Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-05-22

70 the seaside omewhcre--whern shI
did not know yet, but she would writ
20 me ~ roon au she had an address y
give, 10 that ] might send her an
news. How treasured that littll
note. II was the frat bit ol writing
had had from her; and read II agar
and again that day, and for many days
and tried % conIure hidden meaning
q lurking touch Of tenderness or con
cern out Of ita ordinary words.
strange feeling Of being alone. and for
eakan, seized me--a foolish feeling
which | could not shake Off for some
days.
/ looked In upon old Jacques, Al
usual. lie had been recovering him.
self since | had seen him first; al
least, reeaining consciousness Of his
own existence, and OF the existence oI
things about him. thought that day
| could see q something in his eyes and
In the twltching Of his mouth, which
told that he missed the presence OF his
nicce. He gaEcd at me long end keen.
ly, till ] felt rather disconnected. looked
down at his hands (the fingers Of the
right hand trembled littlel, and ut.
tered some cultural sounds, as II in an
effort to articulate. talked 20 him a
little, though was not sure he could
hear me; or, hearing, could under.
stand; ! told him his niece had gone
away 70 the seaside; ] hoped II would
do her good, Tor she had been In very
anxious state Of mind since her father
loss. II gave myself some relief "a
speak these things. When rose TO 60
away, be looked me shrewdly up and
down, and watched me 10 the door. A
week or two passed before saw him
again.
My time was taken up with attempts
TO provide post for myself against the
day when ! should leave that at Tim.
pcricy. Under ordinary circumstances
would have taken the opportunity ol
the season Of the year, and such juno
ture in my affairs, TO spend . holiday
among my friends; but I was now con-
vlneed the mystery was pledged 70
clear up was In Timperley, and was
resolved 70 sit down aud besiege II
there--ths more ssobstinately resolved
since I knew Steinhardt 50 heartily
wished me away.
wrote lctserss I made journeys tc
this vicar and that rector In the neigh
boyhood. Who then naesled. aF soon
would need, curate, with the same
result Ia ali cases. would not do;
was not Just the kind OF man they
wanted; they were not sure that my
opinions were quite as they would wish
the opinions OF their curate 10 be. Il
became plain 10 me that ! was to be
"boycotted. ]" the word had been passed
round, apparently--and by whom, II
not by steinhardt7
Again and again ! tried, though with
little hope now, TO find curacy even
in the neighboring large town; but
nothing came Of my efforts except dis.
appointment, and weariness, and dis
gust. My time was up In Timperley,
but still retained my lodgings there
(thcy wero cheap and comfortably
| held them like an outwork advanced
against the enemy's position. The
situation was, indeed, becoming like a
duel between steinhardt and me, in
which, for the time, he certainly had
the best Of II.
My anxiety was not lessened by the
fact that in the three weeks which had
passed I had not heard a word from
Louise, and did not know what had
happened to her, or even where she
was. finally went to the girl whom
had seen Frank with, and from her
found out that he had written from an
address (Which she gave mel in Doug
las In the Isle OF Man. At the end OF
another week, not having received any
reply to note ! had written TO Louise,
| confess ! was tempted with weak
thoughts of giving the whole matter
up, OF surrenuering my position to
Steinhardt, and going away. ] was
earning no money, and my quarters
stipend Of % pounds 10 shillings was
rapidly disappearing. What could I
do, when 1t was all gone, but surren-
derf | am not ashamed to confess
that, oitener than once, I was betrayed
into an unmanly prostration OF disap-
pointment--of despair, ! may even say
land grief But remember that was
desperately in love q suppose clergy
man may be as desperately in love as
another man) with young lady, who
might be dead, or dying, or married,
for aught knew; that was sojourn-
ing, so to say, in strange land, whose
chief was bitterly hostile to me; that
the affair upon which l had staked my
success in love had not advanced an
inch during those long and lonely
weeks.
do verify believe that, in spite OF
the conviction which usually sustained
me OF the final revelation OF the truth
lin spite, too, OF the obstinacy OF my
nature, and the high reward OF success
which had hoped to gain, I would,
indeed, have soon beat retreat, II it
had not been for a visit had from my
old friend Birey, and the results that
Immediately followed upon that.
One evening heard loud, CHEEKY
voice there was no mistaking ask my
landlady, "Is th' parson at whoam.
Betty'--a question which / answered
myself by calling, "Come upstairs, L"
"Well," said he, you haven't come
to see me since I've come back The
had been i'll, and absent from home for
some wehksJ $50 | ha' looked you up. =
] said was very pleased indeed to
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