Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-08-27

meaning LOT MIN to expI., %
Excuse me. you woro
this direction-do not i. wall1us
you l will walk by vou !. me bin
May offered no OPPOSITE, side
getner they paced the lono = and
You cannot have failedss iane.
continued John Gridley. 4, pregA
teration made in the pas, .le great
your fathers health and snI,. weeta
"Oh. tell met. cried Mapul'sy
tell me the cause, Is ;s eager,
his business?" ANXIETY !
1T Is anxiety, ana bnsina-
principal cause is" TIE chief i
And here he paused !.
w hat is 1t? | imploro ro, :
Your father has ono you' tel M
said the maltster's clerk s.eat wish
which am deeply interes,a Wish
tell you what it is? Suro1su Need
you know the one great nhis not
IN view IN a union between usa,t ae :. y !
nope OF my life as it is of his Is
you WIN not reject me-tba, Tell
day claim you for my wlfe.' may q
No; 1t can never be"
Wi you tell me the
| offended youg' 'oas Hal
Never"
Have you any cause to als,a..
None" u'siike ne,
"Yet still you say it con no.
Il repeat it," er oey
!, Inen II must be that you a.,
longer heart-free-that 'pa afe
forestalled. Is it not sog. ave W
May blushed. and then =.
dignantly. Il know not bv wne !
you question me in this wav ~
answered you, and that mns. ! nav
May, listen TO me-" said J0L sums
ley. Selling her hand. and ., V ~ ofa
time changing his voice and ny ssil
from its usual civil, oourtIy . .,aAas
one almost fierce and tbsoo @us J
when YOU Were little MIRA ,slu
cAt,d loved You. / love Won ruau
ny, rassionately; and | will sllot y
to step between me aud NV ,4 Ss,s !
..ess." uaHp
Leave go my hand, sirl yor a.
not talk to me in this way
Nay. hear me out. You. frnn J..
cied love of a handsome face was,
put me aside. You would destror " s
own future, and you would hin ..
Iather.mark me, | say-kil Van
father! He has set his heart mon ~ y
marriage; and in his present stats !
health. the disappointment wonlS !
more than he could bear. | toll vs
.yor dare not reject me"
TIE speech was ill-adyised "a,
reused Mays anger. SO much did Il
love her father that she might noss
bly, have been persuaded into s,c-
ficing herself for him, but the s.tem,
to treaten her into a marriage that n,
hateful was more than she conld bos,
ara angriiy she turned upon tie ma,
who walked by her side, and in 6erg.
words than had ever before passed N
pretty lips, told him how she scOnd
him and his Offer.
He turned pale as she spoke. IN,
waited till she had concluded, and te1
spoke coldly and bitterly.
You nave made your selection, /" aid
he; land before many months haYs
passed you will regret It. When yi
see ruin brought upon your father, ID
member ii is your doing; when you ID
the lines Of sorrow deepening on III
brow, remember it is your doing; whal
you see him colo and dead, rememkl
still it is your doing; that you are aE
Sw"rable for the sOrrCw and misey
which may enter your house. ReMemI
be-. too, that If ! and Ernest HarurY
meat-yes, you start; but yoa see
knew your Secret--it will be the we.S
for him; and remember. toe, above al
that | still love you; and that Whal
you L in trouble. n word from YOU
lips may change sorrow into happiness
grief into joy
Without giving May the oppoFtuniI5
replying TO his speech, he pushed
through the hedge which bounded ts
side Of the lane on which he was wax
ing. and disappeared from her sight
Terrified at the vehement worls q
Gridley, who had always hillfFl9
appeared so cold and impassire, way
turned, and rapidly %retraclng her slepA
her fathers cottage. Tneh1
Fastening TO the privacy Of her owl
room, she threw herself upon the pas
ard sobbed aloud in an agony OF spn.
What shall | do-what shall ! a'
she cried. "Oh. heaven help and dInf'
me, for / am in a great strait.
''Tell, me, father, | beg OF you ~
said the next day, when Matthew n,l
ers pressed her for her answer W%'
are the difficulties that trouble vow
THE want of money. child. eOIs
speculations have been going Nlousl
and unless l can raise a thousaa.
pounds in a week from this time ! on
Enthusiastically ruinedr ~
And how can my marriage VIZ
John Gridley help you. ,.io.
"He makes your hand the eoiluiu !.
On which he will advance the hous'
answered the maltster, in a low sa IA
"And that is the man you uuse -
with your confidence. ,as,|
.laimed May, Indignantly, .'se
who will see his pRne NJ
unless he conseht - A
4 party to cruelty and inJus n,srl
man who would buy his wire ING !, nj
chandise! oh, father, fathef. shoa
such n proposition sufficient y
you his real characters? lid 4,
The old maltster's voice tfeihu@'
he spoke In reply: "a he|
what am l to do? RUN aau a. 4
gary stare me in the face ana 90 I'd
man catches at stra"s saly
mt the faintest shadow when ps
es me relief from my dlfhcui.le. : Oas
Listen to mc, father; ! nave An.
In nay head. Will postpone W. y, Az
cncpn.t;pr Iahu Gri0IeJ w !.