The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-06

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"BeggaTy signifies nothinc.'
another. "One would not ask, has W.
but has she blue blood.'
"An ancestral tree, in short. witl
| roots than branches, J" spoke a fhisS
for myself, / confess I should prefer
to belong to the impecunious nld
rather tnan to the nouveau rieua ps
Bishop, bow this world came down ~
him when he fell in love with a shono5rl
neither blood or bullion, his mother 49,
~! But Bishop stood to his guns; n
have taken q lot of pluck to weather ~
did from friend or foe?"
"Yon call that ptnck?" said Chest
cali it Obstinaey, in his case. Ii wae 4.
an easy thing for Bishop to fail il love ~
he might have pleased his mother and @ss
| up the girl"
sam?" asked Estelle. %
Il? l think Bishop was a fool: that
mean--there may be exceptional shop
who have al the refinement and efltivaSfh
all the traditions of good-breedina
world; but Bishops choice was not AK
these. He was simply beautiful, and he
q fool to ALLOW himself, at his age o IS hooS
winked, so to speak, by mere Gesh nS
blood"
Il quite agree with you, " she said.
II could have Bitten my tongue ont ubs.t
called Bishop a fool-infact the whole slibiee
seemed ~malaproprOs to me, and | went M,
with a sense of defeat. But how could sa
her that, although / might draw the Ina ~
the %shOpgirl, marrying a landlady,s daughte,
was quite another affair? Every day ID "a
sure, | made up my mind that / would WI
Estelle no more, that the difficulties N tfa
case were too great to be surmounted. mt
every day, all the same, found me beside la
without selfdenial enough to resign Gle "A.
finite charm of her presence, aud Net fon
weak of will to accept all the conseauehees III
such an alliance.
You would say that i'll could thus iadm
and weigh circumstances | was not IN love
But what Is it, when all your soul IL satu.
rated with thoughts of one being, when rm
seem to be not so much yourself as another
The heroine in "Wuthering Heights asks
D l love Heathcliffe? ] am HeathchheT
and so, | am sure, / felt with regard To III.
tele. ! am certain that in time / gh0nla
have overcome all obstacles, that the nohif-
ty within me would have got the better d
any meaner qualities; but every mans No,
ture or temperament is in a manner his own
fate. Had / not been quite certain at tbs
time that | pleased Estelle, in spite 0f hen
gentle hauteur, perhaps | should have BEN
able to oyercome my social scruples sooner.
A few weeks later ! was called away on bust
ness, n it was a month or more before 4
fOund it convenient to return. During this
time / had written to Estelle morethan once,
without, however, receiving any reply. Vet
/ was sure she was mine; thatI had only to
speak; and ] meant to speak at l~ast--to
speak so eloquently that she would not 70.
member the silence had been long.
/ just went to pay my respects to MadaRs
Hampton.
II have been making my viii, " she said.
after q little.
"Your viii Madame2"
Eyes. Ihave other heirs besides Estelle.
who may dispute it, They will contend that
| am-what they may call a crank BUt |
had o method in my madness. ! beg you to
be my executor
81 am at your service, Madame"
"Thank you. ! leave the bulk Of my
property to Estelle,"
'sThe bulkf' / repeated. "You have found
your business remuneratiye?"
She chucgled audibly. 81 have found u
entertaining enlightening,n She answered
lit has paid me? Yes. / have discovered
who are my friends. ] must tell you that
Estelle is not my daughter"
"Not your daughter"
care you Disappointed When her fathef
died abroad, insolyent, | was at We
were both drinking the same waters at some
German spa, Long ago ! had been going %
marry Mr., Douglass, her father.
"Mr. Douglass2
les. DOSS sIus name OWeuu YOU NlNn
he died ! promised to take Estelle If / might
give her my name and money. There was
literally nothing left from the estate for het
to live upon. However, when5I returned
| from Europe / returned a pauper, 50 to
| speak. Do you follow met I allowed mysel
q little masquerade ! deceived even Estehel
but ! have never deprived her Of q luxury
| even the lace on her handkerchief il real, Shs
often maryels that the business is so good
have held the purse, and she has been glad "a
work with me. But my eaiends were 1907
dignant at my misfortunes 70 lend me aA9
| What business had / to lose the money wbief
they might have inheFioed2 And a danghteT
They wanted me to place Estelle in @ shop
Estellel How / laughed in my sloeyel au'
now about to retire from business, the doc
tor has advised me to make my will. 1Qu
will find Estelle in the mushroom
/ entered the music room without k~nocklna
according 70 my habit. Estelle sa'
with her mandelon on her lap, but ev2f,5
chord had snapped In the last Btoglny toucni
@You have returned, she said, smiling q
q ghost may smile.
tsYes. / have come toteli yon-what you g.
ready know-1fbge you. Estelie. Ihaye loyeq
you since / FIRST met you yes, and before
flowed you befbre / knew you existed. s
must be SO, because ! gave never loved NM
now. You-a0 l06 DOUBT It'll"
ssNo, / do MOI doubt it, know that y0i
love me, Mr.. Vltn Huysam; and ! know tina
your love must be great, since II has oyes
come every conventional scruple IN you
heart.D
"My darling Estelle, I was sure you love.
me-; it is that which has given me courages
Iwould have taken her Ia my arms, an
kissed that perfect cheek where the rose va
just beginning 70 blossom, but she escape
me.
~You knew thasI loved you, "she repeated
esMr. Van Huysafn, 1 don't mind contesEFnl
that there was indeed d time whend love
YOU better than life. At least ! believed sc
At that moment ! thought you loved me.
II did, ] do love you, Estele, l protesyeo
nYes. Then ] would have loved you foFeNe
and ever. Then l could have died for yvk
lived for YOU. One day / awoke. saw ina
you could not love me. or nothing on cary
could keep You silent. You did not see how
suffered. Then my heart broke. DO Nv
know what it is to have a broken hsartt I
Il to have lost the power to love anyon
again. I have rsad somewhere that q ma
never loves the same woman twice.
ssBut you'll love you. Listen, Esreil
Time With
But She smiled sadly. II thank yor; l 70
give you,' she said; II would love You y
conll.p
And then the servant announced ~
Chester -Harper's BaxaF.
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