The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-06-10

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One night he goes home intoxicated
by the memory of a round, white arm
about his neck and the pressure of soft,
warm lips to his own. A week later,
one hour before midnight, he crosses
the river in his little brown. wherry.
On the big rock which serves for a
pier man and woman await him.
Darlington carries valise in each
hand. They enter the wherry, and An
drew pulls swiftly and silently down
the river. In about an hour they come
to small cove, where commodious
sailboat is tied to a ring in the rocky.
shelving bank.
They go aboard this, the little wherry
is fastened astern. the sails are unfurled
and on they go, dancing lightly out into
the waters of the bay.
At nightfall of the next day they
come to great city. Darlington and
the lady go ashore. Some purchases are
to be made here, and Darlington is to
see man who will buy the boat-this
is what they have told Andrew. In the
meantime he is to wait with the boat
until their return, when they will all
go aboard the great ocean steamship
whose black tunnels rise from a neigh
boring wharf.
Andrew is not particularly pleased
that harrington is to accompany them,
but nothing can dampen the joy of his
belief that she loves him, and he can
never forget that her lips have touched
his own. The poor boy is quite daft for
the time and does not dream that he is
being duped.
The city clocks are striking 10, when
ragged street gamin crosses the wharf
and halls Andrew.
''Hi, there! Be your name Russell?"
Andrew mods, and the boy hands him
note.
"a big swell up town sent this to
yer.
Andrew takes the note and tears it
open. He knows, of course, that the
"big swell'' is Darlington. The note
reads as follows:
When you read this we shall be aboard an
outward bound express. Goodby, my dear
boy. Many thanks for your gallantry Mr..
harrington makes you present of the boat as
roWdIu IOT your SURVIVES ". p
For moment Andrew stares at the
note in dumb amazement. His brain
reels. The letters dance blood red before
his eyes. He staggers down into the lit
tie cabin and throws himself PROSTATE
upon the floor. He breaks into great sobs
which shake him from head to foot. To
be fooled, played with, cast aside, when
he had served their turn!
Oh, the bitterness, the grief and rage
in the boys hot heart as he rolls to and
fro upon the cabin floor!
All night long he battles with this
first great trouble In the morning he
rouses himself and goes up into the city
to find purchaser for his boat, for the
sight of it is hateful to him, and he
must have money to get home with. He
sells it for $3.50, which is pretty sum
for poor lad. At noon he has sun
stroke and is conveyed to the city hospi-
tai.
When he comes out of his stupor, he
finds himself under arrest for being the
accomplice of an adventures. He learns,
|. to his horror, that Cars Ferris is Madge
Delaphine. That she engaged herself as
companion to little, miserly old wom-
an. That she and Darlington, who is
her lover, planned the old woman g
murder, in order to obtain possession Of
the money and jewels which she hoard
ed about her. That Madge Delaphine
accomplished the murder by means of a
subtle poison, packed the body into a
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house, where it was buried in the cellar.
The very trunk which Andrew fer
ried across the river! Andrew is taken
before magistrate, where he tells his
story, emitting the love passages. But
the magistrate is an astute old man and
reads between the lines and pities the
lad.
''The woman and her lover have been
arrested. want you to identify her. :"
He opens the door to an inner room
and utters an exclamation Of dismay.
There, PROSTATE upon the floor, with
her jeweled hairpin stuck through her
heart, lies Madge Delaphine quite dead.
Is this the woman?"
Gears Ferris had dark hair" returns
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The magistrate lifts wig of dark
hair from table near by.
A very simple Disguise he says
and motions Andrew back to the outer
room, where, after few more ques-
tions and some fatherly advice, he dis
misses him. The misery of Andrews
journey home is boundless.
When he reaches the familiar spot, he
is taken i'll and for weeks is delirious
with brain fever. Jen Hardy is his pa
tient and faithful nurse. To Andrew it
seems as if the memory of his folly
must torture him forever, but as the
months go by the shame and agony die
away little by little.
Jen, faithful soul, believes in him
and loves him. He is young and the
world is fair and life is pleasant after
all.
So, gradually he returns to his old
allegiance, and it all ends as it should
with wedding. Dublin World.
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