Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-06-22

right But l don't care to call II nv
rlght-no, in that yield to you entire
ly. | believe child belongs to his
mother first and before all others.
Therefore, l give him to you without
asking what the law might say about
1t. But | do ask that you will let me
see him as often as | may wish, for
love him, dear-yes, though you may
not believe 1t, Kate, l love him next to
his mother, who is still the dearest on
earth to me. There, l didn't mean to
say that; but 1t is written, and let it
stay so. l will not offend you again;
but be there on Wednesday, any time
| before noon. | won't be later than II,
and we can arrange all the business de-
talls-the lawyers will do the rest"
| And by this time the tears were brim-
ming over. but she wiped them softly
away; and, instead of crushing the
paper as before, she folded II worry
smoothly and slipped it inside her cor
sage, where she could fee 1t rise and
fall beneath the hurried beating of her
heart
I'm glad he's late" she repeated;
I'm very glad he's late" And then she
looked at her watch and found 1t was
not quite 10:30. 80, he isn't late, after
ALL must have been very early-I will
go and find Annette and the child"
And as she rose there was the crack
ling of Il twig under hasty footstep
and Kate Selden stood face to face with
her husband. He was very pale, and
his lips looked pallid and drawn with
the effort to keep from trembling. She
had flushed deeply when their eyes
met, but now the color ebbed away
from her girlish face and she said CON
fusedly:
Il am so glad!-I mean not to keep
you waiting. You see l am here
| first"
You are very good,' he said "but
you are always good. You got my
letterf'
80, yes, or wouldn't have known
you were coming here" She moved
backward a step and was very glad to
drop into the old rustic seat "It Is
very generous of you, Sidney, to agree
, to everything, and particularly about
baby
SIT Is all l can do, now-to try and
please you," he answered, weakly; and
the persplration was like dew on his
brow He took off his hat and stam-
mered something about it's being Jaw
fully hot"
"Yes, perhaps you have walked fast
1t is very warm and you look tired
Won't you sit DOWN. She moved a
little further away to make room for
him, and he dropped into the place be-
side her.
I'VE used to say there was just room
enough for two" he added with smile,
and she turned her head away--per-
haps to pluck rose, for she
snapped one off short and then threw
1t away.
Am to see baby to-day?" he asked
after few minutes of awkward ST.
lence. II haven't seen him, you know,
| since"
"Oh, yes," she answered hurrledly,
and. looking about, there they are, he
and Annette, yonder in the woods; they
diS SoiiiiS thiS way, vi, tciuhcs'
she cried, suddenly turning toward
him, "how could you? I can never,
never forgive you.'
Il could never dare to ask you."
They were almost the very words Of
Pauline and Claude. She remembered
in moment that 1t had been the first
play Sidney had taken her to see after
they had married; and how often they
had laughed at that pair of lovers,
each dying to forgive and be forgiven,
and neither daring to say the right
word. She used to think she could
never be so foolish as that, and now
it was getting very awkward, for this
was a far more serious matter, and she
knew that she could never. never for
give. What woman could?
And then she heard the laughter and
shouts of little Sidney, who had just
caught sight Of his father and was now
running wildly to welcome him. 1t was
a fortunate interruption to a scene that
was nearing painful climax, and she
was very glad to take step or two
towards the laughing boy. who was
already flying across the bridge, fol
lowed by his nurse; then there was a