Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-05-09

wealth. :
Frank Duncan had been summoned
but was somewhere abroad, pursuin
his sgnss fdtuns in the shape OF fortun
and Elsie Courtois.
Ho4had lost sight of the French oil
with whom he had become infatuate
about the time his uncle dismissed hir
angrily from his house. Following II
clew he overlook her in Paris.
1t was chance meeting in one G
the gay streets of the French CITY. TIL
young man was wild with Joy as h
espied her coming towards him. H
rushed towards her with far more O
enthusiasm than discretion.
| Elsie drew back in surprise at hi
ELUSIVE greeting.
Have you forgotten all the past
then, Elsie?" asked Frank bitterly. .
he saw by her cool demeanor that sh
had changed.
"Oh no; never forget" said Elsie
Did you not get my letter at tn,
time left my uncle'sph said Frank re
proachfully.
| ooh yes, received your letter, and
one from your uncle about the same
time, in which he informed me tina
| you were no longer his heir, but az
beggar.' said the young woman laugh
ing aloud.
Good heavens. Elsie! can it BIZ
that you are mercenary, thenp I die
not think"
mo; suppose you thought l could
marry q beggar. just as we'll as not,
and continue to work at millinery fot
my living, and for yours, too. per.
hapsp' said the girl lightly.
Elsie, hear me. 1t is not too late.
Ally uncle, am sure, has not cut me
off in his will. Will you not return
with me. and for the sake of the past
let me call you my own Elsie-my
wife?"
"Hush!" said the girl warningly, as
man approached. II could do moth.
ing of the kind. Lot me present you
to my husband. M. Fennel."
And to his intense disgust and NOR.
LITIGATION Frank found himself the
next instant in tho embrace of q viva.
cious and voluble Frenchman.
The new view of the lovely siren in
her coarseness and her mammon.
worship, together with her presenta-
ton OF u heavy vulgar man past mid.
dle-age as her husband, formed com.
binaton of circumstances that
completely disenamoured Frank Dun.
can and he fed precipitately as soon
as released from the mans clutches,
amid peals of laughter from the giddy
French girl. and cultural adieux from
her male companion.
Old Mr.. Somers sat in his dingv little
law-office, scratching his ear with his
pen and CHANGING occasionally at q
letter he held in his hand.
The letter was from Frank Duncan,
and informed the lawyer that he,
Frank Duncan, would call upon him
in day or two ON business relating to
his deceased uncle's will.
THE young scamp must not know
that Helen is The possessor of the old
mans estate. He will be counting her
for her money, and he don't deserve
such a girl, any way" said Somers
with growl. '.And, worse than all,
to think John Duncan has fixed it in
such shape that-but Ill deceive him a
little"
The grutf old lawyer had in sense
taken Helen in his care since Mr.. John
Duncan's death, and watched her well
Fare with jealous eye; so when Frank
presented himself, he said brusquely:
You are cut off without cent,
voung man, and you deserve it."
Frank colored, but felt the Justice of |
,he rebuke; but he Yenturcd:
Sand Helen Miss Morleya"
"Oh, she is provided with moder-
lte annuity. The rest goes, believe,
to some insttution-ahcmw said the
lawyer choking little at the lie.
THANK God! said Frank impul-
sively.
The old lawyer sprang 10 his feet in |
a passion. and facing the astonished |
young fellow, shouted:
you thank God, then, that she is
beggar, too. do your
II am glad that may go to her and
comfort her, and be to her what I once
was, without a suspicion that / come
from mercenary motives" said Frank
exultantly.
"Ahem! That's all right, young |
man. But you must be aware that
your past conduct doesn't recommend
you very highly. ] speak plainly, for
Helen Morley is my ward"
Frank WINGED under this lash, but
Ill the same he was resolved to bear
It in silence, for the scales had fallen
from his eyes now, and he remembered
rifiing incidents in their lives Helen's
and his own-which led him to believe
that he had thrown away pearl. He
would seek to recover it again, and
was glad that the impeachment of money
lid not bar the way. He knew full
we'll that his foolish infatuation for the
ray superficial Elsie. which he had
mistaken for love, would prove for
obstacle; but with. youth. re-
perseverance, and an earnest
devotion to his purpose, he hoped to
vim Helen's esteem first, and after
wards, perhaps, her love.
"Confound the young scamp--he's.
rot good points, after ALL" growled
somers.
And so Helen thought when the old
awyer told her about it, and made her
understand how difficult it weuld be to
,eep Frank long in ignorance of the
provisions of his uncle's will.
Three months are brief measure of
ime as the ages roll onward, and yet
hree short months are sometimes so /
with events bearing directly