Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-22

and the hour Has little after midnight
1t was warm g. September. and tbs
ground was Light and free Of frost An
odd thing Was being done at the little
Lakeside grave Two men were throw
ing ont the dirt with swift force The
grave was less than three feet deel- 10
their surprise. and small rough coffin
was speed II brought TO the surface
One OF the men held q match while an
other started the top and ahea another
7 leaned over and looked m 1t was
feet long. and Al old Ealece Of blanket
CHAPTER XIII.
Victor Mootford had great respect for
Stella Blake Du1 he 9Sa think II Just 5
Lyle strange 1hs1 she STAYED there affer
the trouble there had been- Vas It
possible taGa4 the girl was me-oenarT
and designing. sitter al. and that 50
meant TO 1eo8ns mistress OF 1Re Mont
ford H0Ise ty taking s3vantage Of she
weakness and VANITY OF his laIher: He
fought against such q thought but Il
qroa6l return each time with DeW1or e,
and some little eorrobOraflVe E9.oo.-
There VI q aled l1sDk- too,
IN annie face. though she SAID 1so1h-
ing
Stella went abou1 her duties. in s
gIie1, mechanical sort OF 8 way, as If
they were something quite apart from
her thought or care She seemed living
two separate and 4 s1inc1 lirtS-oDe the
mon o1onoUs routine Of manual labor.
+ The o1ber-wel- 10 one but herself
knew thai But waafe1er Ii WIS il Is
WEARING on her bv 51s INTENSITY She
I grew rls57bly thin ana pale every DAY
sad pale but there as ALWAYS & VIVID
crimson spot On each OF her checks
u hfch We're last losing their SOFT oval
and beg ming hollow Her eyCs had
always now restless alx]ous Look
. sometimes despa rln-. sometimes dF1e1-
mined and hard. but always aIxioE1s
/, an6 painfully ea-er. One looking at
7 her wished 5nTo unfairly thai the -Trl
had q mother seeming 6 she did n
some Imminent u1eA1al or bodily peril
but Of surh q Ta-ae. I'm .a:ll Frable char
acIer. that here seemed nothing for o
stranger 10 venture On
L was The nexI dav sitter Ra]ph's sT6-
/ den departure, I think thai b niche
Arnold rode down 10 Mon1tord House
She WAS hf1ae ouI Of hurnDr- and hsd
AfCE1i %4@ A44 434A- DNt1 AL
4 10 get mp her usual tone OF spirits She
4 hs3 generally the best control over be-
i temper She could hold herself as one
does a h5gh-uae11led horse the spirit
and ire, and blood were there, but ali
under q tight firm rein Bur Ralph :
cool Ignoring Of her right 10 know
her right by courtesy. II 3e2st-sone-
thing OF his interests and movements,
stirred her spirits beyuad even her pow
er5gl control
Pe5hsDsl might mention. lest she be
cons iaerea TOO exac1lng end unreasoaa-
bic, that Billy Do2ne- formerly ehore
bov. but now STAINED 10 the dignity o.
iorem On til stock farna,e b ID incl
( denIally mentioned thai he ssw - that
I Bike girl a-comin from toward Rock
4 ford with Captain Ralph the afternoon
before he went Of. and they WAS i talk
IN dreadful earnest Perhaps this
i1em Of news had nothing to do with
her excremen1- Of course I do nof
know ] en- only Judge by her order
1nE-EerE peTempt0rllE- for her-a
horse s2dd1ed Immediately. and riding
Oh over the prairie 81 q Wild fierce
gal4oR. VERY unlike her usuel easy. l. d.
ike = IL ! III NOT positive either.
thai her c Ill 81 MoEfford House was n
any sense a sequence 10 il, hui ! hsrs
nv own pT1EA1e opinion about Il nsR.@y-
1helass-