The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-09-26

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over neck and brow and made hsv hear,
peat IL great throbs. 81 - 800
ool' Aguilar," she said, with yoics
amos. inc inarticulate with nervousness
Yes, Mrs. Clayton,
zee you really going out p,
a.. am Just starting for HoItonn
& AN ~ yoa stay with me? / shall be
Ee hesitated for moment
= you really wish ii will"
Of course | wish ii or sbonld ~.
4 ..jr, ee responded. little petuIantly.
linen ! will go and send the groom
room. - 81 tAo
Mrs: Clayton was excessively uneasy in
her mind. She could not form the least
resolVe what she should say to him when
gu VIII not thank me for spelling
your ride" We're her first words to him.
! would much rather be here. only
proposed riding to Holton because i
thought lt Mrs. Hastings was anxious for
her husbands company"
q, are they not devoted?" sighed Fee.
never saw man fonder of woman.
! 40 believe he fancies there is no one
IKE ner-so graceful, SO amiable, 50
.Ihat is as it should be, is it not ~
asked Col. d'Aguilar, smiling.
VI course. He intends her to make
quite an impression this season. He has
taken mansion for three months and an
opera pox, and | know he means her to
nave her handsomest carriage aud horses
IN London. Fancy a woman having all
that and handsome husband whom she
loves besides! And there were tears in
Mrs. Clayton's eyes.
she is very sweet-mannered. / think
she deserves her happiness
Il am sure she Does" responded Mrs
clayton, warmly. "She would have mar.
rled him just the same IL he had been
poor. She was not like me, Col. d'Agui.
| lar"
| You forget how differently you were
brought up" he exclaimed, eager to de.
| reno her from any imputation, even
though it came from her own lips. "Poy.
erty would have been a terrible hardship
TO you' who had been used all your life to
luxury"
1T Is very generous in you to excuse
my selishness," Fee said, softly, "since
you suffered by it. Did you suffer?" she
asked, with quick alteration of mood
Hardly" she added, with the slightest
tinge of bitterness, cor you would moi
have been so ready to give me up"
| 1t was Col. d'Aguilar's turn to feel hurt
and bitter now.
Il believe women never give men credit
for real unselRshness," he said. "a WON
an has more faith in the passion thai
sacrifices than in the love that spares
her."
"Col. d'Aguilar," said Mrs. Clayton
with bright tears standing in her eyes, 81
would give the world to know if you left
me because you really loved me-"
"My love could have little worth fol
you," he answered, sadly, ''if q doubt
of my motive could have found room in
your heart"
There came then a long silence between
them, and both looked straight away
from each other, as though they feareG
the next words that might be spoken. A
last Mrs. Clayton turned her face towarI
the man, whom she loved and esteemed
more now than she had ever done in hel
life before.
"Ivors," she said, in low voice, thai
trembled from the deep under-current o.
emotion-"Ivors, do you not know how
hard it is for a woman to ask for maR'i
love"
He turned quickly toward her.
"My darling! do you think it necessary
to ask for what have given you. wholly
and entirely, from the time l first saw
you? De l need to tell you that | love
you heart and soul, and that l can nevel
cease to care for the little fairy who frs
bewitched me until the day l dieY
(The end.)