Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-07-04


Ny dear young lady. aren't You
ashamed ~ yourself 70 have Kept me
ont of your cynddence: SAID tie -na'
jor. shaking I pond-rou> toreaneer IN
het direction
Then Jack has told you.
~of course he has But why Oh
earth lid he make 80 much ado about
telling ne; Jack csme into ny 0itice
w,ti d face &. long a. though he vas
going 10 b-a hung Instead Of married.
snd burrAd out that you had promised
to marry him in much the same man
n.r a. though h. had lOs. near and
/. ar relative
Spicer Belle was a. much taken
aback as II ! possible FOR >elf-.-os-
.e>sed young lady Ia ~. and could
only look VI with 8 irtle smaZenen'
and say:
We thought thought-ths- Is
.. major and you are not angry at
Jack after ally
Angry: Why. my dear child.
nearly squeezed his hand Of conS-aru.
.sting him. And you cant gu,rs Nvha,
| an. going - give You Two A. Z wed
din- present"
No. can't
We'll. Congressman Ralph has
promised that I should have the APP
poltrm-nr OF tia collector AMI the dep
uty collector for this district"
And you ara going 70 make Jack
The deputy collector: Why. the salary
VII. he twice what he Is getting now
You ar dear
No. | am not going 70 make lack
Tho deputy collector. His appointment
a. collector will b. announced uext
week "
And 10 think that Jack and I were
afraid-Oh. major. can't thank yos
enough
You don't have 70 thank me. my
dear little girl except by being just SIS
happy as ever you can. But tel Us
what Jack and you were afraid of
that l would think him TOO young to
marry
Moves. that vas IT. You don,
think he is too young do you
"Of course don't Young men
ought 10 marry just a. soon a. they
can support wife Jack ne4i have
no fear about that, and then you
know. l have little BIT of money my
-eli that will go 10 you when I am
dead But you can't deceive M as
.--sr Il 81 a.,
was you were really afraid of"
Don't ask me-. major. cant tell
you. I" and here a great big blush
pei all over her cheek.
In the light OF this blush under
standing seemed 70 come 70 the major
He gazed FOR an instant as though un-
comprehending, and then he smiled,
checking himself with an Unborn fear
of being unga.lant.
OF course. understand. NY child.
50 no one ever told you-Ah. II is pos
sible that no one ever knew, not even
she"
KNEW what: Not even who:" ask
I'd Spicer Belle In a breath
The major had turned. and was
looking out Of the window. The Smile
mad gone from his face and he look I'd
very sad for the moment.
AS though impellsd by sudden reso-
luton he turned again suddenly and
faced her.
He took his watch out OF his pocket.
opened the back aud extended i, to the
yrl. She took II and saw. let into the
back. an old-fashonsd miniature She
gazed HI il a moment and then lifted
her eyes 10 the picture OF a beautiful
woman which hung on the wall
MY mother" she questioned There
were tears in her eyes and in her
voice.
Yes. your mother The majors
voice was harsh and dry. and ali the
color seemed gone from his face.
And she never knew
Il cannot say as 10 that: DO not
think she did was only friend
she loved your father
Closing the watch the girl came clos
er - the major and handed II 10 him.
He replaced it in his pocket silently
Then. without a word. the girl.
reaching upon tiptoe. drew the ma jor' :
head down and Kissed hm-with II
kiss OF which Jack could NOT have pos
-ibly been jealous.-Utica Globe.