The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-07-27
Lost for Love
By H. /. Young.
SsSas, EaagllkR SasiAtlis


THlRTY years. close my eyes
and live Il all again. There
stood the Inodcl-cumplrte ~ last.
After incredible years 81 failure
and nights Of agony, had
stumbled upon the secret Of balancing
these leyers; my MINDLESS mutor,clock
would tick ON forever. At frst was
cruzy-I wanted 10 rush ont and call
the world 90 see; then came the crush
ing recollection that II had yet to be-
placed ON IN, market. A step on The
stairs too. reminded me that ! owed
nearly $50 a. Lamont. the young
Frcurhmau la the room over mine.
Lamont no one IN the house srcmcd
10 understand him; even Meta her
fclf had whispered to me once that she
shNrrcd at the look In his cycs NJ times.
Aud set he Ind interested himself 80
boz my scheme. and those small loans
10 Die had really kept me from starya-
ton. Nes; BE- wns going past-so SOME
thing made me open my door.
Ssh! Hrrr!" whispered. There Il
siauds. Lamont. / hope / shall be able
to pas you all back with"
"Eh? Nr,cr!" AftrrVard Il came
back TO me that be- vhitrurd curiuusly
IA he walked across and brnt iurredu-
lousy over II. Jealous or was it too
much for him to grasp that ! might
runu be rich and talked about? When
he turned, b wHs with an expression
that took away half my thrill YOU'RE
quit, ycrtaiu?" he asked. what are
you going TO- do?'
"Upr' / was -iill holding ont my
hand TAKE out provisional rights NJ
once Tomorrow Certain? I gave IL
ten days, and then, II IL failed me
again, meant 10 grind 1t to powder
M one has touched IL Tor - sou hear
II uow!"
And what else are you going to do?"
be persisted, staring past.
WHY, marry Srtin-if Fhcll have
me-" The whisper WIS out before !
knew IL.
All, ] Thought H." lie smiled--yet
he looked IN. Il thought M much
But you'll make sure; your motor-clocl
Is not in the shops yet; youl mean,
there are accounts to be- settled before
Nou could even think % of that
Ncll."-hy wus NJ the door nov
you're To- Ice admirrd--is that the
word? Were ] you ! should say not
syllable 60 anyone yet. You never
know; oppose your model was TO dis.
appear
"Nur usc." ! raspcd. little culdly.
at couiI profit nobody unless they had
my tab'r NJ calculations rs well. This
double rpring you see"
lut he had gone. kuc,llng beside my
precious model, ! had forgotten the
queer incident in a moment. The un.
broken swing ~ that pendulum was
III, new life 10 dying man Heaven
alone knew what wild dreams | had
been rearing up in those past three
years 70 go fnrcycr' Why, everyone
knew that the great Prof. Sabraschky,
after lifetime spent IN graphing with
the theory, had finally committed sui
eide Ia despair; and here WHY.
had not whispered vet at my success
to Meta. She, unlike the rest. had
never seemed TO think me mad;
wouldn't her tired brown eyes shine
when she realized that my persistent
experiments had really reached a grea,
finnlity! just 20 Nctta--I must; no
,,aNI fur IN ptl.,,,.. ,,,,,,. al. 81.
soon she would be carrying up supper
Cor those whom she and her futher
boarded. Those eternal stairsl Poor
Netta--it had often made humps IN nv
throat. Very soon now, | was think.
ing, aS ! listened nj the door. I would
take her away from the hard life.
What was that? Her fathers deem
vnicc-abd then something queerly like
a sob. Scarcely knowing Why, tip
toed down. holding my breath. Their
parlor door was a jar partly an Invalid.
baldwin himself, knew. spent most of
his time lolling by the fire there with n
cigar--and just then Meta cRme out
She had a hand to her forehead, and
looked dnzed.
"Nettai" called. inyoiuntarily. She
started, waved m. back. and passed ON.
But Baldwin had heard.
THAT you, MIR. MarceI2 Quite a
stranTeri Come In, dol Well, and how
goes the great scheme? san c!asssse
Poohl Give IL and yourself n rest"
] hesitated. Generally his intensely
practical mature and good -humored
sneern kept me at distance. but my
head was In whIFl that night, and
seemed 10 recoliect for the first time
that he waa really Ncttn's father.
800 up there" Said, ''snd You will
find my scheme an assured fact. 10,
lin not mad. In three months from
now. Mr.. baldwin, you may be able 10
purchase one Of Marccf's motor-clocks.
IL will cost you guinen. Thstnall"
''lIcasens!" he gasped. His cigar had
dropped also his jaw. How however
much would you take for the patent2'
"Ten Thousand pounds down, and
form royalty on every clock sold" 1
leaned across, afraid 10 hesitate now.
"fsut mind. this Is In strictext conf
denee, because it'r very possible again,
that when ! leave here l uny ask you
to ief me take Nesta--as my wiis-
II WIS out. And Raliwin--hcc could
not have even suspected; he sat staring
ard iscre,snlous for time. and then
swaved "a, itusteaGtiiy.
"wolli How aaeer--Netss again 7
Let her Eps couldn't: what on earth
should do without. !, You're rich,
and you want my girif I'll deren't
think now. Marcel; ietit Mait y hiss No
nc. don't. don't sse hsr sst- Ehshe