Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
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And where have you been all this
time? Why, you disappeared as if-as
| If you'd been swallowed up. Tell US
all about it. Des."
There isn't much to tell. Jess" he
said, with his quiet smile. 1--WE beer
swallowed up. Tell us all about 1t,
Des."
There isn't much to tell, Jess" he
said, with his quiet smile. 1--WE been
to America, but missed finding the al
mighty dollar We'll, how about your
self, JESSE"
Don't talk to me-" she said.
MANY a time, when I've been
sitting in my tent, have thought or
the little tobacco shop at Cambridge,
and the pretty little girl who used to
give us tea and mullins in the snug
| little parlor behind, Is the little shop
there still, and is the little-no, the
big girl,-still making tea and toast
ing mullins. Jess? All, no; suppose
not Are you married, Jessg'
NO" she said, briefly and Nlrtly.
mo? Let me see; you were en-
gagged to a decent young fellow-what
was he-a lawyers clerk. or some.
thing. Forgive me for forgetting: but
though I've remembered you, Jess,
I've forgotten him"
A frown came upon her face, and
her hand moved restlessly upon the
arm of the bench.
II wish | had married him." she
murmured.
Her face had turned paler, and deep
lines seemed to have become suddenly
engraved on her face.
''Des, If 1t weren't for men like you,
should hate the sound Of a mans
name. There is one | do hate, ah.
worse than poison."
Pm sorry" he said, gently, trying
TO change the subject; but she went
on as If she were compelled.
"Des, when you left Cambridge
was going TO marry Ned. The day
wasn't quite fixed, but it had been
talked of, and 1t was understood that
directly he got a raise we were to be
married
She paused again, and her eyes grew
softer as she looked out to sea, then
she reused herself.
"One day, while | was getting my
things ready was sitting in the
shop at work-and a gentleman came
In. He was a young fellow not good
looking. but-but stylish. little too
stylish for one of your set; besides,
knew he wasn't Cambridge man;
knew EN- all He bought cigar. and
stopped to talk bit, and then he
went, and thought no more of him.
He came the next day, and stayed
and talked a little longer and the
next. Then he told me his name"
She paused. 1T was Claude Hamilton
Did you ever hear the name. Des?"
and she looked at him with anxious
expectancy
Hamilton-Claude Hamilton? No.
But Hamilton is not uncommon, Jess
he said Not Cambridge MANI"
mo, no; | should have known him
else. No. he was stranger to me
and the place. He YVES staying at
hotel he said he was rich. He wore
heavy jewelry, and-and he came one
day and took off diamond ring and
gave 1t to me-"
'You took it, JESSE" said Desmond,
with mingled surprise and reproach.
Yes she said, bitterly, Il who
used to refuse everything except
bunch of flowers from the rest, but |
took his ring. Des | don't know what
made me do ii. IL was mad,'
ITO cut it short. Des, he offered to
marry me, and to make me Mrs.
Claude Hamilton"
Jess" exclaimed Desmond Carr.
! Lyon. almost sternly.
( Yes, that's right, But you won't
say anything, think anything so bad
of me as | say and think of myself,
And wouldn't have consented, but
Ned-Nei and had TIM 1t was all
about nothing, but he flung himself
out and said he wouldn't be played
with any longer. and that he'd never
come back to me-"
But he did come back the next
day" she went on. hoarsely. Game
back to find Id gone"
| iuat WASH I ike you, Jess, he
said, in q low voice.
No. was il? But was mad. tell
you, clean mad. His talk and grand
promises had turned my head. went
OF with him, Des. and then-and then
| found what his fine promises were
worth. He didn't make lady of me.
and he left me week afterward.
Left me in London. a stranger ana
friendless, with nothing but few
shillings, for the story of his being
rich was as big lie as the rest. and
he borrowed all my savings, too"
Desmond put his hand on the girls
hand, with a gentle. comforting pres
sure, but she shook it of,
'Don't-don'r pity me. Des. or /
shall break down." she said. hoarsely.
III was in bad plight-just what /
deserved" she went on. 81 ought TO
have starved outright, but | didn't. /
got work as an artists model 1t was
hard WORK" she sighed. standing for
hours at time, nothing to do but