The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-08-06

member OF the County Club. bought
horse and got admitted to the hunt: and
with his good looks. manly bearing. adj
nirable horsemanship and skillfnl free
handedness. made himself generally pop
1lar. One way and another / reckoned
he was living up 10 nearer eight hundred
than Two hundred a year.
"A pretty rod you're laying in pickle
or yourself. my boy said l TO myself.
4nd chuckled 70 think how he would have
% draw in bis horns when he found that
ae was down in his uncles will for a
ir.ding legacy instead Of the 6fty thou
s1nd pounds be Was calculating upon
Al this time he was paying assidnons
attentions 10 Miss Dalrymple. He saw.
ihough he said nothing about Il 10 me.
-hat his uncle was thinking Of Laure's
future. and wished to provide for her per-
petual association with Gertrude. and be
knew the hold be had on old Flexmore
through tbs pretended attachment 70 her.
cunning rascal,
l LEI him 90 on. conscious that he
would nor 90 TOO far IL was not likely
1har. feeling nov assured OF that large
iaheritance. be would pledge himself TO
marry penniless girl With his uncle's
fortune and the effect ne was now pro
dueing. be would be able to take the pick
Of the county when he wished to marry:
and there were. within twenty miles.
many girls more snowy than quiet. IN
pretenrious. little Miss Dalrymple. girls
with money, and much more 70 the taste
OF such a man as he. But though he 4
would not be rash enough 10 actually en-
gage himself. il was pretty certain that /
be would insidiously lead my unsuspectinx
little friend to believe that he intended 1
10 marry her. and / feared that he might
obtain such hold upon her affection that
VIXEN he threw up the game. as he newt
ably woEid when he discovered that there
gas Dothing TO win By il. the effect upon
her would be serious She was not a
Dirt; she had never cut up her heart into
and scattered Il about amongst a
crowd OF admirers: her heart was whole
10 be given to one man. and one only She
vas serious and earnest In all things. and
Z seemed TO be possible that she might
never care 10 give 10 a second man the
affection that had been despised BIZ the
lrsr- For this reason I resolved. II I got
ne opportunity, TO shake her faith In Mr..
Lynn Yeames.
One day I met her alone IN the road I
hat cuts through the Hazledown woods.
Here is a beautiful morning. Miss Dali
ymple." said 1. holding her hand.
'Oh. 1t Is beautiful :" she exclaimed.
ooking around her See how the rine
till stands on the brake. and look how
he drops glisten on the gossamer- And
That lovely tints there are on the beeches.
nd the brambles down there"
Yet you would prefer at this moment
0 be IN your London hospital You feel I
bat you are wasting your time here I
hats the fact. isn't its~
i should be sorry TO think that shS
eplied. with quiet gravity.
But you are Here you are saving the
fe Of one child; there you might be sav- 4
Z a dozen" ?
They viii be saved without me- $
And little Laure would be lost-thaf a
true A..
Lei Us talk about the country she n
i'd. as we walked on 7
There Is a man worth talking about" :
i'd I, pointing down % the crossroads. =
here spied Dr. Awdrey jogging along
his gig on his bezzarly round Il
-Oh. I don't think there Is a better 7
an than be in all the world :" she cried. O,
It'll enthusiasm IT.
IF be were only a little more practi- !.
J." said l.
She nodded sadly. and presently said. ~
sometimes think be would have died ~
martyr had he lived long while ago. b.
Il don't see what there is in store for hi
n now. There ne goes, TO look after a "
Of thankiess yagabonds. who'll never he
, him for saving their lives" AZ
She looked thouzhtfuIly before her for
minute. then she said
DO you think be could ever be happy Ii
n the ordinary sense Of the word7~ dl
Yes. II he married" ke
4 do not think be win ever rnarry.- uf,
said, shaking Der bead gravely. after m.
,ause-
Why MOTT" asked he Is a man -,
] fine man. too. The only difficulty -
IN getting any one to have him A
\ without superficial attractions and on
.houf money, what chance has her shl
Do you think all girls are either silly str
she asked fns
There's third section but they don't
e for good men" e.
have mentioned the girls trick Of -.
shing. and looking sideiong in the ex- -
tation Of seeing this bome-thrust bring SIC
color up TO her temples. was sur doi
sed 70 Sc that Itproduced rather a y
trary effect On
I don't mean an absolutely bad man. de-
one who thinks be is reforned,v said Mo
and attributes. or leads it 10 be i'm ale
ned. that he owes his reformation to -
girls influence"
was morally certain that Lynn "a
INES bad not ascribed his change to up
ELECTS Of a country life in his con- ira
satlon with Gertrude. however be had rivi
sen 70 represent it to me. rec
1t fatters the girls vanity to think ma
has redeemed the man. I added. a.
Is It vanity and nothing else that r..
res one delight in doing goodY' -
I can't say, ny dear--nof having had .is
h experience in that way myself: but ileI
know, that every good girl must Gin
doing good. ought 70 be doing good.
lhink she Is doing good. I speak Of A
girls, and no good girl would Be- lste
tent 70 be an idle piaything for a ctfc
Is leisure moments. And the wish 70 -
some ma n from avf1 cort~aa~ 20. ,.rs~.. -