CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-12-26

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out of hearing.
Before many seconds were over, how
ever, they had walked round the build
ing, and l heard Lord Rallies say:
You really don't mean that he's in
suited you?''
THAT is just what do mean, +" cried
Madge Indignantly. Its been almost
past endurance. l haven't dared to tell
any one, but he had the cruelty, the
meanness. ON Hance's trail to threaten
that
At that point the walkers turned the
corner again, and could not hear the
rest of the sentence But had heard
more than enough to make me grow hot
with modification. even while could
hardly believe had understood Alright.
M,dge had been so kind to me lately
that | couldn't think she had been feel
ing as bitterly as she spoke That such
an apparently frank girl was CONSUME
mate actress wasn't to be thought, and
yeti remembered how well she had
played her part on Hance's trail But
even that wouldn't convince me. Proof
of her duplicity came quickly enough,
for while was still thinking the walk
ers were round again. and Lord Rallies
was saying:
why haven't you complained TO
your father or brothers,
Because | knew they would resent
his conduct to me, and
''Of course they would, cried her
companion, interrupting. But why
should Won object TO that?''
Because of the letters, F" said Madge.
Don't You see that if we made him
angry he would betray us to Mr.. Camp
and
Then they passed out of hearing, leav-
ing me almost desperate both at being
an eayesdrupper to such a conversation
and that Mahge could think so meanly
of me. To say it, too. to Lord Rallies
made it cur all the deeper. as any fel-
low who has been in love will under
stand
Round they came again in a moment
and / braced myself for the lash of the
whip that l felt was coming. l didn't
escapc it, for Madge was saying:
Can you conceive of a man pretend
ing to care for girl and yet treating
ber so: can't tell you the grief, the
modification. have felt She spoke
with half sob in her throat. as il she
was struggling not to cry. which made
me wish i had never been born Its
been all could do to control myself in
his pre>ence-I have come so utterly to
hate and despise him. > she added
II don't wonder. said Lord Rallies
my only surprise is
With that they passed out of hearing
again. leaving me fairly desperate with
shame. grief. and. I'm afraid. with an
ger. Ifeli at once guilty and yet wrong
ed / knew had been ungentlemanly
on the trail. but l had done my best to
retrieve my conduct and was running
big risks. both present and eventual, for
Madge's sake. Yet here she was ac-
knowledging that thus far she had uss'd
me As a puppet. while all the time dis
liking me Ii was terrible blow, mac
all the harder by the fac. that she was
Brring herself such different girl
from the one lovei-so different, in
fact. that, despite what had heard,
couldn't quite believe it of her and
found myself seeking to exfenuate and
even Justify her conduct While / was
doing this they came within hearing,
and Loud Rallies was speaking.
with yuu. be said But | still
do not sec what l can do. however much
| may wish To s'rvc you
Can't you go To him and insist that
be-or tell him what really feel To-
ward him-cr anything. in fact, to
shame hims | really cant go ON acting
lcagcr.
That rracicd the limit Of my ondur-
ance. and crawlc,i from my hurruw,
intending To p't out from under that
platform whether was caught or not
know it WAS a foolish movc-aft,r hav-
ing heard gyhai | had a little morc or
les was quite immatcrial Bat entire
ly forgot my danger IN the sting Of what
Masr, hsid said. and my ore thCsaglit
was Ca stand face to faoc with her long
cnoueh to---I'm suro don't know W hat
di. intend 10 say
JUS e. had gut to the plank. how
ever. l heard Lord Rallies ask;
Who thats'
t. iac, said yuieC. the station
agent. Thou heard door clos.
sume one walked out 70 tho center OF
the platform and rms.ilSsl:
"1'haj ere local frri>ht Is late ''
At least the letters We're pscuvered,