The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-05-15
THE
GO-BETWEEN
By ALVAH J. GARTH
Copyright. 1920. Western Newspaper Union }

| NOT so mucn as L was, seriously
replied Hugh Tresham. II don't like
the bright, fiippant way in which you
treat what you call your tiff with a
young lady for whom | have the high
est admiration and respect"
Surely you aren't hit yourself in
that direction!" rallied Burton deri.
sively.
1--WE won't discuss that replied
Tresham with dignity. You and
have known one another for good
many years and l am a passably loyal
| fellow, but the autocratic and indiffer-
ent way in which you treat the wound
| ing of a trustful, sensitive heart hurts
me-
"Oh fix it up for me, ambassador
royal!" spoke Burton airily. ''Of
course, broke an engagement to take
Vera to an entertainment and did
some flirting with others under the
provoking huffiness of the little scold-
er, but that is no reason why she won't
make move towards reconciliation.
Honest, I'm sorry, and 1 think lot
of her. Tell her so, smooth it over.
She's got cool $4,000 in her own
right, is pretty as a picture and I'll
marry her tomorrow if she's agreea-
ble."
Hugh Tresham was something more
than annoyed. He did not at all like
the mission upon which he was being
sent.
"You are straining my sense of pro-
priety and justice, Burton" he OBJ
served. you are asking an extraor-
binary duty of me, but will hope
that If l break the ice and open the
way for you to effect a reconciliation.
you will prize the treasure among
womankind as she deserves to be-"
"Yes, I'll turn over a new leaf" de-
clared Burton. "Of course, I'm not
going to report to her In tears or any
q that rot, bat 4 Vera will let by
ebns be Ngonss with nothing more
Aid am wiling to be reasonably
meek and humble"
There was the trace Of sneering au-
dacity and egotism in tones of the I'M
worthy lover and Tresham went his !
way with compressed lips and a
panied and thoughtful face. Burton, |
the son of one of the most influential |
residents Of Rayville, had been known |
to Tresham, just establishing mod |
crate law practice, for a long time. |
The latter owed many favors to Bur- |
ton and until the past year had held
him in high regard. He had been |
panied and disappointed at great
change in him, however. but was too
loyal to tell others so.
1t was hard task he had assumed.
There was basis to the insinuation
on the part Of Burton that Tresham
thought more than ordinary of the
belle of Rayville society. From the
first time that Tresham met Vera
Driseoll he had realized that he had
come across the only woman he could
ever love-
Tresham reached the Driscoll home
to find Vera seated In garden ham,
mock. She greeted him graciously. but
her brow furrowed, those charming
lips lost their smile and there was no
encouragement in her eyes as fresh
am clearly and at once divulged the
motive of his call. He said all he had
promised Burton to say. The dark
expressive eyes flashed with something
like scorn.
do you not think that the peniten-
tial appeal of Mr.. Burton should have
come from his own lips dlrect?" she
asked.
81 have fulfilled q mission to
friend" responded Tresham simply.
MAY hear reply message to him?"
II will think over what Mr.. Burton
has said," was vera's reply.
Then the fair face cleared and she
became the entertaining hostess COM
plete with a man she respected and
esteemed. Tresham sighed drearily as
he left her presence. Its charm en-
HANGED in his estimation the gulf Of
wealth between them, while emphasiz-
iHe his convictions of the unworthi-
ness Of Willis Burton more decisively
fhan before
A week went by. Burton fumed and
then sulked when he found that Miss
Driscoll was not at all eager to take
him back into her good graces. Then
mysteriously 1t became known that
the uncle of Vera, who operated
large manufacturing enterprise, had
failed, and 1t was said that all of
vera's fortune had been lost In the
crash.
1t was just after then that Burton I
received note from Vera, asking
him to call He did not reply and she
was glad for reasons Of her swR II
seemed that a penniless bride wa not I
the fancy Of this very worldly and
selfish young man.
Nobody looked down upon Miss Dris-
coll when she readjusted her life In
accordance with a changed financial ,
condition. She was general favorite