Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-08-11
The Doom Of
DeanshQrst.
CHAPTER TX. continuea,

uttEul, III the W.T. pEfiHt vi iiiuhOod
and n of the handsomest officers In
the service. he had that in his manner
OF gentle courtesy yet suggestive Of lat
ent strength. which true wome rev
renee above all things in one Of tn,
opposite sex.
He had hitherto Schooled himself In
to the belief that love and iove-makin.
We're not for him, since he had no
menns TO keep u wife. ans lie had beer
content to do his devoir honorably al
an unattached knight In the great so
cial tournament
But Fate and Love are irresistible
Before he had met Clare Danvers tire,
times he had fallen hopelessly, ire
frievabiy in love with her. With he,
beauty Scarcely that: because. aparI
from q wealth of brown hair and
bright. honest-i00king brown eyes. she
had scarcely any pretensions 10 beauty
With her money! He did not know
she was rich until he had lost his
heart. With what. then? With her.
self. for herself.
Ask ank hundred lovers you please
why they love their sweethearts. Ask
yourself, good reader, what you saw,
VI Stfs III NWuIS-tkNt ItE UtIHsI tiG
people cannot sec. And then rest con.
tented with the fact that Oscar fell in
loyc with Glare Danvers. because She
was Glare Danvcrs and he Oscar
ltcane.
Ii proved n very notwithstanding bust
ness for them both. Before the season
was over. Oscar had betrayed his Sc
crct, and he knew that he was loved In
return Then the trouble began. she
was only eighteen, and would not be
her own mistress for three years to
come. Her parents would. to n GER
tainty, object to Oscar as u s0n-in-iaw,
either presumptive or prospective.
What was to he done?
Now, had Oscar been Stcollcn. he
would have excrted his influence in fa-
o OF u special license aud n honey
moon trip TO Paris, aud possibly Clare
would have consented To this summary
solution of the difficulty. But being Il
plain. straight-going solG.ss. he elected
to take what le deemed the only hon
ornble course open TO him. He called
upon Mr.. Danyers, and in plain, manly
terms told him exactly the position OF
affairs.
The effect of this communication up.
oil the father was TO convert him. 70.
tho time. into II very fair counterpart
of n raying lunatic. II Is unnecessary
60 repeat the language in which he Leld
Oscar and his ~''beggarly commission
mp te scorn, SACRED at his mercenary
motives and sworc at his presumption.
lie would rather sec his daughter In
her coffin" he vowed. than the wife
Of a pennilcss fortunc-hunter:" with
very much more TO the same EJECT.
lie finally babe his visitor 10 leave the
house and never darken his door again.
This mandate Oscar obeyed while he
had still. fortunately, some siifcis of
patience left: and then he ,..ade NJ,
his mind as to his course Of action. He
would exchange int a regiment Oh for
eien service. and leave the rest 10 time
aad fate. lie would not seek to fetter
Clare by any form Of engagement. She
was very young. and had seen 80 little
OF the world. and OF other men. Tat
she might. later ON, he glad Of her
freedom. III, WHEN she cant. of are.
She was still minded to m irry hic,,
then naught could or should stand he
tween them.
He could not bring himself could not
trust himself. to tell her this. ard.
therefore. he wrote Instead. Yet that
was the very time when he. consent To
ali elopement might Nest r. adily have
been obtained.
Her reply was short. and. to a keen
eyed. iess-scrupuloss hg.er, night
have appeared suggestive.
II am convinced" II ran, THAT you
are obeying what you deem the high
est dictates OF duty and honor: ant |
admire you tho more for il. because |
am sure that. were | a man. / shonld
not have the strength or mind 10 imi-
tate you under similar circumstances.
1 shall respect your wishes with regard
to considering myself as flee anil |
shall know how 10 make even papa re-
spect my own wishes Ia the same mat
ter.-C. d."
And so they had been parted for
more than two years. Once more os-
car was about to quit England-this
time under q cloud which would prob
ably oversladow his whole future life.
Most probably she had seen ~acconats
in the newspapers of what had han
pened at Deanshurst aud OF the reocat
trial. Had he any right now to revive
the memories OF two years ago? No.
he told himself, he must be 10 her ms
one dead
And yet. what would he not 1--WE -
see her once more. assCfc her with his
own lips or his innocence OF the crime
laid at his door. ere he babe flfewe,t
to her and 10 his native land?
The chapter OF accidents solved his
doubts, as IL selves 80 many problems.
Within W. days OF his departure from
Winchester he met her face To face IL
one of the narrow pathways which,
branch of from the Broad Walk in
Kensington Gardens. A rough-hai,ei
Irish terrier was her only escort.
Oscar"
Clare
The two names We're calculated sim
~ultaneously. ere either had time 10 con-
slider the adyisabiilty of n more formal
greeting. and he had taken her Two
hands In his, carcc knowing what he
did. Then. as though some u-secn
force were parting them. they both re-
c0iled a step and looked al one another
awkwardly, as though In doubt what TO
say or do next.
'lsafe has becp both kind and cruel
In guiding me acatss ynm path to-day"
said Oscar, With u brave, though not