Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-03-21
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Ocean Qait1dnd.
BY WE><MELL GREY.

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q voice: 1t goes as If IT couldn't help
over the cathedral, and took him in
thoroughly"
poor lad; poor dear lad. And what
Is going on nOwT
"Nig'l with the Herr. And after dim
nor Mary has promised TO accompany
The duke has Stradivarius, and Lord
Arthur Ia to take me to DcwhurSt to
hear II, and perhaps touch 1t. How
hot and wet your forehead Is! Is your
head bad? Ann ! botheringW
The boy's sightless gaze net his
fathers glance OF passionate tender
moss all unconscious Of the agony 1t
| looked upon; and the dean turned
II way, for he could not bear It, Mar
Ions laugh came floating IN again with
Its masculine echo, and the child'S
face Enlightened.
Marry and Arthur" he said
The dean pushed the dark hair from
the boys brow, kissed and blessed him
and dismissed him under the plea of a
headache ana desire for quiet, watch
Ing him leave the room with a look
of Wistful compassion. He loved his
blind son better than anything on
earth, but he remembered how he had
held thc other lad in his arms ut the
font, and how the Infants touch had
stirred the nnt thrill Of fatherhood In
his heart.
81 dare not, oh, dare not! 1t
would be utter ruIn!" he mIrmured TO
himself, In reply to some inward sug-
gestlOn.
The young Canadian meantime left
the deanery, and, placing his hat firmly
on his head, turned to take one com
prchenslvc look at 1t before he went
round by the clolt5tclS and disappeared.
"Jr-ruSalcmv' he exclaimed, 'Hf my
Sainted parent isn't first rate actor
and cool hand! Now | know where
| got my brains from"
The dean snt on, with his head
buried In his hands and his heart torn,
with the deadly mlSslvc before him,
and utter ruin staring him In the
face while the long golden bars of
sunshine heightened and fell across
him unhcedcd, and the pleasant chime
music told quarter after quarter.
"Oh. my God!" he groaned," bun one
sin An a youth so spotlesS! And nave
| not rcpcnted? And are all these
Years of agony nothlng? And the work
| have done and have still to do! And
The powers vouchsafcd to me! Is there
no mercy noncE'
An hour ago he had been SO secure,
so uirSuSpccting til" old ghost laid
forever hr thought And now? To 80
to that public hospital, he to whom no
disguise was possible whose very fame
would pursue him and point HMM ont
with 4 finger or fire, to meet the dying
gaze of that hated woman, to hear h"r
terrible reproach! How could hcE And
that boy, with his strong Sr)f-Will and
h| ambition Dean Maitland knew too
We'll whence he got those qualities he
would hunt him down without pity.
Why NOT cut the knot forever? lie
had poison at hand,
Thc low mellow murmurs of a gong
rose on his ear Chcrc were NO bells
or amy harsh sounds at the dcancrya
he heard MMrions voice calling to
Nrrard. and ttllr tap OF her hight foot
rs SHE ram downstairs, only just In
time for dinner He could not rake
his life Just then; he had to invent an
excuse for not appearing at DINNER
Nhc pel'ilouS moment past, better
thoughts came to him. lie leaned out
of the window and brrathcr the cool
dusk air. \ wakcncd bird twiurrel
happily before turning Again to It's
rest; ENcrard's pure voice toatcd out
from an open window, With t'he words
of IN anthem he was learning. The
dean fell down before the cr>lcitiN. and
tried to pray He lay there IN the
darkness while his childwn'S music
sounded through the latticr upon him,
anil there was silence In the house,
save for tile ticking of clocks and the
deep breathing OF slreprlS, Then he
arose, hnggarl and rNllnuStcSl but
resolved to do his duty, whatever It
might cost him,
Striking Il HIGHT, he went 10 cabinet
NulaI with lricatc mosaic, and touch.
ed Il Spriug \ hidden compartment
was disclosed. whence he took 4 bottle
and a glass on which measures were
engraved Carefully pouring ont an
enact quantity Of dark brown liquid.
he drank It, aul replaced the spring
'lhr dNa0 WlS a total ahStA nor; he
knew the world too well to hope for
influence over the popular mind unless
he bowed Is the idol ur the hour, and
fruueutly observed to trlelnlS that he
alStained flWm Wine for the sake of
example" For the Samr reason. prob
ably, nobody knew anything about the
little hottlc Of dark liquid
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