The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-18
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+ THE J[ING Of JANE-A LOVE STORY. !


marked abruptly. wfth catching % TIE
krazfn. aa-ppoS 20 szoasclot1s
Yes. ra.rn. SEE is a rslilner. ard she
can play on rAe ptaro-
r snouEht~ S214 nv wife, tsar you
wren. oct with AiEE o. SEnoay
Vet os.r wsfs him. n r7-zftsr him !
walked along ~ Tire side Of them ard told
aer re was engaged 70 ne.
Dear ne. lane. dLa yoaT What 9td they
dor
Took no more nc.gcs CO ne than I. I
was dirt. GO ted her she should suffer
for H.
Il, eorsd not have bean = very agree
abe wax. Jane
Net for TO parties. nnaarn-
II wish" said Tana. Il could play the
piano. rna'aus. But. anyhow. I don't
r1ean 70 let her get htn away from me-
she's older than htua. ard her hair ain
gold 20 the roots. ma sn-
IL was on the August hank holiday that
the crisis care We 90 not clearly know
the Details OF the fray. but oniy such frsg-
nssnrs as poor Jane let IAN She came
home dusty. excited. and with her heart
hot Within her.
The nillsner's mother. tire milltner. and
William rad made party TO the art ua-
scum az South KersingEon- I think Any
how. Jare had calmly but firmly accossec
them somewhere n the stre-ts. ard as
serted her right 90 what. IN SPITE OF the
consensus OF literature. she held 10 be Der
inzlienAhle property. She did. l think so
&C far as 70 kay hands on him. They dealt
with her n a erushinsiy superior way.
They called a cab There was scene.
William being pulled away into the four
wheeler by Ills future vile and mother In
law from the reluctant hands or our dfs-
carsaed Jane. There were threats OF CIV
ing ner In charge"
My poor janet said my wife. nlincing
veal as though she vas uincing William
sIt's shame OF them / would think no
more Of him. He is rot worthy OF you
NO. na'an." said Jane. He = weak.
But it's that woman has 0one II Sne
was never known to bring herself 20 pro-
nounce that woEnan's name. or 20 ad-
nit her gsriishness. II can't think what
minds some women must have-to try and
get 3 girls young man away from her.
But. there. II only hurts 70 talk about It. !"
Thereafter our house rested from VIII
liam. but there was something N the
manner OF James serubbing the front
doorstep or sweeping out the rooms. Ger
tain vfclousness~ that persuaded me That
the story had not yet ended.
Please. N m. may go and see a we'd
ding tomorrow said Jane one day
NV wife knew BY instinct whose we'd
ding. DO you think II WISE Jansf she
said.
4 would Ike to see the last OF him"
said Jane.
My dear" said my wife. huttering into
nv room about twenty minutes after Jane
had started Jane has been 10 the boot
hole and taken all the left-or boots and
shoes and gone OF TO the wedding VITA
them IN bag Surely she cannot mean"
Jane" said 7. IS developing chsrac-
ter. Let us hope for the best"
Jane came back with a pale. hard fare
All the boots seemed TO be sti!i In her bag.
at which my wife heayed premature sigh
% relief.
quite a crowd at the wedding. ma'arn,"
she said presently. in purely CONVERSE
tional style sitting in our little kitchen.
and scrgbbng the potatoes
TT WAS all extremely respectable and
nice, rna'ayn. but her father didn't wear .
black coat. ard looked quite out OF place,
nla'arn. Mr. Pfddingauirk--
"who@'
mfr. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. that was
ma arn-had white gloves and a coat Ike
a clergyman. and a lovely carysanthe-
mum He looked so nice. ma'anl And
some one threw a slipper. and then !
threw q boot"
Threw a boot. Janet
Yes. ma'am. Aimed az her But Il hit
him Yes. ma am. hard. Give him a black
eye. should think. l only threw that one
/ hadn't the heart 10 try IL again. All the
little boys cheeFed when It hit him"
After an interval II am sorry the boot
hit him
Another pause. The potatoes were be-
ing scrubbed violently. He always was
bit above me. you know. ma'am. And
he was led away"
The potatoes were more than finished.
Jane rose up sharply with a sigh. and
raped the basin down on rt1e table.
II don't care she said. II don't care q
rap. He will find out hts mistake yet II
serves ne right. was stuck up about him.
ought not TO have looked so high And
am glad things are ss things are
My wife was IN the kitchen seeing to
the higher cookery. After the confession
Of The boot throwing she must have watch
ed poor Jane tuning with certain dis
may n those brown eyes OF hers
80. n1a'ar'' said Jane. with an aston
tshtng change o. note, think OF all that
might have beenl o. rna'am. could have
been SO happy / ought 20 have known.
but I didn't know. You're very
kind 20 let me talk 70 you. rna'am . =.
for It's bard on me. ma'am it's
hAr-r-r-r-"
And gnrher that Mariana 50 far forgot
herself as 20 let Jane sob out some OF the
fullneSs OF her heart or a sympathetic
shoulder. NV Mariana, thank heaven. has
never properly graspea the importance
% keeping up her position And since
that IT % weeping much Of tire acsseut
OF bitterness has gone cut o. James scrub
bling and bTUsawork.
Indeed. something passed the other day
with the butcher boy. bat that scarcely
belongs go tlis story. However. Jane is
young st5ll ard time and change are al
work with her We al have our sorrows.
but Do not Believe very much In Tire per
maneney OF broken hea<Is.-Pan Mall
Budget.