Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-11-03

DeWllCl me. Inc money gel 5cOndl-
tionally only. am Of opinion that,
got as it has been by her, it could do
me no good, but harm. . ,
Wainwrigh hit 4 aturrally jumped to the
conclusion that the widow must have
amassed a1hoard by her: crafty extor
tons here and there, chiefly from
young people engaged in sweetheart
ing.
20, money is money" said he, thu
f;siastically, 'sand ifsmade in tile mint
lis bound to be payable. Get all you
can, Marian. never, mind out Of whose
pocket it COMES. No matter how tar
.nished, it will take fine polish. You'll
benefit all.the world by taking a secret
hoard and putting it into circulation.
These are bad times and we must not
throw the dispensati of Providence
back in her face. Get the. money at
any cost, take my advice, Marian-and
our Willie will marry thee any time.
I'll answer fort" tiE .:.5,
Marian was silent.
Now, come along; let us Co." said
Wainwright, forcing the crazy door
open (for it had been locked on the
outer side). :I'll not be hard on the
widow for a bit Of rent, and I'll mend
the window for her that I've broken.
We'll go look after her at once, Ma
rian." Sd.
They were just going to quit when
Joan appeared with a young man.
Marian could scarcely believe her own
eyesight, for that young man was no
other than Willie. Her heart, re-
bounded with hopeful JOY, and this
was intensified when he smiled reas-
sufingly. Was the supposed witch
about to assume the very panoply of
an earth-borns angel? a moment later
Willie and she were, in the witch's
eyesight, with her sanction and ap-
prevail clasped in each others arms.
"What!" beamed the senior VAIN
wright, "hast thou, Joan Jurdie, decid-
ed to reform thy character, and in
vented this as beginning?" ......
"Come into my house," said she,
with the superior manner of an host
ess. II will say what, 1 have to say,
and then trust to your wisdom to ac-
quit me of scandalous proceedings in
the past.' ! in ..
The three followed her into the
house, where she babe them be seated.
"Now," began she, s'the wicked witch
of Rossington is a childless widow, and
such she will to the end of her days
remain; yet she hath for long had
child upon whom she will always look
with eyes full of motherly love. Yes,
William Wainwright, l have watched
her for years, and now she is grown
up young woman, and it is about time
she came to terms with her.future hus-
band. At this opportune moment I
have brought thine own son forward,
and my dear miss all adjusting there
will not be so unl1ind as to refuse him.
Blessed be they when they are wed
ded; and may theirs be an eternal hap
riness. Long life to them. prosperity,
riches, and a good-looking little fam
ily." ~.
William Wainwright was delighted.
His face looked like gala-day. The
witch, thought he, had virtues like
other Rossington women, such having
only lain latent until the present hour.
He was agreeably surprised to find
that she did not mention past griev-
ances, for he had helped largely to
procure her accusation for witchcraft
before Hugh Childers at the town of
D. He now felt sure that her repu-
tation had been wantonly damaged.
She seemed to him to be almost too
forgiving to be human. Her memory
of past grievances could not possibly
have failed even in the course of this
remarkable rejoicing.
The ugliest and most grabbed person
is arrayed in lovely amenities when
she stoops to win our favor with great
gifts.
"Ah, Marian" remarked Joan. II
was painfully and Indignantly sorry
when found that you could not trust
me. Did you ever think that should
i'll repay you for visiting me and be
ing my nurse and comforter when
everybody else in the village spurned
me? How could have brought to you
a man-any man-whom you could not
love? Did I not already know what
man you were most agreed bic to? Yes;
and now he is here. l will yet make
you two joint possessors Of the $4,000
that have been secretly reserving for
you. The nephew of old Corney
drowned himself last MI ht in the Don"
"Old Corney!" caught up the senior
Wainwright.
Yes, old Corney: That was the Cos
sip who first dubbed me witch But
for him might have been the respect
able Mrs. Joan Jurdie' to this day
"That I can well believe said the
delighted Wainwright. He's said