The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1893-12-01
SWEET NELLY 81
81 HUNTINGDON.

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II love your daughter. sir. uttered
the young nan quite simply; i want
her to be my wife.
And | utterly decline any and every
overture from you or any member OF
your family. and request you to leave
my house this moment"
The words were rs measured ant pas
Sionless as il the speaker had declined
to accept some farmer for Il tenant.
Surely" said Lord Iangholmc,
warmly. you will not allow Your
daughters happiness to he influenced
by any old family feud that may have
existed between our housest | come
to you honestly and Strai-htiorWardly
to ask your daughter fer my wife.
love her dearly if You give her to me,
| swear that neither she nor you shall
ever have cause to repent trusting
me.
He spoke with the warm light com
ing full into his handsome face. looking,
as he stood there, the very incarnation
Of all honesty aud Chivalry
II decline to entertain any PROPOSE.
ton from you whatever" said Mr..
Huntindon, still in the same unmoved
tone. You have forced Yourself into
my ptestrco. 1t You are gentleman
you will hardly require me- IL repeat
my request that YOU should leave it. =
Papa" murmured Nelly, in a snhed
voice.
Eleanor" cried her father, leave
the room at once,
Nelly said Lord Langholne.
ey+r II, -,
gave u choked sob
NO, by tI-- this is too much" cried
Mr. Huntingdon, passionately. Nelly,
il you let that blackglnrd lay as much
rs one finger upon you, YOU leave my
house tonight and forever to your
eternal disgrace! Go to your room this
instant and Ill Il paroXysm of terror
the poor child obeyei
Then there were harsh passionate
words between the two men. aud then
the door opened again. and l., Id Lang
holme Strode away down the avenue.
ana Mr.. Huntingdon sat conyulsad with
passion Ilcne III the darkness. Bitter
We're the reproaches hc heaped on
Nelly the next day when he sent for
her, and she with trembling steps
y
words cut like Il klife That She, n
Huntingdon. Should have had clanlcs-
tine meetings with Il nan. above all
a Langholme- should have suffered her.
self to be wooei like a peasant girl
should have forgotten alike her own
dignity and that Of her house
! shall know better than to trust
y"a asain. he said, with The bittcrcsr
injection Of his cruel voice You shall
never go out Of sight of my window
alone And If yau ever attemrt IA -.
that-to see Lord I.angholme again. sc
10 hear from him, take Cod to wit
hess that the heaviest curse with which
q father can brand 4 child shall liz uno,,
YOU. Now, 90 | have lost all cont
aence II YOU; han.efprth You are na
daughter OF miner
And poor Nelly, covering and shrink
ing, left the stern, angry nrescnc,
and Went 10 cry her poor little heart
ont On Wilson's faithful breast
shall never See him any more ;,
sue moaned to herself: never hear his
voice again; but | shall think Of hin,
always. How could forget him bcr.
even u would Bnt ho will 70 hncL
70 Tie world he will SEQ many beauti.
ful women, and they will make him
forget me. How could he eyer c,rn
Tor poor little ignorant r71siio li,,n
re: IL said | was pretty" ard the
siri would so 10 tll, glass. anl stand
1htre 4 long time looking n horse,f
ana after all so away unconyincea
Sne could not sec any beauty in thA
Nille Skill clear rs the ycly.st lc1yns
o. ] Wlilte rose. III the brown cyns
SO SAD and Wistful now: In tha tul,
curved lips. not rosy any longer as tbo,
used 10 be. Then she was fain -
max of her day-dr"am long ago hy IN.
ofooE that tlrst day that she met him
OF me forbidden passion AMI the
pain, and The little dead maid, !,
WIN the lilies on her breast and IN
hef hands But that last part Womb
not come true. She could pot LID ~,
love, like the women in romanr... tha
keen vitality in her young frame vo,,la
not sHcetmb to sorrow and hear,.cha
NO, there was only great bIan,, vnia
dreary waste that nothin, c,,no !"
I'll up. 10 think H. should have haan
Lord laingholme after an .na ~
had talked against him. and vowed sha
Laied MN. Could she find fault win
nun now? No, he was everything ,hai
was dear and good and noble. tharo
vas hof one fault Or flaw in his rener-
, Dns hearf, IN poor Nelly's eyes. more
'han III his frank handsome face :.
she could enly hear of him sonetima.
= Nh're nc was. whether he sin
'he 'islt Of her, but beyond the infnr e,r'
'lla''oh ,,in mat ne had gene away AGAIN
ma mat the Court was slut IN 49,
lltllhss ever reached her.
LORD Lan1holme had written j yo,.v
straightforward letter q NJ
I 'i.'li,l' sdon, begging him to reconsi1ar
',Ia a'ao,,,,, u.s'saoh, ana speaking with honest
,ur the ' iavetorat ~ nls great love for Nelly;
wen vouchsafed him IN answer. ~, -,
WIN sore, ansIy heart, tho y,,,n,,
ban ba,,.s M.h, away and tried to divert liz
[nouShts from the lain Of his fns,tii' i'.'