The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-19
ike other desperate men. rival not to

be despised.
"She's atchully goin' t have the OF
coot SOS t git them children o. his'n
m learn 'em bugs m mice m things"
said Uncle Nate Arkwright from the
armchair by the grocery stove. Il do
| know wut the worlds comm { these
days. In my time mos any girl d
| Jump half out'n her skin t git man
like Bert Matteson. yit we're this Talbot
| gal, she goes a-palaverin' round tryin'
t git hop o. other folks childer t
| teach 'em lot o. folloils m contrap-
| tons, m even willin' L take roomatic
OF cuss like John Hawkins throwed In
| II she en- git a few on 'em. I'm good
min t. git my OF conrtin' suit outn
the attic N go m cut i'm out myself.
| go in and win. Uncle Nate" said
Bulb Salisbury.
IF All had gal lax dat All spank him.
mabbc two. tree tam week. quaite
strong" said Antoine lie CarOn. but no
| one paid the slightest attention to his
disciplinary ideas.
! Il wonder the OF fool amt got no
more sense 'imself," Lie Curry ven
tured at last.
|
| Uncle Nate emphatically. she done
| most O the courtin' herself. they do
say, jes' t git hoF O them childer
| Wants t. learn 'em about bugs And
Uncle Nate spat comprehensively at
the box of sawdust. IS for John Haw-
kins. he'd do wuss'n that t git shet
O. them young ones. Can't do nothin
with 'em-John he can't. JOhnny's a
terror, he is. N We know wut hIeG
help is nowadays"
An answering murmur of cordial as
sent greeted this appealing statement.
Nothing is too astonishing to be
true, l suppose said Matteson. as he
paused on DR.. Talbot's front porch tC
mop his forehead. The day was warm
and sunny and there was a sweet
smell of hlossoming wild currants in
the air
How we'll you are looking, Mr.: Mat
teson." said Diana Talbot. 'Shall We
sit upon the porch? It's pleasant to
day"
when l see you-yes, it's pleasant
Tell me, is it true, as they say in th'
village, that you're going to marry OH
Hawkins for the sake of ready made
zoology class?'
She flushed. "Mr. Hawkins is only
sixty-seven," she said, land an estima-
BILE man. | find that he sympathiZes
with my views on many points. He
is surprisingly liberal in his way OF
looking at things"
'Is he going to let you teach?'
II have no opportunity here" she
said, with some hauteur, and since
mothers death l hardly like to go t.
another town and leave father alone
But Mr. Hawkins has no objection tC
my prosecuting original research"
'In the vast leisure remaining after
looking out for five small children and
two old menu queried Matteson. How
generous. You could have more time
as my wife, if that's all
NO. she said, you would consent
to anything now, but you are fippant
You do not sympathiZe with me deeply
seriously, as he does. You would ridi
Guile and interrupt my life work. Per
haps it is written that am to remain
an investigator rather than a teacher
And he is lonely and-but | have NO
yet decided l have not given him al
answer"
Il hope Matteson began. choosing
his words carefully, that you will de
lay your decision as long as possible
and try to see if you have not dutie:
> of your own now, without assuming
e new ones that do not at present con
l Germ you. You have your duty to your
self. This passion for self abnegatior
is morbid and unwhOlesome. You have
your duty to me. You have duty tt
: the generation that has reared and ed
; ucated you to remain in it and not bt
drafted into generation that has ha(
it's day. You can ruin my life if you
will You can ruin your own. l shan
say much now, for l can't trust my
self to speak. I can only beg you no
to be in haste in your decision. Good
by. dearest-I must call you that-good
by,
And again he stood facing her. read,
to go.
AS Matteson presently swung of
down the path toward the gate Mis-
Talbot was conscious of bitter disap
pOintment that his call had been s.
brief and if the truth must be told
that this time he had not offered t
kiss her. If he had swept her into hi
big arms and crushed her against hi
chest, if he had rained kisses on he
face and poured endearing words int
her ears, resistance would have bee
simply out of the question. Like man
another young man in love, he was er
tirely too cautious.
Besides, the interview had take
place on the front porch of DR.. Talbot
house, which was set on a hill an
could not be hid 1t was most unfortu
nate.
| ARTHUR" said Matteson as he burs
| into the mill Office q few minutes latel