Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-04-10
MONA SCULLY;
Tn fish Bride of an Englishman.
STORY OF THESE T1E ES

STORY OF THESE TIMES,
He is evidently quite exhausted. His
brow is moist. his eyes are s,uken. his
lips more pallid. more death-like than
they were before. In little painful
gasps his breath comes fitfully. Then
all at once it occurs to Mona that though
he is looking at her he does not see Der.
His mind has wandered far away TO
those earlier days when England was
unknown and when the free life of the
colony was all he desired.
AS Mona gaZcs at him half fearfully,
he raises himself suddenly On his elbow,
and says. in a voice far stronger than he
has vet used
"HoW brilliant the moonlight is to-
night See-watch" y eagerly - how
the shadows chase each other down the
Rangers Hill"
Mona looks up startled. Lie down;
you Will hurt yourself again, she says.
trying gently to induce him to return
to his former It .umbeut position: but
he Tesists her.
"Who has taken my orders about the
Sheep" he says. in 4 loud voice, and in
an impcTiOus tone. his eyes growing
=
to see to it. Ny father spoke about it
again only yesterday. The upper past
ures are freshcr-greeucr-
His voice breaks; with = gTOan he
sinks back again upon his pillow.
Mona. are you sill there" he says.
with a return 10 consciousness, did
dream or did my father speak TO me:
How the night comes on" He signs
YEARLY. Il ain 50 tircd,-so worn out:
if | could only Sleep lie murmur5
family.
Alas. how soon will fall upon him
that eternal sleep from which no man
Waketh,
Ills breath grows fainter, his eyeiids
close, :
Some one comes in with lamp, and
places ii on a distant table. where its
RAYS cannot distress the dying man.
Or. Bland. coming into line room. goes
up Ia the bedside aud feels his pulse,
and tries 10 pat something between his
lips. but he refuses anything.
1t is no usr.-it only Wearies me.
Ny best medicine, my only medicine is
here. returns Paul, feebly, pressing
Moua's hand.
The minutes go by slowly. Geotfrey,
growing uneasy. raises his head and
looks at Mona. She is SIN kneelimg by
the bed. her hands clasped in Paul
Rodney S.
The doctor. who has been earnestly
watching Tie dying man, goes over to
Geoifrcy. and whispers something in his
ear while pointing to Mona.
AT once he says. with emphasis.
Godfrey starts. He walks quickly up
to Mona. and, STOPPING over her, very
gently lOOsens her hand from the other
band she is holding. Passing his arm
round her neck. he turns her face dellb-
cratrIy in his own direction as though
to keep her eyes from resting on the
bed and lays il upon his own breast.
'COmc. ne SAP 5, gently.
sob, not yet rntreats faithful Mo-
ma, i'm Il miserable tone: mot yet. Re-
member what said. promised TO re-
main with him until the very end"
"YDH have kept your promise" re-
turns he soicmuly, pressing her face
still closer against his chest.
\ strong shudder runs through her
frame; She grows little heavier ia his
embrace. Seeing she has tainted, lie
lifts her in his arms and carries her out
Of the room.
Later on. when they open the paper
that had been given by the dead man
into the keeping of DR.. Bland, and
which proves to be his will. duly signed
and Witnessed 10y the gamekoeper and
his son they find ne las left Mona all
of which he died possessed, Ii amounts
to about two thousand year; of which
one Thousand is to come to her at once,
the other OF the death of his mother.
They pat him to rest iii the family
vault. where his ancestors lie side by
side as Mona promised him. and
write Sir Paul Rodney over his head,
giving Him 10 death the title they would
81 ldly have withheld from him i'll life.
once again they are all at the Tow
crs. poatic and her hrother-whG had
returned TO their own home during
March and April have now come back
again To Lady Rodney, who ever vel
comes these two with open arms. II Is
a last visit from Doatie as a grace
FIJI maiden with Il gentle brow as
Mary Hewitt would certainly have
called her. ueEt month having been de-
cidrd upon as the most fitting for trans
forming Dorothy Darling into Dorothy
Lady Rodney. In this thought both
she and her hetrOthed are perfectly
happy.
Mona and Geonrey have gone to their
wv IL liitbtN l'NHt, ANA ttlt ililIN AllNlt
as they deserve to be,-Mona proving
the most charming of chatelainos, SO
naive, so gracious. so utterly unaffected
as to win all hearts. Indeed, there is
not i'll the county more popular wom-
an than Mrs. Godfrey Rodney. \ ct
much of their time is spent at the
Towers.
As to Jack and Violet. they have
of late grown into a sort of moral pUZ-
2le that nobody can solve. For months
they have been gazing at and talking to
each other. have apparently seen moth
ing but each other, no matterh how many
others may be present; and yet it is ev-
ident that no understanding exists be-
tween them, and that no formal engage
ment has been arrived at.
"Why on earth, says Molly, ''can't
they tell each other, what they have
told the world long ago, that they adore
each other: 1t Is 50 jolly SenseleSs,
don't yOu know
81 wonder when you will adore any
one, Molly" says Gcotfrey, idly.
Il do adore somebody" returns that
ingenious youth, staring openly at Mo-
ma, who is taking up the last stitch
dropped by Lady Rodney in the little
scarlet silk sock she is knitting for
Phyllis CarriugtOu'S boy.
"That's me. says Mona. glancing at
him Nchly from under her long lashes.
Nov, how did you find it out2 who
told vouY" asks Mr.. Darling. with care
seek to deny it. The hopeless passion
| entertain for you is dearer to me than
any other more successful passion can
ever be. worship dream-an idea
and am happier in my maddeSt mo-
meuts than others when most sane"
"BleSs me. Molly, you are not going
to he i'll, are you?" says Godfrey, such
a burst of eloquence is rare"
There are times, | confess" goes on
Mr.. Darling, diSposing of Godfrey S
mundane interruption 10y 4 cOutemptu-
Gus wave of the hand, ''whcn light
breaks in upon me, and a joyful, a
thricp-hlcSsed termination to my dream
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