Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-12
CARMICHAEL.
Strange Woman Possessed by q
Strange Love.

Thirty years. said Miranda, hall
kloul. thirty years.
twas IL of those sad anniversaries
hat round so many livcs-not wicked,
ut wasted; harmless, yet empty. She
,ad always been dependent until now.
That was cndcd-but what was going'to
legin?:
She was walking back and forth on
khe lawn which lay fresh and green be-
heath its spreading trees. 1t was one
Etdosc days that seem full of hope and
promise. The soft expectancy of spring
Thrilled through the air.; the young
cartridges We're piping from the covcrts
BIZ their h~alf-lcarned cadcnces.. And
lyct. Miranda was walking as the blind
walk.
Ever since Miranda could remember,
Fhe had lived under her uncle's roof,
with her brother Henry, and her cousin
1revis Holmes. Tevis was the child of
hlr. Camichacl's favoritc sister, while
Miranda and Henry were the children
bi q brother, whom he had disliked.
Fhcy understood that they were to be
punished for Tevis' misdeeds, and that
be WAS to be caressed for the same rea-
pom: and they accepted the situation re-
bignslly.
Miranda could remember q few days
tf childish play and pleasure that had
Pern happy; when she, a pretty little
Eirl with long fair curls. had been al
f%e,rnatcl,v leased and petted by Tevis, in
[lis rough, boyish way. But under
thcir uncle's wise rule, Tevis rapidly
Developed into a tyrant, and Henry be-
PANE y %s.rlen, silent boor, who
pore the whole world a grudge. and
summed the society of those who should
pave been his proper associates.
Miranda. in time, became necessary to
ler uncle. as housekeepcr and nurse.
She had an intleXible gentlcness of de-
neanor which enforced respect. He
,ad even been heard to growl out that
was the only woman in the
World who know how to hold her
In fact, she was n of those
Somn whom one instinctively respects,
VINO could never be suspected of any
hlng mean or petty. MIR. Carmichael
vas the the richest planter in that sec
ION OF Mississippi. His fields, trim and
critic as a well-kept garden, stretched
OF miles along the railroad that
'aFtcd %iiercely across the silent country
oads, and startled the forest solitudes.
lewis, of course, was to be the heir of
ms prosperous domain. But Tevis was
protigal nephew. The old homestead
4" Inn seldom, except when he needed
money. He was too busy sowing that
arvcst Of wild oats, of which the devil
; the reaper. Mr.. Carmichael, with a
:atience hat seemed endless, forgave
Is lnsolcnce and ingrat3tude and spend
'flft recklessness; until at length there
anne a still wilder revolt, and after an
hgry! scene with his uncle Tevis left the
ouse. He returned to it three months
l'crward on hearing Of his uncle's
cath. Then he found that the whole
Foperty had been left to Miranda, to
he exclusion of Henry and himself. His
ger amounted at first to frenzy. The
III man a in his dotage-thc will
mould be broken. But he found that
on'd not be done, and gave himself up
} ,ullen despair.
IN one corner of the grounds and
lose to the road, lay an irregular pool,
the ,borders of which tufts of
''ekly pear clustered thickly and
's'led their heads together, as if they
ere hurYing down to the water to
A struggling hedge Of cherokee
screened this spot from the
'"n and road. Tevis was standing
ere, looking down at a girl who was
lIased on Il log by the edge of a pond:
e possessed a manly strength and
'antAy that had triumphed over his dis
patton OF years; yet there was some
ms undctinably coarse in the vivid
,lorrng of his face, and the strong
mite teeth, showing between his red
pS, had Il carnivorous look. His COM
anon had the plump figure and blunt,
informed features OF a mulatto, asso-
with a complexion of milk and
Dses, bright brown hair and the bluest
YES mat are ever seen. Most people
aad the general effect very good,