punish
| you"
Il shall not accept my dismissal,
Patrice," he said, impetuously: give
ME time to ,hink over things and
mature some other place that may be
more agreeable to you for Capt. Kelly
| am so worried just now that | hardly
| know what | am saying at times My
work is new 10 me, the men who are
associated win me in II are strangers
TO me. They're not of my own class,
in fact they're cads." he said, with his
most insufferable air Of snobbsh self
esteem.
Don't be "ashly loyal 70 me" she
said, quietly, but with a look in her
eyes that told him the days of her
blind belief N him were over. Re
.Nembcr, YOU may not find II expedient
10 be so when YOU come to think over
things. Therefore, YOU had better not
make any fresh rash promises.
II won't let you throw me away as
il | were an old glove"
do think Of some less hackneyed
simile," she laughed, and please feel
yourself TO be as free as air and quite
beyond the necessity Of explaining
yourself &c me any more. We Will
always be friends, but | say again
release YOU from your engagement.
"Aud again | say | refuse to accept