Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-02-03
Chapter XIV.

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CHAPTER XIV.
&c." said MIR. Jordan, bring Eve to
me-"
Barbara Obeycd mechanically.
Eve" said MIR. Jordan. when his
youngest daughter came timidly into the
| room, tell me. whom did you meet on the
Raven Rock:"
She burst into a storm of sobs, and
threw herself on her knees. "Oh, papa!
sweetest, dearest papa! DO not ask me!
1 must not tell. l promised him not to
say. 1t is as much as his life is worth.
lie says he never will be taken alive. If
il were known that he was here the police
would be after him. Papa, dear!" she
clasped and fondled, and kissed his hand,
she batlcd it i'll her tears, ''do not be an
CRY with me. l can bear anything but
that. I do love you so, dear, precious
papa"
My darling,' he replied, II am not
angry. l am troubled. l am on a rock
and hold you in my arm, and the black
sea is rising-I can feel it. Leave me
alone, l am not myself"
An hour later Barbara came i'm.
"What. papa-without IL light:"
"Ycs-it is dark everywhere, within Us
".e'o" nne n. a',N spols INV ~ Oae
ter soon. When Jasper Babb shows his
face again, he shall be given up"
W., pup ~ W.. 'se"i% ."'s ..,ns' a ~,
this place, away from Eve"
"All we now WANT repeated Mr.. Jor-
dan. Let the man off who has %bcggarcd
.iapn' Eve VIII nc wen pro'loea ior.
nc ms roonc" iae Oh hef !o.r'
.lapa. CONSIDER now pcaatllul Eve Is.
" Is quito lml"ss'oie lor IL man 10 see heI
ana NOT rove hef. l 40 NOT pei.eye Una.
Aif. JASPER hau amy tiousht OF I've AT
'lrst, bnt niue Ivy !t'ie sie won nm, IKE
IL kitten; anu so she mas stolen ms heart
oui OF MS breast heloEe ne Knew Whal sue
was ;'h"n'. lheh amer 'ha'' eNtrs.hini'-
hohor, au'S went. l "are say !. is very
haTu lor ohc VINO 'oNrs 10 .hi'N ,'il"ls
ana act consciehlions'S! iapa' l sup
pose mat Ewes hlo'nrf WAS very, very
Deluillui! was Eve $ iiothcf as peau'i-
III! as our earning: go -
~Vh' yes ibar'afa: ms Noire sAook'
anu he raised MS wiii'e hali'as TO cover MS
eyes. ENeh more n'a"'l'ul;
Anu you ioVed her Win an your
'car': -.
y nave never ceased 10 love nor. ~
IS mat bifolra' which he pun ms nah"s
10 nus mead, ana she understood liiA-
which disturbcd ms Drain.
she was k'iecllilg on ono Knee, Win nor
arms round her fatlcr. FOO papa: !
want 10 know really what become Oh Eve y
mother.
inc door was thrown open. 80.
res, mat is what nave come 10 ask,
SAID Jasper, entering the room, holdlns
Il wax candle IN eacil mana. nc haa III
tcrccpted the maid. ana, as she opened the
door, entered, 10 near barbaras question.
The girl turned, dropped one arm, but
clung with the other to her father, who
ilad just paced one OIL ms hlilds on hef
head. Her eyes, from having pcen so long
IN the dark' were very large. she was
pare anu hcr cheeks s,isteheu WIN tears.
She was too astonished to recover her
sen at once aazzleu by inc s,rohs isht;
shc could not see Jasper but she knew
ms Soiec.
ne put inc were OF
sliNef-on thc 'aole' smut inc aoof Deliihd
MN anu s'ahul"s pciole N.r. 'oruan
WIN poWcu heau' MS earnest yes hAeo
on the Olu man $ lacc, Ec Salu again,
Yes. that is what | have come to ask.
| Where is Ewes mothcry'
No one spoke. Barbara recovered her.
self hrst; she rose from the STOOL and
stepped pe'weeh her 1a'hef ana the stew
"t";
,;,rit a" asl Snas.ions IL III H. WV r.,n !" hara
IN ..n ,o,, 10 ,cco,,n.
FOR what. Miss Jordan:" lie smoke
TO her with dcfcrcnce-a certain tone of
| reverence which never left him when adj
dressing her.
You must give an account of YOURSELF"
she said.
n,n l"St retuf"eu ifom f'"cklast'
".s%, "e NV. 3. , e,..o.
ma. ar;,r:, s,, oslod n.;,h = a,,, Nv
,,cr lin and !, n,,;vcr of contnmnt in ber
voice.
..IIc is we'll" replied Jasper. 81 was
deceived about his sickness. He has not
lccn i'll. L was sent on a FOOLS Grand"