Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-28

said, think. that you had fallen IN a raid
with some Of Moseby's men, and that,
though ne had performed prodigies of valor
| in your behalf, life was extinct when he
reached your side"
"Wh hat object could he have in concoct-
ing such tale as thatp' Harry asked, in
dismay.
ION, suppose he wanted to get on the
| blind side of Kate, for whom he has al
ways evinced a sneaking kindness" was
the careless reply.
"And Katea You have not yet told me
how she is faring"
1ndlfferently We'll believe. I haven't
neen home much since they have been liv-
| ing in Richmond; but YOU can imagine they
are not having a very lively time of it."
Harry thought of the horrors of the last
few days, and sighed to think of what she
must have endured.
$50 they are living now at Richmond, !" he
continued.
"They are. You will find them at an old
mansion little way back of the capitol,
| for ! suppose now this little unpleasant
ness is over, you will be looking our people
upf'
"And does she see much of this Alphonse
Lecroix" Winthrop asked, ignoring the
youths question.
"That she does, for he has been the
| bosom friend of the family for four years.
In fact believe he is staying with our
| folks now and will go into business with
my father as soon we have turned our
| swords into plow-shares. I never liked
the fellow, but must say it is rather gen.
| erous in him to find the capital to start
crippled and impecunious man on the way
| to fortune again.
"And Kate! What does she say to all
this!' Harry asked, breathlessly.
81 suppose she is properly grateful" was
| the reply. "And rather think father and
mother hoped that now you were under the
SOD, as they believed, there would be
| chance to recognize him as son-in-lawr'
"The Infamous scoundrelP'
"EhI why, 1 always imagined to hear
him talk that you and he were as thick as
twin brothers. You don't mean to say"
But Winthrop interrupted him with
torrent of explanations. He told all he knew
about Lecroix's antecedents, and pictured
in indignant terms the utterances of his
| abominable treachery, especially abiding
to his fabricated account of Kate's imagin-
| airy death-wound.
"WeI," was the cool reply of the young
man, when Harry had exhausted the cate
CORY of the Canadians crimes, 60 must say
you astonish me, and personally l should
be glad to see him exposed and punished;
but you see, Winthrop, in the present state
of affairs you would find it difficult to induce
my people to take very severe view OF any
little trick done an enemy in wartime, in
trenched too, as he is, so securely in the
affection OF the family. Besides, he would
contradict you point blank, and, there is
only your evidence against him, fear the
influence of the court would be all on the
other side"
"If by 'the influence of the court you
mean your fathers favor" Winthrop said,
haughtily, 60 shall not make any effort to
ameliorate his judgment. All l ask is that
you will make known to your sister the
facts have laid before you, so that she
may be in position to draw her own con-
illusions as to the character of the man who
assumes such an interest in the household.
She, at least, think, will give credit to my
statements"
"That 1 am sure she WILL" Frobisham
said, heartily; then added with a little burst
of enthusiasm: upon my soul, Winthrop,
you are fine fellow, and / wish things
could have happened differently, for of
course your marriage with Kate is now i'm
possible"
''And whys"
"You ask whya Little You know Kate
Frobisham if you think she would ever for
get the horrors of the past four years or
the share you have had in the misery she
has endured"
II will take my chance of that, Frobi-
sham, for, mark my words, the time is not
far off when, bitter as you feel at this mo-
ment, the wounds of this cruel war will be
healed, and welded again into one grand
Union, there will be no North and no
South, but one great, glorious people re-
joiclng in the strength of its unity" Harry
said, earnestly.
EYES," was the bitter reply, "when the
millennium comes, and the lion lies down
with the lamb.'