Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22

but why do you stand !,
ror of hini?" III such
'He is the cause OF al -.
has Defalicn my father, and ss sl
destroyer OF all my hanni,e Is
promise me you will protect ~
him. me 4
yes, yes, my poor child 49,.
Henwood. soothingly. aHo said
hurt you, | will take care of t Iuail
"oh. thank you-thank vn"
much! My head" she exch;u,
she raised her hands to her me
temples. and then sank down 'arooo
ed. "n exhaj
All the color had fled from -.
She was CHASTITY pale. and aer
beat so feebly, that more thes pu
Ernest Hartrsy's aunt tbo,hl q
poor, suffering girl had breatnnlt
last. "lu
Tenderly she bsthed her ach,n.
head, and sought to restore th ns
lation 20 those numbed imner
after awhile, success rewarded H.
ertions. hef :
No sooner had Miss Henwoo,
ceived how seriously i'll the ma,,.i5
daughter was than she desnotchasg
OF her servants on horseback 10
back a doctor from Chichester "
DR.. Rose was a merry. nlumn ,
man, with large eyes. white bsnS. u1
an agreeable manner, though soa
what hrLsque. "u
he was almost always smi,inr
when his eyes rested on Nav
lay on 4 couch I'm the drawin.
Blackjack, the smile faded frow
face. and he looked particularly a..
Miss HenwoOd, who knew bim'w,
saw immediately, by the eypresS,o.j
his countenance, that the illness ~
maltSter's daughter was somo.,s
more serious than she had ina
We'll, doctor?" she said, inoniriS
ly. But DR.. Rose only shook his h.
in rely.
rs she very iilT
yes; much o so than Won ind
inc"
WIZ Sne recover
with care and attention. she ma
but her whole nervous system has i
perienced n great shock. her bodv \
worn out with fatigue, and her mil
affected. She is in a critical position
What Is TO be done?"
THAT depends upon yourself
slow SOP"
If she has rest, freedom from all 4
element, good medical attendance al
great attention, she may recover /
"Of course she can have all thisy|
Il do not set the of course Wba1
does she liveg"
Il hardly know-Annadale, h
lieve." 4
"She will never bear the repy,
thither."
The removal thither! What il N
man talking about? She must renal
here. Of course"
And so 1t was settled that May Ri
ers-or rather May Gridley-should \
main an inmate at Rlackrvck, for MD
HenwoOd was u good-natured, Kind
hearted woman. and would wilingI
do all in her power 10 aid the received
OF the poor girl who had thrown bel
self upon her for protection.
A room was speedily prepared ID
her, and a few hours after her arriys
at Blackjack, poor little May lay
Il grand bed. standing in a luxnrioEl
furnished chamber, without KNOWN
whore she was or Ia whom she va
indebted for SO much Kindness.
Everything which money could pu
base, or kindness procure, was thief
To lessen the danger of her lines
and Miss Henwood herself was be
constant attendant, soothing the poo
girl in every way, m0istenlng be
fcyer-parched lips, and cooling he
aching brow.
Yet. after all. "Aunt Agatha knel
little or nothing Of her for whom Sd
was doing so much; but then, ts
little she did know was so much
her favour. that she cheerfully sl
rendered all her time to nursing III
sick girl.
DIR. Rose. too, was indefatlgabia
and many were the afternoons VINE
those two kind friends of Mays s.
at a little table opposite each otht
playing picquet, jut ready at u
slightest movement in the bed whel
the poor sufferer lay, TO start to the
feet and minister To her wants.
1t was a fortunate thing for on
heroine that she had gone to Blael
rock. for with less care and aftento
than she received there, a few GAY
would have ended her earthly sun
ings, and Ernest Hartrey would nav
returned To England to flnd, not
loving bride. but u ~grayestone 10 u
memory Of May, the wife OF 10n
Gridley.
Perhaps ii will be said such Woui
have been the best and happiest u
mination for them both.
And where was Ernest Ha,.ie
when her he loved so well wa pn
in his aunt's house, towering pe'"p
life and death?
He was speeding rapidly homewa.'
He was bowling yer the great osta
in a fine barque. before a fair M.s
with n Drowned face and . napp
heart: for he dreamed MS trouu.
near at end. and he looked ioi"a :
with delight to his meeting WIN :
darling May.
Yes-in less than a fortnislN .
hoped to clasp in Iris arms tha' a.
yohng girl whom he loved ~ ~,
and whom he intended with une :
possible delay to make his VIII. ~
Could he but have known an X
had happened-couh he but nave ,.oa
seen the crushing news when ,s"s
greet his arrival in England-hns rs N
would have been less ready, hS -
less frequent than IL was,