The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-07-27


mo Il female voice. which reminded me !
of The one we had heard sing to Frank
Steinhardt's accompaniment | glanc-
ed round. and guessed that the voice
might be indeed the same Suppose !
inquired Of the singer whether she re-
ceivcd { as was likely letters from
Frank :: Might | not thus learn Louise's
address: went to the cottage and ask
ed to see ''thc Young lady" (she was, |
had learned. Il mistress at one of the
schools in the neighborhoodl. She re-
ceived me. of course. with surprise,
which increased and changed to some
thing like resentment when ! began TO
! make known my orrand. She misun-
! derstood me. she supposed | had come
| To make impcrtincnt inquirics-per-
! hapS on behalf of Mr. Frank Stein
| hardt,-regarding her relations with
/ Frank. But, on my explaining that |
was interested in Miss LacroiN'S af
| fairs. and that | had not heard from
her since they had gone away. that |
| did not evn know where they had gone.
she answered me readily enough. She
| had heard from Frank. but not since
! the first week of his absence (the poor
! girl. | could see. was inclined to cry;
! he had written from an address
! (Which she gave me-, in Douglas. III the
] Isle Of Man, but he had said nothing
about Miss LacroiN.
| | wrote at once to the address given
me and waited impaticntly for reply
J But day after day passed. and none
| came. and sank into the ieeps of
anxiety and deSpondcncy. At the end
of little more than a week, which seem
ed to me a month. | was tempted with
weak thoughts of giving it up, surren-
dering my position to Stelnharut, ana
| going away / was earning no money
and my quarters stipend of twenty
two pounds ton shllingS was rapidly
disappearing What could do when
it was all gone. but surrender! am
| not ashamed to confess that. oftener
than once ] was betrayed into an ull-
manly prostration Of disappointment
of despair | may even say and grlef.
But remember that ! WAS desperately
in love Il suppose il clergyman may De
as desperately in love as another mani
with young lady. who might be dead
or diving or married. for ausht knew,
that Was sojourning. so to say. III Il
strange land. whose chief WAS bitterly
hostile TO me: and that the affalr upon
which had stakcd my success in love
had not advanced an inch during those
Ion. and lonely weeks
sometimes thought indeed. that |
was being punished for my lfesump-
ton in seeking. hy my own pnny Ct
forts. to yet at the truth concerning
LacrniN's fate which. thus far. had
been discovered to me. but had been
AS il revealed TO me by al nseen intel
li.ence, directing the details OF the re-
yelatiun. and this thought would calm
mo for a time and make me more pa
tjent Let ne wait. ] told myself. the
rest of The truth would come when the
Unseen saw fit At other times !
would regard this view as mere SUPER.
stition. and would again exert lnysel1
tramping about converSing Win, lhe
villagers and racking my brain al f'
no purpose.
I do verify believe. however. that. II
spite Of the conviction which usually
sustained me of the final revelation e'
tho truth in spite. too. 81 the ohSti
Marcy of my nature. and the hlgi
reward OF success which | had hopee
to gain. | would. indeed. have Suai
beat 4 retreat. il ii had not been Tor
visit I had from my old friend Btlley
and the results that Immediately fol
lowed upon that.
One evening l heard loud. cheer.
voice there was no mistakins ask NJ.
landlady. .Is tn parson IT Whoan
Betty pa question which | answered
myself by calling. Come upstairs
Well" said he. '.you haven't com
to see me since I've come back I'll
had been ill., and absent from honn
for some weeks: so ! ha looked yo
! up
/ said was very pleased indeed I
see him lhe looked much older an
nr;,ycr than when had seen him las
poor gentleman.
Now I've come" he continued. \
ha, a bit Of serious talk with YOU. II
, friend. You know | wish YOU vel
, lad. and that Id do all for you that
broken old chap could do: but there
!. no sense, tha' knows, and no pole
IN sticking here wi nough, to do
oven counting. You love lass. ar'
of course. naturally. hang about he
hut deuce take it. lad. what do 70
; expect to get by hanging about I'll
. Mace when she's miles and milo
/, away? Is it that the ground Whereo
!. her gentle feet have trod-eh! ton
now. lad. let's talk the thing out;
! can't ha' the folk about here that use
to think as much of you getting 10 loo
at YOU as sort O. harmless 'luney
.arhere is at least one person IN Il
: village said j, somewhat nettlr
! that does not believe me Harmless
: whether he thinks me a lunatic or not
WELL" said lie. You munna be 9
/. Tended at my saying that.
: NO, certainly" said !. If there
one man who could never offend ID
it is YOU, Mr.. Birley But whom
> think of it. ! am not surprised tn
!, people should begin to look upon u
= as q maniac, since nobody but myse
Innnc nltnrefhnr what / Keen stlXil