Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-11-05

YOU free - 90 as ygti pscs..s Wit yolr lfa
IcollI neyer maze lived ia IL; its old pra,
wall have held nothing but disg9 pO!n1l eih
aud .rOlb,e for .ne. / hope never in ny lie
20 SEE 1t n ain. neYer 10 see the DARK fake
by the reed and tile BIS C.. % - stand by
the low Will and the wicket-rise. but ! &c
not wish these things - haunt tol A. they
haunt mr Peraiaps yOt tiiJi.ht once tba,
YOU loved TIE; ard / behave ilat, to givl
ne ms ultlc's horse. you wGl.d have KEPT
yOur prom s. and iEitginei yoG ,OL.d tG
wour dity rs NY VIE. Taa G. ange could
be little compensation ia; surh a vile az
that. DO 30 accuse yoUfself ia any way,
for | ain glad | hear the tiu.ii, ard have
tbs chan ~ 10 get away unrem HkfC."
After ! 20. this letter aui knew tlat Gil
bert had gone. ! sank into Il .Cfpor of Ais.
cry. To say thai: / was wGc.tEpd IL 20 naIpf
tie On y wort cm = cSi-, 5 my Wnhappi.
Hess. would have 1onr SWAY sOueU nert
aud ti.oHn myself oucH work. anl tried
90 10 c that q Bert world lcari some day
Tat he .;9d mi.jul ged ~, actions. Bu. he
Grange would hlu.;t Hc more THAI aiy
scene outside is walls coaii l,anlt him:
mcNl}ti : iurktl N every cora r. whisps.-
scB"d i' "VeTy room, aud were UllfI1urat
By Use Iu-t.iuE B.nC-.reCs without: and The
hateiu, parchment wn.ca lcft the LEGACY 10
IA seemed 10 hing Iougd my ncrk Ike the
Il aiaibatrOsa around the Ancient Mariners.
did not want tlc place.: wished with all
M heart lit!da ami h,r lawyers would rtG
me OF II. IL was Gr!bert's: Tut | could 10
nothing 10 place IL n his IoSsessiJn, nothing
but die; AMI ! Almost hoped might de.
Tie Stry had cuJe abToa that Gilbert
was IN. taking = tour in tie East until the
lime was far enough distant from his un-
clc'3 death 10 TlloW Of oar marriage. ] did
no: contradict it. ! sad n ovOrd that Icould
help to any one, and most OF all ! struggled
To keep th1 knowledge Of the truth from
G~wendolinc. Her happiness was the one
bright spot in TIE darkness. AMI in her new
born hopes and eager gratitude She never
suspected aaght was wrong.
III tn world Wlr1 oR'y jlst, You shO1ld
be the ha; p!cst woman in il, Viola" she
said one day: 'aRd | hope for once the
world VIII be jist.'
The happiest! ! thought I'm my youthful
selistneSs | was The most miserable.
Il shal! think al you 50 Often,'' she went
on, ''and send wishes and hopes across tie
sea to YOU. You are the one being on earth
who knows how near the edge Of tie pre-!
pice ! was. ! hardly dare think of that lime,
how wicked and utterly withoIt hopcI was;
and it was yull who rescued me-"
They were in haste 10 returnto Ind a. and
vi were all busy with preparations for Their
journey. ] went Wih Uric down 10 South
anIptou TO see them of, AID, as the vessel
set sail, GwenG1line stood on the deck, a
graceful slender gray .igure, with one flash
Of crimson IN her hat, waving her handker-
chief t. me-. And | took away the memory
of her beautiful face with its shining hazel
eyes and cleaning golden hair, and Of the
pride and pleasure in the look her husband
turned on her, TO cheer my life for the long
perplexed days to come.
4 @
Ilildl went back TO her uncle AMI amt in
London, her diamond ergagemeEt.ring on
her finger and the prospect OF a countess.
ship before her.
made al effort to part in peace. l did
not know il was she who had maIred my
life; but she knew too that, except in hay
ing separated Gilbert and me, her schemes
were unaYai!ing.
Can we not part friends, Hildag' i asked
on the morning Of her departure. / longed
to have no enemies among Gilbert's rela-
tlyeS, and l had done nothing TO iniure
uilda. Why should she still be so unkind?
II do not See" she answered calmly,
''why we should make any pretance because
we are going to part. You have played your
cards well, and have succeeded in befooling
a larger number of people than you, | should
think, could have expected. am not one
OF the number"