Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-09-05
Lefty Leigh.
"a Dead woman's Jealousy Bllshun9
Living Love.
CHAPTER III.

arain: the sunlight was sehulis pn-A
oniverlng bands Of gold over the
IowIy mounds; the birds We're sihslh-
I'm tbe shades Of the parsonage Sar
den. and nothing round about spoke
of the newcomer to chat abode u tis
dead. !,
Pauline Grey the beauty, had died
ont of the brilliant London world
wear before, and been buried ana Tor
gotten. Pauline Lenuard, wife II tue
country doctor, was laid In the ear n
today. but whether she was - he lof.
yotten or not remained To be seen
The Young wIdowcr returned home.
and for the first time learned tuat ms
late wife left Il will behind her When
or where she had made IL he did nor
stop to ask, but this secret act OF hers
seemed TO cry ont even from the
newly-made grave, that he had never
been trusted
miss Elizabeth Leigh" the lawyer
asked looking round the room; Is she
present."
Dr. Leonard said she vas not ana
the lawyer coug ed once or twice ms
he leisurely united his papers, and
curiosity was wildly depicted on
every face present with tie exception
or his who might have been Supposed
TO be the most interested in the mat
ter. That curiosity gradually deep
ened as the reading proceeded. and
when the lawyers voice ceased, there
was a general nutter and stir
throughout the room.
Miss Elizabeth Leigh was declared
whole and sole ,,clr,rs of Mrs. Len.
uari's fortune.
The doctors face went shade
palcr, aud a slight tremor ran down
his wen shaped mouths signs OF agi-
tati0n that did not pass unnotlced.
Perhaps the conclusions drawn from
them were no nearer the truth than
such conclusions usually are.
The old man, In The little cottage a
Few perches from the sca-shore, when
he heard of his daughters good for
tune, was no longer old. He was up
right, elastic, juyenescent. He
He walked and spoke as he had
walked and spoken iive.and-tweuty
years before. ere yet Miss Lefty, his
daughter, was dreamed Of when he
had married m hcireSs, and with the
stately strut and aristocratc drawl
of that period cane back his old pas
sion for the sins and follles Of town
life.
No man knew better thal he thai
they We're sins and follles, few, per
haIs, knew as Wen how much they
cost In the long run; for we have said
he had played the game Of life IN
cities, and lost It; but such knowledge
was rs withe of flax To his oyormas-
terlng desire 10 taste OF them once
again, be i ever SO scant Il sip. before
ne had lost all his relish for them.
So, when the little cottage had been
rcfufnished ana bcautitrd r. Ills slt-
isfactlon, MIR. Leigh went To London
% visit Y necessary one liz called
1t, aud from thence he sent home a
Lady honsekeeper 10 De AZ once com.
p5nlon to his daughter aud mistress
over the servants for the humble llt
fle nest now boosted Of three.
IT this sudden step up in The world
gave the pleasure which saeh 4 step
might he expected to give 10 the for
tunaie hcircss. she had. Il say III
ieasl of it, an odd WAY of showing il.
Not That she grew pale, ana cropped
snd faded like a fragile Hover. She
was fragile enough hut she was no
Hover She was sensitive loving
woman with warm, throhhing heart.
that had . great power Of feeling
pam, and. like all hearts worth own
ins great power ~ bearing It,
She went about, and smiled, aud
talked ana resolved calls. and ~.
turned them, as heiresSes of the pres
en- day are bound Is dn, III common
gratitude for being better OIL than
othrr people Her new dresses, ANA
mautles, and hats for Lefty deteSted
bonnels were Of To very best auli-
ity. the very newest fashion. and the
m~i becoming st4lc that She could
procure, ana Ia them all she took,
ana openly showed q natural sfnish
interest Int, wlthal she was Gat
thoroughly happy IN her new state
'Fhr money seemed v, have broush, 4
weight with It; and tbe sn ia hei
was last dying aut under lav BURDEN
rhcu again Lefty WIS feollsJ
enough ~ remember ana stjll yiuus
lovingly To the few friends she Ina,
possessed when she Was humbb
Lsuy Leigh: ana not all the new
ones which thc shine of her Suinea.
brought her could compensate to
them and m6u theu At her father
express command she was Obliged I
tnrn her back
one ent n them ali. ana onlv one
was still deelarci Oil ID he her friend
'nlat one VAS hy lehuirl. ha, II
ha6 turned his hack upon her Sam
people limited that spi.p Was tae rel