Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-11-09
CHAPTER III.

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m"-tbis MS She saw Nelly helping her
self incontinently 10 another great
spoonful of jam.
"No. I sha'n't. New do so ON, you
tiresomc. provoking old thmg!"
.WeII. now, let me see. You know
fbe ~pjct;Ire they call the Black Hunt
iprIon' In the gallery? He was your
let me think now no, great1great-greab
"It's all the same" said Nelly, with
her mouth full.
"No, my dear, it's not at all the same;
because one was him, and Of course the
other nd be his sen"
"AI right, so n
and you know the pretty, pale, sor-
ro~wfui-iooking lady in the panel by the
big chimney corner?"
Yes, Lady Isabel"
well, Black Huntingdon and Lord
Langholme (at least, he was only Sir
Vivian then-his nephew was the first
earl)-Black Huntingdon and Sir Vivian
were both in love with her from the
time they were boys, and she favored
Sir Vivian always from the first Well
that didn't hinder Black Huntingdon
from going after her. more particular
as the earl, her father, ccuntenanced his
suit. 1t was different in those days,
you know. dear-the Langholmes were
down ard the HUntingdons were UP
then; now it's al! the other way, and
they've got their trrr in the scale. He
was an awful jealous disposition was
Black Huntington, and would come
home half mad sometimes after he'd
seen Lady Isabel and Sir Vivian togeth-
er, or else go scourin' the country like
the wind on his black horse, Satan.
Once he went of for days and days,
nobody KNOWN what had become of
him, an his people began to be fright
ened, an to search the country round,
when "A night he came home In tho
midst Of a great storm Of thunder arM
lightning. looking for ali the world like
a ghost, and Satan all in a reek OF
smoke and foam. He hardly touched
food, and night after night they heard
him walking UP and down, up and
down. In the great gallery, sometimes
giving a sort Of choked grOan like.
That was when lie found ont G6sdy
Isabel would have Sir Vivian, and the
earl had given his consent. Well. a
month before they was to have been
married the war broke out, and SIR
Vivian had to go off to the army.
POOR things! there was a sad TODD with
them, I believe: she chung to him, and
went ON her knees to him not to SO,
or 10 Il too; but of course that
wasn't - e, and he was n brave
young felA1t9, and wouldn't shirk his
duty. So he went with a sore heart.
and she cried and said, It's all oye~.
an we shall never be anything more
TO each other now And she stood at
the castle gate, watching MIN ride eff
down bill, and then she tainted, and
! they carried her off to her room, and
for many a long day they thought she'd
never come out again except tn her
/ coffin" > -
Nelly had left of eating now, and was
leaning forward eagerly with great
wide-open eyes.
Go On. go on" she cried as nurse
paused.
DO give me time to get my breath,
cnild! said Wilson, but feeling fat-
tered all the same at the interest her
recital awakened.
We'll" she went on, presently. .tt,.
H~untingdons was always reckoned I'm
honorable race of men; but love win
make the best do strange things at
times. and Black Huntingdon wasn't
n OF the best, So when Sir WYNN
had been gone some time, he set Wild
stories afloat about him; and IL came 10
Lady lsabel's ears that her lower vvas
~faithless, and had married a Sor,sion
Lady. So months went on. and sbn
grieved and walled and lamented. brf
no other tidings OF her love caue 10
her md Rl0nE T,,frksn~
at the castle, so at last the poor soui
ylelded, and they were married. He
was doting!y fond or her. In his iaaIcus
savage y OF way; but when he saw
q wouldn't smile on him. or care for
ms love or his company lie turned b!t.
yer upon her, and Was always rcrroach.
IN or her, as il 1t was her fault. moor
iainD! And then she'd use 10 wnnder
amour, with her poor wan face looking
IKE a ghost. an crying sometimes fit
TO Break her heart. And at last Sir viz
ian came home. ard Went first. quite
lovfnl, to the castle TO see his old love
When they told him she was married
TO BLACK Huntingdon, he stood Nike
one turned to stone; an then, without
a word. be mounted his horse and came
on straight to the Hall. He PASSED
the servants without a word, and went
straight into the room where INV lad
sat; an she sprung to him with 4 creat
cry. an he took her in his arms thev
clasped together as if they'd meyer
part any more, and so Black TUuutinc.
don found them. That night no ons
Sir Vivian stood up together in inc
beech avenue. with their hearts benz
on murder. Their hate was ayacr
and each n was set on killing tho OH.
er. 1t was a long time before elmer
got a blow, because they were bots
good swordsmen; but at last Blact,
Huntingdon thrust Sir Vivian through
the body. But he got a wound In his
side first, and after laying many DAYS
la great agony. he was so eat up viii
rage and pain that he died, too"
and what became of Lady IsabeIT.
she died In giving birth to n son.
so twas a pitifui story from frst ~
last. The child was brought up by his
grandmother In hatred Of the fonr
holmes, an so it's gone on ever siuces >
But, nurse, that alone could NOT have
kept up such a strong feeling In our
house, and / am sure II was a side
that was tn the wrong"
NO, my dear; there's been oine,
y things since them IN focfer a. Su-u-