Mower County transcript., 1904-11-30

! In the newspapers T. Salu George, IN
surprise.
"Why. yes: it's in both the papers
today. along with an account Of the
reception tho governor is giving to her
and her party at the mansion tonight.
It's to be awfully swell. Pm not 60
! ing In fact, he and don't get on.
! The truth is belong to little club Of
young Americans that tried to- snow
him under in the last election, but we
! got left He had too big pull with
the ring He used to be civil to me,
but he snarls like possum when we
meet now. He can't forget an injury.
i Did you ever see him."
"Oh, yes," said George. Hes been
up our way often"
ooh, of course; I'd forgotten They
say he's not been having exactly
smooth sailing up at Darley either, but
it looks a little like he's making more
headway now.'
How is that?" asked Buckley, his
blood running cold, his heart sinking.
"Why, the reception, you know. That
looks little like she's giving in, don't
you think? But may be dead wrong.
She may want to make that friend Of
hers, that Miss Cosby, have a good
time, and the. general run of girls
would consider it sheer madness to
lose chance like that. Why, it's to
be the chief event Of the reunion. Well,
he's welcome to his glory; it won't
last long; he will never get in again."
"You think not?" said George tense
ly. =
mo; he'll never be able to pay the
expense of another campaign. He ruin
ed what little law practice he had
when he went into politics, and now
he's bankrupt"
"A bankrupt" George exclaimed.
"Why, I thought he had unlimited
means"
I'm a pigs valise," laughed Stone.
II am intimate with the cashier Of a
certain bank in this town and I had
it straight that Telfare's got up the last
bit Of collateral he can raise for money
he can't repay. Why, he had to beg
the bank for little raise to give this
reception. Do you know, suspected
he was trying to marry for money.
May I ask if this Miss Cranston is an
heiress?"
"she's an only child" said Buckley,
reluctant to continue the conversation
further, land her father is fairly well
off,
Perhaps" said Stone, ''he's really
daft about her,
"That must be it," George replied,
and he closed the conversation by 60
ing to work.
By nightfall his task was finished,
and he could have caught a train for
Darley, but he felt strange, half
morbid disinclination to leave He re-
paired to his hotel, changed his cloth
ing and went down to the crowded
dining room, but the very gayety on
every hand irritated him. He had no
appetite for what was before him. All
around him, at private tables, were gay
parties Of young people in evening
| dress. The music of a fine orchestra
came in from the rotunda. The air was
filed with the perfume OF flowers.
Never had the burden of his birth felt
so heavy, never had he so keenly long
ed for the unattainable. He was in
the lowest dregs of despair; he had be-
gun to pity himself Everybody else
was having a holiday; no holiday
! could come to him while his own ia
ther was bearing the scourge of the
law, while the only things he craved
were eluding his grasp.
A little warmth came to his cold
heart over the thought that Lydia
! Cranston cared for him, but it was
swept away by the icy fear that, de-
spite her regard for him, she was even
| then striving philosophically to put him
| out Of her life. That striving had be-
gun with the acceptance of the recep-
ton In her honor. The next step would
| be the formal announcement of her en-
gagement to the governor, and then
she would begin to look upon Telfare
as her future husband. George stifed
groan and rose and left tho room.
The thought was like the pangs of
death. He went out into the streets
and walked on and on, going he cared
not whittier, trying to kill the despair
within him. Dark thoughts pursued
him, but he threw them aside. He was
soldier fighting black adversely, and
he would f1ght-fight to the end. He
had been walking half an hour when
he came to the spacious grounds of the
Dunle1gh home. A carriage stood at
the door. 1t was waiting for her-her
In short while she would emerge
dressed for the reception. Could lie
not wait there on the street and see
her! No, for it was a closed carriage
and she would be shut off from his
view. But could he not, without be-
ing seen, get nearer the door through
which she would have to pass? The
grounds were unlighted, and there
We're many clusters and hedges OF
! 81 shrnbbery The gate Of the -driye was