Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19

y our lover cares for you no longer.
His honor and his pity for you alone
keep him to his given word. He makes
light Of you to others"
Ethel did not quite believe all this;
but she believed enough of it was true
to Justify her in giving Jack an oppor-
tunity of freeing himself from his en-
gagement. She decided that she would
not worry her father, but would act for
herself. Acting on this decision, she
wrote:
My Dear Jack-You have now been
away three weeks. As yet you do not
say anything about returning. but, on the
contrary, speak of your work as being
likely to keep you for several weeks
longer. In the three weeks of your alb
sehce you have written me four letters.
ana those have evidently been an unwel-
conhe TASK DO you guess what ! am go
ing TO say! wish | were sure you
knew that might be saved the pain of
"riting the words. | think you have
louhu out that you do not care for me in
the way you thought you did. and your
sense Oh honor alone is keeping you to
tue letter OF your engagement to me.
nave reasons Of which you know nothing
ior Deheying this to be the case; so we
nave both made a mistake. and that. if
you are willing, our engagement had bet
ter come to an end
Please don't think | blame Won In
any way; it was only one of those mis-
takes that everybody is liable to make.
Ever your sincere friend.
ETHEL MALLETT"
Poor Ethel How she cried over that
letter. How she hoped against hone that
JACK might not be willing to end the
engagement. How carefully she read tha
words through to be sure that she had
not definitely settled the matter-that |
In tact, she had done only what she in. |
tended-given Jack chance of accent |
ing his freedom if he wished for III
Had the matter-of-fact LITTLE an;stle
arrived at more favorable moment
mad Jack had leisure to read between tho
iihes and discover the wounded pride
and self-respect that had dictated every
word ms manhood might have asserted
itself In Ethel's favor. As il was JacL
read the letter impatiently at first bnt
as Hs meaning dawned upon him he
turned back to the top of the leaf and
eau " again. assured himself of the I'M
equivocal nature of the offer of freedom
thrust INTO his pocket and went off
Wnistling enegeticaly to meet Miss Mall
town. - 'i'
auiine saw at a glance that some-
'ning had happened, and knowing what
sue knew guessed shrewdly what that
sohethlng was. She had not been five
minutes IN Jacks society before she felt
a subtle difference in his manner toward
her 'o""ru
am so glad to find you still here
MI Dornton," she said at luncheon
siancing at him bewitchingly between the
caves OF a palm plant. 1--WE were 90
AFRAID that you would not have been able
70 endure fortnight of this terribly dull
place Weren't we, Mrs. SeftonY" I
you forget that Mr.. Dornton has
'au real occupation to make the dull-
less endurable. His life Is not passed in |
Alllng time, as yours is, dear"
10 be sure. had forgotten to ask
low the pictures have progressed"
The view of the house from tho
Hoous Is finished as far as l can finish
mere The rest of the work | must do
n Newman street ~ q
Ihat is where your studio is ia II
ot' should like to see some of your
ompleted pictures. Will you ask ms nm .
ONE day to look at themY' =
ANY day you please. Say the day =
fter tomorrow" NA' b
cannot go back to dusty London II
gam so soon. l expect my first batch
l VISITORS ON that day, too. At last I
nan be able to do something in the wav
entertaining you. Mr.. Dornton. and \
how my gratitude to you for enlivening f
UT solitude in the past" d
You are too kind. But have mazda
arrangements for returning to town TO- h
lorrow." Il
nonsense. You speak of arrange
tents in such serious way that one
lght imagine you had a wife and chill
rem; instead of which you are the en-
aDle creature-a man without a tie" b
She paused an instant, dreading his
'ply. lie made none; but a dull red
'ept slowly up his face to the roots of
IS hair. She read this sign to suit her. 81
If, and went on: n
That being the case, as Won hav. No 81
ne to claim your presence as rigbt
ny not favor me with it as pleasure?
should advise you to stay. Mr.. Dorm
n There are some really Charming 90
'ople coming on Thursday whom YOU y
iould know" '0N W
Mrs. Seton was the embodiment of
secretion, very model for lady-com-
lnions. She walked away. and Jack y,
flowed Miss Mailing to the picture
Inery.
They were standing in front of thu -
sci on which Jack had placed his paint =,
6 OF Mallingford House. 1t war pi
farming picture.
"feu must do me copy of this. Mr. d
ornton, said Pauline, las a memento
that first morning when l found You
leep in the wood" ''D
And awakened mer'
The words were simple enough. but di
lex threw great deal of expression