The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-05-01

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wis. I'm paly 4 likfle girt-only 4aix-
fesn last Osfoker--but I'm - sorry Tor
you, VIM hare he~n 10 kind. II ! oasy
could lOt~ yna A. ran deserve. ~ Iovs
yoa. foo: but NOT th~ way you MEAN. /
sEunot h. Manly II0.brock ~. doctor, I
cannot"
SIC Mss To.,binx pstrolsIy. and In hss
concern fur her the doctor forgot xoune-
what the stunning blow he had received.
Don't. Maddy. darling" Nc said.
dra II her trembling forn closely 10
him. "I,on't b. - distressed. ] did not
much think you'd tell me- yes, and | was
. foil to ask tou. am too old but,
Msddy. t;ay s. as old NJ I am"
yas doctor did not know Why b. said
this. nnic~s IL the Sr~f. eennexs 81 his
disa p~pojntment there was 4 sasiSfsrfion
In telling her that The objection 10 his
axe ~oaid apply also 10 Guy. But IL
did not affect Nsddy ono whit. or give her
The slIshfest iukiinx If h~ meaning. Tic
saw II did rot. and the pajn was less
hard 10 hear. Siiii. ie would know ser-
sasn.y II b. had a rival. aud 20 he said:
"Iso You love someone rise. Maddy! Is
aS0tuef VIpteffeH tWtOvS H5e. huu IN lHat
tho reason why ysu cannot love me-
No." Madiy answered. through her
tesrs. There IL no one ei.e. Whom
should love. unless 1t we're yon! !
know nobody but Guy"
THAT name touched q sore. aching
cherd In the doctors heart. hut hs rave
no sign Of the jealousy which had trou-
BLEED him. snd for 4 moment there was
silence In the room then. ~ the doctor
began family to realize that Maddy had
refused him. thrrs, awoke within him q
more intense desire 10 win her than he
had ever felt before. lie would not give
her mp without another effort. and lay-
Ing her mnresisting head upon his bosom.
he pleaded again for her love. going over
all the past. and telling OF the interest
awakened u hen first she came to him That
April afternoon. almost two years ago.
There was a great lump In Maddy's
throa. a. she tried 10 speak. but IL cleared
away, and she said very sadl.s. but very
earnestly:
DIR. Holbrook. would you ike me 10
say yrs with my lips. when all the time
there was something at my heart tuggins
10 answer mo-
This Was not at all whaf Maddy meant
TO say. but the words were born OF her
extreme trutlfulness. and the doctor thus
harmed the mature of the struggle which
he saw plainly was going on.
No. Maddy. | would not have you say
yes unless your heart was in IT," he an-
swerrd. while he tried TO smile upon the
fearful face look ing up 50 ~sorrowfully at
him.
Hut the sIuiie was a forlorn one. and
there came instead a tear as he thought
how dear was lie fair creature who never
wonld be his. Maddy saw the tear, and
rs IL she were a child. wiped it from his
cheek then. in tones which never fall
tered. she told him it might be in time
she'd learn To love HIN. She would try
no hard. she'd think OF him always AS
her promised husband. ana by that means
should learn at last not to shrink from
taking him for such. Ii might be ever so
long. and perhaps she should be twenty
or mere. but some time In the future she
should feel differently. Wa he satisfied,
o~kl ssUUsA Ns1wa8ts
Her little hand was resting son his
shoulder. but he did not mind its soft
pressure or know that 1t was there, so
strong was the temptation TO accept that
half promise. But the doctor was
too noble. too unselhsh to bind Maddy to
himself unless she were wholly willing.
ard he said TO her that If she did not love
him now she probably never would. She
could not make a love. She need not try,
as 1t would only result in her own I'M
happiness. They would be friends just
as they always had been. and none need
know OF what had passed between them.
none but Guy. Il must tell him. the
doctor said. because he knows that |
was going 70 ask you.'
Ito BE- contipued.l