The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-26

rae knew lhat at tndl hpuI "a
would be from home, wandering in Tho
felds, perhaps, with her i.ttic boy, or
listing some of her old village friends,
} t'eeling strong in this hope, he hurried
IN toward the Castle.
He found Miss H|ethprinEton alone.
She was glad to sec him, but rated him
,oundly on what she termed his neg
,ect.
1T Is not for me to control sc If yc
lima wish to come, Johnnie Suther-
: and" she said. You're your own
y master, and ye can gang your own
y gait, but it's scarcely fair to Marjorie.
She's lonesome. poor lassie, and she
takes II i'll that ye come so seldom.
Miss Hetherington," returned Suth-
: erland, 81 stayed away not because
wished. but because l took too much
pleasure In coming. | love Marjorie.
I've loved her ever since l was a lad.
~. l shall love her till | die. |
Dat come before, knowing she had
~band; but it's for you to say now
yflethcr I may come In or not
For mef What do you mean, john
\ ale Sutherland"
y For answer he put both the letter
land paper In her hand. and bade her
n read. She did read; eagerly at hrst,
J but as she proceeded her hand trem-
! bled, the tears streamed from her eyes
and the paper fell from her grasp.
God forgive met she cried; its
IN evil thing to rejoice at the. death
\ of a fellow-creature, yet | Gamma but
: rejoice. He broke the heart Of my poor
BARN, and he tried to crush down me,
but Heaven be praised! we are both
\ free now. Johnnie Sutherland, you say
that you love her? Weel, I'm glad.
You're a good lad. Comfort her If you
can. and may God bless we BOTH
That very night Marjorie learned the
news from Miss Hetheringtor. The old
lady told 1t with a ring Of JOY in her
voice, but Marjorie listened with a
shudder. After all, the man was her
husband. Despite his cruelty, she had
once almost loved him; and, though she
could not mourn him as a widow
shN she tried to respect the dead
IlRut IL was only for a while: then the
| ~Spud lifted, and she almost thanked
Ia that she was free.
3 Sutherland now became a constant
|. visitor at tho Castle, and sometimes II
seemed to him and to Marjorie also
Eat their early days had returned; tn,
9Tame, yet not the same. for the ole
Castle looked bright and genial now
and ii was, moreover. presided over by
A a bright, genial mistress.
Y Things could not last thus forever
Marjorie knew it; and one evening sh,
I vas awakened from her strange dream
She had been out during the afternoon
with her little boy, and as they wer,
] walking back toward the Castle they
were Joined by Sutherland. For a tim'
! the three remained walking together
little Leon clinging on to Sutherland
hand; but after n while the child raj
\ On to pluck some flowers, and left thu
D two together.
\ How he loves you!' said Marjorie
A noting the child's backward glance; /"
don't think he will ever forget the rid
1 you gave him on the roundabouts a
b the Champs Elysees-you were yer.
/ kind to him; you were very kind to II
both"
She paused. but he said nothing
7 presently she raised her eyes. and sh
\ saw that he was looking fixedly at heI
N She blushed and turned her head aside
but he gained possession of her hand.
y Marjorie" he said. you know VIII.
. ! was kind to you, do you not? 1t wa
I because / loved you, Marjorie. l low
you now--I shall always love yoI; tel
| me, will you some day be my Wife,"
4 y The word was spoken, either for goo
por evil, and he stood like a man await
4 ing his death sentence. For a time sh
4 did not answer; when she turned he
face toward him it was quite calm.
y "Have you thought well?" she sale
81 am not what l was. / am elmos
an old woman now, and there is IN
Stpy;"
Iay Nor"
She turned toward him and put bot
her hands In his.
81 say Yes" she answered, wit
all my heart, but not %yet-not yet"
Later on that evening. when littl
Leon lay peacefully sleeping in his co
and Miss Hetherington was doing l
her easy-chair, Marjorie, creeping froI
the house, walked in the Castle ground
20 think over her new-found happines
alone Was 1t all real, she asked hel
self, or only a dream? Could 1t be tru
that she, after all her troubles, woul
ind so much peace? 1t seemed strang'
vet Il must be true. Yes, she was FIRE
ct last.
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