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

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destroyer OF ali my hannine Is
him." NE fo
Yes, yes, my poor child. s,,. v
Henwocd. soothingly. ..Ho sa'u NJ
hurt you. | will take care ~ suall 1
"Oh. thank yo%u-thant uial'
much. My headv she exch,m inv, u
she raised her hands TO her .he eu, y
temples. and then sank down srsa
ed. "n exla0
All the color had fled from
She was CHASTITY pale. ana hn sr s
beat SO reebIy, that more tb.a pu|
Ernest Hartrey's aunt thou man q
poor, suffering girl had brea,la.. (
last. a'ned =
Tenderly she bGthed Der och,.
head. and sought to restore ,ha 10
lation To those numbed ,in me en-
arter "hiie' success rewarded her
No sooner had Miss Hepvooa
ceived how seriously i'll the ma'a
daughter was than she desna,oh's1
OF her servants on horsebacr nc,
back a doctor from Chiches,e- VI
DIR. Rose was a merry. nlum, i
man, with large eyes, white hama.
an agreeable manner, though
what hrIsque. Sq
He vas almost aiways smn,.
when his eyes rested on Nav :.
lay on a couch in the drawlny =,
Blackrock. the smile faded from
face. and he looked pa rticularly ~.
Miss Henwood. who knew him..
saw Immediately. by the eynrasa,l1
his countenance, that the illness ~
maltster's daughter was soms,.S
more serious than she had ima",s
Well, doctorI" she said Mans
ly. But DIR. Rose only shook his /
in RELY.
us she very il?"
Yes; much more so than you I'M
inc"
will she recover"
with care and attention sba y
but her whole nervous system has
perienced a great shock. her bod1
worn out with fatigue. and her =
affected. She is in a critical nasl,.1
what IL 10 be done?'
THAT depends upon YOURSELF
GLOW 500"
If she has rest, freedom from all
element, good medical Attendance
great attention, she may recover,
"Of course she can have All this
II do not e the 'of course wi
does she live:"
Il hardly know-Annadale,
lieye."
"She will never bear the rena
thithe-."
The removal thither. What h
man talking about? She must reu
here, OF course"
And so IL vas settled that May
ers-or rather May Gridley- should
main an inmate 1t Blackjack, fer
Henwood was n g0od-natured.
hearted woman. 1nd would will
do all in her power 10 aid the reoj
OF the poor girl who had thrown
self upon her for protection.
A room was speedily prepared
her. and a few hours after her ard
at Blackjack. poor little May ll
Il grand bed. standing in a ~luxurid
furnished chamber, without knot
where she was or To whom she
indebted for so much kindness.
Everything which money could
base, or kindness procure. Was
TO lessen the danger Of her ill
and Miss Hcnwond herself was U
constant attendant, soothing the I
girl in every way. moistening
fcver-parched lips, and cooling
aching brow.
Yet, after all, Aunt Agatha n
little or nothing of her for whora 4
was doing so much: but then, h
little she did know was so mug x
her favour. that she cheerfullyl N
rendered all her time to NURSING "a
sick girl.
DR.. Rose, too. wns indefatig pa
and many were the afternoons z
those two kind friends Of May 10
at a little table opposite each q
playing picquet, Jut ready al
slightest movement in the pen
the poor sufferer lay, TO start o
feet and minister 10 her wants n
Ii was a fortunate thing ~ =.
heroine that she had gone 10 :.
rock, for with less care AMI aug ~;
than she received there, a rev H.
would have ended her earthly nj
ings, and Ernest Hartley would
returned TO England to nhu' fer
loving bride, but u grayestone Net
memory of May, tie wiie Et
Gridley. ESt
Perhaps IL will be said such kl
have been the best and happN11 Va
mination for them both. ~
And where was Ernest ny
when her he loved 50 wei va
in his aunt's house. hoyerlns
life end death?
He was speeding rapidly noa
He was bowling over the sisI.
in a fine bargue. before an" Nv
with a Drowned face anu : Mi
heart: for he dreamed ms sn,
near mt end, and he lookeu srn
with delight to his mestins ~
darling May. .,} fAar
Yes-in less than a io ~
hoped to clasp in lrs arls n
Young girl whom he loysa n
and whom he intended wi.n
possible delay to make MS s.s
Could he but have KNOW ssr IAN
had happened-coud ne pu, ch
seen the crushing news " -,
greet his arrival in Engiana II ams
would have been less reaos sssr
less frequent than II was, uhls Inoss
Had any one dared to VIII M
him that May, his May. was .I1I DR
of another. he would = 5sz
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