Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-10-27
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ticient: Shall l kiss you:"
He inclined his head. but. when
whiting 4 few inches OF her lips. he
was checked by 1 look of cold con-
tempt. defiance. scorn and hate on her
face.
He gaZed on her in specchlesS Won
der for Il moment. then slowly removed
his hand from the arm of the chair
rose from his own and moved away a
few PAGES, where he stood With avert
ed face and dropping head.
Immediately she was free. Il rcvul
sion of feeling set in. She knew that
no matter what he was, he had hon
ored her as far as he could do. and
that she owed him some expression of
regret for her inability to make him
any return. and an apology for doubt
ing him. Moving forward. she said
what she felt in Il few well-choSen
words.
He turned and looked AT her with Il
mockln%. sinister expression that en-
tirely altered the character of his fair
face and aged him many wears.
Don't say YOU are sorry. Miss Hat
field he remarked. If YOU could feel
for me as much as the word should
convey. you would not have treated
me as YOU have done. l suppose the
truth Of it is there is some one else
and that you have just been amusing
yourself with me-
You don't suppose anything of that
sort. Captain Herbert"
He answered her only by Il long.
steady look. which she returned I'M
tlinchingly; then he said, with cold
smile:
Judith. wonder which of us will
tie more regret your decision to-
night?''
Perhaps we both SHALL" she replied;
'but l hope-I think you will not
'Ah. Well. give you fair warning
that if l can ever make you repent it.
l will"'-and. without a word more, he
| quilted the house.
With sensation Of mingled rage.
humiliation and regret. he walked
home and shut himself into the libra
ry to think over his defeat There was
| no one to disturb him. his mother and
youngest sister being in Scotland his
sister Margery at Sutton. and his faith
er at his club. where whist would CO.
tain him until past midnight He was.
therefore able to indulge in pervcrSc
thoughts in peace.
| Few people really knew Captain
Herbert. Even Judith had been de-
| ceived by his fair face and carefully
schOoled eyes. so that to her he was
| little more than he appeared to be to
| the rest of his female acQuaintances-
| good-lookirg. agreeable young man.
| who was fond of their society. tickle in
| his tastes, not to be relied upon as a
marrying man. His male friends and
acquaintance liked Herbert without
seeking to become very intimate with
him. for his carefulness and closeness
! in money matters We're as proverbial
as was his closcness over his personal
affairs. characteristics that were not
likely to render him popular.
With the exception of his father. his
family stood somewhat in awe of him.
scarcely knowing what he was. except
rather selfish and very uncertain in
temper Perhaps his men could best
have testified to his true character, for
to them he was suspicious and harsh
and strict to cruelty. Many times had
the rcgimental doctors authority
saved a SIGH man from the Captains
''discipline.' SO that he was not Il ia
vorite in his regiment.
Reckoning him up sometimes when
they had had little difference Of opin-
ion. his father wondered where he got
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his 'unplea sant traits" from, and con-
Guided that the little checks he had
met with in life had conduced to de-
velop the worst side of his character,
! Until he was twenty Captain Her
bert had been looked upon as his un-
cle's heir; but before he had attained
his twenty-first year, his uncle-a child
less widower and a wealthy landed
| proprietor in Wales-had married
! again. and now there were five healthy
little lives between him and the inner
| itance.
Then there We're certain expensive
MISUNDERSTANDING, coaching. racing.
etc.,-which his position entitled him
to enjoy. but which his poverty de-
barred him from. And Captain Her
bert was Il dear lover of pleasure, his
bitterness at the privation being secret
~ increased by the knowledge that his
| poverty was chiefly owing to his own
carclessncss and contempt. His god
| mother-his mothers Hunt-had taken
Il great fancy to him in babyhood:
and. as she WAS unmarried and had
over eight hundred year to do as
| she liked with. it was rather a good
thing for him.
| She gave him many Il handsome tip
| both in youth and manhood. until one
day III Il cross humor. he termed her
an Old cat an expression that some
| Kind friend thought fit to repeat to her
lie had the note by heart that she sent
| Kim in reply:
| "Ncphcw and Godson: Did the old
cat ever scratch or spit ut you: Has
| me not. rather purred too cOntcntcdly
at your c,rrSSeS! She thinks so; and,
as Old eats arc not to be trusted and
are uu.r capable Of remembering an
lnlul! rs YOU may fad to your cost -
she advises YOU not to approach her
| again. -Elfrda Lur;Imy.
And she had refused to see or com
mllnlchlr with him since though he
had npoligisrd in II tncllcSS way by
informing" her hat he meant no diSrr.
| Sp"rl to her. as he n!."ayS termed la
dies over fifty "old cats" and meant
no harm by it.
In addition Ia this trial two hnirrsS.
rS had been brought under his ken,
whom, in spite Of III r. Willingness. he
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