Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-06-10

in his grief that he quite won the
heart of Lulu Gunnison. the maiden
who had been engaged to Dorsey
Vale.
After year Of mourning for her
dead lover, Lulu Gunnison one day
received letter from Russell Morde-
cal telling her how fondly he loyed
her and asking her to be his wife.
1t was hardly surprise to her, and
yet she felt that she loved the memory
of Dorsey Vale more than she loved
Russell Mordecai
Yet her father urged her to accept.
when she placed the matter before
him, as he was growing old and
would leave her without protector.
II will take ride, papa, and think
it all over" she had replied, and
ordering her horse she went off for a
galop alone.
1t was sunset when she returned,
and she at once wrote note and sent
it over to Mordecia Hall.
Russell Mordecai was at tea when
he received it, and his face showed
surprise when he read il.
"Meet me at eight o'clock at the
Haunted Beacon and l will give you
your answer" said the note.
"What does she wish to meet me
at that desolate old ruin for,
"She's romantic fool |" he mutter-
ed, remembering that the Haunted
Beacon was an old ruined lighthouse
that the country folks said was haunt.
ed, and which had been deserted for
forty years.
But he mounted his horse and rode
there. and beheld Lulu awaiting him
standing in the bright moonlight
while her horse was near.
81 have come, Lulu for my answer,
but this is spooky place for love
scene," he said.
ut is better place to meet one
whom you have cruelty wronged."
Dorsey !"
At her call Russell Mordecai utter.
ed cry, as he beheld his cousin ap
pear before him.
Russell Mordecai, | was not dead
as you believed, for the wound given
me by your hireling was not fatal, as
you see, though nearly so.
81 suspected you, and let the one
who found me carry word to the con.
sui that | was dead.
81 got well, have seen your hireling
and his second, and know that you
forced him to fight with me, as you
owed him money, and you placed nc
bullet in my pistol.
"You came here to enjoy my uncle's
wealth but let me tell you that you
have spent your little fortune in dis.
sipation, and the will you burned
leaving me all, was but copy, and
the real will is in my lawyers hands,
so you have nothing.
81 came here to-day, met Miss Gun
nison this afternoon and was Just in
time to prevent her sacrificing herself
to a villain.
Nov, Russell Mordecai return to
my home, pack up your traps and
never again cross my path, unless you
wish me to press you to the wall, for
l can send you to prison on what /
can prove against you.
There is your horse, SO go!"
Without word the guilty man
skulked away, and the next day the
neighbors were surprised to learn that
he had left Mordecai Hall not to re-
turn.
But they were surprised a month
after to hear that Dorsey Vale was
not dead, and good welcome he met
with when he returned home.
He told the story of his being shot
in way that led people to believe he
had been attacked and robbed by
Spanish brigands, and no other CUES.
tions were asked.
A few months after his return he
was married to Lulu Gunnison. and
one of their favorite trysting places
before that happy event had been the
Haunted Beacon.