Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-02-04
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but for Il child like you. Rosie. to live
alone and work for yourself! 1t is in
comprehensive, and it is very dangerous"
Dear Wilfrid. l will never return to
Lambscote Hail."
"All right, Rosie! l will not ask You
again. l have made a great mistake i'll
life, and l must bear the consequences
of it by myself. But, at all events. You
will not deny me the occasional pleasure
and comfort of your society. YOU have
found friends in London. Who are they!
Where are you living. and with whom:'
At this question. which Rosie had fore
seen that sooner or later she must an
swer, she colored painfully.
Surely, Rosie. YOU are not ashamed to
tell meg"
Ashamed! L should think not. I am
only too proud of my friends, and all that
they have done for me-. Fancy, Wllfrld,
people so poor us to have to work for
their w bread. taking me in when l
threw myself on their protection, without
a word of remonstrancc without a qucs-
ton as to whether l should ever he able
to contribute my share toward the family
EXPENSES. Fancy their shel;ering me then
lAu lHClSS lCNNiN iIS nv ih'V ~ 0' -
a sister or n daughter. supporting me until
l was able to support myself, nursing me
in sickness, comforting me in sorrow, and
asking nothing, positively nothing, in re-
turn?"
II can hardly fancy it. Rosie. Such
open hnndedness is beyond the imagina-
ton of the nineteenth century"
But it is true-every word of it is true.
Shn bnc hnnp Tho 1nornSt friend md ciSfar
to me That ever an unhappy cir! was for
tnnate enough to light upon. She has
taught me how to bear my trouble, and
where TO look for comfort. She has borne
with my fits of impotence, with my
'She-shc-who is shc"' demanded Sir
Wilfrid, with IL smile. II thought I owed
my debt of gratitude to a whole family,
Rosie. but they seem to have dwindled
down into one"
"They are n family" replied the girl,
more composedly. There is her mother,
and Miss Prosser, and little Nellie. But
the friend I spoke of, the II who has
been all the world to me. Wilfrid, since
you saw mo last, is the daughter of Your
old landlady. Jane Warner"
For Il moment Rosie Ewcll was almost
frightened ut the effect which this name
seemed to have upon her brother. AS
she pronounced it he rose suddenly from
the chair on which he was sitting. and
stood gazing at her with n liked counte-
nance, as if he could not believe that he
had heard Alright. Then the dark blood
came pouring over his handsome face in IL
torrent of shame, until his very cycballs
were suffused with it. He was suffering
an agony of suspense. With the uneX-
pccted knowledge that his sister had been
living for nearly W years with the wom-
an he had deserted, came the conviction
that she must know all-Jane would sure
~ have told her. For men cannot believe
that where their hearts are concernct
women are as reticent as themselves. He
could not find q voice in which to express
his surprise. He could only murmur,
"Janc!-Jane Warner!!' under his breath,
as if the intelligence We're too wonderful
to believe. Rosie miStook his emotion for
anger.
Dear Wilfrid," she commenced, "you
are not angry with INC, are you? l know
that you had some misunderstanding with
Jane. and forbade me to mention her name
in your hearing. hut that was so long ago,
Nou surely must have forgotten it now.
And she has been SO good to mel cam
not tell you all her goodness. She is an
apgei. ii cvcr there was one.
An You have hcen living all this time
with Jane Warner. at Chelsca:" he said,
passing his hand ovcr his brow. like IL ma,
i'll Il dream. ut is incredible! Does Jane
ever mention mc!'
NEVER. unless it is to warn me-"
"Ilow To warn you:"
against doing anything that may dis.
please you. Wilfrid. Sometimes She says
.Nour brother might not like it, Your
brother might ~disapprove.' but that is all
She made me take the name of Fraser,
in order TO save YOU from annoyance. Jant
is always thinking of Others instead oil
herself"
'Itnsic." said her brother. after IL pause
Molscy Cottnrc:"
YOU ought to he able to answer tha'
question yourself. dear. I know of IL,
objection. if you don't. But perhaps i
would be better to ask James leave first.
will ynu ask her for me?:'
what AM | to say
THAT l want 10 visit you sometimes
That will be sufficient"
Very We'll" said Rosie. rising: ~ will
ask her, and tell you what she says
CHAPTER M.
Wilfrid Ewell OF Somerset House trcm
b!efl when his cab drew up ut the gate o
Wolscy Cottage and he believed that il
another moment lie should stand face t,