The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-31
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well. he is your own father, Miss
Delaney; fix 1t any way you please.
and It amt hardly decent to let him
starve."
You are too extrayagant in your
ideas, Mrs. Darby. What can an old
man like that want OF new clothes and
dainty fare? tell you, l can't afford
TO pay you more than two dollars a
week; my expenses in New York are
ruinous. and--' tl49i N4#t@
"Then you may as well send him to
the poorhouse at once, Miss Delaney.
won't undertake to keep him short
Of three dollars, at the very least"
Il don't like to do that,H Marion an
swered, hesitatingly, as II the idea
commended itself to her as not imprac-
ticable in some respects. People win
talk" rlf mfH
They'll talk just the same II you
let him starye to death here, and a
good deal worse YcIh tft
tits great nuisance said Marion,
impatiently. "Well, suppose will
have to pay you two dollars and a
half" gt4.it s
The other woman grumbIingly as
sented. but added:
Don't you want to see him? He's
talked a great deal about his pretty
girls comm"
"see him? Oh, no, not for the world!
1t always racks my nerves. You
needn't tell him I've been herep'
"Wellr' calculated the other; IF you
amt the coolest one, Miss Delaney!
don't set up to be the most devoted
daughter in existence, but il my father
was like your'n, I'd want at least to
see him once in a while"
"What would be the use? Here's
the quarters money in advance; and
If he gets violent or troublesome again.
just lock him upon bread and wateri
Now. show me to my room, please. for
I've got to get back in the carly train
tomorrow morning, before my de
voted cavalier misses mev'
"Then it's true that you are going
to marry a rich man down in New
York. Miss Delaney! Squire Frothing-
ham said you was, but. la! there's
heaps O. reports that haven't no more
foundation than a whiff of smoke"
Miss Delaney laughed triumphantly.
"You will see. three months from
now. Mrs. Darby. That's right; get
the candle. for there is nothing that
spoils my complexion like want Of
sleepw tsH BI
Grey Pelham had sat as motionless
during this conversation as if he had
been turned to stone! Honorable gen
tleman that he was, he would have
seorned the idea of eavesdropping; but
he had been spellbound-thunder-
struck. Was this cold hearted, cruel
wording, whose very natural affec-
tion seemed frozen in her veins, the
Marion he had worshiped with such
blind. unquestioning idolauy? Was it
possible that he had been deceived all
these months?
Like the downfall Of some superb el-
ifice, undermined at once and entirely,
his dream of love crashed to the earth.
He buried his face in HIS hands. with
a low, bitter groan, given to the mem
ory of the Marion whom he now knew
had never existed, save in his own
Imagination.
Then he rose and wentgout in the
cool. clear moonlight, stag gering like
one just risen from bed of serious
sickness. He was thankful now that
he had encountered no one-that he
was free to depart without question OF
doubt.
Disenchanted = undeceived! The
blow had been a cruel one, but Grey
Pelham recognized the kindness of the
Hand that had struck it. and returned
TO New York. resolved to bear it with
what equanimity he could.
Miss Delaney waited. but waited il
vain. for Mr.. Pelham's anticipated
call; and finally at the end of three
days dispatched a little pink note. per
fumed with the ottar Of roses. to ash
the reason of his unwonted absence.
The servant brought back the note
unopened. etftNH ~AlFAs
"Please. miss. he sailed for Havana
this morning.
A month subsequently the exaspcr'
ated creditors Of Mrs. Percy Gardiner
met in the elegantly furnished house
just in time to deplore their own dill
toriness. for that smiling matron had
decamped, leaving an array Of debt:
behind her that might have awed thC
notorious Mrs. Chadwick, the OhiC
prisoner.
And that was the disastrous end o
Marion Delancy's matrimonial cam
paign!-New York Weekly.
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