Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-01-20


Jasper, "and l will do it, md will double
your gains in the year."
II accept" said Ignatius Jordan.
"There is no help for it, l must accept
or be plundered of ALL"
Lei us join hands on the bargain"
AT that moment Barbara and Eve en-
tered from the court.
Eve! Evc!" cried the father excitcdly, |
come to me-, my angel! My ill-trcated
child! My martyr." He caught her to his
heart. put his face on her shoulder, and
sobbcd. MY darling, you have had your
money stolen. the money put away for you
when you were in the CRADLE"
"Nho has stolen it, papay' asked Bar
bara.
"I.ook there..' lie cried; casper Babb
was bringing me the money, and when
he fell from his horse it was stolen"
Neither Barbara nor Eve spoke.
Now" continued MIR. Jordan, "he has
offered himself as my help to look after
the farm for me-, and promises, if I give
him time--'
"l'ather, you have refuscd." interrupted
Barbara.
"On the contrary, l have accepted"
lit cannot. it must not be!' exclaimed
Barbara vehemently. "Fatller, you do
not know what you have DONE"
This is strange language to be address
ed by Il child 10 Il father" said Mr.. Jor-
dan i'll a tone of irritation. WAS there
ever so unreasonable Il girl before? This
morning you pressed me to engage n bail
i'll, and now that Mr.. Jasper Babb has
volunteered, and | have accepted him, you
turn round and wont have him."
Miss Jordan stood thinking; the color
mounted to her forehead, then her brows
contracted. MIR. Jasper" she said at
length, II entreat you-go."
He was silent.
Il have nurscd YOU; | have given mr.
nights and days to you. You confessed
that 1 had saved your life. If you nave
my gratitude in YOUR heart, if you have
any respect for the house that has shell
tered y%ou-go!'
stuff and fiddlcsticks!!' shouted Mr..
Jordan. "Hc shall not go. l forbid him."
Jasper turned. Miss Barbara,'' he said
humbly, "you are laboring under n mis-
take which l must not explain. Forgive
me. l stay"
She looked at him with moody anger,
and muttered: "lNnowing what you do
that am not biind-tliat You should dare
to settle here under this honorable roof.
1t is unjust! it is ungruteful! it is wicked!
Heaven help us! l have lone what l
could"
Jasper was installed i'm Morwell as bail
iff. Barbara had done what she could to
prevent his becoming an inmate of the
house. She might not tell her father her
real reasons for obiecting to the arrange
ment.
She was rendered more uneasy a day or
two after by receiving news that an aunt,
a sister of her mother, who lived beyond
Dartmoor, was dying. and she was SUM-
moned to receive her last sigh.
When she received the to her
aunt's dcathbcd, knowing that she must
go. she asked where Mr.. Iabb was, and,
hearing that he was in the barn, went
thither with the letter in her hand.
Barbara had n curt. almost rough, man.
ner at times. She was vexed now, so she
spoke shortly. Il am summoned to Ash
burton. That is close to Buckfastleigh,
where, you say. you lived"
YES. Miss Jordan"
IF your story be false l shall break
my promise to YOU, and tell my.fathcr ev-
erytlling."
IF you go to Buckfastleigh, Miss Jor-
dan. l shall venture to send word by you
to my father where l am. that the money
is lost, and what 1 have undertakcn."
Barbara tossed her head, and flashed an
indignant glance at him out OF her brown
eyes.
II cannot he 81 porter of lies"
what lies:'
"You did not lose the money. Why de.
cicvc me: ] know your object in lurking
here, in the most Out-of-the-way nook of
England you could find. You think that
here you are safe from pursuit. Yo,
made up the story TO impose OIL my father,
and induce him to nsagc o q, YOU are
very honorable! discharging Il debit
hate crime, but | hate falseho0d ever
morc."
You are mistaken. Miss Jordan"
"Tlen tell me all. that l may form q
more equitable Judgment"
II cannot do that row.. You shall bt
told-later."
"Tlien l must judge ny what l know
"Shoull you favor mt so far as to vis;t
my father,' said Jasper. II beg of 70,
ono thing most earnestly. DO not men
ton the name of my companion-Martin.
why not:'
"lic may suspect him Of having robbed
me. My father is an energetic, rcsolu,'
man. He might pursue him. and | alone
} am to blame. l lost the money"
J., WHO was that Martini"
"Hc told yol-that l was nothing t.
him"
? .'Thcn why do you seek to screen him!
Can l say that he took the money! l.
my father gets him arrcsted--I shall Il,
found"
| Barbara laughed bitterly.
''Of course. the inEnccnt must not b.
$ brought into suspicion because he has rid
den an hour alongside of the guilty. No
Z l will say nothing OF Martini"
: CHAPTER IN.
The air under the pines was balmy. Ev,
S carried her straw hat OH her arm, hun;
G by its blue ribbons. She needed its shell
ter in the wood no more thar in her fail,
cr's hall.
She came to a brook. dribblins an,
tinkling on its way through moss and owe
stone. The path was fringed with blaz:n;
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