Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-06-12

Il have for some time suspected that
you were allowing yourself to become
interested in that country bumpkin,"
he said, almost brutally; "but did not
dream till tonight that you were in
correspondence with him."
Most of your dreams occur at night,
do they not, captain?" Evelyn had
lifted her eyebrows and was smiling
coldly, defiantly.
lguess there is no dream about your
corresponding with him--at least that
he has written you to-day" returned
Wrinkle, in white heat. You have
been in the house all the afternoon, and
besides no one but him could have
could have"
Wrinkle found himself sliding into
pitfall of his own making, and the
startled vacuity of his small face caused
Evelyn to laugh out immediately.
"Oh!" she exclaimed, you think he
wrote me about the shearing process"
For moment the captain could only
stare stupidity, then lame defense
came to his lips.
II could not think of anyone else
who could report such lie 10 you," he
said.
Then am not to believe that it re-
ally happened?" qneried Evelyn.
The very idea is absurd on tho face
of it," was the captains perturbed re-
spouse.
II can't believe that Mr.. Fanshaw
would write me deliberate false
hood" she returned, still smiling tan
talzingly. HE is quite truthful and
honorable"
Wrinkles lip curled and quivered i'm
potently.
DO you consider it an honorable
thing to write lie about man-a-a
rival? presume l may call him
that. since you have encouraged him
TO that extent"
He has never thought of you as
"a rival" Knocked Evelyn, with a pro-
nounced sheer. She moved towards
the others, but he grasped her arm
and detained her. His fury was now
unbrdled.
II shall report this to your father"
he threatened.
You intend to tell my father that
I correspond with Mr.. Fanshaw?" she
asked, sternly. coldly.
II shall feel it my duty-as his friend.
knowing that he would disapprove of
1t, and that you IRE doing a most fool
lsh thing"
"Then you will tell him n false.
hood" she said, with white smile,
and eyes which flashed like diamonds
in the moonlight.
you do not correspond with him?
He has not written to. you to-day?"
HE has never written me a line in
his life. l happened to be a listener
to his challenge and witness to your
cowardice. AS for his UNIQUE hu-.
initiation of you: I actually quivered
with delight when he cut off your
brazen badges of bravery. He repent
ed of having done it-like brave man
would-when he saw that had scen it
all, and he gave me the things to sew
back on your coat, but you nre fight
Ing with woman now, and /
shall retain them. I may need them
in the future"
lie shrank from her as If she had
struck him in the face And with
little haunting laugh, Evelyn left him.
She was SO agitated that she avoided
the others who were listening to the
negroes as they sang spirited ballad.
II Ronald Fanshaw could have WIT
messed what passed at Carnleigh that
evening. i. might have softened his
sharp self-censure for what he had
done in the heat of passion. He had
always looked upon duelling as radi-
cnlly wrong, and he now told himself
he had gone too far in further humili-
ating man after he had tacitly
thrown himself on his mercy. Before
he had quilted the colonel's wood that
morning he was brought face to face
with product of his example that
added fresh sting to his general dis
content.
He had almost reached the boundary
fence when he came upon his shaggy
haired. barefooted brother, standing
up to his ankles in the wet loan Of
swampy spot. Dave was leaning on a
rifle as tall and sturdy looking as him
self, an old-fashioned treasure which
he brought out only on special occa.
siops. Euah A. prize shootina matches