The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-23

Meanwhile Mt the In 1.!cii wns
kept up with zeal and ait.ssoii. Tho whole
constahulary force of the country WINS put in
requisition.
As n Inst resort n pack Of sleuth-hounds
were put upon the scent. Commencing from
the crib Of the lost child, they tracked the alb
durtor through every foo. Of her way, up to
the very spot where. one hour before Lionnc
had parted from Vulcan
There, being at fnult they shifted about for
n while, md then returning upon the scent.
tracked the fugitive to the water side. There
they found the and beaten up vii h foo tprints,
and the wet outside garments of tile woman
and the bale swnthing the seawecd, and
cast upon the beach,
bnle! Heaven help tho poor herenved moth.
err WIS the exclamation OF the foremost
officer who reached the spot:
When this news was taken to Orville Dc.
willie, in his library-after the first force of
the shock was spent. and even beside his
nftlirtiOn for the loss of the child-he expert
encPtl n certain satisfaction in the thought
TINT his ruthless enemy was now no more.
For weeks the secret Of the chili's SUP.
posed death was Kept from Adelaide. But,
ut length, when it was seen that heart
sickening suspense as to the babes
constant disappointment were more dread.
tul to henr thnn the knowledge Of
the truth could be. then that truth was
gently communicated. The intelligence was
received with less of apparent anguish than
could have been hoped. After the horrible
uncertainty in which imagination had paint.
Ell in her darkest colors the doc m of the liv-
ing, lost infant, the certainty TINT it WIS ut
rest came as relief to the bereavcd mother
The gentle patient young heart schooled
in suffering: humbly accepted this sorrow as
the will Of Heaven.
BETTER SO, . she said, "oh much better So.
thnn thai the babe should have lived OK posed
to all the evils that dreadful woman would
have brought upon her." And so the meek
head was bowed in resignation.
CHAPTER XIV.
It was the fourteenth of january, ana two
weeks nfter the events related in the last
chapter: it was late at night, and the snow
was fnlling thickly, when through one of the
poorest thoroughfares Of the city slight,
dark girl, thinly clad, and pressing I'M infant
to her bpsom, wandered: Her gait was reel
ing, like that Of q person under the influence
OF alcohol. her long black hair being in
wild elf locks down her thin, dark shurpei,ei
face; the fire OF insanity smouldered in her
gloomy eyes; like Il lunatic also, she talked
to herself, mutterinr-
walk! Yes. will walk until drop down,
and then perhaps ! may de-
At length when the strength of the wretch.
ed girl gave way beneath the accumulated
burdens Of famine, cold and toll, she sank
PROSTATE and inscnsihle to the ground.
BY her fall the miserable habo was dropped
into the snow, and its feeble wnil broke pit
anusly on the fitness o, the night.
Two wretchel women in cellnr near
hon
out into the binding snow, muttering-
"What the deuce is that? it sounded like a
child 9 cry! But sartinly, no one would go
for to drop n fo'ndn' Mt my door ut tlis
time OF night, in this ere STORM"
Another feeble wall from the infant.
"Tis q baby, sartin!' And n;ter hunting
around in the snow she found at where it had
rolled away ut some distance. Selling up
the child az though she considered it price
less treasure she hurried into the cellar with
it. She had not eeon the girl ut ILL.,
And going to tho spot where her worthless
floor, she shook her saying
'Snl! Sal! wake up! here's luck''
What luck?" sni,l the other slccpily.
:tWe're rich-tlut's wlnt we are
"Mhat is it2" eqii the drowsy one. i'm.
patiently. looking iip
why. I've found q fondIin' dropt right
Mt my door: n pretty little furnished thing to
melt the hearts of the ln,lics!" said the nrst
woman, exhibiting the child that had now
fallen into the sleep o. total exhaustion.
Up the meantime the watch, coming his
last ieuns. stumbled and Tell over some oh.
ject hidden in the sppy.
''Some rowdy. drunk, who sllnll have to
take to the lOck-up;' said the lan,i inpatient.
~, ns he picked himself up, md then recover
ing his lantern, stopped to examine the oh.
SINGLE.
"A woman, by the powers! Dead or dead
drunk, l wopler?" said the watch, rnising
the form and knocking Of the snow.
poor wretcill think slle is frozenl" con-
tinusd honest Cerberus, pursuing llis ipvesti-
gntions.
"Hnlf frozen. hut not qntedead Herheart
Ia still heating. he concluded, ms lie easeh her
down moment, and took upand sprang his
rattle.
In an instant several ofh comrades ran
from various directionst to the scene Ofaction
exclniming-
whats tho row? Little old Midget got
more on his hands thnn he knows what to do
With"
"No row Mt all," answered the little old
man, who seemed To have been made n guard.
inn Of the night. not for cunning in detect
ing thieves. or strength in over coming bull.
lies, but simply because he was too old aud
weak to be in request for any other service
WHAT il it then? Oh n woman tipsy!
Well take her along to the lookup"
"Rnt slie aip 7 intoyIfie,, poor thing, she's
persisted along Of COLD and Hunger and il I
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