Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-09-25

HE bunch Of keys, opened the iron
safe and deposited the deed Of Gift
within. As he clanged the door too
sharply he saw that she was duly i'm
pressed with his stern custody 81 an
important document. The mere rat.
Ting OF his keys suggested severe
jailing. and she was satisfied with her
part Apparently he was satisfied,
too, only his manner changed, and for
one who was popularity accredited with
being a gentleman, he became some
what bullying,
Now that the thing is irrevocably
done, I am going to give You advice
gratis. You have fatal habit of
believing in people | warn you against
this, Here. OF course, you have
walked obligingly into the jaws of the
wolf, and he has snapped you up. It's
nothing to me now, so I can warn YOU
not to let other wolves do t."
but you did your best to dissuade
me from it. No real wolf would have
done that"
1T is evident that YOU do not know
much about them. There is an old
proyerb about going to Saltash back
ward; aud I was dealing with a wom-
an. You understand? | should have
been a fool not to annex property
when | had merely to draft out deed
and eNpcnd a penny stamp"
His change of manner porplexed
her, but she had latent confidence
in him that would not easily take
fright
But as you said, every property
brings It's own trouble. You viii nave
to cultivate the land, and be kind to
the cottagers who work for You,
tie gave hard, short laugh, as
though her simplicity began to be II
rltatlng'
You must not be kind to those sort
Of people They cnCroaCh Mt once and
take liberties But, at least under
my management they shall pay their
rent, | promise you that, Give me
your address. please; | may have oc-
casion to write or see YOU about cor
tain things
So, having disencumbered herself of
those things which make for ease of
body and sloth of mind. Nora Barry
went back to the battle of life? She
had need to fight it strenuously. and
so get ease for her heartache and
partial forgetfulness of those happy
things which might have been had a
hard. untorgiving old man died few
months earlier
IN snito If her faith IN Rornard War
hnrton sho would winco NJ his hard
ne.,s altboupb uniting II all down r.
the hard facts Of local training Sb,
did NOT boIieva in his hard saving,
mill ono hilton dav whom sbo rou1f
NOT holm herself, ho convicted bimseIt
ont of his own month-and merriam,
no other kind of evidence couId bay,
cnrvtncod bor uor s,ou suh,rhor
room, looked very cramnod that Ma,
morning and no made mention IN th,
primroses that he had left hobind him
in the country
"Tbo primrosesl Ait remembo
bou +boy reod 70 CROW, "a Tror,,,
when was little girI"
She looked dreamiIv bevond tb,
bricks and mortar ms she smoke an,
he wondered if she ever repratte,
Narn. Quite suddenly he strucl, III,
discordant note
81 suppose primroses are NOT had I,
their woy. but the country 70 NOT A,
cadia after all The bajliF of tho
wrotchod little Narn-vop arc VOL
quit of it-bas been snraadirc roport,
that | have no real right ia the nlaco
\ have not been abIo IN hrfng II hon,
to him. but I'VE saved him sevon.ond
sfyponco bv shooting his doc
She came bacI, from her nriroros,
,,oroorios v,itb . ,,,ort aai.s.., - vs.,
the had taste of bis iol,a co., hor t,an
on edge
"You did tt-bv accidont or oorrso ..
"Rv accident ravor oi,,od MON,
carofu1Iv in INV Iffo 40 na+ 90,
would have dane II n bod 1i1,a3 A.,
dog hut II was or ,aI,, iIIoond 't 49,,
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