Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-02-11

II" pure as I: Si!ul anu tnat 1 KNOW
no other woman ut omrc so meek and so
i"iiN' $" noble and so humble. Looking
;t h'r. one feels how true and sweet n
w"hl:ns soul can be. Ict-oh. that l
should live To say it!-on my wedding day
l discovered something--it was no fault
"I hers. . swear-that parted us. Loving
her bilndiy, madly. with my whole heart
ana soul. l was still compelled TO leave
hcf. she is my wife in name only. and
can never Ice mere to me. yet. YOU under
stare. without any fanlt of hers"
." nat Il strange story said tl.c earl.
fh"i,sA'fn!N. But this barrier. this oh
S'ac!r-'an it ever he lcmovc,l:"
No.. answered Lord .Arleigli. "ncver..'
II assure You of my deepest sympathy"
S'i! ire earl. ut is II strange history
Yes. ard Il sad fate" sighed Lord Ar
ieish. "i"'l cannot understand my story
entirely. Wanting 81 full explanation. YOU
might fairly ask me- why | married with
This drawbacks. | did not know of it. but
my wife believed / did. We were bo,i,
most cruelty deceived. 1t does not mat
Ter NOW. Sh" is condemned 10 Il loveless.
joylcss life: so ann 1. With Il wife beau
tliui. loving. young. ] must lead Il most
solitary cNiStencc-I must see my name
Wv va WI IL WI j iluSt SUI I!IN
race almost extinct. my life passed in TO-
pining and misery. my hear; broken. my
days without sunshine. l repeat that it
is Il sad fate
III; is indeed" agreed the GARLAND
such a strange one. Are YOU quite sure
that nothing can lc lone to remedy it,
"tluitc sure" WAS the hopeless reply.
II can hardly understand the need for
: SgDnritinn Snnip,r tHnt thu. ,v;rn lnrsu1f
is hlamrlcss."
I'm this ease ii is unavoidable"
My story is 81 sad cnr.' observed Lord
Moun;dean. but it is not so sad as
| yours"
III" then told of his sad marriage, the
death of his young wife an! the strange
disappearance of his child. as the reader
/; Knows it.
Can Ven imagine my horror" he con
tinuci. when | found that all trace of
my child was lost: The poor doctor had
met with some terrible death. and The
woman VIII" had charge of my little one
had left the neighborhood. Can you i'm
aSine wllat this blow was to mo: Since
then my life has been spent in one unccas-
ing effort to find my daughter."
How strange. said Lord .Arlcigh.
aii N'hs NV Nv III llilIe Oh lne
nursc:'
Yes. She lived at a little place called
.Ashwond. | advertised for her. / offered
large rewards. but l have never Cleaned
the least news of her: no one could ever
find her. Her husband. ii appeared. had
hcen guilty of crime. My opinion is that
nei.hhorliood where she WAS known, and
t,.f hath s1n md mt dam. .l:I1 ..
dead"
1T seems most probable" observed
Lore! .Arlcigh.
10 her fate" said the earl. II should he
Il happier man. l have been engaged to
my cousin. Lady Lily Gordon. for four
years. hut l anlot make up my mind to
marry until l hear something certain
about my daughter. LII regard to YOUR
ease. l am II great believer in the good
old provrrh that two heads are better
Than one" replied llic earl. Il think it is
ins; possible that | Nigh, have some idr;
.ia, has not occurred To you: ! NIGH, SEQ
seine WHY on. of the difficulty TIM has
moi yet presented itself to you. Please
yourself ahou, IL: either trust me or not.
~. ye" viii: hut. il yrl do trust me. rely
upon it | shall find some WAY of llcl,.in-
.you.
Ill is a hopeless casc." observed Lord
.ir.o;gl. sadly. ii am lrii,c sure THAI,
even ii you knew all about il. yo1 would
NOT soc amy connfort fur me. Fer INV
wifc's sake / hesitate 10 tell YOU. ro; for.
my OWE
"iour wifr's secret will he as safe Will,
NE rs with ynurscif." said the earl.
-! ..nv,I -Lnt,rhi tbnt Ia ,,,n,l n,.
lips. Int, ! do trust yot." derlurei Lord
-ir!eish: "and il yo,. can SOC any WAY to
help ne. | shall thank heaven for the
first di: l met You. You mus, hold my
wife biamcic<s. Lord Mount,loan." he
went on. she never spoke untrutllru,,v.
She never deceived me: in; OIL our we'd
G;.s day / discovered that her fatiicr WAS
II convict-a lian of the lowest criminal
type.
Lord Moumtdcan looked as he felt.
shocked.
"l;u; how." he asked. eagerly. could
You he 81 dcccived:'
That l can never tell You: ii was an
act Gf ticnIish rcvcngc-cruel, ruthless.
trcacleroms. l cannot reveal the prrpc-
traitor. My Wife did not deceive me. did
moi even know that | had been dcceiycd:
She thought. poor child. that | was :c-
Irain,rd with the whole nj her fathers
story. but | was rot. And now. Lord
M"untdcan, tell me. do YOU think / did
wrong:"
lie raised his carcworn. haggard face
as he asked the question. and the earl
WAS disturbed ut sight of the terrible
pain in it.
CHAPTER NNIII.
Tie reason of his separation from his
wife revealed, Lord -Ar!cigh again put
the question:
''no Won think. lord Mountdcan. that
have done wrong:'
The earl locked at him.
NO" lie replied. Il cannot say that
Van have"
II thought you would agree witt, No.
And li"w. Mountdcan. ten ne, do you see
| amy escape from my diiliculty:"
II do not. indeed replied the carl.
III had one hope resumed Lord Ar
leigh: and that was that the father had
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