Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-11-03
and SO strong is my liking for thee
that thou sha r.. b. We !. .nla Cnrnau,s

that thou shalt have old Corney's
hoard to-morrowSif & hou wilt promise
TO ma rry they Dung man Ihave, chosen
for thee. Bless thee, baif1! lam not
so skinny of purse as am Of flesh
Slut, Mother Jurdie, don't youknow
that can marry only William Vain
wright's son, Willie? And then, be-
sides, I cannot accept what you got
from old Master Corney, because I
dom t, thinksy on got it honestly, =.
+ "Bah! what do you know about it.?
Not honestly got, indeed!" ~
SWELL, was it honestly got?"
"My dear, perhaps it was not, but
this money viii honestly spend, j and
that is the chief thing. Corney had a
nephew living at D; wild young
fellow enough, he was. He did not
know his old uncle had this hoard,
whereas did. My demand and threat
brought success, and I suppose Cor
ney did not repent of his softness IN
til the nephew, with tears in his eyes,
came appealing to him to help him out
of difficulty. By that time the old
man was well in my hands; but out of
revenge he spread the tale that was
witch, and after that all the human
donkeys hereabouts suspected me of
being the cause of all the mischief
that came into the villa Yes, dear,
I confess have had my hand in dirty
matters but Corney has had his re-
venge, So what matters;it:?
SIS it tooelate> t O let his nephew know
that he shall have the money for the
fetching ?"' A. Il. j. = 80
Gle shall never have it in this world,
so you hear! But you, my dear, shall
have it on that day. you promise to
marry the man L have in my minds
eyes for you. Think, Marian, how very
nice it would be to set up housekeep-
ing as an independent lady" T., -
''With that money? Mother Jurdie,
I should be as badly off as any pau
per-" ~-* .>e p
whist. child! Ye vex me now"
"Don't let me vex you, mother"
81 am vexed enough already, for my
purposes are crossed by one in whom
1 have taken a great delight and
watched grow up from childhood as
though she had been mine own. In this
thing swear I will have we obedient;
and now my mind is fixed, can make
you marry this man, forrmy force of
will is greater than thine"
Marian trembled. Joan saw how she
she became more rigidly determined
to carry out her own designs.
"My child" said she, "I'll never let
you out of the house until you promise
to marry this man. I am going to
fetch him presently"
No wonder that Marian felt faint.
Perhaps Joan had son or nephew
that she had never talked about to
anybody, but kept in the background
This thought chung to the sensitive
girl like a nightmare. It bore her
down, and a clammy perspira ton
broke out all over her body. She dis
trusted Joan Jurdie now, and was in
mind with all Rossington about her.
Beseeching Joan to have mercy proved
to be Of no avail. for she said over and
over again: NAY, nay, nay. not till
have brought thy bridegroom here"
AS a prisoner, Marian began to call
out, and at last Joan looked fouIly an
cry. Suddenly the girl tainted away,
fell down on the floor, and was par
tally restored by dash of cold wa ter,
after which she was put to bed and
left to right herself. ..-
Marian was not wideawake until
eight o'clock in the morning. She
arose, with a full remembrance of
what had happened, and looked all
over the house for Joan. But Joan had
gone, and the door was locked. The
man came for his weeks rent while the
fair prisoner sat bordering. He
thumped al the door until he was tired,
not thinking that the tenant had be-
come deaf but obstinate. Marian
heard him say: "By the Lord, I'll
evict her now! All the village has
been praying me to evict her for the
last five years. Out she goes this very
morning, the old she-devil!" Forth
with, he came to the window, smashed
it in, entered, and found Marian. She
had tried to hide herself. but in vain.
The arrival was William VAIN
wright, and he owned the cottage.
"What! you here ?" cried he, in state
of ineffa BILE surprise: won't l tell
your mother, Marian Dolfn! Where is
this old she-devil, your entertainers"
4 80, Mr.. Wainwright. : am in such
"a sorry plight, and am right glad you
have come to set me free
. 1--we come for my rent" he said, with
some asperity.
eth see you get it, only let me out
of this
"Hussey! It's all fine fun for you
reckoning you have got trapped. Don't