Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-10-18

the careless reply
And Kates You have not yet told me
sow she Is faring
Inadvertently weIl | believe. haven't
sse.l home nlgeh since they have been liv-
~ IL Riehmoud, but YOU can imagine they
Il faf f...rlslg very lively time Of it,"
Harry thought of the horrors Of the last
few days, and sighed TO think of what she
must have endured.
$50 they are living nov at Richmond" he
continued.
sThoy are. You win find them at an old
maaaion little way back Of tho capitol,
for / suppose now this little unpleasant
ness is over, you viii Ee looking our people
upa7
And docs she see much Of this Alphonse
Lccroixf Winthrop asked, ignoring the
youths question.
"That she does, for no has been tho
bosom friend of the family for four years
Ia fact / believe he is staying with our
folks now and win so into business with
my father IS soon as we have turned our
words into plow-sharcs, / never liked
The fellow, but / must sGy it is rather gen
arous Ia him to ind the capital TO start q
crippled and inpccunious man on the way
TO fortune again"
"AaG katel What does she say to all
thisa' Harry asked, broathlessly.
" / suppose che Is properly GRATEFUL" was
the reply. and | rather think father and
nlotLcr hopea that now You wcrc under the
sod, as they believed, thero would be q
chance 70 recognize him as a son-in-lawp
Tho infamous scoundrclr'
"Eh! Why, l always imagined to hear
hiIa talk that yon and he were as thick as
twin brothers. You don't mean to say
But Winthrop interrupted him with a
torrent Of explanations. lie toldall he knew
abont LecroiA's antecedcnts, and pictured
in INDIGNANT terms tho utterances Of his
abominaalc trcachery, especially alluding
To bis fabricated account Of Katc's imagin-
cry dca.h-wouad
"Wcll." was The cool reply Of tho young
man, when Harry had exhausted tho cate
gogy of the Canadians crimes, :. | must say
yen aatonish me, and personally | should
BE clad 10 see him exposed ana punished;
but yoa see, Winthrop, in the present state
Of alfdigs yoa would and it difficult 10 induce
my people to take a very severe view ofany
little trick done an enemy in wartime, in
trcnchca. too, - he is, 50 securely in tho
affection q the faruiy. Besidcs, no would
contradict you pciat blank, and, as there is
only your evidence against him, fear the
influence Of The court would be ell on the
other side
"lf by the influence Of the court You
mean yoar fathers favor Winthrop said,
haughtiiy, - shall not make any effort TO
aneiior3to his judgment al ask is that
you will make known 70 your sister the
i..cts l heyc laid before you, 80 that sho
may be III q position 10 draw her own con-
clusions as % the character of the man who
assumes such M interest ii the household.
She III least, taiais, VIII give credit TO Ky
stsisc.leat;.n
That / am sure she WILL, Frobisham
said heartily; then added with = little burs5
Of cntnusi4sm: Upon my soul, Winthrop,
yoa gro fine fellow, ana / wish things
could have happened differently, for Of
cource your marriage with Kate is now I'M
possible
I" And whyl"
$ You ask whyl Little you know Kate
Frobisham if you think she would ever for
get the horrors of the past four years or
tho share YOU have had in the misery sho
has endured"
: win take my chance OF that, Frobi-
sham, for, mark my words, the timc is not
far OF when, bitter as you feel ct this mo-
mont the wounds of this cruel war will DO
healed, and welded cgain into one grand
Union, there win be no North and no
South, but one great, glorioas people re-
joiclng ia the strength Of its unity" Harry
said, earnestly.
Ycs,n was the bitter reply, "whcn the
millennium comes, and the lion lies down
with the lallb."