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


st.rm At once that his ease was hopeless. The
ai!uun; WAS a sudden and dan-cno'is one
violent inflammation al the Inns. n" "ne
couId account for the sudden seizure. S'r
Oswald had complained OF pain during tt"
day, bui no one thought that IL MIS- any thing
OF "A serious nature. Ills manner feriaitA.
had been strange, with a sad paihoS quite
unlike himself; but no one saw III that tue
commencement OF mortal Illness
Lady Hampton frequently observed how
fortunate il WAS that She was there. 10 MI
inquiries a. to the i-aith ui hcI niece. size
replied. Poor, dear Lady Darrell Is bear
i'm. up wonderfully: " and with the help OF
pathetic little speeches, the frequent use OF
. vInaigrettc. few tears. and some am!able
self-condoIence, that lady did bear mp.
Strange 10 SAY, the one who felt the kecri-
est sorrow, the deepest regret, the triest PAIN.
was the niece with whom Sir Oswald had
continually found fault and whom he had
dsinhcritrd. She went about with a sorrow
on her face more eloquent than words. Lady
Hampton said il was all assumed: but Lady
Darrell said, more gently, that Pauline was
not a girl to assume grief she did not feel.
So the baron.t dic'l after Il week of severe
Illness, during which he never rcgained the
power of speech. nor could he make himself
nteiligible The most distressing thing was
that there was evidently something which he
wished To say-something wnch h. desired
10 make them understand. When Pauline.
was i'm the room his eyes followed her "ith
a wistiul glance, pliiiul. sad. distressing: lie
evidently wished Ia say somtihing. but haa
not the power
With that wish unexpre>scd he died, and
they never knew what !, was. Only Paulin"
thought that he meant, even at the last. tn
ask her forgiveness and la do her justice.
Darrell Court was thrown into deepesi
mourning: III" servants went about with
huShed footsteps and soITowful faces. lie
had been kind tn them. tli~ stately nd mas
ter: and who knew what u.-.t l.1ppen un-
der the new regimen LHds !ltmptom w;;s.
she asSSiicd cyrrt one. quite overwhelmed
| with business. She had to make all arr''Ii-c-
mcntS for the funeral, 20 urICra the mourn
ing while Lady Darrell was supposed I" b"
| overwhelmed with sorrow in the retirement
| of her own room
One fine spring morning. while the pretty
| blucbelIs were swayiag in the wind, aod tie
| hawthorn was shining pink and white on ;hC
| hedges. while the birds sang and III. sun
| shone Sir Oswald Darrell was buried. and
| the secret OF what he had wished to say oI
nave done was bllr!ei Wild nlIl.
At Lady Darrclrs suggestion Captain
| Langton was sent for to attend the funeral.
| 1t was grand and stately procession. All
| the elite of the county were there. ali the
| tenantry from Audlcigh Roya!. all the
| friends who had known Sir Oswald and re-
spectcd him.
| WAS he the last of Darrell?'' one asked
| of another: and many looked at the stately
| I'll. ri b,,t
ing how he had left his property. whether
| his niece would succeed him. or his wife take
| all They talked OF this in >ubdued whis
| pers as the funeral cnrf.Gc wound its way tc
the church. they talked of il after the coiiI
had been lowered into the vault, and they
| talked of il as the procession made its wa!
back to Darrell Court
| is Lady Hampton said, IL was positive
relief to open the windows and let the bless
ell sunshine in, to draw up the heavy blinds
, to 10 away with the dark. mourning aspec
OF the place. - r.--...-... 80.
Everything had been done according Z
| rule-no peer OF the realm could have had {
more magnificent, funeral. ] ady Hampton
felt that in every respect full honor had beer
done both to the living and the dead.
Now she wisely remarked, there Il
nothing to be done, save Ia bear up as wei
| a. IL is possible"
| Then. after 4 solemn and dreary dinner
the friends and invited GUESTS Went away
and the most embarrassing ceremony of al
had 10 be gone through-ihe reading of tn,
will.
Mr.. Ramsden. the family solicitor, was il
attendance. Captain Langton. Lady bar
rell. Lady Hampton, and Miss Darrell tool
their seats. Once or twice Lady Hampton
looked with smile of malicious saiSfactin,
at the proud. calm face of Pauline. Their
was nothing there to crafty hcr-no queer
could have assisted nj her own dcthronemcn
with pr"ndcr majesty or proudcr grace
Some of the old reiainers, servants who ina,
, been IN the family from their earliest youth
said there Was not one vino did not wish il
| his ncart that Pauline might have DaTcl
Court.
lady Darrell. clad in deepest mourning
WAS pa,,i in large casy-chair III the cenir
ot the group her aunt hy her side. She luuk
. cd extremely delicate and lovely in her biac
sweeping robes.
Pauline. who evidently thought the ccrs
) moaN m empiS one. ~ far as sh. WAS co!
rcrted, stood near the table. She decline
the chair that Captain Langton placed IL
| her. Her ullc.C WAS dead: Slp regretted IN
with true unlrign"d, sincere SORROW bat th
reading nt his Will lmd certainly Lothin-
do viii l.rr There WAS NOT The least >hac
CIV on her face. not the l,H.t t.!,"rnIl sUstrI
in her nanncr. 'i'n i"ok III Ncr anc wrul
never have ,hna..It she WHs th,re IL A,ar IA
sentence ut disul, riaacr.
Lady Darrell did not look quite So tran
, quill: everything was al stalk. fol her 81,
held her dainty handkerchief to her face ies
, the trembling ot her lips sh"a,d he seen.
Mr.. RanIsirn read !a' viii. and lis COT
tents did not take amy o!lr much hy surprise
The most important item waG legacy ot Ia
thousand pounds Ia Captain Aubrey l.anl
ton. To Pauline Darrt. WAS let; All anhuit
OF live hundred pounds per annun, with Tia
strict injunction that she should live nj Dal
rcil Court until her marriage: if she neve
married. She was Ia reside there until hc
death. To all his faithful servants Sir o.
wald left cgaci.s. To his well beloved VIII.
Elmer. Inc bequeathed all else Darel! Cour
with its rich dependencies and royal revs
, nues, his estate in Scotland. his house i
town, together with the valuable furniture
.t..a.