The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11

! hepherd's soothing answer.
No, dear; nothing that do shall .
ever separate you from him. You don't ,
think could be so cruel and treacher
Gus as to do such thing"
The promise had to be many times re.
peated during the days which followed.
Sitting alone in the softly lighted IL
brary one evening, sad professional of
banished dreams and remembrances
passed themselves with intrusive per-
sistence before her backward mental
glance. In final desperation she
turned the light to its full and took
up the leading society paper from the
table.
For moment only her face flushed
with the light of secret pleasure. There,
in clear but dainty Typography, was the
last poem which she had written. The
next moment her expression mirrored
the changes OF anger, grief, moral re-
sentiment and Indignation and finally |
betrayed conflict of all these i'm
pulses She leaned back in the chair,
closed her eyes and sat motionless, !
without a sign of consciousness save the |
dropping eyelashcs.
The cause? At the bottom of the poem
was the signature Phoebe. When at
| last she arose from her lethargy she
made hurried examination of more
| papers. There she found other Of her
| poems with the same false signature at
tached 1t was little sleep or rest that
came to her eyes until she had possessed
herself of the principal elements in her
complication of conscience. These were
that the ambitious mother had placed
the poems with the various editors, leav
ing the latter with the well defined inn
| preston that they were the work Of her
daughter. This impression became gen.
orally communicated to the social cir
Giles in which the Graveses moved and
the compliments which were brought to
the young woman were certainly not re-
PEELED. The invitations and attentions
received by the daughter were fiatter-
ing and Mrs. Graves was apparently
happy in the success Of her shrewd
movement.
One moment Miss Shepherd was ex-
ultant with determination to follow a
!, high sense of duty and reasoned with
herself:
eyes must expose the whole thing.
It is base, dishonest, oppressive and cor
rupt 1t is worse than stealing. 1t viii
be an awful ordeal for all, but l must
| expose the wickedness Of it" The next
, | moment she would temper her high de-
D termination with the reflection, But
what about my promise to Phoebe? To
Q | expose that sham would be TO put an
0 end 10 all relations between Frank Hy-
: att and the poor girl. He would despise
: her forever and her mother more than
4 she. All their wealth would'not weigh
: with his impulsive Judgment and fine
J. sense of honor against such hollow
h and revolving sham, and it would crush
s the child. Then Mrs Graves bought the
poems and only the signature Of
Phoebe was attached, just as any pei
5. name might have been had 1t not nap
pened to have been the given name O
her daughter "
Is One day, while passing the publica
II ton Office of the society paper III whlci
: the poems of Phoebe had appeared, TIT
I. impulse togo in, have an interview VIII
% the editor and end the whole cruel strug
ole seized her. She entered the corrldo
l. of the building and was walking TO IN
S. elevator with the desperate haste OF on
ID fearful that courage might give place I
hesitation when a cheerful voice eS
1 claimed:
or "Oh. Gracel Pardon me for stoppln
a you, but l wish to see you Tor mo
ment. Would You mind stepping over I
III the Masonic temple moment WIN ht
a We can have an opportunity to chat
freedom and seclusion on one OF thos
1 inviting benches in the corridor Oh Il
go upper floor. That place is perpetu,
~ inspiration to me. Its height seems
proyoke in me a corresponding elevatio
er Of Thought. | do some of my best thlnl
al ing Oh those benches, where L can pe'
ne over the rail into the depths below.
> She silently acceded to his sugge
IL ton.
to "Isn't that as artistic as an old fasl
IT, toned hearthside settler" he asked
III thew took seats on one OF the o.
benches First" he continued,
ey want to tell you of the disgusting tri'
re that the Graveses are guilty Of you III
not know it, but was out to lunche'
nd with the editor of Society the other I'll
ur and he told me that
lite eyes, know all about that int
Ior rupted his companion: til. H..
lyon dol Well, / shouldn't ma
OF been surprised, for it's just IKE 20
lea generosity and forbearance 10 sune SUM-
thing like that for the sake OF o.h'
ell and the fear of injuring their feeiiht
m But wouldn't have your consclen u,
IN not for an interest i'll The Century MA
lite azine or bicycle mandatory, 1t sil
I'VE ply sickened me, and I've not oeeh
no. their house since, you know.
om "But, Grace, that isn't beglhni
ses nf what want TO say to YOU Leu
rse finish now. Ever since you tied my
ant scarf for me at recess that winter =
+" in the old Gray Willow schoolhouse
lcl | I loved Won, BuU ~