The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-15

AT that moment voices were heard
q few feet away, when Helene, her
father and Mrs. Lathrop were seen
comming toward them.
They approached slowly until with
in a few feet Of where Bancroft lay, and
then Mr.. Moncriet, taking q look at
the deathly white face before him,
gave a despairing scream and fell pros.
trate beside the dying man. exclaim.
ing:
my sonl my long lost sons
my tatherl" gasped James Ban.
croft.
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"Oh. my darling brother" cried
Helene, throwing herself down by the
side of Bancroft, and putting his head
in her lap; "why didn't you tell me?"
because feebly- IL II didn't
know It'll"
"oh, my boyl my boyt' moaned
Mr.. Moncrief, chow comes this?"
GOD forgive me-" answered Ban
croft, ''for | did not know, "but-l-
was-in-loye-with-m -sisterl" he
gave one last convulsive gasp and
turned over in his sister Helene's lap,
a corpse.
"But i do not understand" said
Hamp, 'how Helene Moncrief can be
your daughter, while James Bancroft
IS your SOM"
81 will explain. Directly after my
son left me, fifteen years ago, / mar.
rird again, my second wife living only
six weeks. Her maiden name was
Moncrief. She became greatly at
tached to little Helene, and on her
dying bed requested that / let Helene
take the name Of Moncrief in lieu of
Bancroft, and | consented. At three
years of age / put her in Mrs. Lath-
rop's charge. under the name Of Hell
enc Moncrief, aud from that day un-
til this moment Helene and myself
have been known to her by the name
OF Moncrief."
James Bancroft was buried the
next day at L--, a large crowd at
tending, and among the chief mourn
ers at the grave was Hamp Harper.
His grief was genuine and the sym.
pathy of the whole village seemed to
60 out to him.
Six months after the events record.
cd above, Hamp Harper and Helene
Bancroft we're taking what was
understood to be their last walk
together, for the next day Helene was
to accompany her father to his old
home, where they hoped to forget the
terrible ending Of their son and
brother. Though secretly, the young
lovers we're as deeply attached one to
the other as ever, yet Hamp had
never had the courage to mention
his love for Helene since that terrible
duel. Neither had spoken for several
moments, both doubtless thinking Of
the parting on the morrow, an event
to which Hamp could hardly look
with anything like composure.
Finally, as they turned TO retrace
their steps homeward, Hamp said:
"You leave Tomorrow Hell
ene2"
Eyes, tomorrow" turning deathiy
pale.
II am very sorry" said Hamp, a
great lump rising in his throat.
To this Helene replied by turning
her lace in the opposite direction, and
Hamp could not help noticing that a
deathly pallor overspread her coun-
tenance, and taking courage from this,
he suddenly broke out:
"Helene, can you, Is it possible for
you to look upon me In the future as
anything but the brute that ] ann
God knows what / have suffered with.
in the last six monthsl Had / known,
had / ever suspicioned the truth, the
whole world could not have induced
me to meet Mr.-your brother-as |
did Oh, that 1t had been mel
| would rather a thousand times
aver to have gone to the grave in his
stead Oh, it is horrible, hor-
'I-am-glad-it- was-not-youl"
she sobbed, turning full upon him.
Amid her weeping she continued: "0f
course, it is horrible, Hamp, but in
my heart I know that my poor dead
brother was to blame. aud, after all,
Helene still loves you"
"0h, heaven, do l deserve this?n
and Hamp Harper looked to heaven
for his answer
Helene was silent. and seemed lost
in deep study. Suddenly Hamp stop
ped, took her little hand in his and
asked, eagerly;
my precious Helene, do you love
me, then, as well as before?"
eyes, as / have always loved your
"Then you will be my little
Helene?'
"Yes-if you want me-"
Mr.. Bancroft was very stern in his
objections at FIRST, but the pIeadings
Of two bleeding hearts soon overcame
them. and he finally yielded, then and
there offering his benedictions upon
them,
Il few days before the wedding of
Hamp and Helene, Sir. Bancroft SUR
prised them one morning by saying.
We'll, children, Mrs. Lathrop and
myself have decided that I will be too
lonesome after Helene's marriage TO
live by myself, and the upshot Of the
decision is that we will keep you COM
pany on that day, provided there are
no objections raised by you, for we
decided TO leave thai with you two
OF course there were no objections.
and SO the little village was treated
to d double wedding a few days after
ward, which was unanimously voted
70 be a very tranoe ht1f hannv tarmi.