Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-10-11

speak 10 her. II only for a minute.
Not yet" she said IL am not
worthy Of your kindly thoughts.
wish you could forget me"
Every day now was expecting a
letter from my paper ordering me 10
leave Oglethorpe. Each morning
rode TO the postoflice IA II to meet my
fate halfway. WIS In an agony OF
suspense. resolved that If my orders
came before ! had reached some I'm
derstanding with Miss Ellen To resign
my post and remain In the vicinity OF
the Pines until | had either won her
for my wife or else forced her 10 dc
clare herself engaged To- Squire Haw.
kins. | never believed that she seri
ously considered sub step until she
had told nc 10 forget her Even then
| would not despair. but | WIS r.
solved Tint IL SHE thought me poor shr
should continue to think me such until
she had become my allianced bride. !
fully believed her capable OF marrying
the squire for the sake of lifting the
mortgage and freeing Bud from the
hlhhEFlA iiiul WIS NttllllE WI " : lfUlNi
and. what was worse. breaking his
spirit. For herself she did not think
II was for the others. II Ind always
been for the others. | had reason To
think that In he matter Of worldly
goods | was the equal of the squire.
but had ! told her of this | verify he
lieve that Il would have Initiated
against NE. for she would not sell her
self 10 the man she loved. while she
might sacrifice ErrSelf to one whom
shp regarded almost ny an aged reia
Tive | resolved to stand my ground
and tight every inch of 1t with Squire
/. Hawkins aud was equally deterunip-
meni. so that there could be no mis-
take ms to my Intentions.
The opportunity came sooner than
thought. for. the next day hcing damp
and chilly. we remained indoors. Bud
alone being forced to face the rain.
Mrs. TurpIn had gone into the kitchen
t. get warm. she snd. for the sitting
room was damp and bad for rhpuma
tisln. was only waiting for the colo
nel 20 80 for his afternoon nap TO
speak what was IN my mind 10 Miss
Ellen. Presently she n~' i up from a
book she was reading " lid:
Father. there WINS ,iirr of those
letters copied IN the Augusta papers
yesterday"
As heard her words my heart seem
ed to cease pulsatiOn | had never
known that they had seen these let.
ters. for they had not spoken of them
before. probably be, cause they did not
want me to see them. My face grew
scarlet. and | was thankful that the
room was gloomy anu dark
Yes. Ellen" hP said. even some OF
our own people laugh nj ny when they
get rich. so we can't expect our enc
mics 20 do less Have you got the pa
per, my dear? | had TO laugh over TINT
last description of what we had come
Ia. Ii was very, very funny"
Fanny. oh. father. 10 thiak that
you con zee anything funny in such
mlsery rs he depicted! The writer
does not sec with he eyes of Il gentle
man or else ne Il blinded by prejudice
or prosperity How ! should loathp To
be such man! did not want you TO
see this last letter, father. so | burnt
the pa"er II WIS too true. too true,"
she cried. and saw her ewes IN with
tears
She laid her book aside and went 10
the window to mend a rent IN the lace
curtain, but | thought more 20 HE
her feelings from Us. '.Thp writer
does not see with the eyes OF gen
tleman." With that one sentence she
had shattered to pieces every arggn-
ment ! had usel 10 myself that day
In the room She had not made use
Of any choice rhetoric. such as | had
used TO describe her, nor dld she study
the effect Of her phrusing but with
one natural sentence spoken from the
heart, she seemed 10 paint me as
was or ~ :he would always Clink Of
me after this | realized how far my
ambition had carried me and how low
my literary instincts, as / had thought
them then. had sunk me In the re-
action j saw myself as others wonld
see me, and in my remorse believed
that had sacrificed her for some tenn
Dorary advantage IN my profession.
And ] had faneied that she would nm
derstand. forgetting that her scale ~
honor and truth was rs far above mine
as heaven IS above earth In the A.
lence that followed ! suffered n life