Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-06-09
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home few days later. He had learn
ed new way to carry his cane, and
his BOWS were more profound than
ever, but his accomplishments seemed
to have small effect upon his father and
brother. As for Ruth-well, it may
have been that she had grown tired
of giving admiration, love and every
thing, and receiving In return kind
of Indifferent attention. When a wom-
an begins to draw comparisons be-
tween her sweetheart and other men,
things are not as they should be, for
love knows no comparisons She did
think, and often, of the way Ernest
had spoken to her, and of the manner
in which VIII talked, as If she were the
one favored in their love affairs.
And yet to her Ernest was nothing in
the world but Wills brother. When Err
nest thought of 1t seriously, he has
never been anything to any one but
Wills brother. He had been so un-
assuming, and cared so little for ap-
pearances, and Will had cared so
much. Ernest was an excellent busl-
ness man; he did the thinking, VIII
did the talking; VIII used all Of his
ideas as If they were his own and trans
acted business for his father In an
easy, off-hand way, forgetting to men
tion that Ernest had spent hours Of
thought and study before the line of
action had been decided upon. 1t had
been the same when they were chill
dren. Ernest read a book carefully,
Will read criticism on it, combined
1t with Ernest's opinion and carried on
brilliant conversations upon it with
older people, impressing all with his
remarkable mind, while Ernest sat by
and said nothing.
81 am not good enough for Ruth" he
said to himself 81 do not know any
one who is; and l would not for the
world make her think less of VIII, II
I thought he loved her or would make
her happy; but he would not; so l in
tend to let her see how superficial Is
his knowledge, and what a shallow
man he is.''
When Ernest Wilson made resolu-
tion 1t was as good as accomplished,
but this was the most difficult under
taking of his life; for he intended not
only to prove to Ruth that she was
wasting her affections upon man who
cared nothing for her, but to teach
his little world to speak of him as Err
nest Wilson, not as any mans brother
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ly when questions were discussed.
knowing all the time that he had more
knowledge of the subject than those
who were talking, that it produced n
surprise that amounted almost to a
sensation when he first began to ex-
press his opinion in modest way.
1t was very hard for him, as he was
not only modest man, but timid one
as well, and had been long in the back
ground; he succeeded well with the
men, however, and, with dogged de-
termination to carry his resolution
through, he was not willing to stop
until he convinced all his friends tha.
he had mind and opinions OF his own
They were not so long in finding 1t
out as he had been, fortunately, and
soon he began to be spoken of as Er
nest, instead of "Wlll's brother" or
"Mr. Wilson's other son." Much Of the
attention he had formerly given to
business he turned upon himself, to
the delight of his mother, who under
stood him better than did any one else
in the world, as is the way with moth
ers always, or nearly always. She en-
couraged him, then she went further;
she dropped word here and there of
what Ernest thought; how much they
relied upen his Judgment, and the like.
and all this time VIII fingered, wonder.
ing why Ernest and his father did not
help him pecuniarily, so that he could
return to the city.
fingered and made love to Ruth till
he wearied of 1t, then made love to
Ruth's friend till he wearied of THAI,
and went back and made love to Ruth.
And Ruth let him make love to her.
She had been accustomed to it off and
on for years, but for all that she was
beginning to think.
The climax was reached when some
body gave party. Ernest went to the
city, returning In garments of the lat
est cut, and appearing as much at ease
as VIII had ever done.