The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-16
CHAPTER NJ

sound Of the pistOlshOts and the shouts
that followed had reached the ears OF
1 policeman in the town below. who
WhiStling for one OF his compeerp RAJ,
~ full speed towards the spot nom
whence the sounds seemed to come
At the bottom Of the hill they were
net by the Doctors empty dogcart
which his fast-trotting horse was TAX
ing safely home. They stopped and
turned its head in the direction from
which it came.
Wen need it very likely" said one.
there's an accident"
With violence" replied the other.
Hurrying on his way; cor else what's
the meaning of the shots?"
The sound of a groan close at hand
male relatives died one after the other,
,nG aWoke one morning lately 10 find
myself transformed from a doctor in
| country town into a baronetcy and
he fortune"
Then | suppose We must congratu-
late YOU" lid Clarice, in a voice that
aeveIt 0unded a little cold and
stiff. To Gil the truth, she did not
at all relish the notion Of the sudden
.emoval of knight upon whose will
ing devotion she could always depend.
You need not. Life is one big dis
appointments 1t offers gifts that one
does not care for, and denies me the
only one which would make it worth
living"
He rose abruptly and went off to the
smoking room. and when, some five
minutes later, Janetta stole furtivc
ganCe at Clarice. she saw that her
face was white and that her lips trem-
bIed
Sir Robert chooses to be cynical"
she said throwing back her head with
a pretty gesture of defiance; but ~.
no doubt he'll soon reconcile himse.!
to the baronetcy and the fortune
Sir Roberts route adjusted itsel.
very much to that chosen for their re
turn journey by the girls. Sometime
he would BE away for day or two a.
a time, then reappear at the town an
hotel where he was tolerably certain
to find them, and they arrived in Eng
lend on the same day, but whilst hi
stopped in London, the girls went o.!
to Northcliff.
The welcome they received fror
Mrs Mortimer was Of a warmth the
could have hardly believed possible I
a woman 50 ee1f-cOntained: and 1t VT
pleasant to find themselves once NOR
seated by the fire in Clarices sittir-
room. with their feet on the fendc"
reading the several letters they h@l
found awaiting their arrival.
I've got a long letter from Harr|,'
said Clarice
Janetta started violently. Carefully
as each Of the girls had followed C7D
tain Ne~ivale's brilliant career in th
Tnfian campaign. his name until nov
he'd not been mentioned between the
since he nioht Of Janetta's confps''or
C,ar'oc's ewes vera shining, there W
re 7iant t~tl'rr Dh in her smile.
He is coming back, Janetta. An
he savs-he eave FIAT he should like y
to be married at once. There can b
no possible reason FOR delay now | ar
we'll and he hopes I will lie getting m
clothes ready He adds in a postsc"ir
that he thinks | must pension off tn
good Mrs. Mortimer" Clarice sac
with a little gay laugh; "but he max
no suggestion for your future"
He need not" said Janetta, sitt'~
upright, and clasDing her hands tight
ly. 81 shall find another situation.
"That sentence and the way you sa'
1t makes me quite certain that you ar
we'll 1t was spoken with all your OLE
horrid pride and independence. salt
Clarice. "But would it not be we'll t.
suit my convenience? I've not dom
with you yet, you see. You must staI
until l marry and that"-there was {
little break in the voice she had trieC
to. make so gay-may be some time. O.
may never be. I'm not going to marry
Harry, and tomorrow I shall write AM
tell him so. No. Please don't look
me like that nor say anything. l can
bear it!
You have prevented me from max
/ ing the awful mistake of marrying ;
man whom have loved, but who neve
loved he as he is capable of loving I
woman really suited to him. w
THOUGHT a great deal over it, and ",
said my prayers about it and that il
the only conclusion that I can arrive
at"
And l have prayed, too-or, how
earnestly-that he may live to MARI.
! ycl, that so | might feel myself for
! given!" sobbed Janetta.
But you put your own sense of for
giveness before my happiness" salt
Clarice," and so God has not listened.
Before c arice went to bed that nigh
| she had written her letter.
Good by, dear Harry (were the clos
/ ing words). Some day. if not at once
/ you will bless me for setting you free
! Looking back, | can see now that yol
never cared for me as | loved you; ant
! when you met this woman who eoult
stir your heart to its very depths yol
found it out Some day | hope l ma.
live to see you married to her.
Believe me. ever your friend,
"Clariee Seymour"
The breaking off of Clarice Sey
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