Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-11-28
INV ,Till il youwlnh," retorte, Charles

Co.. Forgive me; 1 spoke stupidlvl loan
tho thau aor you, though I talk LIGHTLY. Ia
mere anything / can do Is show m ~
sympathyP" w " sno" my
.,r Yes said Ernest. s.1et us get
away from here; that band is too loS1d'
m;a mel people are getting thicker every
ne took his friends arm, and thew
wandered slowly down the road hat
leads to the sands.
Ahere was no one to i%nterrupt them.
inc only passers-by we're tired laborers
on their way home, or an occasional
carriage full of tourists, being dragged
up me hll by the weary horses.
VIII tell you what you can do for
me, SAID Ernest, speaking gravely and
earnestly; 81 want a friend now more
than ever | have done before. Imean
to see if you are one."
You may take it for granted" was
Charles reply.
II will. Suzanne, as you know,
loves me; 1 love Suzanne more than
lie; Do you know why 1 can not mar
ry her?"
GIVE never heard the whole story.
She was betrothed before you stepped
in, was she not?"
mo; this the truth about it: Three
years ago my elder brother, who was
an officer, quarreled with her father.
There is no doubt whatever that INV
brother was in the right; the quarrel
was forced on him. A duel followed,
and S%uzanne's father was killed"
~ never heard of that" said Charles
in surprise.
mo, it vas hushed up, and my broth
or went to Algiers, where he died last
year. Scarcely anyone knows the real
cause OF M. Devriere's death. You can
easily imagine the two families saw lit
tie of each other afterward. 1t hap
pened, however, hat Suzanne and /
met in Paris; she was ignorant Of the
Whole story. Twas 10th to act as if
there where any cause whywe should not
meet on friendly terms, the more so as
l was greatly charmed with her. In a
week the mischief was done. T was in
love with her and could not leave her."
"And shee"
"She was not Indifferent to me. But
her aunt came on the scene, saw what
was going on, and demanded an inter-
view with me. Igranted it, of course.
She told me- that either I must break off
all intercourse with Suzanne or tell her
the whole story. l naturally refused to
do either. The result was that she
told Suzanne herself"
sSNVbr ooy,1l cho -o4 .loJl H..
tongue?" asked Charles angrily. cit
was no good to spoil more lives"
"She was the dead mans sister. /
can not blame her. She told Suzanne,
and ordered her never to see me again.
But we had ono more interview. /
spent the most terrible hour of my life
then"
Charles said nothing. Ernest recov-
cred his calm, which he had for a mo-
ment lost.
"She confessed her love for me, but
refused to marry nc. Her aunt threat
ened that if she yer saw me again the
whole world should know she was 60
ing to marry the brother of the mai
who killed her father. She could not
face that"
''PooT girl!' murmured Charles.
II don't blame her." continued Err.
nest. sit would be a terrible thing to
do. So we have separated"
900 you think her aunt meant to
carry out her threat?"
II Am certain of it. I left Paris the
day after 1 saw Suzanne; a few weeks
later 1 heard that she was betrothed to
M. Courtin. I know she detests him;
she has often told me so. They are to
be married next Monday"
"'rhere is, then, no hope for you?"
II suppose not" was the sad reply;
.'yet there is always a chance. She
may be Drawer than she imagines. ]
shall not despair finally till she is mar
ricd. II she breaks it off l shall know
the reason, and nothing shall separate
us then"
",Nhat is it that you wish me to dc
for you?" asked Charles, bringing the
conversation round to practical mat
tiers.
..This," said Ernest. 81 start to
morrow for England. L a not stay
here; I must travel-do something tt
try and get rid of the horrible monoto
nv of my ordinary existence. l wan
YOU to send me word directly the mai
rage is over, or, better still, will 20!
/ put an advertisement in the Englisf
Times? There is a column for that sor
of advertisement. Berthin can tell you
all about getting II in. Put it am
biquously, SO chat nc n but l can tel
what it means. Wherever 1 may be
shall be able to get acoW of the Times
I should think-especially if l keel
where I a get one," he added, with
smile.
..That is more in your old STYLE
said his companion. "Do try and pull
yourself together; it's a bitter pill, bu
all isn't lost because yos fail for one
aYou are talking about what yo1
| don't understand" was Ernest's reply
"Let us go back" -.
There was very little conversation
I during the walk home, but when the.
were once more at the hotel, seated o.
a bench outside the salon enjoyin!
| CIGARS and coffee, Charles took up tn
| talk at the point at which it had bee
| dropped. ,c
"Can't you make up your mind den
| nitely where you are going?' he asked
IF YOU will, 1 will try and run owe
myself and bring you the news, an
then, perhaps, we can see something 0
E,r1an1 topethor,"