Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-01-12

r. you please. ma'am, could ! speal
10 YOU for one minuteY' asked Mrs
= Locksiey.
Theodore Dale started from the deeI
rever!c In which she was buried. anl
looked up with large. startled eyes.
Certainly. Mrs. Loeksley." said she
'What 10 III"
''Its about the rent for the rooms
Mrs. Dale" said the ,andlady. drawing
herself up with little jerk. tive
good months you've occupied EN-, and
Il stands TO reason. ma am. as hard
working widow woman, ns has only
herself to look TO, wants 10 see the color
OF her money. Not rs l would have hur'
ried you. ma'am." with u half-relentinG
glance toward The0dora's deep mourn
Ing garments, "while the poor major In y
I'll. nor yet while he was being buried
But"
Theodore looked panied. The deep
scarlet dyed her cheeks.
Il am sorry to have inconvenienced
You. Mrs. Locksley." she said. but
was of course. obliged to settle the
undertaker's bill at once. and that has
~ command. have written to my hus-
bands relatives. however. and expect
remittauces very shortly. which"
Mrs. i.oeksley compressed her lips.
i've heard that same thing from my
dodgers before. ma am" said she. IAN
I 4. I
lik. to have the blu paid as soon as
possible"
ut shall be paid to night, Mrs. Locks
ley, without fail" said Theodore. her
cheeks becoming even hotter than be-
fore. And the instant tho door closed
upon the short. stout figure OF the land.
lady she let her head fall upon her
clasped hands aud hurst into tears,
tears that were almost like distilled
nre, so scalding and bitter were they.
Theodore Dale had been married only
three months. She had been a school
girl Of ID at Nine. Bonmerci's establish.
ment. Just out OF Saratoga, when Mai.
Lionel Dale saw and admired her at the
Springs. He made some careless in.
Quiries about the young beauty with the
xaxelle-like eyes, scarlet lips and blue
black hair that clustered 30 low upon
her forehead. and learned. In an incl
dental sort OF way. that she was an
orphan. training at the expense OF Nine.
bonmercl herself for a goyerness
Hang ltr' said Mai. Dale. she's too
pretty for that! III marry her.
Little Theodore Mayder. who had
scarcely left on playing with her dolls.
and was heartily sick Of Nine. Bon.
merci's exactions on the one side and
the unconscious tyranny OF the children
on the other. was half frightened. half
pleased. when the handsome. middle
aged major proposed matrlmony to her
Hut am 50 young" abe pleaded. the
carnations and lilies succeeding each
other In her cheeks.
You are the prcttiest little hal,
bloom rosebud In the world" the mn ,or
made answer. calamity.
Mime. honmerci spoke . word or 40 OF
warning TO her.
My child" said abe. beware whs,
you are about. He 10 three time. vour
axe-he CANDLES. II 10 true tina, your
life now 10 hard one. but.
Il shall marry him.. retor,ed Tb.o-
CORA.
Aud che did.
Al the end Of three month"; Ma,
pale's avorits horse. Meg Merr,lles
ran away with him and Killed him. and
Theodore, not yet III, waa loft a widow
Naturally enough she " rote TO her
husbands relatives. whom she had
never seen. and now. upon this October
evening, she was expecting an answer
10 the letter.
The color mounted to her face "A ,hs
pos,msn paused under her " Endow an.
caught the letter from his banda an,
tore II eagerly open.
IL contained nothing but her own lot.
yer. returned to her with these words
penclled across the envelope.
Mr.. Chsndos Daie's compliment, IN
the young lady who beyuiled his broth.
or Into secret marriage. aud he ia con.
ndensly Of opinion that her talent. In
the misunderstanding line need no "a.
distance"
And this cutting ,aunt. tn i Sra,u,,o,.
Insult. was alt.
Theodore sat pale aud silent. shs
Knew that her husband did not care to
refer to bis relatives much. generally
avoiding the subject when she broa ched
II. but abe had never dreamed tia, no
eaa sueVs1 them 70 think bar 4 mare