The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-09
CHATTER xI1.--fContinued.)

safe, left him. In my sitting room !
Gsnnd DIR. Awdrcy waiting 70 see me.
II saw Lynn's horse outside, and
ssSUpYcd in to know IL he were here.
sssaoasId Nike to see him before he goes, II
.Dua don't mind my waiting he2e."
30 in and see him at once, said !.
I'll have done with him.
xin thanked mo and went into the Office,
whiie ] slipped into my dining room,
(which, as | have said, is divided from
&se Office by half-glazed door, that in
sgrsrpis sound 50 slightly that what takes
DEare in one room Is audible in the other.
tf anyone thinks ID IL wrong to play at
@s1vsSdroppiDg, let them remember that
aam only lawyer. ] have no compunc-
Escn TO listening in case Of this kind.
They had got through their first greet
fmx when | reached the door, but as |
snaw through the old green taffety cur
ssaiDs, they still held each other by the
1nnsa
"a mere sprain; that's all. Painful
<naough at FIRST just enough TO keep me
xrDsn running about, You know Lynn
wnas saying in his bluff, open tone.
why on earth didn't you write word
~sw two TO us?. asked Awdrey.
'-Oh, / didn't want to make fuss
asbcI1d n trifle especially at such time
and you know what women are when
HiseFr's anything the matter with fel-
Beu.Y Lynn replied, throwing himself into
81 chair.
--YouT silence made us think that the
zascidcnt was not trihe,' Awdrey said
kSmif seating himself on the table and fac
Eng hig friend
n see now that I was to blame. I'm
asrry FOR il. That's all can say, my
eks2r fellow"
~ nm sorry also. 1t must have trou-
1kIel Miss Dalrymple; 1t would have Of
4ArRsled her had she been an ordinary girl.
a1id Kcene here doesn't like you; war
ruhf hc has put bad construction on
-ponr silence and done his utmost TO set
Aber against you. Indeed 1t taxed my
anEenpify to find excuses for your neg
.yLect."
Lynn toyed with his riding whip in 81
Anoc Tor a few minutes (during which
BIS qnlck brain had conceived pIaus!-
nle means of escape) and then he said I:
-Awdrey, old fellow, | must tell you
ali. can't keep secret at any rate,
From you. ! purposely stayed away--I
'swny purposely silent"
"WhyY Lct w have the whole matter
sOlrt from beginning to end"
Some noaths ago this old rascal here,
Kesne for what purpose cannot inn
agine-lct me 70 believe that was heir
No = RFlnynDge,s fortune. In the belief that I
A sheuld before long be in decent posi-
sion y mairtain wife, sought TO win
Gertrude Miss Dalrymple Well, on the
&a T. s.af I 4 fbaI
frutlthat ! had nothing 10 expect from
lhim."
4 Alhe barofaced eifrontery of this lie
nearly took my breath away.
D IT had been living rather extravagant-
E, continued Lynn beyond my means,
In Esrt4~ralying on being able to recoup
ps3saf sooner or later, and then suddenly
" realized that was thrown upon my
6mn resources, In debt, and incapable of
-Erotiding the woman | loved with the
home I had absolutely offered her n few
DAYS before OF course, I am to blame
n know that ought 70 have been pru-
dent, / ought not TO have counted upon
selexlnore's generosity, | ought not to have
offered my hand before was assured
Beyond the possibility OF doubt that
bad enough 70 marry upon. But you
Know what / ana hcadstrong, nnpuls-
I've. fhoughtless, reckless, thriftless, I'M
kappy wretch y His voice faltered, he
covered his face with his hands, rose abb
wuptly. stamping with impatience at his
sown weakness, and turned in silence to
As1e window 1t was not bad piece OF |
as-ting; Il took Awdrey in completely. lie |
ss,se. went to the window, and, slipping |
fris hand through the others arm, said
.sThere's nothing unpardonable in that, |
Nrnn- nothing that she will not readily |
Eorgive"
:. II know II, ,Awdrey and that's the
-egorst part about It. | must break of the |
.euqngempnt, but ] know not hew with |
,anah generous girl as that. know |
svYaat she viii say when ! tell her / am a
heggar: she win say. No matter, can
wait till you are rich Walt--good gra-
sriOus! / am in debt now: penniless
tbe-.ar must remain. | haven't the
mbility to gain fifty pounds year. and
never shall have. No. it must be broken
snsT / said that from the first. DO you
Anow. | forced myself TO affront her, that
Lao might throw me over--I pretended
fuutally cruel feeling towards dear little
Taure. poor child that Gertrude might
ss,Bnk me unfeeling. / went of to Lon
acn without & word Of farewell l re-
{rained from writing one kind word-all
~yith the same purpose. Don't you see
NOW? p
..ye~. but all that must be made clear
a., berr said Awdrey, slowly.
sMade clear to her? Is that the way
20 break of this unfortunate engage
rpcntT'
..No; i,uts there isno necessity to break
,<6 the engagement.
..What do you mean! Surely you
xvonldn't have me ask her 10 wait gill
,row rich--Tich, /, who never did a
'Saccrt day,s work in my life"