Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-03-24


always IL. your friend. | shall always.
thr"usa ..nol and evil. through Joy aMd
sorrow. ~ true Il" You us ever l have been.
hut a! all d.arrr hope there can he nn
UicS''nn aow. That is ail-,iniSl,cd. II
your ,h,,r, is sivcn TO another. ever
tlioug, ~ h" dead. ,hcrc is II" place i'll 1T
for M I cnnnot say 1 will try To forget
y",i-filAi - impn>siblc-but ut least | will
never ;,,," YOU 10y ANY recurrence to this.
~" vi; !.,;icvc me-"
"Ye>. t%fnnc"." she answers softly, 81
do. Em ,rr so good and true.
"t'o. w,rd mor..' he says nj last. "Yn-
land. | ,u.,i tell what yau tnrniionrd; ii
is 10. I,i' TO cnncra! il any Longer. Nf
rol,rs' .rsr illness would !m !; gocd OK
rll>c IN rrur not speaking s:aacr. What
tin'r i'll ic-lcave you:"
iii mrst have been five. or Il little at
ter" ,,swrrs Yolanir. t~urnim. her white
face away.
And 1t what direction did liz cog"
HI tod. thu patti, that leads from the
brook "a, /. the heart ui the ws:u!. she am
swcr,, WITH pni,,fnl effort AZ srls-co.M-
maud.
"Ysat vi. All YOU know. then" hr %intcrro-
gated -..nihins that gave you any clue
Ia his .ninntinn: +: ,tr not wan, In pain
you. l 80, ant. ir ! i,u't ask these n.,rs-
items. .t'.,.rs will. This mystery mast bc
solved. q ;v"s>ii,ir."
II l.""e, yun mran it for Me ics,." she
sdls n,o uHnfuiiy. .'hut ! ca,. give you no
cl;c 80 MS after Intentions. We quarrel
ell and 'nrtcd. That is all."
R.. ~i,,.;ing ut the change in every line
of ths ;.trly. smilin. face. IL, ,i.e havoc
,ri,i,,i, ..., ,,j -utr;n, i,y. ...,-i,
in thu fresh sweet iea":y "f This .irl to
whom, al: his loving. passionate heart is
givcn. | ,acr mlrm,.s. with terrific fore
boiling:
"Aiii Dh. hravrm. if it ni'y were"
i.ancr walks rapidly to the village. He
know, h, has a l;stastcfui duty 10 per-
form. ,u.i he longs To 80: it over. AT the
Mcrvy.t Arms a group of men are stand
ing. am,"s. them the police inspector. who.
slice III. :nystcry nj Ibenzil C!ar:cris' dis
Appearance. has been burrnwing for infor-
ma;i"n n every direction. likely and UNI
likely.
lie .,sr.url with great Alteration 10
Lance S'nulctnu'S account Of what Yo-
innir h,a todd .ni,n-listens witt, II cruel
glitter n The dnwn.ast green eyes that
seldom ;.,ris any nur in the face. and with
u >ISti>inh aWaktultiS anu prtiHllcillE ms
mind winch. il Lance had l.u, known il.
would i,ar.. insured the oily SIP: Il sound
kicking from that impetuous young man.
THIS IS very Important he say at last
VERY Important. indeed. sir. Why has
the ynur; lady suppressed these facts so
tong?'
"Ss,.. nns been i'll. you KNOW" answers
Lance.
"Hnnph-ill. The il!ncss WAS rather
sudden. was it mott" asks tho inspector
anab'y and forthwith he draws out a
greasy n,telook and proceed 10 take down
thr young mans reply.
"Wi.cr" arc you going now::" asks
Lance. as the Inspector replaces his
greasy pnrkathook aud takes UP his hat.
II am going to The wood" lie answers
urbanrly. =! must follow up the clue the
young lady has given, and search in a
new direction"
Az" you =oius %.lone:" inquiries Lance
unrns,'v
Yes. sir-certainiy. l have !, special
object ia searching this matter out for
MYSELF. I mean TO In it singlc-handcd il
possible. Mr.. Stapleton."