The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-21
nothing admirable in how and where

nothing admirable in how and where
he stood.
wei. well see Nina and hear If
shes got anything 70. say. Fancy that
little monkey being drawn into a thing
like this, Meanwhfle We'll say nothing.
] don't believe It. and 1 shall want a lot
of convincing Until I am convinced
everything stands as. it did. rely on
YOU for that. Neeld-aud 7 rely on you
to come to Merton tomorrow. Not a
word 10 my wife--above an not a word
TO Janie.y He ct up, took possession
of Needs review and walked off into
the house with his business-like quick
stride.
hands against one another between his
knees He was realizing what he had
done, or rather, what had happened 70
him And why had he done II? The
explana rion was as strange as the
things that he invoked To explain Sti
rubbing his hands palm against palm.
to, and fro. he said very slowly, with
wonder and reluctanee:
II was carried away. was carried
away by-by romance"
The world made him feel a fool. Yet
what other world was there for the
overwhelming .unreasoning feeling that
at the cost OF. everything the Iris
trans. mother and son, must keep
Bient, the SON living. and the mother
dead that the son must dwell there
and the spirit of the mother be bout
him, she loved in the spot that she had
gr2ced2 It was very re- nk romance. in
deed-no other word for 1t. And-wild-
est paEadox--lt all came. out of editing
Josiah Choiderton's journal. s
Before he had made any progress in
unraVeling his skein Of perplexftites he
saw jamie coming across the lawn. She
took the chair her father had left and
seemed to take her fathers mood with
it; the same Oppressive silence settled
her NGpld ia7-r1lrp II this
You don't look very merry. Miss
jamie. . he said, smiling at her and
achieving a plausible Jocularfty
why should 7. Mr.. Neeld2" She
glanced at him %, has father told
Yes thar you're engaged You know
how truly desire your happiness, my
dear With a pretty courtesy the old
man took her hand and kissed it, bar
ing his gray haif-the while.
You're very, very kind. Yes, I've
promised to marry Harry Tristram.
Not yet, you know. And it isn't to be
annenneed- But I've promised. .
He stole a lock at her and then an
other. She did not look merry. indeed.
Neeld knew his ignorance of feminine
things and made guesses with Sproper
difidence, but he certainly fancied she
had been cfYing-or very near ft-Anot 50
long ago Yet the daughter Of William
INer .was sensible and not given 70 silly
.
II think I've done right She said. as
she haa said when she wrote to Nina
:. Everybody viii be pleased. IA Their )
lsNerX- pleased - Suddenly she put out
her hand and took hold Of his giving
it a tight grip 20. Mr.. Neelds I'VE
made somebody so unhappy
Il dare say my dear, I dare say. I
was a young fellow once. dare say
And he saYs nothing about it. He
wished nae joS-2and he does wish me
I - : - 4 G
tell you, or anything. / don't believe
people think girls ever mind making
men unhappy Z but they do
If they like the 5nen2H This sugges-
ton. at least, WAS not too difficult for
him.
Yes. when they like them, when
they're old friends, you knonz only
spoke to him FOR a n1oment.-I. only Just
met him on the road. 1ioI4t suppose I
! shall ever talk to him. about it, or about
| ANYTHING IN partieular again She
: squeezed. Needs hand q second time,
and then Withdrew her own.
.Ihls vas. unknown country again for
Mr.. Need; his sense of being lost grew
more acute. These were. not the sort of
problems which had soccUpiedg his lire
real hardly less important It was only
a giri wondering If she lad done right.
Yet he felt the Importance of it, ~
You can't help the unhappiness,s he
said You must go to the man you
love. my dear. rs q
With a. little start she turned and
lo6ked at him for an instant. Then
she murmuFed in a perfgnetOry fash
ion.
Yes. I must make the best. choice
can. of course She. added after a
pause, But I wish .ga
Words or the inclination to, speak
failed her again and she. relapsed into
As he sat there beside her. silent. too,
! his mind travelled back to what her IA
Their had said; aud slowly he began to
understand NO doubt she, liked Harry.
even as her father did, No doubt she
thought he would be q. good husband, as
/ Iyer had Thought him a good fellow.
/ But 1t became plain to the searcher af-
| ter. truth that not to her any more than
/ to her father was il nothing that Harry
] was Tristram OF Blent. Her phrases
about doing right and making the right
! choice. included reference TO that
] even IL that We're not their whole mean
Il ing. She had mentioned her father
i pleasGTe-e very bodNis pleasure. Thai
/ pleasure would be found largely in see
ing her Lady Trfstra1n. What thea
would she haze 70 say on the, question
that so sperBIexed Ar. Nseld2 WouIo
she not echo. Iyeiss accusation of frauf
against Harry Tristram and Cas a con
isequence} against those who aided anS
Fabetted him. She. too, Mould cali on
: FRAUD! .IfauQ.r And he did not biaIIli
her. He called himself a fool for hav
ing been led away by romance. by un
reasoning feeling
Meanwhile Duplay walked home. tn
happier for having crossed his rubicon
He had opened his campaign With al
the success he could have. expected
Now It only remained to bring MIN
to reason. If she. spoke the case won't
be so strange as TO demand inquiry. TIL
= relief in Duplay's mind was so grea
that he could not explain it, until h
realized that his niece's way.of treatin
him had so stuck to his memory tina
an idea seemed absurd now, and tn
major laughed
Nina was strange. Duplay ileVe
: ceased to think that. They had parte
on impossible terms; but now. as 500
he had been prepared TO be turne
from ITer' 5 doors with contumely- Sue
as he appeared, she ran at. him wit
apparent pleasure and with the utmoS
{ eagerness- She asked nothing about hi
expedition. either. though She shoul
easily have guessed where he had bee
and for what purpose. She almo:
danced as she cried ~
e I've seen l1eri I've been talking |
2 heri I met her in The meadow nee
2 Nations cottage, and she asked me tt
way back to .Blent. Uncle, she's won
: deftult
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