The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-11
CHAPTER XII

glad that across the sea there was a
Lucy Atherstone. How he wished that
she was there now as Mrs. Guy, and he
must tell Guy so that very day. Seated
In Guys library, the opportunity soon oc-
Cured, Guy approaching the subject him
self by saying:
Guess, Hal, what wild project have
Just embarked in"
II know without guessing Maddy told
me-" and the doctors eyebrows were ele-
waited just little.
"And so you don't approve?' was Guys
next remark, to which the doctor replied:
why, yes it's a grand thing for her.
providing you know enough to teach her;
but, Guy, this is COMPOUNDED gossiping
neighborhood, and folks will talk, I'm
afraid. She's too handsome, Guy, for
Madam Grundy to let alone. If Lucy
we're only here, it would be different.
Why, in the name Of wonder, are you two
not married, if you are ever going to be"
jealous, as l live!" and Guys hand
came down playfully on the doctors shout
der. II did not suppose you had got as
far as that. You are afraid Of the effect
It may have on me teaching a swest-faced
little girl how to conjugate amo; and to
cover up your own interest, you bring
Lucy forward as an argument. Honestly,
, ctor, am doing 1t for you. l imagine
you fancy her, as we'll you may. She'll
make a splendid woman, but she needs
educating, of course, and l am going to
do 1t. You ought to thank me, instead
of looking so like thundercloud," and
Guy laughed merrily.
The doctor was ashamed of his mood,
and could not tell what prompted him to
answer:
II am obliged to you, Guy but, as far
as l am concerned, you may spare your
self the trouble. If my wife needs edu-
eating, can do it myself"
Gny was puzzled. Could it be that, af-
ter all, he was deceived, and the doctor
did not care for Maddy? 1t might be,
and he FASTENED to change the converse
ton to another topic than Maddy Clyde.
The doctor stayed to dinner, and as Guy
watched him closely, he made up his
mind that he did care for Maddy Clyde,
and shis confirmed him In his plan OF edu-
eating her for him.
Magnanimous Guyl He felt himself
very good, very generous, very conde-
scending, and very forgiving, the early
portion Of the afternoon but later in the
day he began to view Guy Remington in
the light of martyr, said martyrdom
consisting in the scornful toss of the head
with which Agnes had listened to his
plan, and the open opposition Of Mrs.
Noah.
"Was he beside himself, or whAtr this
worthy asked. "She liked Maddy Clyde,
to be sure, but 1t wasn't for him to de-
mean himself by turning her schoolmas-
ter. Folks would talk awfully, and abe
couldn't blau7 'em besides, what would
Lucy say to his bein' alone in q room
with girl as pretty as Maddy? 1t was
q duty he Owed her, at any rate, to tell
her about it, and If abe said twas right,
why, 80 it"
This was the drift of Mrs Noah's re-
marks, and as Guy depended much on
her Judgment, he decided to write to Lucy
to see If she had the slightest objections
to his teaching Maddy Clyde. Accord
ingly, he wrote that very night, telling
her frankly all he knew concerning Mad
dy Clyde, and narrating the circumstances
under which he first had met her, being
careful also to repeat what he knew would
have weight with an English girl like
Lucy, to wit, that though poor, Maddy'.
father and grandfather Clyde had beer
gentlemen, the one a clergyman, the Other
a sea captain. Then he told Of her desire
for learning, and his plan to teach hel
himself, of what the doctor and Mrs
Noah had said about it, and his final de
termination to consult her. Then he de
afr n ~,
thrill as he told how pure, how innocent
how artless and beautiful she was, anC
asked If Lucy feared aught from his asso
citation with her.
"If you do" he wrote, you have bu
to say SO, and though | am committed,
will extricate myself In some way, rathe
z than wound you in the slightest degree.
It would be some time ere an answe
to this letter could be received, and unit
such time Guy could not honorably hea
Maddy's lessons as he had agreed to dc
But Maddy was not suspicious, and &C
cepting bis trivial excuse, waited patient
", while he, too, waited for the letter
wondering what 1t would contain.
At last the answer came, and II wa
Maddy who brought Il 30 Guy. She ha
been home that day, and ON her return
had ridden by the Office as Guy had re
ouested her to do. She saw the lette
bore a foreign postmark also that 1t wa
In the delicate handwriting Of some fe
male, but the sight did not affect her il
the least. Maddy's heart was far to
heavy that day to care for trihe, and sc
placing the letter carefully In her basket
she kept on to Aikenside.
The letter was decidedly Lucy-ish In a.
that pertained to her dearest darling,
her "precious Guy" but when she cam
to Maddy Clyde, her true, womanly M
ture spoke; and Guy, while reading /
felt how good she was. OF course b
might teach Maddy Clyde all he wishe
10 teach her, and 1t made Lucy love hi,
better to know that he was willing to
such things. She wished she was ther
to help him; they would open school fc
all the poor, but she did not know whe
mamma would let her come. That pal
in her side was not any better, and he
cough had come earlier that season tina
last. The physician had advised q viii