Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-08-31

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marry him.
IL can't believe it Iris! / won't believe
itir
She handed him the letter, in which the
Irishman had declared his resolution to
destroy himself. Hugh read il with con-
tempt. Did my lords heart fail him?"
he asked, scornfully.
He would have died by his own hand,
Mr.. Mountjoy-"
"Oh, Iris-.Mr.r"
IL will say Hugh II you prefer it-but
the days OF our familiar friendship are
nou the less at al end. / found Lord
Harry bleeding to death from q wound in
his throat. IL was ia q lonely place Oh
Hampstead Heath; l was the one person
who happened to pass by it. For the third
time. you see, 1t has been my destiny &c
save him. How a l forget thatr Ny
mind will dwell on IL. l try to ind hap.
piness-oh, only happiness enough for me
in cheering my Oor freshman on his
way back To the life that ! have preserved.
There is my motive. IL have IA motive.
Day after day | have helped to nurse him.
Day after day | have heard him say things
to me-what Is the use or repeating them !
After years OF resistance ! have given way:
let that be enough. My one act OF dlscre
ton has been to prevent a quarrel between
my father and Harry. beg your pardon,
L ouHnt 10 nave sdiu l<OEu fttETN. ntE
my father came to the house, | insisted on
speaking with him alone: | told him what
] nave just told you. He said: Think
again before you make your choice be-
tween that man and me. III you decide to
marry him, you will live and die without
one farthing OF my money TO help YOU
He put his watch on the table between
us, and gave me i've minutes to- make up
mind. IL was a long five minutes, but
it ended at last. He asked me which he
was to do-leave his will as it was, or go
to his lawyer and make another? said:
You will do as you please, sir No; IL
was not,a hasty r~eply-you can't make
that excuse for me. | knew what | WAS
saying; and ! saw the future / was pre-
pairing for myself, as plainly as you see
it"
Hugh could endure no longer the reck-
less expression of her despair.
"No!" he cried, won don't see your flu
ture as I see 1t. Will you hear what l have
to say. before II Is too latei"
1T Is too late already. But I will listen
to you II you wish it,"
ed, lyon will acquit me OF being influenced
by a selfish motive. ! have loved You
dearly. Perhaps, in secret, l love you
still. But, this | know: IL you were To
remain a single woman for the rest OF
your life, there would be no hope for me.
Do you believe that l am speaking the
cruths"
"You always speak the truth"
II speak In your interests, at least. Yoi
think you see your future life plainly-you
are blind to your future life. You talk as
II you were resigned to suffer. Are You
resigned to lose your s'nse OF right and
wrongp Are you resigned to lead the life
OF an outlaw, and-worse still-not to feel
the disgrace Of it,"
go on, Hugh"
"You won't answer mes"
II won't shock you"
you don't discourage me, my dear; ]
am still obstinate In the hope of restoring
you to your calmer and truer self. Let
me do every justice to Lord Harry. be-
lieve, sincerely believe. that his miserable
life has not utterly destroyed in him the
virtues which distinguish al honorable
man. But he has n terrible defect. Ia
his nature there Is the fatal pliabili,y
which finds c~ompanionable qualities in
bad friends. In this aspect CT his charac-
ter he is u DANGEROUS mainland he may
be tforgive mel . bad husband. IL Is u
thankless task TO warn you to any good
purpose. a wife-and q loving wife more
fuence Of y husband who IL not worthy
of her. HE ways Of thinking are apt to
become, little by little. her ways Of think.
ing. She makes allowances for him, which
he does not deserve; her sense Of right aud
wrong becomes confused; and, before she
is aware Of 1t herself, she has sunk TO his
level, Are you angry with mel"
How can ! be angry with your Per
haps you are right"
lido you really mean that"
"Oh, yes"
'Then, for Gods sake, recongider your
d%ecisioni Let mo go to your father"
Mere waste OF ume," she answered.
Nothing that you say viii have the
lsast Meet on him"