The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-06-18

ing Rosa time I'D answer, ADDED. MY
father has written TO me 10 demand
my immediate return to Ireland
Rosa rebounded from her chair.
gaZed for n brief while into LOghlenS
face. and then. throwing herself into
his arms. laid her head upon his breast
and very bitterly wept.
And Loghlcn strOye To console her
with a promise of his speedy return
to her, and that in the meantime lie
would write daily to her.
And who could say, that before
long, he would not have found our
age 10 avow his marriage TO his
father?
For, after all. his fathers power
Owe him would oon be ut an end;
and the most that could be done would
be to drive him of the succession to
the barCnctcy: and what was that
rn PITY title compared with that most
precious one which he alread possess
ed-that of husband tn the most
charming wife in all the world.
At all events. he said. Rosa would
soon have his permission To disclose
all 10 her mother.
And Rosa was c0nSOlcd: and smiling
through her tears, said, that it was,
perhaps. fortunate for them both that
her husband had been called away,
for she had thar morning received Il
letter. which had shown her all the
perilS Of her present situation.
And L.oghlcn asked Of her what she
could possibly mean; and was an
severed by Rosa, that she had just re-
ceived from Ms. Willoughby Il letter
which announced her immediate re-
turn.
And Loghlen exclaimed, is it pos
sibie.' and quite agreed with Rosa.
that his sudden and unexpected re-
call TO ireland was. under the present
circumstances, very fortunate for
them both.
An hour afterwards. LOghlen
O'Aleara had left the cottage, and he
and Rosa never met again.
Mrs. WilloughlV returned as she
had said she would, and Rosa had
scarcely courage to raise her eyes
and look into her mothers face: and
felt as would feel Il criminal bound
round with letters while closely lock
ed within her mothers arms.
Weeks had passed away, and no
hsid tNpSd ti'lNt HUM isoSIi
en-; and then she wrote To him asking
if he were ill-fOr in no other way
could Rosa account herself for her
husbands long Silence-and imploring
that he would write at once. to re-
lieve the terrible suspense with which
she had had 81 long been tortured.
And Rosa waited, and hoped, and
suffered fearful!y; but no reply came
TO the letter. So full of anxious terror,
which she had written.
And Mrs. Willoughby's fears were
aroused. Surely her daughter was
ill-so pale and sad. so wan and list
less had she been of late.
F~earfully enlightened o o was Mrs.
Wilioughby 10 be concerned at all that
had SO much pGrpleXcd her.
One afternoon Mrs. WillOughby was
busy with her n~cedlewOrk, while Rosa,
seated ut some little distance from her
mother. was liStlesSly glancing over 4
newspaper, Presently the young girl
uttered Il piercing scream. the paper
fell from her hGnd. 0hd she herself
rolled from her chair an inert maSS.
ana lay upon the floor in "A heavy and
dCathlil;c SWOOn.
The servant girl whom Mrs. VIII
lOughhy had summoned instantly to
her assistance. looked at her mistress
reprOacrfUily, wen angrily.
Rosa had told this only witness OF
her marriage OF her firm intention. on
that very day, 10 disclose all 10 her
mother: and the girl. seeing now the
uhllapp! condition of her young mis-
trCSS. at once concluded that the con
feSSiOn had been made. and believed
Rosa To have been driven into her pres
ent sad state by Mrs. Wllloughby's
wrathful ~reproaches: so she hurriedly
said:
Twas cruel of you, miSSuS, TO be so
hard with the poor thing-and in her
present delicate state. I'm sure. mum,
it's not II marriage you have any need
To be ashamed Of
The girls words were as n thunder.
bolt to Mrs. Willoughby. and annihi-
lated. for Il brief space. her every
sense. Stupetied her beyond all power
of comprehension.
ltosa'S eye, wandering over the news
paper. had suddenly fallen upon an
announcement Of Logllpn O'Meara's
marriage with Il wealthy heireSs.
No marriage license. no certificate of
her marriage. was Rosa able 10 show
her mother: LOgllcn had cOntrivcd To
possess himself of both.
Mrs. Willoughby herself wrote to the
villain 10 whom Rosa still believed
she had been lawfully married, and re-
cetved from him II cool reply. 10 the
effect that TO crafty Miss WillOugh-
by'S ScrupleS. there had certainly been
a form of marriage between them: but
the whole marriage had been Il perfect
mockery; the pretended clergyman II
friend Of his own; ana that the whole
affair had been II ridiculous farce none
knew better than the young lady who
had suggested it.
From the moment when hat letter