The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-01-19
uHAprER y1I.-fcontinued.l
OR A BITTER RECkO Nj
By CHARLOTTE M. BRAEMI

this world 10, Miss Mallett," he began.
Yeur father loves you, and takes every
care OF you. Yeu must therefore bear
this In mind, and not be hard on the fail
ings OF others who have not had your
privileges. My wife-poor girl!-had no
mother whea I FIRST met her, and was
Totally dependent on her father for So
ciety. II was bad training for young
woman, for her father was good-natur-
60, careless fellow, always avoiding re-
sponsioility az long AZ was possible, and
when at last compelled to show authority
making up by exaggerated harshness for
his previous neglect.
Ny wife was q high-spirted girl and
could not submit to the alternate fits Of
indulgence and tyranny. She was about
seventeen when first met her, and her
iatner,s treatment was becoming unbear-
ebie. ! became desperately sorry for
her and suggested the only means In my
power to help her, which was to make
Der my wife. 1t was foolish proceed
Ing, l know, but was young then, and
had not begun to look at life seriously,
or l should have asked myself how her
position would be bettered by being tied
for life to helpless, penniless fellow, as
! was then. Well, we were married
privately, of course-and for few
weeks thought we loved each other very
dearly; then she had another fearful
Quarrei with her father and begged me
to take her away to a home Of her own.
was earning begsarly pittance at that
time. explained my position to her,
and advised her to wait until I had OBJ
tanned a certain appointment, of which
! was almost sure. She lost her temper
pecr child, and vowed she's never
come near me again. The very next day
/ was teiegraphed fer to England.
wrote to her. asking her to be patient fer
awake, telling her that l would work
hard and get a permanent post NOW that
there was a necessity to werk, and prom
ising to come back shortly to take her
frem the cruelty to which she had to sub
init.
"On my arrival In England l found
that an almost uRkRown uncle had left
me property amounting to nearly three
thousand pounds q year. You can i'm
agine hew glad was for my poor girls
sake. made up my mind to surprise
her and personally communicate the good
news, 80 did not write. l got through
the usual legal formalities as quickly as
possible, and rushed back to Rome--only
to fad them gone Some told me they
had gone to one place, some to another,
until was utterly at a loss what to do.
However, / traced them, after a month
search, to Naples, and then 1t was only
to find that her father had died few
days previously and that she had disap-
peared no one knew whittier
II did not know any Of her people,
80 l was compelled to search single
handed. For six months / went up and
down like restless spirit in search OF
peace At last l found her-or rather
her grave-for she had died; she had
died in a convent, where she had beer
teaching English. By the help of a ser
want / obtained permission to see hel
grave. There was a plain stone with hel
name only, and the date of her death
which took place some few weeks prio
to my visit. Poor child l cannot con
vey to you how great a blow it was t,
y me, and my grief was not lessened b,
the fact that she had died at enmit,
with me-"
1--WE must hope she forgave you, al
though you did not see her." Ethel sal
quietly.
Polling did not answer, and there wa
silence for a time. 1t was relief whe
Mr.. Mallett spoke.
'She must have been of a most unfol
giving disposition to resent your pc,
erty so bitterly, and to nurse her hatre
In her dying moments."
II don't think she did that-indeet
the chances are that, In her poor littl
way, she was locking for me as anxieu.
" as was for her 1t was one of thos
strange fatalities that human feresigi
seems utterly unable to prevent"
He reese aaed shook himself, as IL wisl
full to put away the memories that ha
crowded upon him while speaking Of th
lcng-siient past.
"Yeu viii think nae no end of a boz
for annoying yea with all this history
but. II you can ina CINE the relief 1t Id
been to me to speak Of It, and you hay
any humaa kindness in your hearts, 70
win ferxlve me fer the infection. B,
my pccr shetches2 have itl Yeu nu,
come down and spend q long day wit
me On Sunday. What do you say, Nj,
MallettT
Ethel looked perpiexed. She had hope
against hope that Jack would return .,
cry Sunday since his departure. and wei
through a torment Of expectation a. th
day were on. This had taken place "a
the last tnree OuuuAyus out eh0 went o
hoping. Her father. recognizing tho dif,
Guilty In which Ethel found herself. cam
to the rescue.
"If Ethel can arrange matters, II sha
be as you wish. can't say more: IL
Il Is not nay affair, but hers."
'sThank you very much."
Ten minutes later the captain stoe
alone at the gate, watching the dog ca
disappear down the road.
$50 it's Ethel's affair."" he sal
swell, I hope they'll come and brir
Ethers affair with them. I shall |
better able to Judge Of MY own chan,
after / have seen my rival"
CHAPTER VIII.
Il was a day or two after Ethel
visit to Wimbledon that sac set readir
q curious letter, which rsx aG follows:
''Your lover cares for you no longe
His honor and his pity for you alol
keep him to his given word. He max
light Of you to others"
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