Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-05-31

you would conquer in the end as men
generally do We women have not the
gift of endurance, however strongly we
may feel for time ....
lizard to you, my love?" cried Rod
ney, reproachfully. - +t.s5 -..,.
The thoughtful shade. fingered on
Mignon's face. She wondered that he
could so thoroughly trust her, that he
could SO readily forgive her own lack OF
trust. 8. IS "@fn n
Yet il, I had told you what I Was III
the beginning, Rodney, you would have
,dd rop ,d ne Hke snake '''s Inv ta's q
-..Ha.Ilasa both haa .isatt take.
bSFS e faSP 81 s5f ana sns
'o9SListen to me, Miisgsnroont . y For God 5
sake let that past WHICH am willing
to ignore, lie as dead'ds If 1t nevdn hads
been, i II did not 4 k 70 that every link
which Bound you 10 1t Was SEVERED. COM
pletely, could, not feel as LIDO. II 4
sound you going back to it, even. in
thought, with one regret, l would curse
the hour that brought you into my life.
As am, you have taken mel as you
are, have taken you. The rsstiis all
lbefer.us, and there is to be no looking dl1g
back" .s;2st t".is So.
But it is not always SO easy to tln..n
clean. page in. life. Words. and acts
work ont their. inevitable consequences
which must be entered on the record;
there are links which may he invisible
and unsupported, but they make them
selves felt in good time. ~. .. '-''f"
The honeymoon month wore sway.
Mr. and Mrs France.went North in the
late spring, and Rodney took a cottage
on the: Hudson, auntil. he should. look
about him for some lucrative business
opening. He had $4,000 inherited
capital toeinvest, and, with youth. and
health and industry, The held the key to
a prosperous future Two weeks. later
he went to the city ito CALI upon his
former guardian, Mr.. Sange1ford. ...+.
That seminentlys successful merchant
sat in q dim, close counting room,
STEPPED in business to the eyebrows, but
he turned away from lists ard invoices
at Rodney's entrance III! AT ''-i"
The latter was prepared for a coo
reception, yet hardly prepared for the
sorrow more than anger with which he
was greeted. Mr. Sangerfordl had not!
been willing to intrust the happiness Of
his own and only child to this untried
young fellows keeping; he. was not
wholly sorry that that atfair was at an
end forever, but he was shocked, and
grieved, and soicitousb for. the youth
who had been admitted to his household
and made one of his family upon the.
death of his parents --..o,. tss
; -, Rodney, what is this. you have done2.
I know the facts, of course from your
letter and Killuth's followingl'it, but
can. hardly credit the latter. You have
been ra shs and, foolish and headstrong, I
daresay, but certainly not to the extent
7 l.sOfwhat, siri'f with b defant flash.
''Say it if you must. Linking my des.'
tiny. wiAH d notoalops character totally
unworthy of my choosing? Killuth'a
run the gamut of all that in my ears, #
but did trust to his. discretion not to-
offer it quite SO Extensively to you.1
ssCould he do less, under the circrm-
stances?" asked Sangerford, with askeens,
glance: + I'm GFffY7tt.l.f =, soil
> 'He could tell you that my wife had,
the misfortune to be a gamblers -daugh-7
ter, and her associations naturallyIWere
what would be expected of such, but,
that she is. not lacking I'D one grace, nor :,
less pure in mind for her uni 1rtu innate
surroundings, asaid Rodney, steadily. ~ i
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