The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-27

for $ walk down town. and SO glided swiftly
away "And isn't your name Spinal Mem
nights. and isn't POUR father q doctor and
an idiot, like all the family for generations.
and doesn't he name all his children after
poisons n pestilences and abnormal an
atomicAl eccentricities of the human body?
Answer me, some way or s~omehow-and
quick. Why do you sit there looking like
an envelope without an address on it, and
see me eoing mad before your face with
"Oh, I wish I could do-do-I wish 1
could do something-anythinR that would
give you peace again and make you happy:
but [ know of nothing-I know of no way.
/ have never heard of these awful people
before.'
What? Say it aRainr'
II have never, never in my life till now"
''Oh, you do look SO honest when you say
that! It must be true; surely you couldn't
look that way, you wouldn't look that way,
if it were not true, would your"
81 couldn't and wouldn't. 1t is true.
Oh, let US end this suffering. Fake me
back into your heart and c~onfidence-''
"Wait-one more thing. He'll me you
told that falsehood out of mere vanity and
are sorry for it; hat you are not expecting
to ever wear the coronet of I'M earl
Truly | am ~cured-cured this very day
l am not expecting itn'
20. now you are mine! I've got you back
~ hAo 0OhueJ LIN 6AOly "a yOAA iVucA
poverty and your honorable obscurity, and
nobody shall ever take YOU from me again
but the grave! And if
D earl of Rossmore, from En~glan'!'
MY father!" the young man released the
girl and hung his head.
Nh old gentleman stood surveying the
couple-the one with a strongly compli-
mentary right eye, the other with q mixed
expression done with the left. This is diff
ticult, and not often resorted to. Presently
his face relaxed into . kim of constructive
gentleness, and he said to his son:
Dom you think you could embrace me,
too?'
The young man did it with alacritv.
Then you arc the son of an earl, after
all" said Sally, reproachfully.
Eyes. L"
'Then / won't have you!'
80, but you know
mo, | will not. You've told me another
fb."
''She's right. 30 way and leave us. /
want to talk with her."
Berkeley was obliged to go. But he did
not go far. He remained on the premises.
AT midnight the conference between the
old gentleman and tho young girl was still
q close, and the former said:
II came all the way over here to inspect
You, my dear. with the general idea of
breaking off this match if there wore two
tools OF you. but as there's only one, you
can have hin if you'll take him."
Indeed l will, then! May / kiss your"
"You may. Thank you. Now you shall
have that privilege whenever you are
good.
Meantime Hawkins had long ago re-
turned and slipped up to the laboratory.
lie was rather disconnected to find his late
invention, Snodgrass there. The news was
told him; that the English Rossmore was
come, land Pm his son, Viscount Berlo-
ley, not Howard Tracy any more"
Hawkins was aghast. He said:
Good gracious. then you'te deadr'
..Dead?'
eyes you are-we've got your ashes"
Hang those ashes. Pm tired of them;
I'll give them TO my father"
Slowly and painfully tho statesman
worked the truth into his head that this
was really a flesh and blood young man.
and not tho unsubstnntial resurrection he
and Sellers Ind SO long supposed him to be.
Then he said with feeling;
Pm 40 glad; so glad on Sally's account,
poo thing. We took you for II departed
materialiAed bank thief from Ta%hlequah.
Thia will be Il heavy blow to Sellers"
Ihon he explained the whole matter to
Berkeley, who saids
well. tho claimant must manage to
stand the blow, severe as it is. But he'll
got over the disappointment"
who the colonel? He'll get over it the
minute he invsnts u new miracle TO take it's
place. And he's alre ady At it by this time.