The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1906-01-20

likely to keep you for several weeks
| longer. In the three weeks OF your alb
| senee you have written ne four letters,
and those have evidently been an uawel-
come task. Do you guess what l am GO
Ing 70 say2 l wish | were sure you
knew. that might be saved the pain Of
| writing the words. | think you have
found out that you do not care for me in
the way you thought yOa did, and your
sense Of honor alone is keeping you to
the letter Of your engagement to me.
have reasons Of which you know nothing
for believing this to be the case; 80 We
have both made a mistake, and that, II
you are willing. our engagement had bet
ter come TO an end
Please don't think | blame you IN
any way; il was only one Of those mis-
/ takes that everybody is liable to make
Ever your sincere friend.
ETHEL MALLETT"
| Poor Ethel! Hsw she cried over that
letter! How she hoped against hope that
Jack might not be willing to end the
engagement How carefully she read the
words through to be sure that she had
| not definitely settled the matter-that,
in fact. she had done oRly what she in
tendsd-giveR Jack a chance OF accept-
ing his freedom If he wished for il.
| Had the matter-of-fact little epistle
! arrived at a more favorable moment,
| had Jack bad leisure to read between the
lines and discover the weunded pride
Aad se4f-respect that had dictated every
word. his manhood might have asserted
\ itself In EtheFs favor As Il was Jaeh
read the Estter imsatientiy at arst. but
40 tts meaning 3awAed RRsa hla be
turned back to the rsP Of the leaf and
read il again, assured himself Of the On
eqHivOcal aaturs Of the sRsr Of frssdOn.
thrust It iAts his pocket aaa went ed
wAistltng sRegetieally to meet kiss Nah
ing at the ststioa % her return from
town.
Pauline saw at 4 glance that some
thing lad happened. and. kRswtAg What
SIZE knew, guessed shrewdly what that
something was. She had net been i've
minutes In Jacks society before she felt
a subtle difference in his manner tow ard
her
Il am 20 glad to fad you still here.
Mr. DOraton," she said at lunehSsn.
g!ancing at him bewitchingly between the
1 leaves Of a palm plant. We were 50
afraid that you woBid not have been able
to eRdure a fortnight Of this terribly dun
place. Weren't we, Mrs Seton ?"
You forget that Mr. Dorntsa has
had a real occupation to make the dull.
ness eRduFable. His life is not passed in
killing time as yours IT, dear"
To be sure. / had forgotten to ask
how the pictures have progressed"
The view Of the house from the
woods Is Hnished as far as I caa faish
il here. The rest Of the work must do
in Newman street.
That Is whore your studio Is. Is IL
metz I should Ike 10 see some Of yonr
completed pictures. Win you ask u up
some day to look az themY'
Any day you please. say the diy
after Tomorrow
Il cannot 90 back TO dusty London
again 80 soon. | expect my 6Fst batch
Of visitors on that day. too. At last
shall be able TO do something in the say
Of entertaining you. Mr. Dorutsn. and
show my gratitude 70 you for eniiVsaing
our solitude in the past
You are too kind Bnt I have made
arrangements for returning 10 town to-
morrow"
Nonsense. You speak Of arrange
ments in such a serious way 'aat one
might imagine you had a wife and chill
dren Instead Of which you are the en-
viabls creature-a maa without a ne"
she paused instant dreading his
| reply. He made none. but a dull red
crept slowly Hp his face % the roots "
his hair She read this skn to suit her.
self. asd went on:
''Phst beiRg the ease. - y0a save no
sas 10 claim your presenes a. = right.
why rot favor me vita IT as plsasnrsf
1 Should advise you to stay Mr. Dorm.
tea. There are some really charming
people coming On Thursday uhsm ysa
should know"
Mrs Seton was the sabodimeat Of
discretion. very ms1eI for lady-csni-
paaioas. She walked away. and Jack
followed Miss Mailing z. the picture
gallery.
They were standing in frsnt Of the
easel "a which JACK mad placed his pa int
lag Of MaIlinzfsrd House It Va.
charming picture
You must do me copy Of this. Mr.
/ Dorntou." said Pauline a. mensnto
Of that arst morning when f9snd you
asleep in the wood. -
| And awakened me
/ The words were simple enough, but
I Jack threw = great deaI Of expression
/ into them. and his eyes conveyed a world
/ u meaning. ..iaa Mailing Aaahsd A
glance 1t him as Ahs asked:
Did | wake youf # vas qaits amin
/ territorial on my part
/ And Involuntary On mise
! Pauline, fearing thar the conversation
was getting beyond her contrsl turned
quickly and caught mp the 6rst pietars
! that came to her hand from the open
/ portfolio.
! As was t. be expected. Jack had spent
many u his spare hours during the last
lonely fortnight in painting her portrait
from memory; and it was this that she
caught up 10 her Hsryous haste
] oh, Nr. DoFnton" she exclaimed, In
rapturous tones. Even her vanity was
satisfied, and she bIushed EsnuiAsIy at
thu lovely picture Jack had made or her
Il am sorry you found ,sat. You will
perhaps think II gross presnmption If 70.
| can destroy 1t. / can't wish il uBdone.