The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-05-07
CHAPTER VIII.
LIGHT.

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Forsythe constituted a yeritabie nine
days wonder.
People We're amazed. Just, as a cy-
clone, terrible, sudden and blighting,
sweeps over Il smiling i2n,tstapc and
leaves ruin and devastation i'll its track,
SO the unexpected had ccane TO Maple
Leaf Farm, wrecking hearts, destroy
ing the home rest, and leaving traces OF
bitterness, hidden only by stubborn
pride and the mute endurance of a stole.
! People talked, but Farmer JON gave
no explanation Of il all; only from the
farm hands could they gain the particu-
lars, and Iumor at last sfted the situa-
ton down to several very significant
and startling facts.
Paul Dalton an eX-cCns.ict, had
robbed his generous master and had
| stolen away his daughter
John Elliott had inCHta,antly evictcd
/ his former superintendent, and had dis
owned his child Tor wedding him Sc
cretly.
These two, man and wife, fugitivos,
banished, had undoubtedly met again,
| and in some obscure town We're eking
out an existence, that could only end III
! dire punishment for an unfaithful
steward and Il disolJ2dien. child.
Ralph Prescott, Il batlletl, disappoint-
ed schemcr, had come cut at the ex-
trcmely small end of the horn.
Unmasked as a spendt hrift, he had
! been left paupcr and a.sullen, brood
/ ing, revengeful man. he was harhored
! by John Elliott out of sheer pity and
| sympathy for his double loss of bride
| and fortune.
AS to Farmer John himself, he az
cepted the gilt OF the farm without graf
| h. So / I
! Of its sweetness, and his future seemed
| barren, vapid, wcil-nigh lnendurable
| The nurse OF Old John Forsy1he still
remained at the former home OF the re-
| cluSc. She saw but few, and spoke to
none. Her position as protector OF Ruth
/ Lliiott's interests until the latter. should
see fit to return and claim her legacy
! was sanctioned legally, and Farmer
! John did not care enough about it to
! question her right OF wardenShip.
! Only one point electrified all the viii
! lage, and mystlicd surly Ralph Prescott
TIL" strange will that Godfrey For
sythe had made.
Why had he left the bulk OF his wealth
to an utter stranger-what subtle influ-
ences had induced him to disinherit a
/ former favoritc, to practically b.ggar his
own kith and kin, for a man he had never
! exchanged a dozen words with. whose
very existence even he might not have
known up to a few DAYS previous to his
| death.
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AZ The end Of thc week he was NO
nearer GUESSING the rigbts Of he matt
of the singular will than before.
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develoam%nt that Interested him, star
gered him, aroused him out of his
apathy with a shock. and set in vivid ac
ton all the scheIninr elements OF his
of his evil nature
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pid'A ven vi heI7 "td"li "oWh' ike
some apeG''I. Io-udE' illouSh' she
mailed a le'lcr at the PoStoilce that L
saw.
4 Did she:
FOR a TACT; and say, Prescott, who
GO yoa think 1t was directed TO:
/ Wen, who;
Guess:
oh, don t bother me What do | care
about 1t:
You will when l tell you that the let
ter was directed t"your esteemed friend,
Iaul Dalton
1 Prescott looked up, startled, evil,
lurid glow in his wicked eyes.
/ hat, he ejacuiated.
les, faul Dalton.
halph PRESCOTT SAT IooNlhS INTO NOM
ingheS7, out ms breath cam" laS'' ana
his eyes emitted 9cllti!atiohN ol hatred
and revenge.
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