Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-16
CHAPTER II.

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CHAPTER II.
4 bew days after Ida Raughton had
teen tndulging In those summer noontide
nedftationA, Walter Cundall arrived ut
~ houss In G~rosyenor place.
Things were 20 well ordered In the es-
Establishment Of which he was master, that
il telegram from liverpool, dispatched a
lev hours EARLIER. had been sumcient to
cause everything to be In readiness for
hin.
He walked into his handsome library,
followed By . staid, grave man-servant,
and. sitting down in n Of his favorite
chairs, said:
.Well West, what's the news In Lon
don?f
"Not much, sir: at least nothing that
would interest you. There are . good
many balls and parties going on, Of
course, Dir. Sir Paul Rauehton's man
and me were a-talking together, cir, last
aight at u little place Of meeting, and
BE- told me ~ how Sir Paul wal going to
have quite . large party down at his
place, you know, Dir, to celebrate-to cele-
brate-I mean for Ascot, sir"
asWellf'
swell, Of course, Dir, youth be wanted
there, too, sir. Indeed, Sir Pauys man
said ~ how HE master had been making
inquiries about the time you was a-comine
back. Dir, and said he should like to have
you there. And, Of course. they want y
.cele-l mean to keep II up, cir. Now, I'll
80 and fetch you the letters that have
come since / sent you the last mail"
7 While the servant was gone Walter
Cundall lay back In his chair and medi-
tated. He was . handsome man.. with
. dark, shapely head, and fne, well-mark-
Cd features.
Al he sat In his chair he wondered
why Providence had been 20 unfailingly
good to him through his life; why 1t had
showered upon him-while he wal still
young enough to enjoy 1.-THE comforts
that other men spent their lives in toiling
20 obtain, and then often failed at last to
gel.
And now" be said to himself, 'let
Fortune give me but one mtfe rift and /
am content. Let me have ~ partner Of
al I possess the fairest woman In the
world; let my sweet, gentle Ida tell me
that she loves me-as I know she does
and what more ran I ask? All, Ida!' he
went on, apostr0phizing the woman he
toved, u wonder II you have guessed how,
night after night, during these long six
months. I have sat on my veranda gazing
up ut the stars that look like moons there,
wondering II your dear eyes were looking
at them In their feeble glory here? I
wonder II you have ever thought during
my long absence that not an hour went
81. q night or day, when I was not think
ing Of you9 Yes, you must have done 10:
you must have done 90! There was every
thing In your look, | n your voice to tell
me that you loved me, that you were only
waiting for me to speak. And now I will
speak. I win deprive myself no longer
of tn love that will sweeten my life."
The man-servant came back with an
enormous bundle OF letters that made
Oundail laugh when he saw them.
why, WestFs he exclaimed, s.you don't
Imagine that I ana eoing to wade through
these now, do your
" think thev.re mo.t,v ,r,,..+,o,.
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