Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-07-13
CHAPTER xI.-Coxrrxurp

CHAPTER NI.-CoNrtNUED.
Ellis wedding tour Mr.. Killuth
repeated the words. He was aroused
To more than his usual energy. more
than his usual interest, in
matter which did not pertain 10 his own
individual comfort. Something Of n
sybaritc he had always been. and sell
iishncss had grown upon him with adj
vancing years: without knowing
why, ! feel rs il YOU were throwing
away your life. Launt. as your father
Threw his away before Won. 1 don't
know why ! ann SO prciudiccd against
That girl, unless 10 is through that UNI
accountable resemblance she bears To
In June. Stranger than strange, in
Rose Sangcrfords' daughter"
stranger still, she resembles her
moth-Mrs. Oliphant. Those two did
not look alike. did they?'
Not at all-nOt in the slightest de-
gree
Then your Imagination is at fault.
said Launt, lightly. Come down to
Shoredcn; they have taken place
there for the hot months. Remember
that you only saw Dana with sea-dis-
tempered eyes. Come down and take
n faircr opinion 1T nay choice. II will
do the old madame's heart good to
= know that YOU approve Of her
"Ill CO. promised Killuth. to re-
pcnt the promise as soon rs the magnet
ihing cIcct Of the young mans presence
wore away.
Launt himself was all Impotence TO
bc OIL. To be- absent from the object Of
his alteration was trial to this ardent
sutton, and ON the afternoon Of the third
day after this he took the train for the
seaside village where the ELEPHANTS were
choosing To pass the summer i'm retire
mcnt. Entering the depot he found
himself unexpectedly face TO face with
Gordon Marquis.
"LCaving?n he asked. rs the two
shook hands.
"GOing to the seaside. but not 10 your
haven Mr.. Marquis answered. Il
couldn't quite stand that. You know
that the portrait stands over until a
moro favorable timeP"
Mr.. Harrington knew very little about
H. He only knew that be- had been
sorCly jealous of this blonde artist once
upon time. and that the artist had
disappeared after his own accession To-
favor
DO You travel my way?" he asked.
No, | take the other line. Give my
regards To- the cousin. The flashing
AlcNA IL hardly my style. but still
Tho duhlh that grows
NrsiuV Tho rose
llos borrowed sweetness Of her.
u one denies
And the other Vics--
What Cuu dO but love hcr2'
The sentiment is better than the 10
ctry, | fancy. hut If il fits the case, what
does u maticr?'
IF II does iit the case he is more Of
coNcomb than I think him." L.aunt
said 10 himself With the happy dispo.
sition that can bc ofl with the old love and
ON with the new NJ nm hours notice he
had mo- sympathy whatever. MCasur-
ing Gordon Marquis from the stand
point Of his own feelings. he piticd him
most profoundly. III had lost her
what would life be- to mc?" he asked
himself, and somehow n CHASTITY fancy
camc floating through his mind. His
father had Killed himself for the love of
woman. and had not killuth told him n
hundred times he was like his father.
Could he live II he lost Dana. now?
Happily. the fear of losing her was n
thing Of the past.
Lost in his own thoughts. touch on
his shoulder. his name spoken. made
him look up with n start To behold
Harmon Quest
Bound. ~ I am. to Shorcdcn. Mr..
FarringtonP The family are there. |
understand. As | 60 ON business. for n
day only. wouldn't like to miss Mr..
Oliphant."
He Is there answered Launt.
"llavc You entered upon that search
YOU were speaking of. Mr. Qucst?'
"FOr an heir to the France inherit
ancc? Yes"
with what SUGGEST"
''Small enough. but one don't ex-
poet immediate results after such n
lapse Of time
" PvrNups ! can give YOU clue which
will ait YOU His wife died. but little
more than year after he was executed.
IN Cuba. Ofthc child. if there was one,
I know nothing"
Died. Are yon sure Of that9'
MIR Harrington explained his source
II information.
"And | wonder what interest YOU
have in that old affair, young gentle
man?' unused Mr. Quest. what inter
est YOU will have can readily enough
guess, and Il won't be y palatable bit Of
truth for your proud stomach when YOU
some to know Il.
IN not forget that you gave mc the
clue II Il leads To what | think IL will. :"
he said, aloud Perhaps you'll like to
know, As n SOFT Of return. that Mr.. Oil
plant l. about To make his will. Di-
vides the bulk of all between his wife
and daughter. as Is cveryway fitting.
"My regard i for Miss Oliphant her
self. not what her father may leave her. Z"
said Launt, coldly.
ooh. Of course. Of course. But con-
sidcring that she isn't Miss Oliphant.
and he isn't her father. / thought you
might take some interest In the
fact. know. IT course. that
am not telling secrets In saying this o.
you. BY the way. Mr. Harrington. did
L occur Co you to ask who she isg''
ut occurS TO me that You are exceed
ing the bouads Of your position. sir"
81 would be II l should indicate. by
any flight Of fancy. that she could be the
France child whom / am in search of.
Don't look a. iusultcd. my dear sir. I
don't Indicate Il. But ] wove the plot
Of n novel which possibly may never
write out Of material not unlike those
two eases. where the mother first dis
owns her own child. and afterward
passes her OF M an adopted daughter
the motive. Of course. being the usual
one Of disgrace and danger. You
couldn't imagine anything II that sort
In connection with Mrs. Olphant, now,
could you"
81 can imagine your becoming so Of
fonsive that shall deny myself the
pleasure Of your further company" re.
torted Launt. a. he left his seat and went
forward 70 the smoking-ca