Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-03-24

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Ccn1oys heart beat hard and fast.
u knsw very we'll who was the lady sl.
luded TO. He inquired Of the landlord.
however, and was informed that the occu.
pant Of the suite he had desig ,ated was an
English lady, Who b I'd been with him sew
erai ~wesks-Lady Isabel Cordelia. Of Tenn
pieton. She was q beautiful woman, but
evidsntly unhappy.
Mark Ccn,oy found the snite OF apart.
menfs. and did not lose sight OF the en-.
tfancs. About m hour alter dark he saw
the maid come ont. and saw her speak with
. man Who was hiding in 0 recess. Pres.
entity alter that this man was Joined bv
another whom he had called BY a low
whistle. and the two entered the chamber
from which the maid had come. A few
moments. during which the watchers heart
beat f~uriously, and then came the sound of
3 smothered cry.
With Z bound, Conroy was In the cham.
ber, where he saw . lady struggling IN the
grup Of two men. Wiha blow OF his fat
that might have felled an OF, he sent he
valet % the door; then with q backward
sweep he Knocked the other against the
wall; and then, winding his left arm around
the lady, he held her in safety, while with
his right he drew . pistol and leveled IL.
.Perdition!' exclaimed the valet, when he
bad picked himself mp. and looked upon
the man who had knocked him down. cts
the horse -tamer, Conroy!'
And you'll find him something more
than that II Won do not take yourself ont of
this. Go tell your master that Mark Con.
roy knows all. and that il he is in Ulm 10.
morrow morning he may suffer for p
no two men skunk away, aud then Con.
rov led the ladv to a seat. and would have
let her 60. but she chung to him. He was
aba to speak with comparative calmness
because he had carefully prepared himself
Tor the meeting.
LADY, I have not forgotten my promise.
have watched over sou when you knew it
NOT. Ynu may command me, even yet"
She looked mp into his face, still cling
Ing 10 his strong arm. and a variety Of emo
tons were shadowed uron her surprisingly
be ,ntiful face.
aYcu are Mark Conroy7"
lam"
do you know who
II do
"Do you know that you ever saw me be-
fore2'
"lcannot say that l knor, but nv heart
tells me that 1t is so.-it tells me that YOU
have the mat, to this"
And he drew from his bosom, where IL
had hung suspended from n silken cord
about his neck, y tiny bag Of chamois- skin,
from which he took a semi-disk of gold.
A moment she stood irresolute, and then.
while a rich. * 'ow sutlused her cheeks,
mounting to her temp cs and brow. and i'm
parting TO the lustrous eyes a living light.
she drew from her own bosom, where it had
zen kept in q velvet pouch, the other half
Of the golden half sovereign.
Conroy could contain his great heart no
longer. Grasping both the lady's hands,
and ooking earnestly and frankly into her
face, he said, Lady, from that hour of the
other years-that hour in the old Derby
shire inn--I have kept the faith then
pledged. Your voice betrayed to me a pure
and worthy woman, and I have held the
sweet remembrance in love and true devo-
ton. dare not, knowing who and what
you are, ask You to.share my lot; but oh, il
you
She put ont her hand and stopped him.
MARX Conroy. from that same hour I
have not lost sight Of you. l know how
you have lived-how you nave thrived and
prospered-"
"But," he cried. interrupting her, You do
know that the one thought Of yourself
has been the blessed spirit OF my uprising
"But-ihare hoped It," she said.
"fou-have-hopod2"
"Oh, NV husband! il you can claim me
for yonr wife, and love me always, Twill be
And 30, after the years Of waiting, Mark
Conroy found his reward; and he was not
proudey nor more happy than was the Lady
Isabel Cordelia, heiress Of the vast estates
OF the Earl OF Templeton. A distant cousin
inherited the title. but the wealth was hers.
Lord Bentley, when he learned the truth,
not only gave up his striving and his per-
scout on, but he descended to beg that the
story Of his fruitless endeavors might not
be told in England.
But in England Mark Conroy and his
wife lived NO more. They found n pleas
Rnter home on the Rhine, where were coun.
enough to make it homelike, and
they were estimated in society for
lhe grand qualities Of head and heart that
them to all with whom they came
In social contact.