Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-11-12
No ON ! 70 LOVE-.

Copyright, 1909, by American Press Assoc
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We never know when we are on the
brink Of a; change for better or for
worse At forty was tired of life. - Il
had built up good practice in my
profession, the law. and the novelty
had worn Off legal questions. loved
no one, and no one loved me. WASH
member Of several clubs. but they had
grown to be very dull places to me. Ain
for society, the old were too old and
the young too young for me. In short,
I had exhausted the pleasures of youth
and had laid no foundation for those
Of age.
| One night was travelling on sleep
er. Lying in my berth. unused: To-
morrow morning / shall arrive, 60 to
my rooms. battle and then to the club
for breakfast: At 10 shall reach the
Office, to be 3pestered all day by clients
who are dissatisfied with the laws de-
lay or the injustice of justice; on the
way to my rooms stop at the club for
the regular O'Clock cocktail; at
hunt for some one with whom to get
through dinner; evening forced in
order to pass the time to make per-
functory call; at II bring up at my
desolate quarters. And this will be my
program day in and day out. Oh, for
new sensation!
"'Here, darling, drink this"
The. new sensation had come the mo-
ment asked for it. The voice was
woman's. soft and sweet. In the dim
light saw something extended to me.
It was cup. took it. and in doing
so my fingers grazed soft hand.
There was a spasmodic effort on the
part of the giver to withdraw the cup,
but I had got my grasp on it and re-
fused to part with it. When l had
quaffed the contents extended it, but
there was no hand to take it. put it
under my pillow and went to sleep to
the sound Of an Angels voice saying:
"Here, darling, drink this"
In the morning L fished out the cup.
It was of silver, and on it were the
letters "Bennie" After dressing 1
looked about me for its owner and was
not long in finding both Bonnie and
her mother. They occupied the next
section to mine. The mothers features
were as refined as her voice. She was
about thirty and dressed In half
mourning. ~.
Heaven forgive me for hoping that
her boy was fatherless!
tried to catch her eye, but never
did woman before absolutely ignore
4 me. She appeared to be absorbed in
her boy and had no eyes for any one
else, certainly not for me. AS we
were entering the terminal station I
stepped up to her, dotted my hat, ex-
tended the cup and said: :&.7s5
i Pardon me, madam think this
must be yours" F.
Il .sNot at all s. !" was the decided reply
One would have supposed from the
sharpness Of her tone-not at all like
the endearing words Of the night be
Il fore-that had insulted her. This
Irritation and the fact that she would
Enot look at me convinced me that q
Iahe was not the owner Of the cup; heE
hoy was. A woman On meeting q
d stranger to whom she has said loving
~, "Here, darling, drink this" would
naturally be rufied. s*@
i As said in the beginning, we don'a
know what is In store for rs. The
might before I had gone over what ]
would do on the day OF my arrival
7 did nothing, as had supposed ]
:. would. I followed at distance the
lady and her boy, saw them enter q
carriage. took another myself and told
. the driver not to let the first out OF his
!; sight. Half an hour later I made q
note Of the street and number at which
they alighted. Instead Of going to the
Office that day sat in the library OF
the club reading. What read was
'Here, darling, drink this" in every
line on every page. One other nattei
= alone occupied my thoughts was
planning how: to find out all about
\ the lady and perhaps make her &C.
{. quaintance, The perhaps" refers t.
8 whether some one was living or dead
{ When ]: learned that he was dead ]
i said, .Thank'''- and checked myself
ii was not long in making the widows
q acquaintance through the good Offices
or mutual friend. What luck thai
she had refused to look at me on the
), car. She met me with an unembar
raised smile, NJ = smile broke out al
4 over me at once. like measles. If shs
only knew! Thank heaven she doesn't
During my call she mentioned her lit
tie boy. Sly for TINT was. I pFetend
ed 10 be surprised that abe bad ~ boy
1 asked how Old he WAS bis name
whether he had Begun tD 80 TO school
She loved to talk about him, 80 KEEP
It up.
There was q courtship, OF course
What else could be expected on ID,
part concerning one who had said 4
the nighttime OF my oneliness, Here