Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-02-25

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Really, Mr. Jenks- :,
"Really. Miss Deane, you Will an
lnoy me seriously if you say anotnel
word. l absolutely refuse TO Ilsten -
such an argument a.
Her outrageously unbuslness-llh1e
utterances. treading fast on the neele
of his own melodramatic and Wrltteh
views concerning their properly, net
fled him greatly. Each downright syl-
liable was a sting to his conscience
hut of this Iris was blissfully unaware
else she would not have applied caus-
tic to the ranking wound caused ny
his momentary distrust OF her.
For some time they stood in silence
until the sailor commenced 10 le
nroach himself for his rough protes.
Parhans he had hurt her sensltlve
Feelings What brute he was, 10 NC
sural She was only a child III oI-
binary affairs, and he ought TO nave
evnIained things more lucidly ana VIII
oreater command over his temper
And all this time Iris's face was GIMP
linz with amusement, for she unoeL-
otood him so we'll that had he threat
ened to kill her she would nave
laughed at him. %,
"Would YOU mind getting the lamp
he said softly surprised to eaten hel
expression of saucy humor.
ooh. please may I speak?" she IN
ouirad. "T don't want to annoy you
hit I am simply dying to talk
/ He had forgotten his own lnJunctlo1'
sT,et us examine our mine, ne salu'
"Tf YOU bring the lamp we can nave
| a good look at 1t.
Close scrutiny of the work ALREADY
done merely confirmed the accuracy
of his first impressions. whist Ills
held the light he opened up the seam
with a few strokes of the PICK. each
few inches, it broadened into note-
worthy volcanic dyke, now yellow III
! it's absolute purity at times Dlulsh
| black when fused with other metals.
The additional labor involved caused
him to follow up the line OF the tault'
suddenly the flame of the lamp De-
! pan to flicker in a draught Iheie
was an air-passage between cave anu
| ledge. ,u.a+;,o
II am sorry" cried jerks, deslstng
from further efforts, that nave no'
recently read one of Bret Hartes nov
| aIs or I would speak to you IN the
Ian euage of the mining camp but III
Main Cockney, Miss Deane, we are OH
to a good thing if only we can Keep
it,"
They came back into the external
o1are Iris was now so serious tlldt
| Che forgot to extinguish the lltIle
1amp. She stood with outstretcheo
! hand. . 41,,,o -
There is a lot OF money III 'n0io y
she said
lions of it" ,.u.
mo need to quarrel about division.
There is enough for both OF us.
"Ouite enough. We can even spare
some for our friends"
| He took so readily to this dehnltloh
of their partnership that IRIS SUDDEN
" became frigid. Then she saw the
ridiculous CLEAN of the tiny WICK anu
blew it out. ,, u4,+ e
~ mean. she said stiffly, that II
YOU and l do agree to go shares we
will each be very rich.
"Exactly. l applied your words TO
the mine alone, of course
A slight thing will shatter Gay
dream This sufficed. The sailor re-
sumed his task of burying the stores
"Poor little lampi" he thougnt
w
how soon it was snufted Out.
Rut Iris said to herself, what
civ slim that was of mine! Enough
for both of us. indeed! Does he expect
mo to propose to him? wonder what
the letter was about which ne de-
stroved as / came back from my
10th II must have been meant for me.
Whv did he write it? Why did he tear
it up?" ro,,1,,
The hour drew near when jerks
o1ir,,bod tn the Summit Rock. He
shouldered axe and rifle and set forth.
Tris heard him rustling upwards
+hrou oh the trees. She set some water
to boil for tea, and, whist pLlhsln9
fresh supply of fuel, passed the spot
T,bere the torn scraps of paper lit
tered the sand.
She was the soul of honor Ior
woman but there was never "oiaan
vet VINO could take her eyes o.
written document which confronted
her. She could not help seeing tnat one
small morsel contained her own name.
Though mutilitated it nad clearly
read-"Dear Miss Deane.
$50 it was intended for me: she
cried, throwing down her Dunole anu
dropping to her Knees 0le -
that particular slip and examiner II
earnestly. Not for worlds would she
nick up all the scraps and endeavor
to sort them. Yet they had fascln-
alton for her, and at closer range she
sa wanother which bore the legend
81 love you!
Somehow the two seemed to fit to-
gether very nicely.
Yet a third carried the same words
q love you'll" They were still quite
coherent She did not want to look
anv further. She did not even turn
over such of the torn pieces as had
fiuttered to earth face downwards i
Opening the front of her bodice she
brought to light a small gold iocket
containing miniatures of her father
and mother. Inside this receptacle she
carefully placed the three really ma
terial portions of the sailors letter,