Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-01-25

00At k08 MuNU000 I0 W0Wtu
- heye even : ehildis sympathy undo
$4,000.
~ told her the whole story. Of tht
MA 81 ssveral thousand dollars from
- sa!es and that hs was guilty. Madg.
xs9afded him curionsly her tears sud
denlys drisd.
md did ycudo 1T Did ron stea
elAe money from my father TO pa,
gambling debtsf Jack CANDLES some
tanes. ! hoard him say % once Il
Elorsnca II you did Idont want Il
80 yoa
s'lt y for that I an going sway said
Dayinark, recoiling from the fierce
Glittss Of the child's dark eyes.
And you did steal the money!
70 Mr.. Ferguson he had admitted
the theft Those brown eyes. full OIL
honest questioning. could not be de.
MED, and he would not spit upon his
manhood = second time to crafty an
unworthy object
mo; = Heaven hears me / ana in.
noceney he crfsd fervently. Il would
have told Florence the same had she
given me an opportunity, but it is too
tnee now.
Come with me to papa" cried
Maage. pulling strenuously at his arm.
No, no, l have come from him."
And wouldn't he believe your
" did not deny being guilty"
Not deny it?'
No. 4 could not wished to save
another; but you cannot understand.
u = late, Madga. Let me 60 now"
He tried to disengags himself from
her clutches She held fast, however,
and said: y won't never forget you
~. Daysnark, and you will come back
some time to . me, won't you?"
Heaven help you, child I will see
yon again pcrhaps."
Then he ben quickly. kissed the up
turned lace OF the child, then flung the
gate wide and passed out into the
world. leaving only one being behind
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n,.t ~. mnAIs -
~;th - ...;,a s ua.n suo colu'
t;,sa - !. s.,.ned M -. sucL - ne, a. Tue
a1.s n.Nm.sL IN oarh uponsSllverton
"a r;cSt hsva Tora .n~matp :ken ma
~ in.gns nase aons something desPer-
~ i. y =. -. = niee',IY Madge.
cs,rs.scn uns.s1 Tug pucl.c nTuse IN
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49, 1912 ."n wni,I ana ne
rstrrs nnc. tRst HI. suespern1e
,.;sscI - u. uay ne paced 2
t."~ 49, III ~. .eMpie ma would
"a uus .ol the sudden ring
49,. "ou soiTe. viii never
.oIH1s 49,, Mr. n
ssveo MN rom 9 SUICIDES tate. Fling
w sslIo INC weapon ne sto0d up In
We sunl.sn. anu reglstered an oath to
- s.uo - .inlseli IN the hereafter, let
Az wOuia come.
ana 70 A.on Daymsrk went ont OF
.no ola ne g ana turned his face
,o..Io tno sesting sun; where marvels
nao Deen wrought IN shat land OF the
Ismed Eidorado.
.
aThere is no hope the doctor says,
Florence. / am going soon"
Il was : weak voice uttered the
words, and the weeping girl looked
down into . face pallid, shadowed al
ready with the touch Of the death an.
gel.
Florence wept filently. She knew.
even before now, that her only brother
going out into the shadows, but she
had not whispered the truth to Jasper
Forguson- He was oil she had to love,
md yet he was ill-deserving. More
than . year the father had been dead,
md during the brief time Jasper Fer
guson had squanderod the last penny of
iltsio le,t ncm sne wreck tnas had
liam the elder ferguson.
!ne Walls o. the were blank
nc bare, md poverty marked every.
tning. Jasper mad found his sis
W. ne.e pu1 = Few aays before. o. the
eno OF 2 p~rosracted debauch, and he
1.d lam down on the sisters bed to
die.
surely the way OF the transeressor
na,d. Inc Young mans SINS had
MN ont he had squandered the
s,sIerN ilssle patfimony, ana TINS was
me enc: :.
l-Ive oeen pad man, Florence"
nnrmuIeu the Ups OF the failing one.
Inc tall. pale giri only wept in 81
Sne knew that Jasper was Mt
tering the truth, and she had never
feDuked nini' as nal little Madge, often
i am worse than you think, Flor
ence,' went ON the sick man "How
long has 1t been since he went away
from Silverton, Flor-Florence?
"He?"
II mean brave, old Alan Daymark,
course
The mention Of that name sent a
thrill to the heart Of Florence. She
was % now, and sadly faded. deeply
BUNDLED since the hour, Ave years
ago. when she refused to see her
lover or to listen to an explanation
from him.
Five years." he uttered hoarsely "A
she gave him the information. $50
longs How he las suffered. and wrong
fully, too"
.What do you meant"
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