The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-19

-" N"eA WIN All my Soul love guul
daughter No man can love hor bet
ter"
What say you? How. then. do I
love her? ! who carried her-miju
"itle lammetie-in these arms before
yet she could say to me. 'Faderl 90
HIS wrath had been steadily growing.
and suddenly striking tue desk a pom.
derous blow with his close. hand. be
said with an uumistakable passion.
Ut My daughter you shall not have. God
In heaven to himself take her ere
such sorrow come to her and mel"
Sir. you are very uncivil; but to be
plain with you. am determined to
marry your daughter II can compass
the matter in any way It Is now,
then, open war between us. and 80.
sir, your servant"
Stay. To me listen. Not one
guilder will give to my daughter,
IL"
TO the devil with your gulldersi
Dirty money made In dirty trafnc-"
You lie"
Sir, you take an Infamous advan.
tage. You know. that. being Rather.
Ines father | will not challenge you E"
"Christus!" roared Joris. "chal.
lenge me one hundred times. A fool
| would be to answer you. Life my
God gave to me. Well. then. only
my God shall from me take II. See
you these arms and hands7 In them
you will be as the child OF one year
Ere beyond my reason you move me.
sol" and no strobe to the door ana
flung It open with a passion that made
every one In the store straighten
towards the two men.
White with rage. and with his hand
upon his sword-hilt, Capt. Hyde
stamped his way through the crowded
store to the dusty street. Then It
struck him that no had not asked the
name OF the man to whom Katherine
was promised He swore at himself
for the omission. Whether he knew
him or not. he was determined TO
fight him. Now he must see Kathe-
rine before her father had any oppor-
tunlty to give any orders regarding
him.
In tho meantime Jorls was suffering
as only such deep natures can suffer.
Capt. Hyde's proposal and his posi-.
tive assertion that Katherine loved
him. had fallen upon tho fathers
heart with the force OF blow, and
the terror Of a shock.
After Hyde's departure. he shut
the door Of his ONCE, walked to the
window. and stood there some min.
utes, claspIng aud unclasping his
large hands, like man full OF grief
and perplexity Ere long he remem.
bered his friend semple. This trou-
BILE concerned him also. for Capt.
Hyde was In a manner his guest:
and. II he were Informed OF tho mar
rage arranged between Katherine
and Neil semple, he would doubtless
feel himself bound In honor TO retire.
Jorls found Semple and in few
short. strong sentences. put the case
before him.
MY cortle! When girls are aud
enough for a lover. they are match
for any gray head I'm thankful man
that | wasna' put In charge o. any o.
them. shall hae TO speak my mind
to Mel, and likewise TO Col. Gordon;
and you Gamma put on your duty to
your daughter an hour longer. Dear
mel To think. Joris. o. a man be-
ing able to Sit wi the councillors o. the
nation, and yet no match for lassle
o. seventeenl"
As they walked homeward, the elder
talked. and Joris pondered, not what
was said, but the thoughts and pur.
poses that we're slowly forming In bis
own mind.
When the evening meal was over
Jorls rose. and laying his hand on
Katherine's shoulder said, There is
something to talk about. Sit down,
Lysbet; the door shut close, and liz.
ten to me-"
II was impossible to mistake tho
stern purpose on her husbands face.
and Lysbet silently obeyed the order.
Katherine. katrljntie. Min kind,
this afternoon there comes to the store
tho young man Capt. Hyde. To thy
father he said many III words. To
him thou shalt never speak again.
Thy promise give to me"
sho sat silent. with dropped eyes,
and checks as red as the pomegranate
nower at her breast.
Min kind, speak to me-"
Weeping bitterly. she rose and went
10 her mother. and laid her head upon
Lysbet's shoulder.
Look now, Joris. One must know
the ''1igt.aud uths 'whe-ossre, What
mean your whish. min klndjel"
This | mean. Lysbet. No moro
meetings with the EngliFhman will
have. No love secrets will | bear
Danger is with them; yes. and sin. too.
Min kIndie. listen to me thy father.
L Is for thy happy life hero, II il for
ny eternal life, | speak TO thee. This
nan for whom thou art weeping is
not good for thee, Min beste kinie,
10 love thee?"
MY fatherl"
DO love theel'
Yes. yes"
"Doat thou. then. love met"
She put her arms round his neck,
md laid her cheek against his, and