The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-04-04

Bella. But this, unlike the others. was
brief and cold. AS he did it hot lndig-
nation, righteous Indignation, t1alned up
in the young mans heart-he would not
have been a true man elSe-a wrathful
sense OF all his darling had been made
to endure-his innocent darling, whom his
mother had never known nor taken any
pains to know. and whom his sisters. fol-
lowing her lead, had as completely ig-
nored as if she were no wife at all. Sut
the storm did not last long-he was of
too gentle a nature; and then he was so
happy, so very happy. From his calm
height of content that night he felt as if
he could afford to look with placable and
even compassionate eye on his whole lam
ily--on the whole world.
Until near morning he sat writing, and
then. finding that all was well in the silent
room upstairs. he went to bed, just look
ing out first upon the dim dawn-oniy
one long yellow streak in the horizon
and thinking, if tomorrow happened to
be a fine day. how pleasant all would be
in his wife's room, where the sun shonc
almost all day long; how the hyacinths
would send up their fragrant breath from
the garden below, and the mavis. her own
particular mavis. would sing his incessant
SONG from morn till dewy eve over his
busy mate and newly Matched young. All
the world seemed full of life and joy and
hope. He had to cover his ears ere he
could get to sleep, for the birds were al
ready awake and singing so loud.
An hour or two's rest and Roderick was
up again. half dizzy with his unbelievable
new JOY. ah6 trying hard to talk business
with Mr.. Black, who had come to Black
hall himself to get the earliest news. ana
persuade the young father to escape from
the ignominious position of total neglect
which befalls all fathers under these
happy circumstances. and take refuge III
''bacholcr's hall" Directly after there
drove up the S~ymington carriage. with
Lady Symington in It, who straightWay
disappeared upstairs.
When she came down her round. rosy
face was pale and her manner painfully
uuict. She offered 10 congratulations,
but laid her hand on ROdericks arm.
Il have been up seeing your wife. Have
you seen her this morning"
MOI yet. They would not let me-
Quite right. Stop. You must not 30
to her just now. Instead. take my car
riagc and fetch DIR. -
Roderick in his turn became CHASTITY
pale. for this doctor was the most noted
man in all the countryside, and he lived
twelve miles off.
as there then such vital necessity: Is
she in danger? Why did they not tell me!
Oh. my God! my God"
Hush! we must not waste time in talk
ing. 1t may be nothing. my dear'-the
IL I,l... 80 ..,n. ln, ~ 1x-o n,oro torri.
fying than aught clse-"but we never
know. The horses are fresh; they will go
there and back without stopping. Bring
the doctor with you-don't come without
him. | will stay here till you return"
She spoke briefly, almost sharply. with
the calm decision that treasures even
while it alarms.
Without a word Roderick obeyed; al.
lowed Mr.. Black, who had listened in
silence. to give him his hat and coat, and
throw 4 plaid into the carriage after him.
will You not 60. too. Mr.. Black: You
had better. He is quite stunned, you
see.''
Yes. my lady: but | know him-he's a
brave lad. he will bear up alone. And ]
must 20 elsewhere"
The old man graspcd the young mans
lltllu WIFI IL SlIItI 'IOt bltSS ' gu. thNI
Roderick sprung into the carriage and
drove away.
Oh. that awful drive! sitting like a
stone, watching mechanically the trees
| and moors and hills slip by. his watch in
one hand. counting the half hours-no,
the very minutes-as they crawled along;
in the other hand clutching Lady Syming.
tons note, ready to be given to the doc
,>a o- coo, ~. L., ,D,1l ln found
And then the drive back. with the 'ccle.
brated" man to whom the case" was
only a case. and who talked c~leverly and
chcerfully and indiffcrently of that and
many other things. till he saw he was
scarcely heard, and then, with Il natural
human sympathy for the white, set face
beside him, dropped into silence and a
book: for years Rodcrick never saw the
title of that book without a shudder.
A ray of hope he learned there was.
Only a ray! and three hours before the
whole world had seemed to him to be
flooded with sunshine. He asked no ques.
tons, made no remarks. Mute and unap.
pealing he sat, half stunned. half blind,
like a man who has suddenly received
sentence Of ~death-death utterly unde.
served and unexpected-dcath in the very
hi'AS VI / po Nhat NtN'Ai "
take it in as a reality. and the mind is con.
sciouS of neither terror nor pain, only a
dull sense Of something happened, or be-
ing about TO happen. which one can no
more escape than one can escape from the
falling rock or the advancing breaker,
either of which will bring certain and in.
Simultaneous doom.
They reached Blackhall, and he heard
at the front door the Doctors question,
us she alive?' and Lady Symington's
affirmative answer; then he staggered in,
and Janet had to fetch her master a glass
of water, and put him into the armchair,
quite dizzy and blind.
But he soon recovered himself. and went
back to listen at the foot of the staircase.
1T will be a hard tiGht-a hand to hand
hght-but We'll beat, ! trust the Doctor
was saying, with a thoroughly profes.
sional look on his clever face, and a CLEAN
of his keen ewes often soon in man lie