Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-08
aLOVER 0fTHE Day.
CHAPTER XXX1l.
The Barrier Is Broken.

DrOtnef WIG was utup, anu b""e -
was left in a penniless condition, with
blind and deformed baby, the strong
sisterly love which had waned when he
was in what she considered dishonor-
ably fiourishing circumstances revived
In all It's strength.
Sholto dwelt at length and with mucn
pathos in his letters on what ne termed
the "meancholnes5 Of the cross whlch
was laid upon the child and himself,
especially himself. He likened the luck
less baby to the old man OF the sea, 70
loathsome leech which nature had
fastened upon his life, and which would
slowly but surely suck that life away
and enfeeble 1t out Of all power OF 40
ing wholesome, heartfelt work III the
meantime. He also referred with
sort Of gentle and resigned bitterness
10 the pitiable part his old love Patrice
had played in the dream OF his ne
IF she had only been true TO the
natural instincts of hel pledge to me !
should have been a different ana nap
pier man to-day. As 1t Is she broke
with me over cortemptably tlFla'
question, with the result that J 'rled 10
End in money what love had caprlously
denied to me. You know that my mar
ried life was a long-drawn expla-
ton OF my folly in having entered upon
It in haste And now there Is the chiIu'
Maggie. dear, 1t seems destined 20
iniure and blight me in every way, As
II It's existance were not enough, 1t IS
already a stumbling block in the pain
TO Lena Cumberland arriving at q pet
ter comprehension Of me and my SEN
sftiye instincts and motives, You know
that | am no believer in the first being
either the only or the best love OF q
mans life. therefore | don't nina al
hitting to you that Lena would nave
more than -llaced me for the loss Oh
patrice. but-nO woman would solace
me for the loss of the means ana posi-
ton which alone car make life endur-
able TO me. Now that | am ready ana
anxious TO marry Leno and make her
as a reasonable man who isn't revolt
ingly Hide can make reasonable wo-
man. she sets This CHASTITY child up be-
tween US and swears thai she will keep
Il with her. maintain and provide for
It az If It were her own. | have expos
tulated and pleaded my love for her IN
vain. She is as selfish as Patrlcc, as
selfish as the majority OF her sex, you
being the bright exception to the MD
eous rule Of self which sways most ~
them Perhaps you may be able 10 in
fuence her? Perhaps you may also be
able 10 influence Sir Andrew TO rein
state me in the appointment which !
resigned when Patrico drove me into
that indescribahly miserable marriage
poor boy, lie "a very wrctche1,
his sister said, compassionately, When
she read this. but she could not help
feeling, in spite Of the funess Of her
compassion. that in his wretchedness
Sholto hit very hard at everything thar
WIS deFcnselcsa ana weak around him
especially the baby
However she eXarted influence 90
such good effect that through Sir And
rews influence Sholto soon found him
self occupying q very lucrative post in
another city house, and once more That
vision Of "orNo"use "n'eh NJ -" ~ 7
conJured up "neh 'A'usS "''' p's S
lhS quite smoo'''F WIN H''" '''''''
mo space ,,...,,..
ms He'eru'''''''on " push "'''',,'' 49,
10 IaNoIdo'' pun. ""'S
strengthened rom 'p,s ''iN'. NJ ,,'1.
he heid' the way ne "'eo H. os''",,
win ""ehp interest '"n"' n''' y w. ~
OF marx IN 'he lo,1l p'H'''', -" =
when ne moved Nt''' N"''' ~ W
returned AS the uhiS'.''' n'e'uo'I w.,
one OF the clty "'N'S'' ms anu ''o'' '''''
llme ne swan SO S'h"N',S over '"I r.,
Of pubic NE that ne hau l,ih' 70 mum
OF women tn connection WIN ."'' an"
marriage again. lhe t''I was ne wan wan
ed to have handsome an" pe'", ''u'
wife to adorn IT, ana ne eoo,a 'h'hN %
no better Tor the purpose lhou L'"'
Cumberland.