The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-09-10
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reflection. saved her.
Are you greatly in debt, Lynn shs
I asked after little consideration.
oh. not a great deal" he replied care
E lessly: "a few hundreds"
And how do you propose to pay your
! debtsf" she asked
That VIII be all right. The fellows
won't press for payment. They know
their only chance is to wait till l get q
bit straight"
How do you mean 10 get straight. as
you call it7" she asked. smiling.
Hang it all. Gertie p he exclaimed pet
ulantiy, let's drop this subject. 1 came
to make love 70 you. not 70 talk about
money"
Yes: but the two subjects seem to
have become so involved that we can
hardly mention one without talking about
the other. The best way is to detach the
pleasant from the unpleasant subject. and
that would be most readily done by set
ting the money question at once, don't
you think soT"
~Oh. well. II we must talk about that
sort If thing. 1 should ask you to let me
hav9 little money to square my ac-
CENTS. while look about for something
That would enable me. in time. to pay you
back-though don't think there ought to
be any debt and credit account between
man and wife"
Nor l." replied she gravely. IF
marry you. all that have will be yours,
and should be very unhappy if l thought
it necessary to question how you disposed
Of IL"
That's all right OF course. whatever
I do with the money will be for our com
mon good. So that settles the thing"
he said. rising from his chair. Eight.
ten months win be soon enough to settle
my creditors little bills. III manage
them -
But In ten months may be as far
as ever from being able to let you have
the sum you need; in the meantime. you
must be mourning fresh debts unless you
have some definite means Of earning
money"
But Awdrey told me that he intended
settling the whole Of the interest on the
money left by Flexmore on you for tax
ing the care Of the child of his hands. !
and quite right that be should"
Il know nothing at all about that. Mr.. |
Keene proposed salary that l thought
reasonable; II he had proposed more, I /
think should have declined to accept
it"
Il must have an explanation with Aw-
drey at once. There seems to be a little i
shutting here. l must know the facts
of the case.
-Mr. Keene is in the next ROOM sug-
gested Miss Dalrymple.
Lynn replied with an expression in re-
gard to me which il is unnecessary OF
repeat. for I think I have shown enough
to prove that he was a Backyard. and
quilted the room to go and have II out
with Awdrey." in a manner 50 devoid Of
feeling. or even comomn courtesy. that II
must At once have destroyed any faith in
his sincerity thatspOor Gertrude cherished
Poor Gertrude It was some time after
he door closed upon Mr. Lynn Yeames
,efore she came from the room where he
eft her, and then. despite the cheerful
Iir she assumed. perceived that she had
zen crying.
Here, again, / have wondered what
he cried for. Had she not every reason !
o be pleased that she had found out the
lan's real character before marriage rath-
r than after it2 Was not scorn Of such
base fellow enough to dry in its source q
be regretful tears that would have /
prung in losing a lover7 I should have Z
lought 50. But nothing puts on 50 many Y
nlooked for aspects as human nature. I
ne cannot reason upon the movement Of
Eman hearts as If they were made Of =
heels. fundamentally arranged. to pro =
ice from a given impzlse a certain and :
1deviating result SO I say again, poor l.
ertrude for she was weak as well a. n
rong. n
Had she really loved Lynn or was d.
e only interested in him from a belief Al
at her influence had ennoDied him? I q
mot say; all / know Is that she went =,
realizing that he was neither noble (,
r loVable.