Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-18
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q, TOT V'o months. January and
ssnrua,y. the time dragged on. and
N'aFt,arrt found herself still In her Old
,Vdntry house still UNIV Hing to leave
~ She had succeeded in getting Mrs
Lasceilcs To promise that when the
weather was mlder. and the spring
moro advanced, she would come 10
Beckbridge. and bring Rupert with her;
nut one morning she got n letter from
tho lady In which she said:
"Nin you think me very selfish n 7
ocg you To come TO u. If ONLY for a
snort timer Rupert Is far from we'll
nhu nc pines FOR yOu-.at least. he thinks
you werc only here he would be- bet.
ter. IL may bo dclusion. God know,
Out would iain give IL tho chance of
proving reAlity. DO try To- come. II
VIII be drcadfully dull for YOU even
more So than Of old. You know how
sin'u; our circle Is. Doubtless Rupert
hSs told You that John Mallabarr is
away, and mo- one has the faintest idea
when he viii return. We think il must
DC some love affair; some one, pcrhnps.
whom he met in London, when he was
There so long but his cheering pre..
once viii not be here to make any VA
riety Tor you. You need not even see
Louis Baldwin. He does not come her,
rs he used Co come. / can not approv,
OF ms treatment Of YOU, and I had to
ten him So. These are great indu o..
mcnts.my dear, for younr woman Ikc
Yourself, are they notP And vet I ask
you-como-ior my boys sake, If not
Tor miner' ''''
In few days Margaret was nj BLACK
IOrd Erangn. 10 was with feelin0a kin
To mourniulnesss that she looked around
ns she alighted nj the station. and saw
Mrs. Lascellcs standing on the platform.
waiting to meet her. and realized tho
difference between this airivnl and ber
hrst one; between this sad raw day of the
later February. and that beamino after
noon ht the end Of May. She was nj.
most silent MS they drove To the trance
bhc could hardly tell whether ioy or
sorrow was the stronger when thevhad
entered, and Mrs. Lascelles clasped her
ia her arms, and Damaris rushed for.
Ward to greet her with what was. for her
vohcmcncc. But when she STONED over
hupcrts couch, and saw his pipcbed
anu irostily wislful face melting into
tears and smiles. and heard his "Now /
am content. then she knew. and said
To h0tsclf: IL ann also content"
Al was the end of Februarv--vild
hlustery weather; when the icmpcsis
lullCd. cruel frusts set i'm; and when tho
trust gave way. the storm AGAIN brokc
loose. and so there was n great anti
phon OF the elements. "dcep callinp
unto deep, winds bowling. skies frcez,
ing.
Margaret thought she saw n distinct
shangc for the worse In Rupcrt's health
Though he revived somewhat after sbe
came, and loved to have her ali with
him. talk with him. and rend to him
nc was vet 80 weak and ailinp rs To- bc
constantly under Louis Baldw,n's care
lirt Louis aud Margaret never met
Slo seemed to have almost an i'm.
stinctivc knowledge when lac was in the
a house; and when She knew of his pres.
cncc there, she usually rutrcatcd to her
own room. Rupert was distressed nj
thc enlargement, but not even To please
him would Margaret unbcnd. ..No.
dear, she said. ''therc are some thinps
which can not boz overlooked. and MIR.
Baldwin has said things II that Kind 10
sae, We will not talk about it, John
Mallabarr was, OF course, away.
one had the faintost suspicion of the
,urncy he had taken to Bcckbridge.
o resolved that no ono ever should
know Of u, from her.
She did not fear To- moot Io,is. sbo
u,u not dread the cucounterin any way.
she experienced deep inner ,inviil-
ingncss even Ia behold him-a Strong
rcpugnance 20 looking ut him. or he
IA. A. H.
The man who has been ON the rack.
even II he recover from his wounds. Is
not likely 90 be animated by n strong
uesirc To gaze upon the instrument OF
his suffering. Louis words had rackcd
Margarots soul. and that the more in
teuscly because she knew that through
Il al. her regard for him still existed
always would exist. She never smoke
OF him-ncver mentioned his name. nor
asked one question concerning him;
aud even Rupert. after one or two fu-
tile Efforts, ceased To speak Of him 90
YER. Yet one day. coming i'm from n
short walk, she saw Louis horse standing
before the porch, and knew from that
that he must be visiting Rupert. For
The moment she forgot That glossy
brown "Drcadnought was on old friend
OF hers, and she patted his side, and
strUked his nose. and exclaimed:
well, old fellow, do you know me
RgainP'
He did That was very evident and
said in his language that ne was pleased
ut the meeting. She stood by him. still
caressing him. lSOmo slight sound
caused Margaret 10 start violently and
hurry into the house. Not for worlds
would she have had the horses master
know Of that friendly greeting.