News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-10-26

piled. Every man has to make 6
start. When you married you were
as poor as l am"
Granted! But l married a poor
girl from my own station in life. For.
tunately she had the latent power to
develop with me as grew, so that we
kept even and / never outdistanced
her. But Mildred is spoiled to begin
with. I spoiled her purposely to pre-
vent just this sort of thing She is
bred to luxury. her friends are rich.
and she doesn't know any other kind
Of life."
And SO t was that Boyd Emerson
had gone to Alaska, to the Klondike,
to win a fortune and thus to win the
girl he loved. He fixed his own time
for returning, and 50 it was that Mil
dred Wayland had awaited him.
If today. after three years Of depri-
walton, she seemed to him more beau
tiful than ever-the interval having
served merely to enhance her charm
and strengthen the yearning of his
heart-she seemed in the same view
still further removed from his sphere.
His story finished. Boyd went on to
tell her vaguely Of his future plans,
and at last he asked her, with some
thing less than an accepted lovers
confidence:
Twill you wait another year?"
She laughed lightly. You dear boy,
/ am not up for auction. This is not
the third and last call l am not sure
could induce anybody to take me
even if l desired"
II read the rumor of your engage
ment in a San Francisco paper"
She mentioned number of names,
counting them off on her finger tips.
'Then, Of course, there are the old
standbys, Mr.. Macklin, Tommy Tur-
ner, the Lawton boys
"And Alton Clyde!'
ITO be sure; little Alton, like the
brook, runs on forever He still wor-
ships you, Boyd, by the way"
us there any one in particular"
Boyd demanded.
Miss Wayland's hesitation was so
brief as almost to escape his notice.
Nobody who counts. OF course father
has his predictions and insists upon
engineering my affairs in the same
way he would float a railroad enter
prise, but you can imagine how roman
tic the result is"
"Who is the favored party?" the
young man asked darkly.
Really it isn't worth discussing.
Do you remember when | offered to
give it all up and go with you, Boyd?"
81 have never forgotten for an in
slant"
"You refused to allow it."
Certainly! l had seen too much Of
your life, and my pride figured a bit
Also But am going to have you" He
drew her to him tenderly. you are
going to be my wife" He repeated
the words softly, reverently, MY
wife,
She gazed up at him with puzzled
little frown. what bothers ME is that
you understand me and my life so well,
while | scarcely understand you or
yours at all. That seems to tell me
that I~am unsuited to you in some
way. Why, when you told me that
story of your hardships and all that
listened as if it were a play or a
book, but really it didn't mean any
hing to me or stir me as it should. |
amt understand my own failure to
understand. Do you see what 1 am
rying to convey"
Perfectly" he answered, releasing |
Ter with little unadmitted sense of |
disappointment at his heart. 81 sup |
bose it is only natural"
81 do hope you succeed this time"
The continued. II am growing deadly |
ired of things. Not tired Of waiting
or you, but l am getting to be old: |
am, indeed. Why. at times l actual
Y have an inclination to do fancy (,