The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1890-06-06

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surely coue-Aiiss Flora was convinced
when Nicholas himself would bitterly
repent 1t. Surely some way might be
! devised by which the secret marriage
might be secretly dissolved, and Nicho-
las freed from tho bonds into which he
| had allowed himself to be entranped.
Money might do it; the Furnivals were
poor; they might be brihed to take them
selves off to parts unknown. And Flora
decided that it should be her task to
make Nicholas listen 10 reason.
In spite Of sIcepless night, she was
early at breakfast the next morning, but
Nicholas had already brcakfasted and
gone.
Gone wherc?' Flora falterad consci-
Gus taat She wUs pale and trembling.
Gone to hurry Furhival,' the colonel
explained The worEnen are losing
time"
"Oh:" said Flora, and the color rushed
back To her face.
"tor all that, we are In no hurry to
have you leave us, Flora" the colonel
said, pattiug her hand.
-sAS-i"iStS iti'iai!Sea away untii long A.
ter tea, and as Aleck Gage came not,
Miss Flora walked alone in the shrub
berry. Mover yet had she been SO eager
to welcome Aieck Gage, for hcr cousins
secret was fast becoming terrifying
burden: it seemed that she could not
live another day and bear it alone, and
there Was no one TO whom she dare tell
It, except Aleck Gage; but the days
went by, and Alecll kept aiaof, and
Nicholas, resenflng her lack of sym
pathy, was careful net q give her MI op-
pprtqnity to speak with luln alone.
was beginning To til upen Flora t. an
extent that could hardly have escaped
notice, but that Missy had now attracted
the anxious attention II her family
Night after night the child waked Nom
Bee with the piteeus complaint that she
eoaia not stay 70 sleep
DE laws-a-lnassyf exclaimed Glory
Ann. What Ill tc chtlef Honey, whey
hut ye.'
Nowhere, said Missy. I'm just
mizzable. Aomethin Is goin' 70 happen
"De Gin nothin gWau happen Nom
Bee assured her. WHAT yoa scairt on"
Missy did not know. By day she fol-
lowed after Nicholas with persistency
that drew upon her Glory-inn's severe
repuke.
Aawse Nick Is growed; ne doan want
chlheas tasglh al his Hee1s caWtlhnal.
Nhynt You rest satisfied! commanded
the old nurse,
But that va what Sissy could not 90,
and at last alory-Ann became alarmed
"Missle-vlrey, said she, You gotter look
after dlshyr chile She don't eat, en- she
don sleep, en- sac Is caWhsidht ifeitlh
bout sametAn gwan happen.
Miss Elvlra, VINO never III her lie had
arrived at al unalled decision, appealed
to Mrs. Leonard. Mrs. Leonard insisted
that It must pc green fruit, ana recon-
mended rhubarb; but Missy stoutly de-
MED the green fruit and rs stoutly
rejected the rhubaro When the case
was discussed In the Kitchen 1t was de-
eidea 'ha, Missy ia'i seen si5h' ana
al Inc oli iaflliis SCI S@1its hiioeA tii'if
heads Win Efea. soieih,lty,
AT last 1ol. ! horne iiilhseil became
uneasy ana spoke OF seaalhs Tor lhe
doctor. y was o.sihai' laifiy evening,
after tea, ana the iadies were GalAeTed
around lhe aoie - .ne pailoi' Nfs-
Leonard Win iose1, MSS Ely Ia Win
Blshop Ken, iofa win hsF einofoldefy
Inc colonel sat apart ifellhg missy
pulse ana wondering "hy -siehoias
who had gone Y latiahassee ~ lhe
morning, was 10 ia'e returning. ~ was
then lhat ne deGiaied iiis ilteiieloh ol
sending iof DF. Lane "herenpon MISSY
began 20 cry pteoasty ana protest eha1
sho was nov IL
'N nat then IS the mat'er' her iather
demanded. Win 'iae s!ia'fneSs :. ahAiet5'
IA Jlse iillzAaoie' soooea ~ asSs'
She looked 20 iAi'' anu worn ana hef