Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-02-11
you went 90 see HIM" echoed the earl,

You went 20 see lliin." echoed the eor1
in surprise.
"Ics; and / cave UP all hope from the
moment l saw him. He is simply ~ hand.
some rcprohate. l asked him il it W.,
true that he had committed the crime. and
he answered me quite frankly, Yes i
asked him il there were ANY cNtcn,,atirn
circumstances; he replied, Want ct
money When l had seen and spoken tc
him, l felt convinced that the step had
taken With regard TO my wife was n wis;
one, however cruel it may have been. NJ
man in his senses would Voluntarily adm,
Il criminals daughter into his family"
No; it is even Il harder case than !
thought it, said the earl. The onl,
thing can recommend is rcsignation.'
Lord Mountdcan thought that he would
like TO see the hap,ess young wife, ant
learn If she suffered as her husband did
lie wondered, too. what she could lie like
this convict's daughter who had hcpr
gifted with IL regal dover of grace ant
%beauty-th;s lowly born child of the PEG
pie VIII" had been fair enough to charm
the fastidicus Lord .Arlciyil.
Meanwhile Madeline WAS nil uncon
sci"lls of the strides that destiny was
making in her favor. She impressed upu1
her mother the need of the utmost rcti
ceiice. Margaret Dornham understoo,
from the first.
Never have Il moments uneasincss
MEadaline." she said. "i'rom the hour !
cross your Threshold until leave. your
fathers name shall never pass my lips"
III WAS Il little less dreary for MADELINE
when her mother was with her. Though
they did not talk much. and had but few
tastes alike. Margaret WAS all devotion,
all attention To her child.
She WAS sadly at IL iuss to understand
matters. She had quite expected to find
M:'''aline living at l:crclllrovc-she could
not imagine why she vas alone in WINS.
ton House. The arrangement had seemed
reasonable enough while Lord .Arlc!yh
was abroad. hut now that lie had returned
to England. why did he not rome to his
wife. or why did not she go to him: SHE
could not understand it; and as Madeline
volunteered TO explanation, her mother
asked for %
but. when day after day. she SAW her
daughter fading away-when she saw the
fair face lose it's color. the Eyes their
llght-wl,en she SAW the girl shrink from
the sunshine and the flowers. from all
that was bright and beautiful. from all
that WAS cheerful and cNllilarating-slic
knew that her soul was sick into death.
She would look with longing eyes mt the
c:llin. resigned face. wishing with nll her
heart that she might speak, yet not dar-
ing To do so.
What seemed to her even more surpris.
ing WAS that no one appeared to think
such :: state of things strange: and when
she n.lII Ilpnn nv tNiIiSt,,, M fn,., ,.,,;.,
she discovered that, as far as the occu-
pants OF the house were concerned, the
condition of matters was not viewed as
extraordinary. She offered 10 remark to
the servants. and they offered nonr tn
her. hut fro!n casual observations She
gathered that her daughter had never
acr! 10 H~crrlsgrovc. but had lived at Win
istnn al her married life. and that Lord
-Ar!cish had never brcn to visit her.
How was This: What did the terrible
pain in her daughters face mean? Why
WAS her bright young life so slowly but
surely fading away: She noted it for
some time in silence, and then she de-
cidrl To speak.
One morning when Madalinc had turn
cd with Il sigh from the cld-fashioncd gar-
den with its wilderness of flowers, Mar
garet said. gently:
"Madalinc. i never hear you speak of
the Duchess of HaZelwood. who WAS So
very kind to you. Does she never come
to see you:'
She SAW the vivid crimson mount to the
white brow. To he speedily replaced by Il
%l,allor terrible to behold.
';My darling." she cried. in distress, II
did not expect to ;rricvc YOU"
Why should ! he srievcd:' said the
-irl. quietly. 1.-The duchess does not come
10 see me because she acted to me very
cruelty: and / never write to her now
Then Margaret for awhile was silent.
How WAS She To bring forward the sub
icct ncarrs, To her heart! She east about
for words i'll which to express her
thoughts.
ITO he continned.>