The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-06-24

book book proved to be 1 o~onfpIete fafl
ure-no one would undertake 1t. Ills
fair young wife, the petted mid beloved
daughter OF a noble line, lay literally
dying for want of those 1uxuries he
could not procure. He was without
money, without employment; nothing
was left of the jewels and trinkets
that had been his wtfe's. His heart
sank. his strength left him, hope and
ambition were dead. The girl he had
stolen from her luxurious home lay
dying, and he could not avert her
doom. A
The result of DIR. Graham's inter-
ference was a Letter written by Lady
Trenham to her daughter. The earl
offered to take her back, to pardon
child. IL she would consent to abandon
her husband-him he would never for
give. She might return home and live
with them IL she would promise not
to see him again.
1t was Lionel himself who read this
letter aloud to his young wife. His
face grew deadly pale as he did 80.
They were both silent for some min
utes, and then he bent over his wife
and whispered
1T would save your life, darling
will you goT"a
NO." she replied; 'let me die here
with you, Lionel. I am quite content"
He saw a still deeper pallor spread
over the white wan face, and in that
moment Lionel Carteris almost cursed
his own wreckless deed.
Despair took hold Of him. He said
to himself again and again that he had
destroyed the young life,, once gay and
smiling IS the life Of a summer flower.
The DON where his wife lay seemed
sitting. He had not tasted food that
| day; he resolved to make one more eff
fort to obtain work.
In after years Lionel never remenr-
bered how he left home. He had a
faint recollection of wandering, faint
and i'll, by the river side, OF sitting
down to rest, and of talking to some
rough man. evidently a wanderer like
himself. He remembered that his
pocketbOok was stolen, and that he
smiled at the disappointment of the
thief, who would finl nothing but pn-
pers therein. Then a feeling of uncon-
seriousness came yer him; q dull red
mist came before him-a noise as of
gurgling waters sounded in his ears
When sense and memory returned
he was lying In the ward of q London
hospital. In answer to his questions,
the nurse tsld him that he had been
| there W. days, and that it was now
the evenig Of the third. He waited un-
til morning-when he would be permit
ted to depart-in a fever Of suspense.
Thankful once more to find himself
in the open air, anxious to hurry home,
and dreading the effect that his alb
sence might have had upon his wife.
Lionel walked quickly through the
park. He seated himself on one OF
the iron benches to rest. Lying there
he saw a newspaper, evidently left by
some n who had finished reading it.
He took it up c~arelessly and glanced
over its contents. No wonder that his
face grew white and his hands trcm-
bled: no wonder that wild terrible look
came into his eyes. In one corner was q
little paragraph telling how, three
days before, the body Of a man had
been found In the river near Blackwell
the body of a hi supposed to have
been accidentally drowned, for there
were no marks of violence upon him.
He was shabbily dressed, and had
nothing about him of any value. A
pocketbook was found in his coat, by
means Of which it was discovered that
the unfortunate mans name was Lilo
mel Carteris, and his address No. Z
Clayton Road, Kentish Town.
Go Be Continued.)