The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-07-09

turned, lightly; II am quite sure tho decision
will he in my favor"
And those words, so wickedly, so blasphe-
mously false, were the last he ever spoke to
her.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
DYING In SIN.
Captain Langton left Lady Darrell at tho
door Of the porch, and went round to the
stables. He was q man as utterly devoid Of
principle as any man could well be, yet tho
untrnths he had told, the false testimony he
had given, the false oat.ls be had taken, had
shaken his nerves.
II should not care to go through such a
scene AS that again" he said-'to stand be-
fore two women as before my judges"
He found his hands unsteady and his limbs
trembling; the horse lie had to ride was a
spirited one. The captain half staggered as
he placed his hand on the saddle.
II am not very well,' lie said to one OF the
grooms; go to the house and tell Frampton,
tho butler, to bring some brandy here"
In a few minutes the butler appeared with
a tray, OH which stood bottle and glass.
"This is some very old brandy, sir" he
said, "and very strong.n
But Captain Langton did not appear to
heed him, he poured out half u tunblcrful
and drank 1t, while the butler looked on in
amazement.
ut is very strong, SIR" he repeated.
Il know what ! am doing" returned the
captain, with an oath.
He was dizzy with fear and with his after
success; he shuddcred again as lie mounted
his horse, and the'memory Of Panline's face
and Pauline's words came over him. Then
he galloped off, and Frampton, turning to
the groom, with q scared face, said:
IF he gets home safely after taking SO
much of that brandy, and with that horse, l
will never venture to say what I think
again."
Lady Darrell returned to the library, where
she had left Pauline. They looked at each
other in silence, and then Lady Darrell said:
Ill believe in him, Pauline; lie cannot
be what you say"
Miss Darrell rose and went up to her; she
placed her in a chair, and knclt at her feet.
you do not believe what l have told
youP" she questioned, gently.
II cannot; my love and my faith arc all
his"
II have done my bcst,' said Pauline, sor-
rowfully, land l can do 10 more. While l
live / shall never forgive myself that l did
not speak sooner, Lady Darrell. ElInor, 1
shall kneel here until you promise to forgive
me-"
Then Lady Darrell looked at the beautiful
face, with its expression Of humility.
pauline" she said, suddenly, II hardly
recognize you. What has come to you?
What has changed youP"
Ior fono orfy,,cp,, with lpf N1ueboe. Co,,1;ro
answered her.
at is to me" she said, ''as though q vail
mad fallen from before my eyes. l can see
my sin in all Its enormity. l can see to what
my silence has led, and, though you may not
believe me / shall never rest until you say
that you have forgiven me-"
Lady Darrell was not a woman given to
Strong emotion of any kind; the deepest pas.
sion OF her life was her love for Aubrey
Langton; but even she could give some faint
guess as to what 1t had cost the proud, will
full Pauline to undergo this humiliation.
\ II do forgive you" she said. mo matter
how deeply you have disliked me, or In what
way you have plotted against me, | cannot
refuse you. l forgive you, Pauline"
Miss Darrell held up her face.
"Will you kiss me?" she asked. 81 have
lSNNl AliASiC tiiAt kJ'IuCSL IL I'LL lily HE before.
but ! make 1t now"
Lady Darrell bent down and kissed her,
while the gloom of the even fell round them
and deepened into night.
IF I only knew what to believer Lady
Darrell remarked. First my heart turns to
him, Pauline, and then it turns to you. Yet
both annot be right-one must be most wick
ed and most false. You have truth In your
face-he had truth on his lips when he was
talking to lie. Oh, if I knew-if l only
knewp'
And when she had repeated this many
times, Pauline said to her:
Leave it to Heaven; lie has agreed that
Heaven shall judge between us, and it will.
Whoever has told the lie shall perish in it,
So some hours passed, and the change that
had come over Lady Darrell was almost pitt
full to see. Her fair face was all drawn and
haggard, the brightness had all left it. 1t
was as though years of most bitter sorrow
had passed over her. They had spoken to
her of taking some refreshment, but she had
sent it away. She could do nothing but pace
up and down with wcaried step, moaning
that she only wanted to know which was
right, which TO believe, while Pauline sat BY
her In unwearied patience. Suddenly Lady
Darrell turned to her.
"What is the matter with mesn she asked.
II cannot understand myself; the air seems
full Of whispers and portents-it Is as though
| were here awaiting some great event, What
an ! v waiting forY"
They were terrible words, for the answer
to them was a great colnmotion in the hall
the sound of hurried f~ootstcps-of many
voices. Lady Darrell stood still in dismay.
"What Is it?" she cried. "Oh, Pauline, ]
am full Of fear-I am sorely full of fearl'
It was Fralnpton who opened the door
suddenly and stood before them with a white,
scared face.
"Oh, my lady-my ladyp' he gasped.
s"Tcll her quickly" cried Pauline; do you
not see that suspense is danscrous??"
zone of the Court servants" said the but
Ter at once, In response, returning from
Audleigh Royal, has found the body of Cap
tain Langton lying in the higl-road, where
his horse had thrown him, dragged him, and
left him-deadl"
.Heaven be merclful to h,ml' cried Pau
line Darrell. "Ha has died in his SIM"
But Lady Darrell spoke no words. Per
haps she thought to herself that Heaven lad
indeed judged between them. She said moth
ing-she trembled-a gasping cry came from
her, and she fell face forward on the floor.
They raised her and carried her up stairs.
Pauline never left her; through the long
night-watchcs and the long days she kept
her place,by her side, while life ana death
fought dielcely for her. She would awake
from her stupor at times, only to ask about
Aubrey-if it could be true that he was dead
and then seemed thankful that she coult
understand no more. +.
They did not think at first that she could
recover. Afterward Doctor ,Hclmstone tod
her that she owed her life to Pauline Oar.
rolls unchanging love and care
CHAPTER xL.
THE WORK OF AToNEMENT.
The little town of Andlelgh Royal had
never been so excited. 1t was such a terri
Die accident. Captain Langton. the guest OF
Sir Peter Glynn, 30 soon to be master Of Oar.
rell Court-a man so handsome, so accom-.
plished, and so universal a f~avorlte-to be
killed in the gloom OF all autumn night, on
"a a