The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-06-20
CHATTER XVu.-jContinucd4

'Mothcr, she WhlSlcfcd, j hP-}l 10
rrmcmbcr YOU | love YOU. and have
nothing 10 forgive"
There WAS /, strange likeness BET Heen
thc two inc"s-one wearing the pallor Of
death, rhe other rich in youths best
beauty
"Mothcr," whispered Lady Tiilda, set
me send for my husband to SEQ you"
NO, my dear child" said her mother.
starting, that .annot be. | have iot
come to drag you Town TO my level. Ill!da
10 bring shame and disgrace upon volt
70 humble ,he pride of those who claim
you now. Keep my secret as ! have KEEP
r. I only ramr 20 see you once moro
u hear you all NE mother. TO kiss your
face. and touch with my hand the golden
curis ! remembered and loved So well. |
shall be buried where you can como a.
times to see my grave. but the story Of
my life must not be told. Hilda. swear
TO me that you will never reveal what
you now snow
Standing Nv her mothers %deatAbcd,
Lady IIilda Bayneham made "A vow to
keep her secret faithfully and truly. and
never 10 revAaI one word of what had
passed.
You are vNry beautiful" said Magda-
len Hurst. tondly, as her hand fingered
on the golden curls; tell me. are you
very happy, darling?-doos Lord Bayne-
ham love YOU very much%"
Hilda told the simple story Of her love
told it With sweet, shy blushcS tlat
gladopned the weary woman who gaZed
upon them.
Has he never asked who your parents
wnrc:' she said.
Ills mother did," replied Hilda; but
al that seems 70 be forgotten now"
Let it be So" said Maglairn Hurst;
"np good could come of telling the story,
oaly bitter shame and sorrow to y"u. |
gave YOU thai ring, IIilda. on the day |
lntt YOU. | meant to keep my word, and
nnrer see you again. but | could not. My
heart seemed to burn with the thought
Of YOU. When I reached England. after
tina, long absence, | took no rest until
7 had discovered all about Lady Hut;on's
ward. | heard that Lady Hutton was
dead. and hat you were married to lord
Hayneham. | had but little money; !
walked from London to YOUR home here,
and watched for three whole days NJ the
lodge gate until l saw YOU. The wild
rush of joy comes back to me now. ]
saw Il lady With n lovely face and golden
hair; my heart gave ono bound, then a
solemn silence fell over me. II was you,
my little Hiida, no longer a child whom
! could clasp in my arms. but grown a
beaItiful. stately lady. When you came
near ! saw yonr .aec was like what mine
was when Ia world called me fair. l
ionged for one word. lou gave me a
flower; see. Ill these months | have kept
l. Your sweet eyes smiled On me, your
voice pierced my heart. and ] wonder
NY that rhe JOY did not XIII me. | have
seen YOU since. ! could not leave the
place where you lived. | took this room.
and two months since l fell ill here. l
have waited ,mpatient!y for death, know
ing that when my last hour came |
should ask for you. and you would come"
How YOU have loved me. MOTHER
sad Lady I.llo. WHY did YOU not
sud for me- 9'ipre:'
at is bett'c 50, darling, said Magia-
3.s You might have betrayed the Sc
cr.t # you hal known il. Before the sun
SIT, / shall live gone 10 rest. and no one
1ut YOU will ever know VINO sleeps in the
:impless grave provided for me. should
...Nt 10 tel .lk upA " NttA4 idliltls IL
tt rest my had upon YOU awhile
For the asst time Lady lIilda pillowed
2 iroopils head upon hcr arm.
y loved hlm," sad MaGialen. AL my
HI ! loy" atm 20 All Is clear al the
hovr of death; l understand him at last.
! thought he was q hero. Iiilda-a grand.
Il bic, brave gentleman; he was simply
u handsome. E~pod-natured man. ! wor-
s.iincd him. and he knew t.. If he had
married somN one with >c:Sc enough to
have seen his faults. and ave helped
Atm TO mend hem, life might have been
different to ann. He married me for my
Beauty, Hilda. and / think he loved me.
", poor father and mother were proud
81 my good match. Lady Hutton tried
evarythiuE ~ Aer power To persuade me
- break II )f. She told me that /
shpil1 be WrAtched. and ! have been right
y punished. ;or my answer was that |
w,.ll sooner De miserable with stephen
Tlcgst 'han l1ppy with any one else.
- need aDt Ill you the story of my
married ,ta. she continued; II need not
dVnll upon M: fathers sin. He broke
ri avs. 1nl met with his punishment.
TN, tragedy If ny lie began after h"
lc.t England fi:s sentence was transpor-
ta,;on for zen years. NJ irst he seemed
heart broken. and wrote continually, beg
cins me 20 Join him. had no money and
~ friends. Heaven keep YOU. my child,
from ever faeling a grief ike mine when
Lady Hutton offered me money 10 20 to
husband. If | would leave You with
| left You. He knows what it cost
me-. You were three years Old then, II
as a fairy. l went that long. lonely
Journey with an aching heart. True.
sas going to any husband; but had left