Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-12

~ ~ separations, and thor,ps'
unworthy nn s, attribute may BE- 5ao .aE |
by our nobler traits, nj. II l'QGIsd
pulse remains and ''' tae |
every act. prompts I
And Joe's newly aw.l
and subd9ed ylyacity in 'u ..i 90
the last honors to he II A'Tias
dead rival, were actu p1'3 to
great extent by his new ' Sa0a ,
ne would have denied it 7, = II
and the very grief wbio u INF
played at the intermept va ~ le
ed or sentimentalized by vi ~ lnc1
hidden source, though tii. 'I'
have repudiated more st l'' le v
have of deceiying ours dISs' va
they had buried poor Hal.
pleasant, wooded Hill 70 ,S
and heaped over him '
mound so soon to be laval
neglect or the sacrilegiou.' 'I S,a
his fellows, the curious cro vII
were not in quest of his m 'a
had leisure to devote tbem, a
that new and not less eyc .'s'
suit. ''lg
Joe went back to Aunt p
There was now no one at n. ps
ed home, for Sam w.. .uS = Il
Bnnoe who had escaped to IL, 4.
Molly was in delerious fag.
Aunt Betty's own little b.3l I
and waited on by that oom nil
friend, and neither could b ,,'
so he sat and talked in low III
Ina who had cried her eve. ]
Tor they sat in the sacred !.
which had lately held the u
form. '"' 10y
No one save Molly and he, 4
had as yet learned the secret 4
confession, so beyond a sen,I
sudden shock, and that lams,
feeling which follows tbe +. !
our loved ones-when fine
busting transactions of ev..
duties jar on our SENSITIVE
wounded hearts-beyond that
was no forboding in the mil
either, except for the we.h,
Molly. But not only did /
Betty evade a meeting with
she also insisted that on aeoopI
her patients preearious copj|
her brother" should not be ALL
to see her until she was \,
enough to receive visitors vl
danger.
In secret, it was her resolJ
say nothing, but to leave # a
the injured girl as to the b
treatment of Joe Tonkyns. 81
as she was concerned, she waI
solved in any case to have nod
to do with the INSCRIPTION, ID
who had caused all the roabe|
Joe came and went in blissfaI
noraHce of the thread-susoeI
sword that hung over his head.
But the sword fell at last; al
was on the same day tina. d
came down from the yellow hHI
overlooked the town and gave
self up, while his pursuers
hunting him as far south as GaI
west to the Mississippi, and BET
Dodgeyille to the north.
Ina met Joe at the door Cd
of his frequent visits to I'D
after Molly, and said with a troi
look on her pretty face:
"Ihey said you were not to
in, but to read this letter and
would know why. Molly is hd
again, and was crying whe1
gave me this; they won't tell
why. You will come again
tell me, won't you?'
Joe gave a hurried assent.
went away to his room at the q
that he might be alone, toread
he felt was evil tidings for hinI
How trembIingly, yet with
different emotions, he had oPa1
letter from her in that pleasant
ago-the letter that came fronI
the sea, preceding the golden
that had faded to gray. He 4
forboding of i'll, yet was HoII
pared for the following:
MIR. JOE ToNKYss- R.-I cannot hd
self to see you any more, and you could
| ly expect me TO do so after knoWas
deception with which you have dealt
And l cannot bring myself 70 say ili'
/ give you. though trust you will ana =
ness with God. May he have mere! \
FOR the sins you have committed ana ]
row and death you have caused ~
know by this that have discoveries y
ception. which thsugh 10 may mare =
/ love Of me, still for what you do pet
OH trust you did not know / ell'l
I think Of you with fear, though ns' !
YOU / never could. / had learned g.
so well: aud maybe tits partly iA7i '-'
go we'll could use me so tIl thar my -''
greater in ny hour Of bereaTemel"
can scarcely bring myself "a WY.
follows. but you should know '' ""'
your sin had nearly brought me
i have not spoken Of Jack-po.f q
then. though / shudder to TTIIs -
,....,.. .a,, T. I,,,af naf be should la'