Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05

Iono or ner; as Ionn as a neinscot. ., Al,-
gate could reasonably be expected ever to
prove toward the daughter OF . simple
Dartmoor farmer. It began in Irritation. OF
sna il !. .nd ssih as .''n sEsy WI, will 0s snd;
too. in love. at least on poor
Lucy's side; for what can you expect from
q Kelmscott Of Tilgate? And. indeed. he
said to himself earn estly, he meant her no
harm, though he seemed at times to be
cruel to her. As soon Is he saw how deeply
she was entangled-how seriously she took
it all-how much she was in love with him
The tried hard to break it off; he tried hard
to put matters to her in their proper hight;
he tried to show her hat an officer and .
gentleman. q Kelmscott Of Tilgate, could
never really have dreamed of marrying the
~half-educated, halt-peasant daughter OF q
she was q lady in her way. 100. poor Lucy;
as much of a lady in name and heart as
Emily herself whose father wa an earl. and
whose mother was a marquis eldest daugh-
ter. So much q lady in her way, in deed,
in thought, and all that--one of natures
gentlewomen-that when Lucy cried and
broke her heart at his hating explanations,
he was unnamed by her sobs, and did q
thing no Kelmscott Of Tilgate should ever
have stopped to do-yes. promised to mar
ry her. OF course, he didn't attempt to JUS
tify that initial oily, as he thought ii. 10
himself. He didn't pretend to condone it..
He only allowed he had acted like a fool.
A Kelmscott Of Tilgate should have drawn
back long before, or else, having gone so
far, should have told the girl plainly lat
whatever cost-to herr he could go no
further. and have no more to say TO
her.
To be sure, that would have killed the
poor thing outright. But a Kelmscott, Won
know, should respect his order, and
shouldn't shrink for a momen from these
trifling, sacrifices!
However, his own heart was better lin
those days. than his class philosophy.
He couldn't trample on poor Lucy Waring.
So he made a fool OF himselfin the end
and married Lucy. All, we'll all. well!
every man makes a fool of himself once
or twice in his life; and though the Colonel
was ashamed now ofhayings so far bemeaned
his order as to marry the girl, why if the
truth must out, he would have been more
ashamed still, in his heart of hearts even
then, if he hadn't married her. He was
better than his creed. He could never
have crushed her.
Married her, yes; but not publicly, O
course. At least, he respected public de-
cency. He married her under his own
name. to be sure, but by special
license, and at remote little
village on the far side ofthe moor, where
nobody knew either himself or Lucy. In
those days, he hadn't yet come into posses
sion ofthe Tilggate estates; and if his father
had known of it-well, the Admiral was
such q despotic old man that he'd have in
sisted on his son selling out at once, ans
going off to Australia, or heaven knows
where, on a journey round the world, and
breaking poor Lucy's heart by his absence.
partly for her sake, the Colonel said to HIM
self now IN the silent night, and partly for
his own, he had concealed the marriage
- Il time haino-trom the Admiral
(ro be c%ontinued.)