Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-13

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fair young life, she vaguely d,n. y nr
take the step across the th-eShsa'uel 10
might portend revelations IN. that
| distress her. at Would !
A glance through the vest.buIa !.
showed a close carriage with two aoos
ing horses, q driver ON the how i@s.
this unusuel spectacle SOMETIME fad
with the summons of the momas 70 Do
You sent for me. Miss Chez
spoke Edna, in~quiringly, as sha ier'
the reception room, and then nna'tefed
abruptly. PAUSED
The face Of the lady princin.,
pale, her M agitated. Sba Ms
arose, as II moved by a sudden imnlat
to greet her favorite warmly, Dmpuse
thetically. Then, checking berso J;sapa'
said. in a mutfied, indistinct taa sac
| voice: u'ne Of
Yes, Edna. This gentleman h..
for you" nas coma
AT the gentleman in Question
wondering, perturbed Edna was us
ing. He made a slight obeisanca suf.
appeared. Now, stiff, prim. sewers ss
sallow face and nervous eyes rathe,
pressed her. dc
1T is-it is about st,mu
Edna. ~'"mnefaa
Your past? your friends" murun.
the principal, brokenly. yes naN s
am very sorry, but your schooldaa,
are over"
"Oh! Miss Chandler, don't say ,b.,~
Edna gasped the words. Sho ~
pretended that the consummatton
deyoutly desired by her mystisaS
patient lover and herself had .r.n ~
But the shock of the a~nnouncamo0
a realization of how sunny and han
had been her life under tho ,ana
care of the school guardians cont -
quick tears to her eyes and tho WA
color from her face.
Then eagerly, longingly, piteous1
she glanced at the man before ny
Was he the relative she had 50 of,a1
dreamed of-the mysterious censor
her fate?
"You r not-my father?" sba i
gan, twisting her hands in nervous al
fusion.
The strange, mobile features pevd
changed. Staring straight ahead \
him like some automaton, his face md
resembling that of a man in i'll heall
suffering but silent, schooled again1 4
the betrayal or the least emotion 4
answered solemnly, but not ~unpleasn J
ly: !.
II? no. I am only your father /
friend-hiS servant-his messenger y
"And-he has SEN for me?' Il
Every word was a throb of suspen b
and painful uncertainty. A fathd y
Then she was not utterly friendleJ A.
A fatherl But why had he left q
~loveless, neglected, all these years! II
Miss Chandler will tell YOU u
swered the stranger. 'She recognii q
the authority by which / appear ~ ~
Dear Edna, let it be smiles rtI tee
than tears" spoke Miss Chandler, col ~ ~
ing to Erna's side and placing a card an
ing arm about her. ut is all quna st
told. You have a father, and he e ss
sent for you" IA
But" "
II cannot tell you more. This 8 INV
tleman not only binds me to secra sagu
or, rather, leaves me in complete a W
norance of the motive for all sg
mystery, but insists that yea leave PIP
once OF one thing be assured, h En- Y
ever. / am satisfied that you are g =
into kind hands. All will be well petal
letter will convince you. 1t Is n ersi my
your father" And Miss Chandler ca:
ded to the stranger, who handed y gae
a sealed missive. EsT
She barely glanced at it through he
binding tears. She read only the N
few lines, beginning: IN /
MY child, there have been vial ef n
sons for my seeming negiect OIL nv "
there are still vital reasons why n an
denly, abruptly, you must sever 1aG'
connection with your dearest l3 E sgn'
and hasten to me. When ] explain MI b
will know why no one must Know ag
Edna crumpled the uniinisned krhy
sive into her pocket at TINS stass kaare
Miss Chandler was giving ner e#a
tons to go to her room and pau Eaf =
hurriedly. Rets B
In that apartment Beatrice ny dew
Joined her. With n strange wi
ing light in her eyes, she lisleu ~ h y y
Edna's story of the sudden slinm1 and
"Ob, / shall surely be allow
write to you, to explain e,ai
when / find my father" soppeu Ga \
as she chung to Beatrice In = % M NJ,
embrace. 'Beatrice-Raynlohu a6 +
The scintillating eyes OF ua he a.
beauty flashed wickedly, put 'gefn.
preston was yelled from poor nAe b
tear-blinded sight.
II shall tell him lacent
ssThat I could not BID nun ~ tasa
they would not let me. len ou E@a !
get him word as soon as ! s% "p
this mysterious haste unner'@ "
do not even know where o. - a
Goodbye, dear friend. uoo
bye"
TO be C~ontinueoJ