Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-04-16

ut will depend upon yourselves RI
you prove yourself to be man of honor
in this matter | may be inclined to sane
tion your addresses. In the meantime,
you must give me your word to let it rest,
and neither to attempt to speak to Nj .ss
Harston nor to see her, nor to allow your
parents to communicate with her. lhe
| last condition may seem to you to be
hard but, in my eyes, it is very impor-
tant one. Unless you can bring yourself
to promise all this my duty will compel
me to remove my ward entirely out OF
your reach, course which would be pain
fuI to her and inconvenent to myself
but | must let her know of this ar
rangement. | must tell her that you hold
out hopes to us on condition that we keep
apart for time"
at woud be cruel not to allow you to
do that" Girdlestonc answered. You
may send her one letter, but, remember.
there shall be no reply to it."
Thank you, sir; thank you!' Tom
cried fervently. IL have something to
live for now. This separation will but
make our hearts grow fonder. What
change can time make in either of us?"
Quite So" said John Girdlestone, with
a smile Remember. there must be no
more walking through the square. You
must remain absolutely apart if you wish
to gain my consent"
at is hard, very, very hard. But l will
promise to do it. What would l not
promise which would lead to our earlier
union?'
THAT is settled then. In the meantime,
| should be obliged if you would go down
to the docks and look after the loading OF
the transferable corrugated iron houses
for New Calabar.'
"All right, sir, and thank you for your
Kindness" said Tom, bowling himself out.
He hardly knew whether to be pleased or
grieved over the result of his interview
but on the whole, satisfaction prevailed,
since at the worst it was but to wait for
year or so. while there seemed to be
some hopes of gaining the guardians con-
sent before that. On the other hand, ne
had pledged himsel to separate from
Kate, but that would, he reflected, only
make their reunion the sweeter.
When the hour of luncheon arrived no
thought of food was in the lads head.
but, buryng himself in the back parlor
of little Blackwell public house. he call
Ell for pen. ink and paper, and proceeded
to indite a letter to his sweetheart. Never
was so much love and comfort and ad-
vice and hope compressed into the limits
OF four sheets Of paper or contained IN
the narrow boundary of single envelope.
Tcm read it over after he had finished,
and felt that it feebly expressed his
his thoughts but then, what lover ever
yet did succeed in getting his thoughts
represented upon paper.
Having posted this effusion, in which ne
had carefully explained the conditions i'm
posed upon him, Tom felt considerably
more light hearted, and returned with re-
newed vigor to the loading of the CORFU I
gated iron. He would hardly have felt
so satisfied had he seen John Girdlestone
receiving that same letter from the hands
of the footman, and reading it afterwards
in the privacy of his bedroom with sar-
donic smile upon his face. Still less con-
tented would he have been had he beheld
the merchant tearing it into small frag-
ments and making bonfire of it in his
capacious CRATE. Next morning Kate look
ell in vain out of the accustomed win
dow. and was sore at heart when no tall
figure appeared in sight, and no frienolT
md waved morning salutat.on.
Ito be continued