The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-01-03


Farquhar's dog was prettier than these
are? / mean his big dog
Now an engaged couple are apt to
have certain associations with places
and things. Dicks big dog-certainTy
a noble animal-was indelibsv szsccs-
ated, for instance, with a certain AFT
ernoon walk, and that walk. again.
with certain private Gnd personal mat
tiers between the two. Tommy. unccn-
Eciously, lad done his worst.
''Mr. Farquhar's deg, Of course, is far
prettier, dear" Isabel answered. brave
y; but she felt 2 burning flush mount
ing TO her cheeks, and hoped agoniz-
ingly, that Dick didn't remember a.
clearly as she did. Men were 50 GekIe
that perhaps they forgot As for her.
she never could forget. She wasn't
sure she wanted to, Eosv that she saw
Dick again She believed IN him: she
knew he was good and true and al thai.
and she knew they would have been
happy together. She never should car.
Tor anybody else She never, never
would have broken the engagement by
herself She wasn't ashamed Ct hay-
ing loved him though she was vsry.
very angry with him still. ard Fever
wanted 70 speak 10 him CT see him.
She supposed she would rever gel over
IT, foE hare, at this moment. though sfl..
had net seen him for SIX months. she
fe-o verse pang than at their parting.
she was even glad that she had seen
him, that she was sitting near him.
though after this half hour she wcu,I
never see hin again But this was al.
TO speak, 10 raise q finger. TO let him
see any trace CT reIentiEg fran he
firm attitude, would be impossible ard
unwcma1ly- Her lie was broken Ia
pieces and it was his fauis-arE she
loved him STILL Wen. it was a vvon.-
ans fate,
Poor lsabel's eyes flied up with tears
here, as she contemplated the TIGER rid
ing On his bicycle, and reflected that the
show must be nearly over Tommy.
meanwhile, having been disappointed
IN her reception OF his remarks pratt
tied On awhile to Dick. and finding him
also strangely unrespcnsive. subsfded
into silent admiration Of the aero5atie
lioress.
Dick pulled away at his mGstach- as
was his wont when IN deep thought.
His mind. too. was hack upon the after
noon walks She was Just the sweetest
girl IN the world; he couldn't get avrav
from that He had met al the prettfest
girls II San Francisco. and tried his
best TO fan in love with some q them.
and couldn't rouse himself TO care six
pence for the Prettiest- \ girl ought %
realize. when she threw man overttat
way. that she ruined his life He never
could love anybody else-and he didn-t
want to- Here be had heen irving 10
forget al about her. ard row ever
smallest part of the cd oFermasterfnr
feeling had come hack IS he sat near
her and looked az her pretty half-avert-
ed face and graceful figure She had the
prettiest foot in the world he would
be almost willing to have II set upou hi-
necki But no; that wasn't rrauI--fz
wasn't right to yield twas her fau-s
and he couldn't submit 10 it-brs
loved her Just the same. And nav
that confouRded lion IN velvet
was driving q team OF tigers rou-
ring he supposed tie show was
over-aud he could go back to San J-r-
cisco and she would 80 hack 10 Ne
York, and they would never see eacs
other again
The animals trotted uirnbly cut CT
ring; the iron doors closed upon their
the crowd lose hurrieCIIy 70 20 forth
search Of more shows Dick felt Il
poiteness at least required ? fare-
Il 4 =
freeing her dress from some prc-sc-
on TIE bench. and did not turn he be-
tated before stepping out intot the els
Tommy scUfHed past him. and fsabsi
lUctantly left her pretense OF abs
ton and followed. In three ser-
these two who loved each other Hrss
than anything else upon earth. sn
who were 10 more fools than the cFsl1-
nary, would have parted forever Neth
ing could have induced either of tfs- II
forego their evident stand on It's vs-r
of things-nOthine- raj
the Hoor. which caEght the e5
Isabel's shoe, tripred her violentss era
threw her, in an entirely hslr'ess sr
undignifed way, ful into Dicks
No resolution can be blamed
ing way under 4 surprise Ike tsai 1r
was al very well for them to sit
and argue the matter to themSelyes
come TO irrsvoeable conclusions E
when Q man finds the one won.an IN tHc
world whom he loves flung close into
his arms by fate. ard when a vCm1
feels herself IN the embrace of the o-7--
man she ever has loved or can love. In
revOcabihty becomes but a name IL
was 81 over with the resolutions IN 3
flash. Every feeling Of anger ard de-
termination that had toTmsnted tbs
two hearts in that wretche8 hall hour
erystalizsd At the shock into love. ir-
resistihle and overwhelming TIE seat-
ter WIS settled then and there. vi1kcps
word The amount OF tenderness -
Dicks touch. and the entire YIELDING cs
Isahel's figure. said more than Z volunae
of explanations And when. after 2
lapse of 4 second or two moe, perfars
than was quite necessary. she re~ainst
her equilibrium. they would have stce.i
there as IN an ecstatic dream if Tcr1r-7-
had not broken the charmed silence b
an imperious demand to be taken to See