The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-12-14

lou na0 led me TO believe that his
dtle and his entire possessions would
be yours" she said.
and so they might, and should be.
II you would lend me your aid" was
the reply.
What would you have me DOT"
Listen, Eugy, and will tell you"
And then long and whispered con.
ference ensued between these two.
1t had not. however, proceeded far
before the woman, shudd airing, and ut
tering cry Of horror, sprang from her
chair, and seemed as though about to
her arm and held her fast, and present.
~ she resumed her seat.
And soon her agitation seemed to
subsidc, and she was listening almost
calmly.
When the conversation had proceed
ed a little further:
But why should you have made ME
acquainted with your purposes" the
lady said.
How" exclaimed Norton, "have you
not perceived that, without woman's
assistance, the deception would be Inn
possible! And from what woman, save
yourself, Fuzzy, could hope for aid
In such matter?"
"Tis tcrrible!" the woman said.
sary."
There is an alternative by which II
might be avoided"
But You would not, I hope, Eugy,
be willing to accept that alternatiye?'
must consider" the lady said.
A few words more exchanged be-
tween them, and they separated.
The woman was driven away in the
hired carriage which had brought her
to the place; and Norton. leaving his
horse In the stable to which 1t had been
taken on his arrival at the inn, made
his way across two or three fields till
he Ind reached a sort of enclosed shed,
which, SO far from seeming fit hab-
itation for even the most wretched
of all human beings. would have made
but sorry dog-kennel.
Within that miserable apology for a
dwelling was seated n short, heavily
built fellow, Of about the age of the
man who now was seeking him.
Low brOwed and coarse featured, and
with long, unshaven beard. and clothed
with the very poorest and dirtiest at
tire, this individual did not appear Mt
all like one whose acquaintanceship
would be coveted by those who had
character to lose.
He was sitting on log of wood.
cr0tichjng over a fire made up Of
branches and turf; and the smoke of
which. or rather some portion of It.
found an escape through a hole in the
matched roof.
He had heard Norton's approaching
step, and started to his feet and stood
enc listened.
Norton reached the shed, and STONED
Mt his door, at which the man within
expected to hear Il knock, but for
some moments it came not.
what is the fellow. whoever he ia,
about?" the man within the shed amid
to himself.
But never mind" his thoughts con-
tinued, "he is but one. so let him come
on"
Before proceeding further. 1t is neces-
sary we should say few words con-
corning the woman to whom we have
been so lately, and SO strangely intro
ducel.
Eugy was Sowcrby's fond diminutivc
for Eugenia.
Eugenia Reckless was the name of
the yelled lady of the tavern.
Born to the afiiuence of which. when
she reached the age Of fourteen. she
was suddenly deprived by her fathers
as sudden and perfectly irretrievablc
ruin, her whole nature changed with
the deprivation Of those luxuries of
whose endurance she had entertained
no doubt.
The constant and bitter poverty
amidst which her after youth was
reared. soon rendered her heart callous
to all but one purpose, that of recover
Ing the atllucnt position from which she
had been hurled.
However attained. she was resolved
that riches she would again possess.
1t was soon after the death Of her
parents that Norton Sowerby by acct
dent saw her.
Greatly struck, he followed her to her
Wretched home, visited her several
times, and then, declaring his love for
her. proposed marriage.
what fortune do you possess?" she
asked him, when he had declared him
self.
OF course he was surprised at the
question, and then she told him her
history; confessed that she could love
him very well. but would never marry
other than wealthy man.
And infatuated with the mercenary
syren, Norton made q vow to obtain,
he cared not how, the wealth which
would entitle him to claim her.
In the meantime he introduced her
to coterie Of female gamblers, and the
display of money, then constantly be-
fore her eyes, rendered her more and
more avaricious, and more and more
resolute to become wealthy.
She soon became so iebasad, MS glad
~ to receive from her lover few les.
sons in the art Of managing cards,
and afterwards constantly won.
But one evening her shameful trick.
cry was discovered and she WAS 5r1nd-
ed as Il cheat, and ignominiously cx-
PEELED from the society of female gam
Tiers.
Then again, Norton Sowerby asked
her to be his wife.
But her heart had grown still more
callous; she was now utterly depraved,
and fewer charms than ever had mar
rlage for her now, unless golden the
chain which was to bind her.
Norton npbraided her that she loved
him not.
Yes. she said, she loved him, but had
an iDsurmountable horror Of poverty,
of which already she had known too
much.
A proof that she loved Norton was,
she considered, that she had consented
to afford him time to become rich,
and had not sought another, and al.
ready wealthy sutton.
Nay, more-if he could form any
scheme for becoming rich, and her
assistance should be necessary to carry
1t into execution, she would be Or ,pered
to aid him.
He need not fear to find her over
scrupulo,,s; for anything crime
She said, was better far than poverty.
And few days after this declara-
ticn, Norton Sowerby, hurrylng into
her presence, said:
"Eugy, our wedding day shall not be
much longer postponed, and your hus-
band shall be, not only rich, but titled,
tOo!'
We need say no more at present re-
rpecting Eugenia Reckless, so will re-
ttlrn to the shed near which we have
left Norton Sowerby.
Norton had not Immediately knocked
Mt the door of the shed, because first
he had considered 1t necessary to con-
ceal his features beneath black mask.
Tint animated tn hia Rntisfoctlnn In