The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-01-30
LOVES VICTORY.


what are you going to do for her, Sir o.
wald:''
II have provided for her" he replied.
Darrell Court then. and all its rich reve-
nnes 20 to your wife presun,e"''
"Yes. to my wife" said Sir Oswald.
"Unconditionallym' asked the general.
Most certainly" was the impatient reply.
"well. my friend said the genera. I'm
this world every one does as he or she likes:
but to disinhcrit that girl, with the face and
spirit of Il true Darrell, and to put fair,
amiablc b.onie stranger I'm her place. was,
~ say the least, ecceniric-the world VIII
deem II so. at any rate. II were forty years
younger | would win Pau inc farrell, and
make her love me But we must join the
ladies-they will think us very remiss."
Sweet smiles no mind, an amiable man
ner, no intellect. prettiness after the fashion
of Partisan doll. Ia be preferred to that
noble. truthful. queenly girl" Verify tastes
differ" thought the general, as he watched
the two, contrasted them, and lost himself III
wonder over his friends folly.
He took his leave soon afterward. gravely
musimg ON what he could not understand
why his old friend had done what seemed to
him rash. ill-iudged deed.
lie lett Sir Oswald in a state of great dis
comfort Or course he loved his wife loved
her with blind lnfatua,ion that did more
honor to his heart than his hcad-hut he had
always relied so implicitly on the generals
judgment. lie found himself half wishing
that i'm this, the crowning action of his lite,
he had consulted his old friend.
He never knew how that clever woman OF
the world. Lady Hampton. had secretly in
fuenced him. He believed that he had acted
entirely on his own clear Judgment: ami
now. for the first time he doubted that.
"Ynu look anNiolt,. Oswald" said Lady
Darrell, a. she bent down and with her fresh,
sweet Young lipS touched his brow. Has
ANYTHING trnhie'i Nou?
No my darling. hc replied; Il do not
feel quite well. though. | have had a dull,
nervols hcaynr>s about mc all day-a
strange sensation oi pain too | shall be bet
ter tomorrow.
III not" she said, Sweetly. Il shall insist
OH your seeing Doctor llclmsione | am
quite uncasy about YOU"
"You are very kind to me-" he responded
gratefully.
But all her uneaSiness did not prevent heI
drawing the white ia'e round her graceful
shoulders and taking up th. third volume oi
"a novel in which she was deeply interested
while Sir Oswald. looking Older and grayrr
than he had lool,ed before. went into the
garden for Il stroll.
The >Inbcams were so 10th to go; they
fingered even now on the tips of the trees
and the flowers: they fingered on the lake
and i'm the ripping spray of the fountains
Sir Oswald sat down 10y ;hr lake side.
Had he done wrong! Was il a foolish ms
take-on. that he could noi undoo Wa.
Pauline indeed the grand. noble, quccnl,
girl his friend thought her! Would She hav,
made mistress suitable for Darrell Court
ar had he done right Ia bring this fair, blond,
stranger into has home-this dcarli love,
Young wife? What wruld she do with Dar
rell Court If he left ii to her? The great wisl
cf his heart for n son to succeed him had no
been granted tn him; but he had made hi
will, and in il he had left Darrell Court t,
his wife.
lie looked at the home he had loved 5,
well. Ali, cruel death! II he could but hav,
taken it with him. or have watched over i
from another world! But when death cam,
he must leave it. and a dull uneasy fore
boiling came over him rs Ia what he shoul,
de- in favor of this i,lolized home.
A> he looked at it. tears rose To his cyes
and then he saw Pauline standing IA littI
WAY from him, the proud, beautiful fac
soite!cd into tenderness, the dark eyes ful
OF Kindness. She Went up 10 him more affec
tionately than she had ever done in his life
she knelt on the grass by his side.
Uncle. she said. quietly. ''you look yer.
Ill; are YOU in trouble:'
lie held ont his hands to her: at the soun,
oi her voice all his heart seemed to 20 out 4
this glorious daughter of his race.
Pauline, he said. in Il low, broken voice
~ am thinking about you-I am wondering
about YOU. Have dnne-l wonder have
done wrongo'
\ clear light flashed into her noble face.
do You refer Ia Darrell Court" she ask
ed. III You do you have done wrong.
think You might have trustee! me. | hav
many faults, but | am true Darrell.
would have done full justice To the trust"
Il never thought So he returned. fcchly
"and | did il all Tor the best rs imagined
Pauline
Il know ynu did am sure YOU did" sh
agreed eagerly: Il never thought otherwise
IL WAS not YOU, uncle. understand all tina
was brought TO bear upon YOU. You are
Darrell honorable. loyal. true: you do no
understand anything that Is not stlG,ighiiol
ward. do becaus,, my life has been 80 dill
fcr.nt from yours
lie was looking IT her with srang,
wayering expression in his face: the girl
eyes, full of sympathy. We're turned on him
Pauline he said. feebiy, iii have don
wrong.and. oh | am so 10th To believe it
you will forgive me. my dear. will YOU not?
For the first time he held ont his arms Il
her; for the iirst time she went close To hin
and kissed his face. Ii was we'll that Lad
Hampton was not there to sec. Paulin
heard him murmur something about ~ iru
Darrrll-the last II the Da"rrlls." F" and whe
she raised her head she found that SIR q.
wald had fallen into deep, deadly swoor
CHAPTER XXVlI.
READING or THE WILL
Assistance was soon procured, and Sir O.
wald was carried To his room; DIR. Hclmston
was sent for and when he arrived the whol