Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-03

starve, pine and die Laughter
think. as you lie upon y.ner;; and
pallet, without q crust or d na lnould
purchase one, that you m,p psany 81
ranked with the first in tho asnt hare
beware how you ever com aug! Bu
house while | live! Were ! near u;
would treat you as tho N see you|
grant! You should starye on --LATEST val
step, perish with cold in ,bn ele doc.
fore you received either food ~ parS' b
from me! Think of that, mgr saeae
marry If You dare--if Won aaraaa,e; aud
The baronet was Transform.
passion. He clenched his Wit
shook 1t menacingly at his son s', and
"Your anger is quite nooa,
the lady has refused to marry $ sri
out your consent" Ae With
Affecting self-denial"' sneo.o,
Harold. Ernest, Ernest, are vow Ntl
n fool that you cannot sa svu such
your money and moi !. y NJ
wants? Without my COW ss|
she knows you will be penniloasat
under those circumstances, She y. aug
lagc b~eauty-the maltster's nria LUZ w
the ale house Keepers admira,,as' and
clines-yes. declines-the bonor : de'
alliance with you? It's oulte VI az
there isn't a doubt about itr, paul.
Just then there was a knoo,,u
the door. mug AZ
Come in" cried Sir Harold
\ servant entered.
"a man below, Mr.. Ernest. wick.
speak with you. He saws ha -
bearer OF important news" III
Doubtless n messenger frcr,
vulgar ladyloye; don't let mo az sel
YOU" said the baronet. "gut ,en'u
Der what | have said: 1t is yonr I
ey, and not YOU, she wants. Sha r., %
marry an ourang-outang if II had ~
gold" IVY
Ernest dared not trust himself 4
swer Sir Harold. He had striyen ~,
throughout the interview to res,,a,s
his temper. and 10 remember TINT !.
was his father with whom he was >.
yersing; and though more than ,Da.
he was in danger of forgetting him
self. still, on the whole. he fstto,aa
himself that his language had no, hass
wanting in that respect due from ! can
to a father, while he had. ut the sam.
time. clearly expressed his determine
tion TO make May Rivers his wife !
preference to the daughter OF the MAJ.
quis of Dorchester.
Sir Harold was dumbfoundad M
had not ANTICIPATED any ~oppostNp
from his son To the proposed marriage
and when the opposition came-1A \
the form, too, of an engagement can
tracted between himself md some m.
known country girl-it was a severn
blow to his prlde-a bitter pin Cor bin
to swallow.
Ernest, in the meantine had enterd
the Don where John tirldlay awaited
him.
You want 10 see me, my man."
lis you name Ernest HartryT
Most a~Ssuredly."
"rhen | have a letter for you"
"From @fomE'
at comes frltl Annadale."
'Giye it me- said Ernest, ea.err
and John GIidley produced the letter
which May had written, and handed
10 the young squire, who hastily bgaa
the seal and read the Contents Of ID.
epis;le which May had written in sui
agony of spirit, and which John Grid
ley had lead with n sardonie smile d
the parlor OF the shabby little inn
which he had taken refuge.
Eagerly John Gridley watched ID
others face as he peruSed the Letter
hoping To gather from its ~eypresaa
the chances in favor Of the success q
his scheme: bat he was disappointed
for Ernest Hartrcy, though be ys
sessed IN expressive Countenancf Al
not what Is usually called a tellSp
face.
He read Mays letter c@areiull
through.
was his father right, after aHE
asked himself. was it only his na
cy she wantcdF" and the thoush
crossed his mind that if such were Y
ease she was commencing early Ea'
her demands upon his purse.
1t was but n momentary thedsa
and Immediately repented OF. heA
in the letter the genuine eXpressol y
feeling which the most practleea nsF
critic cannot simulate; and ne asa
mined, without hesitation, lIat Y
money to free Mays father shOun y
Forthcoming. Ia,
But how and where was 1t TO @u
tanned?
Though supplied with q ilOefai :
lowance by his father. he haa ~.
accustomed to save, and his omh W.
did not contain as may shlhns'
May asked for pounds.
To appeal to Sir Harold w'us
worse THAI usrl SIS. He woula Nv
inclined to advance so large
without q reason being given, auI
show him Mays letter wouiu s.rs
adding to his conviction OF the ~ u
nary spirit which induced het ~
to become the wife of Ernest haa hi
do YOU know the substance
letter?" asked the young squie
bearer. N
NO answered John Gslae''
blush!nG'y. ..oy ersd
Can you wait until to-moi'V'
Ing for an answer! ..,shr
Il can wait as long as you s,asrs h
THAT is well. | will give or-thp
your being supplied win mint nj
you require, and you can REMAIN
house." =, mt "a
But i'm this the other Woui" sor,aud
sent; for he knew that ,he ciruu
with whom he. under the uou6
stances, would have TO nlA nj ID
speedily discover that IL N' and tb
which his dress betokeneo. .ad
his disguise would be peneua 00nId
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