Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-26


moment taking his eyes from the soul
rAeked girl. A lock from her might
have changed bis purpose, but fate had
decreed differently. He passed out with
soundless tread. and closing the door
after him win guilty softness disap-
pearei in the darkness.
When he had gone, Marcy arose, .
prev 10 the widest fancies. She was
beWildered. dumf0uuded, heart-broken-
Size moved with uncertain step, and
reeled Ike An inebriate, al last sinking
upon the chair be had Just vacated.
For some time she allowed her wander
ing thoughts to absorb hep. ever and
anon brushing her tear-soaked hair
with 2 trembling hand. II was al 50
dreamlike and misty. She closed her
heavv eyelids with 3 strange thought,
% open them after a spell and eudeavOr
to recoucl-e herself into the .e.iei that
il was aA distempered nightmare.
Bat bis 5esrtless. biting words rang
too harshiv l. her sensitive ears.
As she -eAued back in the ample
rocker her ewes came on s. level with
the fatal letter. She pressed forward
eagerly. even as h4lf-t1rmel truth
darte1 into her brain, and a conviction,
the purp1rr ii which almost stiiied ner,
found q secure Judgment Iutaitlvely
she had guessed the reason Of his uQ-
examu.eI c8aIuct-ae had read her
fathers letter. Quick as a flash she
was on her feet. she Erasped the en-
ye.ope Nith imPu-sive tervor and kiss
ing i again and again, wept aud
"a p r-ra~ lar
ness When the torrent Of her grief
had spent iI-ef, she u9lstered her c0ur-
aye with q naughty toss of her tumb,ed
LOCKS pucsered her pretty lips defiant
ly. and softly stole to her room.
Christmas morning. as the sun, Just
peeping over the hill tops lighted up
the eart1's white couutenInce into
million little facets OF dazzling -plendor,
a solitary figure wenGed It's way slowly
down the tracked road, -iaHciug
10 the right ald TO the left with that
Uutam.ll4ri.y peculiar 70 q stranger.
Ii was john kissel, the pard0ned
convict He had never been 10 Mil
creek valley before, his WIFE AMI
daughter having moved from tae scene
vi his crime not long after lis nYic-
had landed him in e ielol $ cell yu5 he
had long repeuteG his folly. and had
left the prison with the avoyei iuten-
ton OF leading an honorable life. Con-
iuemeut had wrought terrible havoc
with his once rugged frame. and as be
moved along thar strange road be pres
ented q yer.La0le shadow Of his former
saIf
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AFTER 80 many years OF enforced seP''T-
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