Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24

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est IN you-my-my ardent regret that
fortune should treat you 50 unkindly, urges
me to risk making an ass of myself"
"You puzzle mel feel vaguely there is
something | do not quite understand be-
hind this sudden illness Of my poor grand
mother. Everyone seemed so sorry for me
and Lady Mary, who is kindness itself,
said she feared she had lost a great deal OF
money. Do tell me what you know. You
always seem to me to know everything"
II wish l did not know the present state
of affairs-and l wish you did not look as
If those grand eyes OF yours had been wide
awake all night"
Again she smiled, q somewhat tremuious
smile this time.
Indeed I could not sleep! was haunt
ed by the recollection of my many quar-
rels with grannie-who is really fond OF
me, and has been very, very good to me!
i must try int make up to her for the past"
Il can imagine that Mrs. Newburgh's
rule is of the iron rod order" said Captain
Lisle. Nor do | suppose that you are TOO
meek a subject! ] fear" he added, grave
ly, softly, that a terrible reverse awaits
her-and you. The speculation in which
she has invested her whole capital has
com TO grief-and / fear she has lost every
thing"
"How do you know"
"Sir Robert Everard told me all particu-
lars last night-when the other men had
left the s~moking-room. Mrs. Newburgh's
solicitor is also his. The sudden shock has
been too much for her. and brought on q
feverish attack"
do you mean to say that we shall have
no money ut all!"
II fear you will not! Everard spoke
oponly to me. knowing the interest | take
IN you, of which I hope you too are aware"
I'VE have always been very good
friends" she said, shyly, with quivering
lips.
Yes! and for that friendships sake /
am about to break my usual habit of not
interfering with what does not absolutely
concern me--to risk the snubbing you are
quite capable Of administering"
He paused, and gazed for a momen at
the delicate, downcast face opposite TO
him, his brows contracting in a sudden
frown.
"Why should | snub your" she asked,
without looking up.
w dll III Il uaNC nulcut1s VIII IOu "
lieve me when I say that l was rs ~sleepless
rs yourself last night My fancy-no,
am not an imaginative NANNY expert
ence, depicted all the hardship OF your lot,
for / have known dificulties-money din
culties; poverty, too, Is n hundred fold
worse for a woman, a proud, d~elicately
nurtured woman. like yourself; and for
you there Is no escape, such as a man can
And In a good appointment-I hope for one
myself in Indt. before many weeks are
over"
But women can work, too" she said,
wonderingly. why do you try to brighten
me;n
Because / want you 70 seize the only
way OF escaps that offers"
"Escapes Howl"
"Hear me Quit am going to rusi, in
probably like q f~ool-where Angels might
hesitate to tread; but l know what life is,
and I must open your eyes. After Everard
had told me all he knew, I went to my
room, and Warning. who had been DOING
over an evening paper"
WAS he q confident of orr tronb,es, too,n
she interrupted. with = slight curl Of the
lip.
He was-that need not Affect ron.
Waring followed, and ASKED for . few
words with me. You know what q shy,
awkward fellow he n. Web, I was amazed
% his c~learness and ~1ucncy--rray hear me
ont. He said he came 20 consult me, know
ing that I had been on tolerah2y intimate
terms with Mira. Newburgh and yourself
IN last season-iu short he confessed
what I already R~nessed-that be was des.