The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-06-05
. You love me. of course xou

me. But just for . little, you have
loved me .au tte same ~,
sHows0anI masfy3 tcsunot marry
any one." ~ "a
I'm time. when you come back, hid
headed and with medals medals.
please! lyon will marry q ;wom<n in
your own rank Of life" 20
"Confound my rank Of life! When
come back, Roosje. I shall visit you
in your own farm kitchen, and wish
some brave fellow joy" m
She smiled, but he could not, see
that. He bent forward.
''Well, then, must it really be good
bye?"
"Wait a moment! One moment
longer! You love me. You really love
me? Say it again?''
ooh, what is the use of saying it?
It cuts me like a knife.''
"Dear Jonker, it needn't do that.
Listen just one moment. One moment
longer. Mother will be coming to look
for me. I also have got something to
say, Jonker. III also have got some
thing to say"
.'That you don't care for me? Bet
ter leave it unsaid."
'Not that-oh, not that!'
''That you are going to marry some
one else? So much the better. I know
something about that. My mother
told me. should never-no, not even
now-have spoken, else"
"It is lie!" she cried out the
words. Alarmed, he hushed her.
"It is lie!" she cried out the
words. II must pay at once-it is not
that, oh, not that! Oh, SO different!
Jonker, when you come back again
I shan't be here, Listen! don't in
terrupt me. Oh, Jonker, do you think
I should have let you say as much
as you did-should have led you on to
say it-yes, yes, woman can stop a
man or lead him on-if, if-unless-'
s'What?"
"Jonker, you know I'm sometimes
ill. Didn't you ever think it might be
mothers illness? All her family die
of it. asked doctor on purpose this
evening. I asked him to come and see
me ON purpose. I wanted to ask him
before you came to say goodbye"
'sYou ill!" he cried. ''Nonsense!
you-an pink and wh1te?"
She shook her heed in the darkness.
II made him tell me-" she said. II
told him besides that knew already,
and that was true, though, Of course,
it does sound different. I can't last
beyond the winter, he says. It doesn't
really much matter. Tell me you love
me, Jonker Dirk"
stIt isn't true. It isn't true"
eyes, it is true. Nobody'u care,
when you're away. And see here,
Jonker, it has brought me the great
big happiness of all my life-nothing
more. anyhow, could come after
that"
cit isn't true. 1t isn't true"
s'Say again that you love me before
mother comes. Say it again.
He threw his arms around her, he
drew her towards him. 81 love you;
love you; I love you!" He rained
kisses on her upturned face.
'.say it again. Oh, say it again.
You see, it is the last time, Jonker!"
II love you, love you, have never
loved any one before, dear; shall
never love any one again!"
''Ah, yes, you will! You will love
the woman you marry. Promise me,
for my sake, you will marry q wo-
man whom you love. Moneybags or
no moneybags. Jonker, you will mar
ry a woman you love?"
He kissed her and drew her towards
him and kissed her again and again.
r. ''This is my wedding day, youSsee,'''
she whispered, "but it isn't yours.
Jonker-ynot yours
sf7s'You will marry later on-ans1 be
happy-very happy-some day. Z
The pitch-dark night was about
them in the dairy. "A bell tolled in
the distance. The little dog scrambled
up against his mistress, yelping, jeal-
Gus, distressed.
ooh, I love you, I love you!" she
murmured. Then ...'good-bye," she
said, and was gone.-Detroit FREQ
cold Patch" the Foreer.
It was about the year 1884 that
the first forgeries on a very large
scale were discovered by the Bank
of England, and these were done by