The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1906-07-12

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her and bury 1t. | was especially
| busy that day, and every minute ras
valuable, hut the child has the most
remarkable eyes-it is impossible to
resist them when they plead. We
marched out into the garden, carry
ing a fire shovel and Pauline the box
with the tfd, and buried it under o
weeping willow. If anybody had 1b-
served us, should have felt much dis
tressed
| am glad you enjoyed the book. AS
soon as my first article appears In the
Scientific | will let you have it. Be-
lieve, please, that | value your inter
est and your appreciation very highly.
Faithfully yours, John Marchand.
My Dear Harriet: When | decided
that Maurice Gerry would be suit
able husband for Pauline Downs,
did so in complete ignorance of the.
necessities Of so delicately constituted
an organism as the young female. 1
am suffering all the more keenly, be-
cause Pauline seems to have sallen in,
with my plan, though she is really ig
norant of it.
l owe it to Joseph Downs to see
that his daughters happiness is Sc
cured but | doubt very much whether
Maurice Gerry is the individual to
whom it can be safely intrusted. He
has begun to reveal frivolous side to
his character that | did not believe
he possessed.
Last night she told me that she met.
Maurice Gerry at a dance, and that
he had asked her for her hand, and
had insinuated that she had given
him every reason to believe that she
was in love with him.
/ am SLOW to anger, but | confess 1
was in a terrible rage at the young
coxcomb who is not fit to touch Inc
hem of Pauline's dress. But worse
was to follow. She said it was not at
all remarkable that he should fancy
she was consumed with love for him,
since | had insisted upon throwing ler
at the young fellows head. Can you
imagine an accusation more painful,
Harriet? And the most unpleasant part
of it was that | could not deny it.
Then she said that she was in love
with some other mani This came
as a great shock to me, and begged
her to tell me the name of the
man who had trifed with her alice
lions. She wouldn't tell, but she as
sured me that he hadn't been triling
with her; that she had just been fool
ish and had fallen in love with him
without any encouragement. And then,
Harriet, she said the most extraor-
binary thing. She had been ponder
ing what my secretary had SAID all
evening, she declared, and had come
to the conclusion that she would have
to elope. implored her to do moth
ing so rash, and asked her whom she
had in mind But she answered, no
one; that would have to help her Sc
lect somebody.
She said, and her argument was
sound, Harriet, that when a girl eloped
with one man, nobody could accuse ner
of being in love with another. But /
didn't like The idea, and told her SO.
She admitted that she didn't, either,
but that it had to be done, and the
sooner the Letter. So we went over
the list Of men that Pauline knows,
a very long list it was, but there vas
some great objection to each one. Per-
haps you have had occasion to re-
mark, Harriet, on the rapid degenera-
ton of the young man. Pauline de-
clared that she had frequently re-
marked it. When we had exhausted
the list, my ward stared into the fire
while l racked my brain to find some
means of solving an awkward tangle.
Suddenly an idea came to me that
quite took away my breath, but The
more l considered it the more feAsi-
Bile it appeared. Very awkwardly,
I'm afraid, explained to Pauline that
inasmuch as /, in my laundering, Rad
brought This humiliation upon her, 1t
was only right that | should sacrifice
myself for her. She asked, very shyly.
If / meant that l would elope with
her, and, though l confess to you tnat
1t cost me something of an effort. Har-
riet, | SAID yes, very firmly, | think.
The child was silent for awhile. and
then she said that perhaps that would
be the best arrangement, that what
became of her didn't matter very much.
but that with the protection OF my
name she would live her own life and
would never disturb me. The story
of the elopement will leak out, of
course, and it may affect my reputa-
ton in the scientific world. But | de-
serve to suffer for the humiliation
have brought upon Pauline, and
really welcome this chance of proving
the disinterestedness of my affection.
shall write you upon our return.
Faithfully YOURS John Marchand
My Dear Harriet: Our steamer SAILS
In two hours so l have but a brief
time in which to inform you of the
sequel to what will prove, l am sure.
the happiest venture in my life-l re-
fer 10 my elOpement with paut;,o