The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-07

could never be the wife of Lord Harry?
Well! l have deceived you'll am going to
marry himl'
II can't believe it Irisl l won't believe
i'll"
She handed him the letter, in which the
Irishman had declared his resolution to
destroy himself. Hugh read it with con-
tempt. Did my lords heart fail hims"
he asked, scornfully.
He would have died by his own hand.
Mr.. MOuntjoy-"
.Oh, Iris-'Mr.n"
81 viii say Hugh II you prefer it-but
the days of our familiar friendship are
zone the less at an END. l found Lord
Harry bleeding tc death from a wound in
his throat. 1t was in Il lonely place on
Hampstead Heath; l was the one person
who happened to pass by it. For the third
time. you see, it has been my destiny tic
save him: How can l forget thatl My
mind will dwell on it. ] try to find hap
piness-oh, only happiness enough for me
in cheering my poor lrishman on his
way back to the life that ] have preserved.
There is my motive, IL | have n motive.
Day after day ! have helped to nurse him.
Day after day ! nave heard him say Things
to me-what is the use of repeating theini
After years of resistance have given way:
let that be enough. My one act of discre
zion has been to p%reventa quarrel between
my father II Harry. / beg your pardon,
| ought to have said Lord Harry. When
my father came to the house, | insisted on
speaking with him alone: told him what
! have just told you. He said: Think
again before you make your choice be-
tween that man and me. II you decide to
marry him, you will live and die without
Que farthing of my money to help you.
He put his watch on the table between
us, and gave me five minutes to make up
my mind. 1t was n long five minutes, but
it ended at last. He asked me which he
Npo fn ttn--lont n hiS will nc II ,N-ny nv NO
to his lawyer aud make another? l said:
You will do as you please, sir No; it
was not a haSty ~reply-you can't make
that excuse for me. knew what I was
saying; and ! saw the future ! vas pre-
pairing for myself, as plainly as you see
it"
Hugh could endure no longer the reck-
less expression of her despair.
MOP he cried, you dom see your flu
ture as I see it: Will you hear what l have
to say, before it Is too late?''
ut is too late already. But l will listen
to you If you wish it,"
land, while you listen" Mountjoy add
ed, you willacquit me of being Influenced
by a selfish motive. | have loved you
dearly. Perhaps, in secret, l love you
remain a single woman for the rest of
your life, there would be no hope for me.
DO you believe that | am speaking the
TRUTH"
You always speak the truth" 81
81 speak in your interests. ut least. You
think you see your future life plninly-you
are blind to you future life. You talk as
if You were resigned to suffer. Are you
resigned to lose your s,nse of right and
wrongS Are you resigned to lead the life
OF an outlaw. and-worse still-not to feel
the disgrace of itf"
G on, Hugh"
"You won't answer me!"
Il 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. l be-
iieve, sincerely believe, that his miserable
lie has not utterly destroyed in him the
virtues which distin suisIl an honorable
man. But he has one terrible defect. In
his nature there Is the fatal pliability
which fnds companionable qualities in
bad friends. In this aspect Of his charac-
ter he Is q dangerous man-and he may
be forgive meD n bad husband. 1t is Il
thankless task to warn YOU to any good
purpose. a wife-and Il loving wife more
than another-feels the deterioruting in
fiuence of q husband who is not worthy
become, little by little, her ways OF think.
ing. She makes allowances for him, which
he does not deserve: her seuse of right and
| wrong becomes confused: and, before she
is aware Of it herself, she has SINK to his
level. Are you angry with mei"
"How can be angry with yoni Per
haps you are right"
DO you really mean thati"
"Oh. yes
"Then, for Gods sake, reconsider your
decfsionl Let me go to your father"
Mere waste of time" she answered.
Nothing that you a say will have the
least tfect on him"