The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-10-10
BERTHA NJ. CLAY,

s'u any ouSIit piIS
81 am sorry to say we have" an
swered Mr.. Grey.
Sorry" echoed Godfrey, indignant
ly sorry for such n wretch
lyon will never guess who the
wretch is, Mr.. Godfrey" i~nterposed
Luke, and he could not repress the
shadow of a smile rs he spoke.
What do you mean!' demanded
the young man, CHANGING from az to
another.
Il am sorry 10 say" answered Mr..
Grey. that not only suspicious but
very damning proofs point TO Miss
Rosamond."
Before he could finish the sentence,
Godfrey with a cry that startled both
his companions had sprung to his feet.
"Are You raying mad. Mr.. GreyT'
"Wait until you hear
81 will hear nothing; ii is monStrouS
1T is infamous!' he cried wildly.
"Rosamond. the %gentleSt, kindest crea-
ture that ever was born! Look here,
Mr.. Grey. if it was in any other place,
OF at any other time, l would knock
you down"
And the young fellow doubled his
NfStS hH " h' hhu HULL
I'm restraining his inclination ven as
IL was.
Without another word he rushed out
Of the room and bounded up the stairs
10 Rosamond's chamber. His knock
was answered by a maid.
"I want 10 see Miss RoSamond; l
must see her-I will see herr
His manner was so wild and excit-
cd that the woman was positively ter
rifed. and allowed him to push past
her.
White as death and still in a state
Of semi-consciousness. Rosamond lay
upon the bed. dressed as she was, with
an e~iderdown quilt just thrown over
her.
In a moment Godfrey was bending
over her. kissing her and calling upon
her name with e~ndearing epithets, in
the most passionate accents.
The sound of that dear voice. the
warm pressure of those loving lips.
nwoke her from her trance. and, for
xetful of everything save the blissful
consciousness of his presence. she
threw her arms around his neck and
for the first time found relief in tears.
'hs 'rctli'N. Sut NlIth- wv you
know OF what they suspect me-"
al do" he answered. grinding his
teeth, land ! should like 10 have
strapgled the man that told me-"
Then you do not believe it. dear?'
Believe it, my darling: l would
sooner believe myself capable of such
an act than you. my love. my wife. 1
will prove il AZ once by making you
-r x;fn u~i1t thtS AY.x+ lay y
ooh, hush, hush, dear: you talk
wildly; you don't know what you say.
And You must not remain here. / will
get mp: l feel better now: go down
into the drawing room and | will
come TO you. oh. Godfrey. | feel no
fear now that q are come"
His usual impetuosity now wrought
up to fever heat. Godfrey refused to
listen to one word from Mr.. Grey.
while he ordered the secretary to
leave the
Finding him quite impcrvious TO rea-
son, the lawyer left him in great an
ger.
And Godfrey walked up and down
the drawing room like Il Gagged tiger,
waiting for Rosamond's appearance.
She came at last. and he almost car
ried her 10 a couch and sat down be-
side her. but il was some time before
he could compoS himself sufficiently
ia listen to her story.
II must h. remembered that as yet
she knew nothing of the evidence of
the u
And upon such shallow pretence as
this. they have dared to suspect you
he cried: 1.-THE scOundrels, they shall
pay dearly for this"
"Oh, hush, dear; such violence is
useless" pleaded RoSamond. xnd"ed.
indeed, you must be calmcr. and think
what is best to he done"
Impressed by the reaSonablcneSs of
this view Godfrey began TO repress his
excitement and tried to reason. but
no. without an occasional explosion.
Their tetG-a-tctc was interrupted by
the return of Dr. Grant, who, upon
heiug told cf Godfrcy's arrival, immc-
diatcly assembled 10 the drawing room.
"nh. DOCTOR cried the young man,
''y0u do not believe this infamous
storyg You do not believe that Rosa
mord isl cannot speak the word in
connection with her name"
~ do not. was the nswcT given
with some emphasis.
Godfrey UoSllN cry elipfdt'h htlu'
while Rusainopd looked fearful graft
tUde.
In a few minutes they were inter
rupted 10y a knock at the door.
e was Dawson, with a request to
eIaak Tor n moment with DIR. Grant.
There was something in the express
ION Of his face that told ne was the
bearer Of some fresh news.
Desiring the two old lovers to re-
main whore they were, he followed the
old servant out of the room. Dawson
was so agitated that he took some
time In telling a story which can be
condensed into n few words.
A little while before the parlor maid
md called him aside and after ma nv