The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-04

ia order 70 supplement T. Mlna,
think It Is q wholly wrong principle
tor a brother TO take help from q sis
ter: but. still. yon have promised 70
help him Very well, stick TO the ex-
act letter OF your promise. and don't
go a farthing beyond it.
I'm passing through town tomor-
row. and win 60 and see him II you
like. Il might not hurt him to hear
the opinion Of a man about his be-
havior
"Oh. no." cried Janetta quickly. II
could not bear to ink that I had ever
discussed him wilh anybody. 1t is the
first time in my life that I have done
it. and I'm only driven to it now be-
cause / am at my wits end
Well. then. write him a short,
wholesome refusal. You cant think
what good II does. It brings a young
fellow to his bearings" said the Cap
tain. with a smile. remembering such
a refusal himself
Janetta rose. II can't thank you
enough ! must have been fanciful the
other day. but l was silly enough to
think that you were vexed with me
when I said I hoped always to keep
You and Miss Seymour as friends"
Harry looked down at the beautiful.
wistful face with an odd twitehing Of
his own
You drive me hard. he said Shall
tell you something, that you. and
you a.one, are the cause Of my sudden
departure tomorrow. that there are
moments in the life OF a man when all
he can do is to run away2
Miss Howard, I did not know upon
what rock was drifting until that ap-
peal Of yours to my friendship; and
then. like a fash Of lightning, the true
state Of things was revealed to me.
Friendship with your Impossible.
Friendship could not satisfy me- Had
/ been free"
Janetta heard him thus far with
eyes that grew larger every moment
with terror and despair.
No. mo-" she cried; please stop
You must not say II. and / must not
listen. Forget that you have ever said
or thought IT, All" she cried. wiring
ing her hands, what have I done but
betray my best. my kindest friend?''
He could have taken her hands; but
she snatched them from him and few
from the room Just outside the door
she cannoned against Mrs Mortimer
who glanced at the girls red eyes
and dishevelled hair with cynical con-
tempt
is Captain Merivale in the study?'
she asked Miss Seymour wants IA
speak TO him before he goes out"
Janetta did not stop 10 answer. but
ran upstairs 20 her room; and Mrs
Mortimer heard the key-turn in the
lock.
A very agony or shame shook Janet
/ ta's whole frame. and she threw her.
self sobbing on her knees. A mist oi
falsehood and wrongdoing seemed en-
veloping her like cloak. and for the
first time In her life she found II diff
icuh 20 discern right from wrong.
Her heart was her witness that shs
had intended to do no hurt to the
friend to whom she was bound by evers
tie Of gratitude and affection. and ye
Captain Merivale's unfinished sentencl
had awakened an answering echo II
her heart, had reused her to the awfu
knowledge that She on her side. loves
him with an intensity as great a.
Clarice's own.
u can redeem the past I am SUR
It's not too late for that" she said
springing to her feet IN fever
ish misery. "He has no clue as to M
feeling FOR him-that Is my own Sc
cret: and when he gets away from
me be viii return. as in honor bound
! TO his proper allegiance. He leaves to
morrow and ] aeed never see hin
again
ITO be- continuedl