Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-06-14
returned felt exceedingly foolish, /

When she came back, she was carry
ing small wooden box. She placed
the bird in this and insisted that II
should go out into the garden VITA
ner and bury it. l was especially
busy that day, and every minute vas
valuable, hut the child has the most
remarkable eyes-it is impossible to
resist them wheD they plead. We
marched out into the garden, I carry
ing fire shovel and Pauline the box
with the bird, and buried it under 4
| weeping wilIcv, If anybody had OBJ
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-
| heVe, please, that l 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, l
did so in complete ignorance OF the
l
an organism as the young female
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 a 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 inslnuated that she had given
him every reason to believe that she
was in love with him.
I am SLOW to anger, but I confess |
was in terrible rage at the young
coxcomb who is not fit to touch the
hem of Pauline's dress. But worse
was to FOLLOW. She said 1t was not at
all remarkable that he should fancy
she was consumed with love for him.
since had insisted upon throwing ner
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 man! This came
as a great shock to me, and I begged
her to tell ME the name Of the
man who had trifled with her alice
tons. She wouldn't tell, but she as
sured me shat he hadn't been triling
with her; that she had just been fool
ISL and md 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 saio 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
| ect somebody.
She said, and her argument vas
|
with one man. nobody could accuse nor
Of being in love with another But |
didn't like the idea, and l told her SO.
She admitted that she didn't, either,
but that il had to be done, and the
sooner the better. So we went over
the list Of men that Pauline knows,
very long list it was, but there was
| oh
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 tire
: while racked my brain to find some
means of solving an awkward tangle.
Suddenly au idea came to me that
quite took away my breath, but the
} more | considered it the more feasi-
Bile it appeared. Very awkwardly,
I'm afraid. explained to Pauline that
inasmuch as I, in my laundering, had
brought this humiliation upon her, 1t
myself for her. She asked, very shyly,
If I meant that l would elope with
her, and, though confess to you that
it cost me something Of an effort, Har-
riet; said yes, very firmly, think.
} The child was silent for awhile, aud
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 I have but brief