Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-09-22
CHAPTER KIN.

spch . tssmeqdous about Of welcome that
she very nearly took refuge again in the
carriage. Tpra moment she Stood hesi-
ta4an&. and the crowd, seeing. how sweet
and beautiful she was ({or the three
hotnhs Of sea:sir had made her stouterAnd
even more lovely, cheered again with
peculiar Enthusiasm which q discerning
bubble always shows for . pretty face.
But even while shs stood bewildered on
the platform she beard q loud s1dake
way-mako way theeei" and saw the
multitude be3ng divided by q little knot
Of o&qt91s, who were escorfing somebody
dressed in W3doW's'seeds.
In another second there was q cry Of
Joy. and . sweet, pRlefaeed little lady had
run Of the child Dick and was Au9ging
bin against her heart, and sobbin& and
lanafdpa both ct once.
sUbl my bloyi my boyi" cfied Lady
Holmhufsf, fof It was she. TT thought
syoY Yez3 dsad-lang ago desdi"
Ard bon She tar6ed, and, before all tho
people tAage, chung ABOUT Augustus neck
1pd III har and blessed 6er, because
she bad tAved her only child, and halt 10.
moved the dad weight OF her desolatioq.
WAaraat tbs crowd chseeed, aud wapt,
andY9Nsd, and swore With e4@tsmsnt,
apd pleased their stars that they were
there to zee.
And thsn, IN q haze Of noise and excite.
ment. they we're led through the cheezing
mob to WHARF . oarE;aRe and pair Eers
Thomas being placed On the front ssst
and Lady Falfnhnr:t and Augusta on The
bsck, tho former with the gasping Dick
w. - ~. M. 49,
Then another event occurred, which "a
'n9 We GO 1 sa.t . atti s, .sz t1 La saPls ssn,.to
town,,sftsr being formally disinheeited,
.Ffepdh nd IA EneliA reader in a pub.
1sAing house d AsDbutA. AZ Il happened,
On this very afternoon no was skolhna
down tho Strand, having finished a ratheS
st4 day's work, and With Q mind filed
WIN those ian md toaay~has confused
odd1 and ends Of Speculation with which
@oat brain workers viii be acquainted.
He loohe4 6ldeF and paler than Then we
last 4et HIN, for sofrow and misfortune
bad hid their heavy hands upon him.
When Augusta had DEPARTED h6 bad dis.
covered that be was head over heals in
love with her In that unfortunate way
fer n~insty-ains times out Of . hundred
It q upt1Ftunate-h which many man OF
susceptibility do occasionally fall IN love
In their YOUTH way that brands the
heart for LIE IN . fsshion that can no
more be eftaesd than tbs stamp Of hot
Iron can be eface4 from the ph3fIical body.
Eustaoe bad newer seem Augusta but
twice IN his LIE; but than passton does
nSs nsses.arily dspsnd upon constant pro.
af9t atght y common enough, and in
this instance Eustsps Was not Altogether
d4psn4snt upQn tbs apotsn words Of his
edReea g Cd bis recollection Of her very
pe4peble beauty, tor he had her books.
':Jemima's Vow" and also her prsvious
was very intimately acquainted With
Augusta, and a. he was Walking home
that May evening he was reAeotxg sadly
enouehof a1thaf he hadlost throuehthat
cfuel shipwreck. He had lost Augusta,
and, what was more, he had lost Iii uncle
and his unele's vast fortune. For he, too,
had rsen the report Of the application re
Meeson In The Times, and though he
knew that he was d~isinheaited, Il was Z
little crushing. He had lost ths foFtune
for Augusta'S sake, and now he had Lost
Augusta also; and be reflected, not With.
out dismay; On the long, dreaFy existance
that stretched away before him, filed n
- It ware With prospective piles Of Latin
proofs. With { sikh he halted ct the
Wellington street crossing In the Strand,
which, owingt 70 the constant stream oi
tsaA3e at Ehi5 point. II one Of the worst II
London. Thsre was . block at the mo
ment. q thsse gsnszslly i, and he stood
for Soma mipH|es Watching the frantic
daHhss Of N &woman. who atwsysfriei
to Cross at the wrong time, mot Mtthou,
seme aMpssnalt. Hesemtty, hswsver,
ahoY With Z bundle. Of .unfo1ded HtQhei