Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-04-01
for her good, cannot you make a littl
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sacrifice for once?"
"A little sacrifice?" groans Dallas. ITO
act in ii way to make the dearest, sweet
est girl in the world, whom l love with all
my heart, think me IL mean houndw
My dear. she will only think of you
as n gay young Guardsman, given to the
pastimc of breaking hearts. She will
probably he much more angry with her
self for having been deceived by your Sc
ductive ways than with you. 1 expect she
has heard your character before this.
Indeed, if. as YOU say, YOU devoted your
self at first to Mrs. Fetherston, she would
probably have Il pretty good idea of your
capacity for Irritation"
Dallas throws her n glance of deepest
reproach.
"As if my feelings for those two could
be named in the same breath!.'
ITO return to this poor girl, for whom
am drcadfully sorry" said Mrs. Ire
valiion. You must promise me not to
write one word to her."
1t, however, took at least another half
hour, during which she brought every
possible argument to bear, before he
could be persuaded; but ultimately, Mrs.
Ircvanion got her own way. and Dallas,
looking very mourntul and with some
thing like tears in his blue eyes, gave her
his word of honor and his hand on it not
to write to June.
Once he had made up his mind that the
case was hopeless, and talked it over
again and again with his friend, he be-
gan gradually to recover his spirits, and
was able to rc-embark on his Irritation
with Lady Dangerticld. AT the end of II
fortnight, having been much in her lady
ships society at GoodwOod and Cowes,
he had come to the conclusion that to mar
ny at his age and under his circumstances
would be to tie Il milestone round his neck
and drown himself in the depths of the
social sea. But he still thought that, if
he did marry, he would like to marry
June.
Meantime. Mrs. Trevanion's prophecy
with regard to June had been absolutely
verified. Her despair had given way to
a sense of singing shame and anger.
Pride, of which she had no small share.
came to her rescue; she resolved to pluck
Dallas from her bleeding heart, nv,
though it bled to death.
Although June smiled and dissemblcd
before others. the anguish she suffered in
secret told upon her. and. with IL mothers
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something was not we'll with her darling.
She never dreamed of Dallas being the
cause of June's altered looks: she was
convinced that Tom was responsible for
the change. Did June really care for
him. and was she piqued because he had
suddenly gone off OH Il Yachting trip, or
had they quarreled. and was that the
reason of TOMS abrupt departure?
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child having Il secret from her: she could
not even realize such Il possibility.
AS for June. what would she not have
given to fling her arms round her moth
cr's neck and sob out all the agony of
her wounded spirit OH that dear breast?
If it had been anything but shame-dead-
ly. dissracefnl shame. as she. poor child,
regarded 1.-THE task would have been
easy enough. But this dreadful secret
she could never, never contide.
Mrs. Rivers turned ovcr in her head
fifty ways of broaching to June the sub
icct of her altered looks. She had so
delicate and sensitive IL mind that she
could not ask Il blunt question even of
her own child. AT last she summoned up
resolution to say one evening, as she and
June sat in the twilight:
W! u;lrlllS, i 10 not thlnE YOU are
looking quite yourself. Does anything
vcN or trouble you!"
The dim light kindly hid the burning
blush which covered June's face.
NO. mamma DEAR" she answered, try
ing to speak naturally.
"Ion and Tom have not been quarrel
ing. have you:"
"Oh. no; indeed we have not"
Are you veNed with him for going
away"
Not in the least"
Then silence fell on the pair. Mrs. Riy-
crs was conscious of a sense of disap-
pointment. She felt certain that some
thing was amiss with her child, and it
was bitter to know that June was con-
ccaling it from her.