The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1881-01-29
Tome to mother" sLr said.
HNlhat iS Tho na-,ar,"


| What is the ma.ter!"
| "Iou have Killed her. think" uuiet.
iy.
The poor old woman hau sunk down
on the cellar foer and lay as II dead.
| Wl!llam trembed rs he lifted her; tue
doctor OF the village happened to pass 1t
that moment
| mo, she is not dead, he said, after
examining her "Great exhaustion. 1t
will be long illness. She must have
lest and careful nursing
Lefty stepped forward.
| "She will have both. Mr.. Buke, will
you carry her to Mrs. Wrght's, across
the road. She has promised to give me
a ROOM
The crowd abou: her were SO stunned
10y the child action tia, they did moth
Ing to oppose it.
Mr.. Burke promptly lifted the thin
figure In his arms, and had laid her in
Mrs. Wright's shaded spare room before
Wllllsm had recovereI his senses.
Don't you see how disgracetul this
| looks: cried out Sophv, shaking him.
"lour mother turned out. What will
folks say"
| ordering them back. Eu, Lefty did not
answer him.
Mrs. Wright will charge boarding.
Dye hear:'.
II sha,l pay her said Lefty, quietly.
Mrs. Taney's illness lasted for weeks
Nlllan 5 wife smoothed the matter over
+, he community as best she could The
Wright house was more Guieter than hers.
She was willing to pay the boarding t.
insure comfort TO dear Mother Taney,'
etc. Secretly she reioiced I. escape the
trouble Of the sick woman
When Mrs. Taney was able to come
down to the porch of the cool farmhouse
tor the first she sent for William and his
wifi. The doctor was there. and Nr.
Burke and Judge Wright. and little Let
ty and a man whom Mr.. Burke at once
recognized as 'the fellow" and so he
turned his bach contemptuously upon
him.
you've got quite a color, mother
laney,' SAID Sophy. You'll soon be
ming, eh2'
Mrs. fancy needs a long season OF
rest before her health is restored have
recommended q change Of air, a Journey
saiG the doctor, grayeiy.
William exchanged. alarmed chances
with his wife,
why, you must take lis for million
ares, Doc she cried. "Clange Of air.
journey That sort OF prescription suits
iine clty ladies. But farmers wives who
have to earn their living. can / take time
.oi such iolderos.
The doctor would have answered. but
Lefty LAID her hand upon his arm. There
Was q faint pink on her cheek, AMI her
blue eyes spark les, like steel
Fortunately my mother, she said
gently, "is not IN such Il strait. | have
made arrangements Tor her 10 take the
journey. We are going tomorrow to
Virginia. | have bought her old home
and We shall live there. She will hayca
long change OF air.
William turned ghastIy pale.
Bought. What money had you.s
Her own share of the estate, said
Judge Wright, calmly, "Leutia is of age
She seems 10 lave been always under the
impression that she and hei mother were
dependent on you. SGc came to ask me
abou, II two months ago, aad /. as
guardian and executor. lad nothing more
r. 10 than to han. her over her share,
which was, YOU hunw.in bonds. She has
chosen 70 invest il in Virginia land. Mr.
Hlpps made the purchase for her, nod
dang to the becry lawyer, who nodded
gravely back.
Mr.. Burke moved Suddenly over to his
side, with beaming recognition.
"Ho" do you propose 70 live on this
tarm.' said William
My mother will withdraw Eer portion
OF tie estate, SAID Lefty. "She is entl-
tied TO a third, you know
Withdraw. Thirds Why. I've use
Tor II. II She does that have done with
the meadow lots,
His voice was like tiat Of An cnraged
dog.
You seem, WiIlianl,' said Judge
Wright, strangely g have forgotten The
position Of your mother and sister. You
Fave drawn the interest of your mother
money 1t must al, ot course, be refund
ell Little Lettle has a clear head. She
vii! manage very wei. By the way, she
las suggested to me that your wife
should send over the { eyeland silver.
and All other household property belong
| ing to your mother before her marriage.
When William ard his wife went out
Of the gate he seemed 70 nave shrunk
into smaller and oder man. The last
! words heard from him We're '.lo.s; it, AL
yoIs tault, III q fierce bitterness.
Cremation.
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